[{"id": 2373185, "authorName": "s52z3mc", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/s52z3mc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Looks great in black.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1532019154, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2373217, "authorName": "emac", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/emac/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "or any color!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532019779, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2373230, "authorName": "Rgtiedje", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rgtiedje/", "bidAmount": 3000, "content": "$3,000 bid placed by Rgtiedje", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532020081, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2373234, "authorName": "s8ilver", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/s8ilver/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Triple black: awesome!\r\nOriginal owner: awesome!\r\nComplete repaint in 2008: Do tell more!", "likes": 8, "timestamp": 1532020157, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2373239, "authorName": "boostorbust", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/boostorbust/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "So what would it cost to get a red interior in this?", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1532020293, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2373254, "authorName": "TSRHB", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tsrhb/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Finally a nice, assume reasonably priced Z8 that can be enjoyed on the road.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532020657, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2373292, "authorName": "E52BMW (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/e52bmw/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The 2008 repaint was a decision to restore the entire car, not jus the hood. I drive her on weekends mostly. In fact, I do not recall this car ever seeing a raindrop. She was just too beautiful to have stome chips. I replaced the rag top because of a defect in the rear window. The rubber seal kept separating and after repeated glueing etc...i was just not happy with how it looked. The top with installation was a $17k upgrade that I am super happy I made. It\r\nis literally brand new as I rarely have it up:(", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1532021515, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2373301, "authorName": "Nhock2", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/nhock2/", "bidAmount": 5000, "content": "$5,000 bid placed by Nhock2", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532021652, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2373333, "authorName": "funhogs", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/funhogs/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Neon lights good for the life of the car... paint good for 8 years.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1532022372, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2373420, "authorName": "GB135", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gb135/", "bidAmount": 10100, "content": "$10,100 bid placed by GB135", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532023737, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2373429, "authorName": "2112", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/2112/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Due to rarity, non-Titanium cars carry a premium. Black is going to grab the attention of some who otherwise wouldn't be as interested.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532023868, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2373467, "authorName": "Lorenzoo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lorenzoo/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Why would you ever sell this...", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532024451, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2373476, "authorName": "jrutz", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jrutz/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I want one of these real bad.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532024552, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2373568, "authorName": "gdspc", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gdspc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "wow, this looks killer in black. I generally don't really like black because it hides all the details/lines, but some cars just look right in black.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532025804, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2373633, "authorName": "2112", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/2112/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Lorenzoo Agreed. And for someone who hasn't experienced one in the flesh, rest assured, Pictures don't do these justice.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532026485, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2373697, "authorName": "PedXing", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pedxing/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "So many of these are garage queens or \"investments\". Although the mileage and repaint will hold the final price to a reasonable level, the buyer will get a true modern classic that can be driven and enjoyed. @E52BMW, thanks for driving and enjoying this great car so someone else here can feel good about doing the same!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1532027053, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2373722, "authorName": "Nickginali", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/nickginali/", "bidAmount": 12000, "content": "$12,000 bid placed by Nickginali", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532027329, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2373734, "authorName": "craigkay", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craigkay/", "bidAmount": 50000, "content": "$50,000 bid placed by craigkay", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532027431, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2373742, "authorName": "2chevaux", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/2chevaux/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sexiest car rear end I know", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1532027508, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2373759, "authorName": "GB135", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gb135/", "bidAmount": 60000, "content": "$60,000 bid placed by GB135", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532027683, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2373792, "authorName": "ChrisCushing", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chriscushing/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Wow, a Z8 with some miles on it! This pleases me. Good on you, seller. Good on you.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1532027959, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2373865, "authorName": "klavrack", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/klavrack/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "To echo Lorenzoo, why sell it?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532028751, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2373881, "authorName": "SirtweakAlot", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sirtweakalot/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Nicest proportioned BMW in the last 2 decades\r\n\r\nhttps://s6.postimg.cc/qcoaht241/E52_S.jpg", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532028930, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2373956, "authorName": "craigkay", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craigkay/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@GB135 - want to split the car? I am in Florida.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532029793, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2373957, "authorName": "craigkay", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craigkay/", "bidAmount": 70000, "content": "$70,000 bid placed by craigkay", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532029807, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2374151, "authorName": "GB135", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gb135/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@craigkay I\u2019m in NY", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532032079, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2374199, "authorName": "Nhock2", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/nhock2/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I think it\u2019s tine for me to look at this Z8 parked in my garage rather than checking on Fidelity everyday. How sweet that would be?? I need to empty the account to see if I can play. Oh how I want this to happen...", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1532032395, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2374400, "authorName": "Frankenrover", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/frankenrover/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Every bit as badass today as it was 18 years ago.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1532034649, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2374923, "authorName": "Bedbugblue", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bedbugblue/", "bidAmount": 70500, "content": "$70,500 bid placed by Bedbugblue", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532042818, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2374932, "authorName": "TSRHB", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tsrhb/", "bidAmount": 80052, "content": "$80,052 bid placed by TSRHB", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532043022, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2374958, "authorName": "Phantom8352", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/phantom8352/", "bidAmount": 85000, "content": "$85,000 bid placed by Phantom8352", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532043974, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2374970, "authorName": "craigkay", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craigkay/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@GB135 - that is OK with me. Let's chat.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532044454, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2374972, "authorName": "craigkay", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craigkay/", "bidAmount": 90000, "content": "$90,000 bid placed by craigkay", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532044465, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2374979, "authorName": "Owenstanley", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/owenstanley/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I spent last week in Pittsburgh at the BMW Car Club's annual convention - Oktoberfest - plus the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix. A week surrounded by 507s (the grandfather) and by Z8s (somehow even more delicious than they were in 1998) reminded me anew why I've always loved BMWs. Some miles, some repairs, some restoration will not diminish this car. If you can afford it, get in there. I'd expect that you'll never regret buying this absolute gem. Even if you can't - dreams are always free.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1532044637, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2374985, "authorName": "TSRHB", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tsrhb/", "bidAmount": 100000, "content": "$100,000 bid placed by TSRHB", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532044693, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2375001, "authorName": "arahouston", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/arahouston/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A set of Michelin Super Sports takes the handling from OK to great on these cars.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1532045058, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2375004, "authorName": "craigkay", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craigkay/", "bidAmount": 105000, "content": "$105,000 bid placed by craigkay", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532045191, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2375012, "authorName": "TSRHB", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tsrhb/", "bidAmount": 110000, "content": "$110,000 bid placed by TSRHB", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532045549, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2375067, "authorName": "craigkay", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craigkay/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@TSRHB - Want to split the car with me, instead of beating each other up over this auction?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532047624, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2375069, "authorName": "craigkay", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craigkay/", "bidAmount": 115000, "content": "$115,000 bid placed by craigkay", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532047637, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2375083, "authorName": "TSRHB", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tsrhb/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@craigkay - I would actually consider sharing but you are in Florida, and I am in California. Everyone knows long distance relationships never work.....but we can be friends.", "likes": 8, "timestamp": 1532048083, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2375157, "authorName": "Rodeo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rodeo/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Hahaha actually I\u2019ve found that long distance relationships", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532050391, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2375159, "authorName": "Rodeo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rodeo/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Are the best!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532050406, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2375218, "authorName": "Pendrod", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pendrod/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A little Friend music for TSRHB and Craigkey. By the way a very nice driver car BMW. Just have Matt over at Peter Pan go over it...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DmYLrxR0Y8", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1532052566, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2375242, "authorName": "Pendrod", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pendrod/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Strut towers look good. May wish to add the competition package to them for future protection ...never Know about that chuckhole or curb may pop out. If bushings are original, good time to replace em. Close up of of dash especially the passenger would be helpful, they do warp. If you are out of state Macfly does a wonderful job checking the Z8 out. He runs the Z8 forum and if it is a CA. car may already be aware of it. These ARE WONDERFUL DRIVERS CAR!!! DRIVE EM.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1532053599, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2375288, "authorName": "2112", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/2112/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Andrew's site; www.bmwz8.us\n\nAndrew = Macfly", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532055089, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2375426, "authorName": "timmclean", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/timmclean/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Wow strong bids first day out. Looks like a sorted vehicle. Satch would this be worthy of tapping the HELOC for ;)", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532061084, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2375566, "authorName": "Jerry991", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jerry991/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "It says the car was repainted in 2008 which seems strange.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532084565, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2375636, "authorName": "TSRHB", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tsrhb/", "bidAmount": 116000, "content": "$116,000 bid placed by TSRHB", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532089801, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2375670, "authorName": "TSRHB", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tsrhb/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@craigkay - Morning my friend.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1532090601, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2375708, "authorName": "wdb", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wdb/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@NHock2 you and @Satch_Carlson need to chat about how best to squander one's retirement savings.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532091843, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2375724, "authorName": "craigkay", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craigkay/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@TSRHB - Good morning Sir! You're right, long distance may not work - but we can try! I have a mint 2004 NSX to share as well; isn't California a community property state?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532092243, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2375725, "authorName": "craigkay", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craigkay/", "bidAmount": 117599, "content": "$117,599 bid placed by craigkay", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532092260, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2375972, "authorName": "Nhock2", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/nhock2/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "wdb\r\nHaha! Satch is my hero!! Owning and driving a Z8 (with retirement savings) does not squander them. I would get to enjoy the Z8 every single day and never, ever have to worry about the dang market again! I\u2019m just waiting for auction to settle down.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532098736, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2376026, "authorName": "Number_Six", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/number_six/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Pictures taken at Hamilton AFB?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532099907, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2376047, "authorName": "andial", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/andial/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Jerry991 I think @E52BMW was clear about why it occurred. What more clarification do you need?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532100224, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2376082, "authorName": "JCMGirl", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jcmgirl/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Finally! A Z8 that\u2019s been driven and is not silver! What a beauty. GLWS!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532101006, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2376214, "authorName": "sgntpepper78", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sgntpepper78/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I don't see a vague mention in passing of stone chips being much clarification for having an entire car repainted. Were they stones the size of baseballs? Collision and paint work has come a long, long way. You could easily just paint a hood or portions of a car and have it blended perfectly. That being said, the carfax doesn't show any accidents and it looks beautiful soooo... *shrug*", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1532103896, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2376272, "authorName": "E52BMW (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/e52bmw/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I chose not to just paint the hood as the car of this caliber deserved a more complete treatment. Anthony\u2019s Autocraft is considered one of the best autobody shops in all of California. I took the same approach with replacing the ragtop. Some migjt have been satified with the reglue. I was not. These investments we made out of a genuine appreciation and love of this car.", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1532105257, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2376314, "authorName": "BobK", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bobk/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I only ever had one gripe about this otherwise stunningly perfect car, I don't think the throwback 507 steering wheel looks right or was necessary. GLWS", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532106194, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2376332, "authorName": "Satch_Carlson", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/satch_carlson/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "\"Neon taillights and turn indicators activate faster than standard bulbs and were reportedly designed to last the life of the car.\" HA ha ha ha haaaa! I am laughing so hard things are coming out of my nose!\n\nThat sentence should read \"Neon taillights and turn indicators were the worst idea BMW ever had\u2014that's what happens when you make a production car out of a car-show queen like the Z07\u2014and will cost you about $2,500 a side when they go Tango Uniform, which they certainly will.\"\n\nLook, I love me some Zed Acht, but I am not blind to the car's quirks, idiosyncrasies, and innate defects. They'r part of the cost of owning a car that I find myself loving more every day.\n\nNow, part of that may be due to the fabulous two weeks I just spent driving from San Diego to Pittsburgh and then noodling around Pennsylvania for Oktoberfest. That included a tour to Fallingwater\u2014a magnificent creation which, like the Z8, certainly has its glitches! As Paul Newman says in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, \"Small price to pay for beauty.\"\n\nNancy Drew, my blue roadster, never missed a beat, and she turned over 123,456 miles along the way (we BMW nutcases tend to document such weird milestones). On one of my favorite stretches of I-70 through Colorado, I actually found myself laughing out loud at the sheer joy of blasting through the canyons.\n\nI left Nancy Drew in Kansas City because\u2014damn!\u2014work. Friends are retrieving her for me, by way of the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. (I highly recommend it as a driving destination if you have any motoring soul at all.) As I left for the airport, walking backwards so I could take in one more look at the roadster, I found myself with an odd sense of separation anxiety.\n\nIt's a sickness, I know. You have been warned.", "likes": 14, "timestamp": 1532106840, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2376346, "authorName": "Satch_Carlson", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/satch_carlson/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@BobK says: \"I only ever had one gripe about this otherwise stunningly perfect car: I don\u2019t think the throwback 507 steering wheel looks right or was necessary.\"\r\n\r\nWell, hey: to each his own. At least it wasn't the four-spoke banjo wheel from the Z07! I personally love the Z8 steering wheel\u2014and if you run Alpina wheels, it kind of echoes the parallel lines of the split spokes.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1532107003, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2376357, "authorName": "Satch_Carlson", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/satch_carlson/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "And speaking of steering wheels: Having investigated the cost of replacing a Z8 steering wheel, I now wear twinky-butt driving gloves to protect mine from the salts and acids that will rot out a leather wheel. Yes, I feel like an ostentatious poseur, but at least they're not string-back numbers.", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1532107240, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2376927, "authorName": "rx7addict", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rx7addict/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Wouldn't have been a proper 507 tribute if BMW hadn't come achingly close to creating one of the greatest cars of a generation, only to be held back by wantonly silly build details and low production volume. Imagine if they'd built a bare bones coupe and had a non-M engine option. I think somewhere between the mid-2000's design language fiasco and the new 6 series I lost all faith in BMW as an automobile company. Can't wait for that 13 speed transmission!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1532116046, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2378717, "authorName": "MDN", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mdn/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "It\u2019s a beautiful car and with an above average mileage ready to be driven without guilt! I bought mine with 13k and it just needed one thing, to be driven ...\r\n\r\nAlso have one question for the many Z8 owners on the site, what\u2019s the right tire pressure to avoid the feeling of a heavier than necessary steering? \r\n\r\nThank you.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532187832, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2378802, "authorName": "Boomster", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/boomster/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "\"Also have one question for the many Z8 owners on the site, what\u2019s the right tire pressure to avoid the feeling of a heavier than necessary steering?\" I stick with the 35/35 pressure as stated on the sticker on the driver's door jamb. Never have felt the steering to be excessively heavy, although it is definitely firm.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532191216, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2379048, "authorName": "2112", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/2112/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Could the heavy feel be the run-flats? I know Satch likes the new ones but I prefer Michelin Pilot Super Sports.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532206314, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2379812, "authorName": "AndyFrance1965", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/andyfrance1965/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I'm not really sure why a trailer is needed for this particular car ;-)\r\n\r\nI have an e89 Z4 28i and it has IMHO better looks and definitely better fuel consumption than one of these gas guzzlers. \r\n\r\nHold on to your savings folks!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532281170, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2379824, "authorName": "trademark", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trademark/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@AndyFrance1965\r\n\r\nHave you ever seen a Z8 in person?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532282116, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2379841, "authorName": "Satch_Carlson", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/satch_carlson/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@AndyFrance1965 says: \"I have an e89 Z4 28i and it has IMHO better looks and definitely better fuel consumption than one of these gas-guzzlers.\"\n\nOh, my. I, too, like the looks of the E89 Z4 (partly because both the interior and exterior were designed by women), as well as my E85 Z4, but I am moved by the retro rightness of Fisker's evocative design of the Z8. And who you callin' a gas-guzzler? With Nancy Drew maintaining a Texas Highway Patrol-mandated 80 mph on cruise control, she made 27.5 miles per gallon, which I find astonishing.\n\nMy Z4, of the other hand, will not get more than 21 or 22 even if I drive like Mother Teresa on Quaaludes. But then, it does have that S54 engine. \n\nSomehow, when I was buying these cars, their fuel efficiency was not a consideration. Lack of character, I guess.", "likes": 12, "timestamp": 1532282829, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2379922, "authorName": "drupa99", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/drupa99/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Why the repaint?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532287953, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2379939, "authorName": "trademark", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trademark/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@drupa99 \r\n\r\nRead", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1532289106, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2379941, "authorName": "trademark", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trademark/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "To help from the seller's comments:\r\n\r\n\"I chose not to just paint the hood as the car of this caliber deserved a more complete treatment. Anthony\u2019s Autocraft is considered one of the best autobody shops in all of California. I took the same approach with replacing the ragtop. Some migjt have been satified with the reglue. I was not. These investments we made out of a genuine appreciation and love of this car.\"", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532289241, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2380041, "authorName": "2112", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/2112/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I can't imagine a buyer of this car having fuel economy be a make or break issue.\r\n\r\nThis is a BMW halo car.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532294324, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2380157, "authorName": "AndyFrance1965", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/andyfrance1965/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@trademark : naturlich...\r\n\r\n@Satch_Carlson; the e89 (with 4 cylinder turbo of 245bhp) easily does 40mpg (imperial) or 7.3 l/100.\r\n\r\nWhat I think I'm saying, is that this is a very expensive car which exists in a very capable, arguably better value, younger version. Each to his own...", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532301899, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2380245, "authorName": "BMWtiiGuy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bmwtiiguy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Mill Valley has an inordinate number of Z8's. This is the 2nd black one I know that is there (the other being driven often, also) and there was a silver Alpina until about a year ago when it was sold to a German buyer (who already owned two!)\r\nBeautiful car. Hope this beauty remains in the Bay Area.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532308155, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2380298, "authorName": "SirLancelot", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sirlancelot/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "gorgeous car with my favorite motor to date. I'm used to seeing silver, but am digging this black!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532311436, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2380535, "authorName": "MDN", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mdn/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Why are we comparing Z8s and Z4s? Both beautiful cars but entirely different in concept, purpose and use.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1532350584, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2380854, "authorName": "alan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/alan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Shy of its 507 styling cues this could have easily been mistaken for an XK-E retro successor.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532360656, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2381153, "authorName": "Type44", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/type44/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I'm not worried about how great you think your z4 is, man. New cars are always more efficient, safer, blah blah blah, and there is always someone faster. I can't get near affording a Z8 and I'm at peace with it. Yesterday on I-10 in BFE, western AZ, some kid was impatiently crowding my old 540i in his lease-special n\u00e9w 320i. A drop from 6th to 3rd and a run to the rev limiter fixed that situation right up. Taking 4th all the way to 130 was just me showing off. No sir, don't like direct-injection Carbon issues, don't like check engine lights, don't think vinyl seats are apropos in a BMW. The 320i may get 40 mpg and that glorified golf cart electric thingy may get infinite MPG if you plug it in every night. I'm not interested. The howl of the v8 winding past 6k wins.", "likes": 9, "timestamp": 1532368721, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2381573, "authorName": "TechieTechie", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/techietechie/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Wipes drool off face. I've never viewed a black one before....just the silver one that usually attends Bimmerfest East. Unbelievably beautiful car, seller. I have an individual Z4 in BurgundyRot, and a z8 is on a whole other level (of elegance, of beauty, of power...words simply cannot describe). I would give my left arm for this car (but my bank account/retirement advisor won't let me). Best of luck with the sale....someone will be another proud owner of automotive history.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532373495, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2382653, "authorName": "Crazyas00", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/crazyas00/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Beautiful BLACK Z8! This roadster has been driven, AND cared for by a Great Owner. I see nothing wrong with this BMW. It is CLEAN! Sounds like it has never seen the rain, much less anything else. I am not sure this Z8 will be reasonable money, or get bid up to a higher price. Just an amazing Z8!!\n\n@Satch_Carlson : CO. I-70. Glenwood Canyon?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532387491, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2382926, "authorName": "TRibute", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tribute/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@satch_carlson. Gee Satch, I thought those twinky gloves were there just to cover your front seat rip. Who knew.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532392998, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2382930, "authorName": "Satch_Carlson", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/satch_carlson/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@TechieTechie says: \" I would give my left arm for this car (but my bank account/retirement advisor won\u2019t let me).\r\n\r\nBoy, have you got the wrong retirement advisor!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1532393169, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2382948, "authorName": "TechieTechie", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/techietechie/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Satch_Carlson, Satch, that retirement advisor is not a person, rather my own stupid midwestern sensibility. Plus the fact that I now live in a NE town where garages are not commonplace. If I could find a driver like yours, maybemaybemaybe in my wildest dreams, but it would not be this gem. Don't want to derail the sales thread, though,so let me sign off by wishing best of luck to the seller (and thank you Satch for your years of BMWCCA service).", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532393852, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2382957, "authorName": "TRibute", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tribute/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I still am having a nice buzz from O'fest and the Vintage Grand Prix. My wife is now getting on me to get her an '02 while I am looking for that Z8. I still kick myself when I got spooked years ago when the shock tower issue emerged. I was then seriously in discussions to purchase an nice Z8 for around 70k and backed out.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532394098, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2383222, "authorName": "MMMMM", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mmmmm/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Z whatever; it's all about open-coach motoring", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532409986, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2383720, "authorName": "sackboy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sackboy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Satch_Carlson- YEPPER ! KNEW that you would be chiming in on this one- and GLAD that you are! Looks just like the one Matt got me to order- even Before the BMW Center knew they were coming! I ordered Black-Red and it came in STUNNING ! Never did get the Hardtop! Ha! Great ride here, folks!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532445323, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2384045, "authorName": "PrussianMotors", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/prussianmotors/", "bidAmount": 119000, "content": "$119,000 bid placed by PrussianMotors", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532453807, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2384047, "authorName": "craigkay", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craigkay/", "bidAmount": 120199, "content": "$120,199 bid placed by craigkay", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532453853, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2384685, "authorName": "Satch_Carlson", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/satch_carlson/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Alan says: \"Shy of its 507 styling cues, this could have easily been mistaken for an XK-E retro successor.\"\n\nIndeed, Henrik Fisker freely admits that he ~~pilfered~~ adopted certain lines from the E-Type\u2014as who wouldn't?! I have (perhaps too) often written of my first sight of the Z8 on a revolving stand in Frankfurt, marveling at the various classics that seemed to appear as the car turned slowly to reveal them.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532462966, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2384723, "authorName": "Satch_Carlson", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/satch_carlson/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "By the way, I just read my latest Sports Car Market. With low-mileage cars even in silver bringing upwards of $200,000, and a red one beyond that, even in American auctions\u2014these cars seem to bring much bigger coin in Europe\u2014I would not expect to get a black-on-black Zed Acht at a fire-sale discount. According to the Z8 Forum, this is one of 667 in Jet Black with black interior.\r\n\r\nIf it were one of 666, the devil would make you buy it!", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1532463333, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2385568, "authorName": "Jerry991", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jerry991/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Excuse my skepticism but you could easily remove the front bumper and paint it and you could also easily remove the hood and paint it if they had significant stone chips that you want to repair but it makes no sense to paint the rest of the car which takes a lot of time and money without any benefit unless...........you supply an answer that makes sense.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532475263, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2385636, "authorName": "Greg203", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/greg203/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Full repaint of a black Z8, because of stone chips??", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532477467, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2386112, "authorName": "Scottd", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/scottd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Clean Carfax, but original owner sub 50k mile repaint? Hmmmm. Can't owner say \"no accident?\" Would certainly help in the sale.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532515814, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2386449, "authorName": "BrianC", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/brianc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I've known this car since it was almost new; No accidents. Just an incredibly fastidious owner who was happy to spare no expense and was convinced by Anthony's that a full repaint was the right way to go.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1532529150, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2386681, "authorName": "craigkay", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craigkay/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "AHH, is it Thursday yet?!?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532534345, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2387298, "authorName": "trademark", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trademark/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I lived in the Virginia City Highlands near Reno, NV & it was not uncommon for people to have a micro level of sandblasting both on the topside paint surfaces as well as the windshield. Hard to see but it was there & over time would cause dulling of visibility & an imbalance of sheen to the overall look of the vehicle.\r\n\r\nHad a friend who replaced three windshields on his car over the years & since this auction car's windshield has been replaced it could be chalked up to the same circumstances.\r\n\r\nLong winding road fast drives ...", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532544320, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2388226, "authorName": "E52BMW (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/e52bmw/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Just to echo what I have said a few times early. The repaint was my preference versus just touching up the hood due to stone chips from years of weekend drives that always put a smile on my face. A car of this calibre deserved this level of care. And the work was performed at Anthony\u2019s Autocraft one of the best auto body shops in the country. Same reasoning for why I chose to replace the rag top at a cost north 15 grand versus reglueing the rear window. I always defaulted on the best as my bmw only service records would also a-test.", "likes": 8, "timestamp": 1532553364, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2388241, "authorName": "E52BMW (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/e52bmw/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "There were no accidents.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1532553517, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2389161, "authorName": "488civ10", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/488civ10/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Nhock2 a good adviser would 1) need to be a car guy, and 2) pose the question of, \"What's more difficult: overbidding by $10,000, or, spending the next 10,000 hours without experiencing this E52?\"", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532573084, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2389356, "authorName": "Ravinia", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ravinia/", "bidAmount": 124785, "content": "$124,785 bid placed by Ravinia", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532587872, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2389537, "authorName": "Dnovack", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dnovack/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Make believe it's yesterday. Would you rather have 1,000 shares of FB in your portfolio or this car as part of your retirement plan?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532609851, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2389570, "authorName": "oldjonny", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/oldjonny/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Dnovack...what does FB make again? I have always had a hard time investing in companies that make nothing", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1532611274, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2389572, "authorName": "mashford", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mashford/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@oldjonny\n\nFB makes young and old generations depressed.", "likes": 9, "timestamp": 1532611347, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2389577, "authorName": "oldjonny", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/oldjonny/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "mashford...excellent observation. Put me on the list of people that will never have a FB account or any other form of social media...there is NOTHING in my life going on that I will ever feel the need to post...now...If I were to buy this BMW.....then NO", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532611419, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2389646, "authorName": "Nhock2", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/nhock2/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Dnovack - I don't have the patience to own and hold 1000 shares of FB, then or now. I fell in love with the first Z8 that I saw in a showroom, a Black/Red/Black beauty! I lusted for it then, and I still do! But if I am ever fortunate enough to get into a Z8 (by any means) it would never leave me.\r\nSatch and Nancy Drew together show the best possible description of owning a Z8. That is exactly what I would do... if possible.\r\n@oldjonny - exactly!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532613202, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2389686, "authorName": "cadby", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/cadby/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Ok Scottd, Greg203 & Jerry901, with your skepticism addressed we can\u2019t wait to see your $125k+ bids...", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1532614260, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2389729, "authorName": "craigkay", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craigkay/", "bidAmount": 125799, "content": "$125,799 bid placed by craigkay", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532615521, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2389875, "authorName": "Vetteman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/vetteman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Not that I am a BMW fan, but almost making money on a car you owned and enjoyed for 18 years. Not quite the profit of a Mid-year Vette, but still? I can understand the re-paint only because this seller is obviously the person to do that, but Fifteen Grand for a new soft top??????", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532619431, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2389886, "authorName": "Ravinia", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ravinia/", "bidAmount": 127000, "content": "$127,000 bid placed by Ravinia", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532619611, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2389929, "authorName": "1mean3", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/1mean3/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What a wonderful car. Buyer is going top enjoy open roadster motoring with M5 performance.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532620535, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390119, "authorName": "Jerry991", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jerry991/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Is the windshield original?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532625069, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390123, "authorName": "E52BMW (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/e52bmw/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The top was 15 grand just to replace the fabric! I remembered when they quoted me I said I am not replacing the entire frame just the cloth. It came out great. I am proud of the fact I never cut corners when it came to this car. It is a work of art.", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1532625128, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390126, "authorName": "E52BMW (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/e52bmw/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Winshield was replaced when I restored the paint. Rear window also new when the top was replaced.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1532625180, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390309, "authorName": "Bedbugblue", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bedbugblue/", "bidAmount": 128000, "content": "$128,000 bid placed by Bedbugblue", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532628443, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2390379, "authorName": "craigkay", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craigkay/", "bidAmount": 129001, "content": "$129,001 bid placed by craigkay", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532629254, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2390409, "authorName": "CarManKobell", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/carmankobell/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Do you have the Coffee Table Book and both canvas bags for the boot cover and windscreen? Beautiful car!!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532629575, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390529, "authorName": "Phantom8352", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/phantom8352/", "bidAmount": 132000, "content": "$132,000 bid placed by Phantom8352", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532630693, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2390546, "authorName": "Amazed", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/amazed/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Here we go...", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532630831, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390558, "authorName": "Ravinia", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ravinia/", "bidAmount": 135356, "content": "$135,356 bid placed by Ravinia", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532630960, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2390602, "authorName": "craigkay", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craigkay/", "bidAmount": 136508, "content": "$136,508 bid placed by craigkay", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532631394, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2390616, "authorName": "Phantom8352", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/phantom8352/", "bidAmount": 138000, "content": "$138,000 bid placed by Phantom8352", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532631599, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2390617, "authorName": "craigkay", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craigkay/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Oh Damn You!", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1532631608, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390619, "authorName": "Pkern0014", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pkern0014/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Still 3 bidders! I'll sit here all day if this keeps going!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532631643, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390620, "authorName": "Phantom8352", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/phantom8352/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Apologies", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1532631647, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390621, "authorName": "andial", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/andial/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@oldjonny FB's value comes from its users' data.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532631661, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390623, "authorName": "Bedbugblue", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bedbugblue/", "bidAmount": 140000, "content": "$140,000 bid placed by Bedbugblue", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532631681, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2390624, "authorName": "craigkay", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craigkay/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Phantom8352 - no worries! I would have done the same. I was just on the phone with the bank when your bid came through.\r\n\r\nEDIT: Damn you @Bedbugblue", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1532631699, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390625, "authorName": "Crazyas00", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/crazyas00/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "We MAY be here all day!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1532631718, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390630, "authorName": "Pkern0014", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pkern0014/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@crazyas00 A guy can hope...", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532631749, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390634, "authorName": "craigkay", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craigkay/", "bidAmount": 141007, "content": "$141,007 bid placed by craigkay", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532631784, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2390637, "authorName": "Crazyas00", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/crazyas00/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@craigkay had a good chat with his banker!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532631822, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390639, "authorName": "Pkern0014", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pkern0014/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@craigkay thanks for the extra 7 dollars.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532631827, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390643, "authorName": "Bedbugblue", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bedbugblue/", "bidAmount": 143000, "content": "$143,000 bid placed by Bedbugblue", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532631842, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2390646, "authorName": "CfC", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/cfc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "That's an extra 007 dollars....", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1532631881, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390648, "authorName": "Pkern0014", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pkern0014/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Well I wouldn't have said thank you if it was an extra $17...", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532631929, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390649, "authorName": "Crazyas00", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/crazyas00/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I didn't know bedbugs are blue.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532631937, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390650, "authorName": "hunting4rrc", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hunting4rrc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "That's a lot of Money Penny...", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532631938, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390652, "authorName": "Phantom8352", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/phantom8352/", "bidAmount": 145000, "content": "$145,000 bid placed by Phantom8352", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532631961, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2390653, "authorName": "craigkay", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craigkay/", "bidAmount": 146007, "content": "$146,007 bid placed by craigkay", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532631972, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2390656, "authorName": "TMar42", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tmar42/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Love the reference to Bond. James Bond", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532632013, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390658, "authorName": "Rodeo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rodeo/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "You guys have bankers? May I have their phone #s please :)", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1532632019, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390662, "authorName": "Crazyas00", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/crazyas00/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Wow! First the Phantom strikes at the last second, and immediately get broadsided by Craig! Good Stuff!i", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532632066, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390666, "authorName": "craigkay", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craigkay/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Rodeo - Unfortunately, my wife doesnt know", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532632089, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390668, "authorName": "Phantom8352", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/phantom8352/", "bidAmount": 148000, "content": "$148,000 bid placed by Phantom8352", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532632090, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2390672, "authorName": "Pkern0014", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pkern0014/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@craigkay we won't tell her.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532632110, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390679, "authorName": "SHOhobo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/shohobo/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Ya don't wanna fire up the War Department - I mean wife....", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532632148, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390681, "authorName": "craigkay", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craigkay/", "bidAmount": 149501, "content": "$149,501 bid placed by craigkay", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532632173, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2390685, "authorName": "craigkay", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craigkay/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Phantom8352 - can't we just get along? We can share the car!", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1532632211, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390689, "authorName": "trademark", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trademark/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@craigkay: If her name is Mary I would not worry about it", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1532632231, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390688, "authorName": "goldcoastflow", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/goldcoastflow/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "c'mon men, my lunch break is almost over", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1532632231, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390693, "authorName": "Phantom8352", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/phantom8352/", "bidAmount": 151000, "content": "$151,000 bid placed by Phantom8352", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532632291, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2390694, "authorName": "videodima", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/videodima/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "god my heart can't take this anymore", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532632302, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390696, "authorName": "Crazyas00", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/crazyas00/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I actually hope not. She may want to paint it pink!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532632308, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390697, "authorName": "jt1974", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jt1974/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I guess Phantom doesn't like to share...", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1532632314, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390698, "authorName": "Pkern0014", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pkern0014/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@craigkay I think that's a no...", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1532632315, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390699, "authorName": "Phantom8352", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/phantom8352/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Where are you craigkey?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532632340, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390701, "authorName": "Pkern0014", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pkern0014/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Maybe @bedbugblue would share, what happened to him?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532632350, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390702, "authorName": "craigkay", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craigkay/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Phanton8352 - Orlando, FL. I also have a 2005 NSX T to share", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1532632363, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390704, "authorName": "craigkay", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craigkay/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Phantom8352 \u2013 Orlando, FL. I also have a 2005 NSX T to share", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532632378, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390706, "authorName": "craigkay", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craigkay/", "bidAmount": 152007, "content": "$152,007 bid placed by craigkay", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532632387, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2390707, "authorName": "trademark", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trademark/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Like watching a threesome unfold", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1532632394, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390710, "authorName": "Danno9", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/danno9/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "If I could sell my house and live in this car I would bid.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532632407, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390713, "authorName": "CfC", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/cfc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Just like Porsche bids that end in 993, 964, etc., I'm always on board with the 007 bids on these cars... (and always in for the Satch comments)", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1532632428, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390715, "authorName": "Crazyas00", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/crazyas00/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I think @bedbugblue got swashed.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532632432, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390723, "authorName": "craigkay", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craigkay/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I cleared out my calendar from 3-330 PM thinking this would be over; it's keeping me from the work I so desperately need to pay for this car!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1532632469, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390725, "authorName": "Pkern0014", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pkern0014/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "He probably forgot to turn his sound down and his wife heard him.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1532632475, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390729, "authorName": "Phantom8352", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/phantom8352/", "bidAmount": 154000, "content": "$154,000 bid placed by Phantom8352", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532632506, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2390731, "authorName": "Landscraper", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/landscraper/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "down to the wire on that last one", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1532632526, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390733, "authorName": "craigkay", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craigkay/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "OMG if I hear that chime sound one more time! I can't take this.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1532632530, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390734, "authorName": "Phantom8352", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/phantom8352/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I\u2019m in Scottsdale........", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1532632538, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390735, "authorName": "Rodeo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rodeo/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Phanton8352 true to his name ... lurking in the shadows until its time to do some damage!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1532632539, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390739, "authorName": "CfC", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/cfc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Phantom8352 - That's a great Scottsdale car. May the roof always be down...", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532632578, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390742, "authorName": "hunting4rrc", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hunting4rrc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Over $150K for a Bob Marley...... Bloody marvelous", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532632600, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390743, "authorName": "craigkay", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craigkay/", "bidAmount": 155007, "content": "$155,007 bid placed by craigkay", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532632615, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2390745, "authorName": "Pkern0014", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pkern0014/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "It wouldn't be a bad Orlando car either...", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532632635, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390748, "authorName": "CfC", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/cfc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "dundedun dun dun dun dundedun dun dun dun dundedun dun dun dun dundedun dun dun dun deDON Do do do\r\n\r\nBadap ba daa ba da daa ba daa da deda daa Badap ba daa ba da daa ba daa da deda daa", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532632649, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390750, "authorName": "Crazyas00", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/crazyas00/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Some one call Orlando EMS. They need to go to Craig's place of work, Stat!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1532632651, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390749, "authorName": "Rodeo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rodeo/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Just goes to show you, $007 here ... $007 there, pretty soon you are talking real money", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532632651, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390751, "authorName": "scshark76", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/scshark76/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "With the 007 price - clever ?", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1532632661, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390753, "authorName": "aclemons6970", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/aclemons6970/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "It's gonna be 8pm, and @craigkay and @Phantom8352 are still gonna be bidding on a $400,000 Z8, lol.", "likes": 11, "timestamp": 1532632679, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390754, "authorName": "Phantom8352", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/phantom8352/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Liar, liar! You heard that chime one more time and you\u2019ll have to hear it again!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532632680, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390761, "authorName": "Pkern0014", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pkern0014/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@aclemons6970 there will be a lot of Z8s listed next week if thats the case.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1532632720, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390764, "authorName": "Phantom8352", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/phantom8352/", "bidAmount": 157000, "content": "$157,000 bid placed by Phantom8352", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532632734, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2390765, "authorName": "videodima", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/videodima/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "OMG", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532632738, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390766, "authorName": "trademark", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trademark/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I like your style", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532632751, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390771, "authorName": "Amazed", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/amazed/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Your move, mr. Bond", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1532632768, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390772, "authorName": "Phantom8352", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/phantom8352/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "We\u2019re both just trying to make the seller happy!", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1532632770, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390773, "authorName": "lmargolis", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lmargolis/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This is reaching Rocky 2 finale levels.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532632773, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390777, "authorName": "craigkay", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craigkay/", "bidAmount": 158911, "content": "$158,911 bid placed by craigkay", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532632812, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2390780, "authorName": "Crazyas00", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/crazyas00/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@craigkay : Hello, hello?! Better get the Paramedics there now!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532632825, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390781, "authorName": "Jeffrey123", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jeffrey123/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "You have an audience on the edge of our seats...where's this beauty gonna end up!?!?", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1532632826, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390782, "authorName": "craigkay", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craigkay/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "secret message in my last bid", "likes": 8, "timestamp": 1532632831, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390776, "authorName": "MylesPH", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mylesph/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Oh c\u2019mon, that last bid shoulda been $157,007 :) stick to the theme guys!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532632849, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390787, "authorName": "trademark", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trademark/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The real Zoolander runway runoff", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532632860, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390785, "authorName": "CfC", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/cfc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "LOL @craigkay and his 911", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532632864, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390790, "authorName": "Phantom8352", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/phantom8352/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Because your wife found out?!?! That\u2019s why I\u2019m single! Lol", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1532632890, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390791, "authorName": "craigkay", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craigkay/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "now we're getting into original paint and glass territory ;)", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1532632893, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390792, "authorName": "CfC", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/cfc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "It will be even more entertaining if xxx,911 is the winning bid.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532632896, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390795, "authorName": "Phantom8352", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/phantom8352/", "bidAmount": 160000, "content": "$160,000 bid placed by Phantom8352", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532632931, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2390796, "authorName": "NZVW", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/nzvw/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Oh,,,,, we didnt see that bid coming,,", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532632933, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390797, "authorName": "m3hotshoe", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/m3hotshoe/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What do you accomplish waiting until the last second to bid when the clock resets to two minutes after every bid?", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1532632945, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390799, "authorName": "Phantom8352", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/phantom8352/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "You\u2019re absolutely right......but it\u2019s an original owner car.....", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532632965, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390800, "authorName": "TMar42", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tmar42/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Maybe had to sell his 911 to pay for the Z8", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532632966, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390803, "authorName": "Crazyas00", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/crazyas00/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "BTW; The Montreal of the Atlantic has cracked $20k.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532632977, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390801, "authorName": "Thirty-three-and-a-third", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/thirty-three-and-a-third/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Please stop waiting till the last second. You don't need to do that", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1532632979, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390804, "authorName": "craigkay", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craigkay/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Phanton8352 - just trying to spook you!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532632981, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390805, "authorName": "NZVW", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/nzvw/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Free world", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532632985, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390807, "authorName": "kurteklein", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kurteklein/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@m3hotshoe The Phantom is getting his 15 minutes (or more) of fame", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532632994, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390808, "authorName": "aclemons6970", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/aclemons6970/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "MSRP when new was around $128,000. That is $187,493 in today's dollars. Are we gonna reach a zero percent loss car here?\r\n\r\nAnd yes, I am a CPA, why do you ask? :o)", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1532633000, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390809, "authorName": "CfC", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/cfc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I usually agree with the last-minute bid comment, but I'm betting there's some measure of \"should I, shouldn't I\" at this point...", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1532633008, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390810, "authorName": "lmargolis", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lmargolis/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Anyone bidding $160k shouldn't have to take advice on how to place their bets", "likes": 24, "timestamp": 1532633009, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390806, "authorName": "RevSome", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/revsome/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Lotta bidders are just mulling it over until the last second. Not trying to snipe.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1532633011, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390811, "authorName": "fchord", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fchord/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "If you are bidding you can wait as long as you want to place the bid, for the rest of us we can watch the show - or not...", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1532633021, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390813, "authorName": "craigkay", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craigkay/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Enjoy the car @Phantom8352 \r\nI'm printing off this transcript for some light reading\r\nPlease Keep in touch! Craigkay @ gmail com", "likes": 21, "timestamp": 1532633038, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390814, "authorName": "videodima", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/videodima/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "oh my god is this it.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532633048, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390815, "authorName": "Phantom8352", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/phantom8352/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sold on 7/26/18 for $160,000 to Phantom8352", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1532633051, "type": "bat-bid-reserve"}, {"id": 2390817, "authorName": "lmargolis", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lmargolis/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Nicely done Phantom! Congrats to buyer and seller on a great auction.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532633073, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390819, "authorName": "Landscraper", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/landscraper/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "that was fun", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532633083, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390818, "authorName": "craigkay", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craigkay/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Congratulations", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1532633083, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390821, "authorName": "MylesPH", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mylesph/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Wow this was fun to watch, thanks guys ??", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532633087, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390822, "authorName": "SHOhobo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/shohobo/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Good show fellas!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532633088, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390825, "authorName": "Phantom8352", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/phantom8352/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Craigkey, you can come drive it anytime!", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1532633117, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390826, "authorName": "jvmax", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jvmax/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "seems like these Z8's have been gaining popularity this past year pushing prices up", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532633119, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390827, "authorName": "Jeffrey123", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jeffrey123/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Enjoy the car, phantom", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532633126, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390828, "authorName": "Crazyas00", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/crazyas00/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "WELL PLAYED ALL!!! Congratulations to all sides!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1532633134, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390829, "authorName": "Rodeo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rodeo/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Well played gentlemen .... congrats to buyer and seller!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1532633141, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390833, "authorName": "Phantom8352", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/phantom8352/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "....and to those who take issue with how I chose to bid, well I own it now, don\u2019t I??", "likes": 19, "timestamp": 1532633202, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390836, "authorName": "Phantom8352", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/phantom8352/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Craigkey, that was enjoyable and ultimate price I believe is right on target.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1532633258, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390842, "authorName": "CobrasBMW", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/cobrasbmw/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Congratulations to buyer & seller! That was great entertainment!!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532633308, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390847, "authorName": "jvmax", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jvmax/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Z8's are bringing all the money on BAT!!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1532633368, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390852, "authorName": "craigkay", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/craigkay/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Phantom8352 - I take no issue with the way you bid; honestly, I was probably at 10K more than I wanted to bid, based on your strategy (and it worked out with a good result for all parties).\r\n\r\nI am holding you to your offer to drive it sometime.\r\n\r\nKeep in touch and drive safely! Nice to \"meet\" you, Sir.\r\n\r\nCraig\r\nCraigKay\r\nat\r\nGmail", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1532633406, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390856, "authorName": "Diver127", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/diver127/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Phantom8352 @Craigkey Thanks for commenting during your bidding war. It sure keeps it lively. Something you never get at Barrett Jackson!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1532633417, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2390869, "authorName": "Phantom8352", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/phantom8352/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Likewise, nice to meet you as well. Offer is serious. My comments about bidding weren\u2019t at all directed at you. It\u2019s usually those not bidding who have an \u201copinion\u201d on other people\u2019s havits/tactics. Hope to meet you in person. Les Brun\r\n2\r\nAt \r\nGmail", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1532633609, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2391508, "authorName": "ksubratwurst", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ksubratwurst/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I missed the live auction but was entertained by the rundown of going back and reading all the comments on this bid. Hats off to @Phantom8352 and @craigkay for being true gentlemen during the friendly banter for this car. THIS is exactly why BaT needs to exist. Thank you both, and thank you seller for your professionalism and offering.\r\n\r\nIf there is another black hole for my time, I hope to never find it. BaT is more than enough...", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1532641259, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2391637, "authorName": "Bedbugblue", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bedbugblue/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I was on AA at Santa Barbara. We took off at noon and I lost reception. 60K was my limit. So it goes.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1532642852, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2405417, "authorName": "Satch_Carlson", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/satch_carlson/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I just noticed that it says the power goes through a limited-slip differential. I would suggest that @Phantom8352 light 'em up to make sure; my suspicion is that he (or she\u2014who knows who the Phantom is?!) might find that only one rear tire is being reduced to blue smoke (another difference between the Zed Acht and the E39 M5).\n\nParallel black streaks (\u00e0 la My Cousin Vinny) will indicate an aftermarket replacement.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1533159357, "type": "comment"}]