1987 BMW 635CSi

• Grey-beige metallic paint looks even and fairly glossy on the flanks and rear in the street photos, panels lining up straight — no paint or body budget from these photos.
• Cross-spoke wheels are clean with no kerb damage visible and the rear tyres show deep tread in the underside photo — no wheel or tyre budget from these photos.
• The rear bumper rubber and trim look aged and scuffed compared with the paint, and the tail lights are bright — budget small money for bumper rubber revival, not a repaint, from these photos.
• Cream leather rear seats and centre console look clean and lightly creased, with tidy vents and trim — budget for leather treatment, not a retrim from these photos.
• The gauge cluster is legible showing about 83,676 miles and the dash shows no obvious cracking in the wheel photo — no dash budget from these photos.
• The engine bay is dusty and uncared-for in its photo, with a discoloured shock-tower top, and the rear underside shows peeling tank coating and surface-rusted exhaust — budget for a bay detail and underside clean-and-protect, and check for leaks in person rather than assuming the worst.

Money: sound-looking cosmetics for the price, with the real spend being a thorough detail and underside tidy — plus the usual mechanical check photos cannot do.