I've put my car up for sale and curious what the community thinks on the price; i've addressed all the major items, only problems include:
clear peeling of wing
sunroof fabric falling (headliner was fixed)
radio head unit is DOA
http://reno.craigslist.org/cto/5989803568.html
I'm asking $9000
I think it seems fair, but I would expect to negotiate a little for a buyer.
very fair. Condition is great for the mileage! GLWS
Considering what I paid for mine only twelve months ago and the amount of maintenance I've had to do to it since I got it (read: ALL of it), I think that's a very fair price.
I just bought a 96 Hellrot/Modena with 161k for $7000, id say yours is very fairly priced. Mines a bit worse for wear.
Thanks for all the feedback. I actually have cleaned the engine bay since that pic was taken (i gave it a nice cleaning when i did the valve cover gasket and cooling system).
yeah, I think it's a matter of waiting for the right buyer, not just trying to sell to anybody who's looking for a car at a certain price range. Rather, someone who wants an E36 and knows what they're getting in to. I had a similar situation with my beamer, a 2002 R1100S. KBB said like $2k, but anybody who knew the bikes would pay $5k. I waited around, had tons of low ball offers, but I got my $5k. It only took like 2-3 months, too.
I think your price is great if the body is good, one of my very favorite color combos.
A couple years ago I bought a 97 in this exact same color combo with 116k for 10.5k and had it shipped to me. When I got it the clutch was on its way out (not a deal breaker) but it had some awful quarter panel bodywork that was never disclosed or showed up on a carfax. There were other issues I could have lived and dealt with but I ended up cutting my losses and sold it cheap and lost a good chunk of change, it was a costly lesson learned.
CBlock
Very fair price. Do not move much at all on this price. I'd have priced it at $12,999 were it mine.
Last edited by ben4bama; 02-10-2017 at 05:51 PM.
98 M3 sedan
ss mkv will probably appreciate this --
When I was shopping for an E36 M3 last summer, I saw a car VERY similar to this one and did some e-haggling with the seller. But he was out of my area, and not desperate to sell.
Well, I ended up buying a '97 M3 locally, which had all the power steering replaced, a Z3 rack, a bunch of Eibach suspension upgrades, upgraded exhaust, and generally good maintenance. But the clear coat on the hood was shot, so the hood looked like crap, and the headliner was sagging. It was black on black with about 160K on the clock.
Seller was asking $9,500. I ended up paying $8,200.
All in all, I think this car is very similar to the one I bought in it's market value. So I would say it is priced to attract potential buyers (unlike if it were listed at $13K and would probably never get any calls). But the seller should expect to negotiate a little, but not much.
At this point in the cars life, all I really care about is the condition of the body and if it has ever had body work or damage. I expect to have to sort the suspension, vanos, cooling system etc. An all original car with all factory paintwork that needs all of the common e36 problems is worth more to me than a car with some paint work, accident history etc that has had all of the usual preventative maintenance work done to it. Basically, body condition/originality trumps everything else.
Last edited by CblockM3; 02-11-2017 at 12:07 AM.
CBlock
I just bought my '95 Alpine Weiss in extremely similiar physical condition but without all the "stuff" addressed that you have listed and paid roughly half of that...HOWEVER...the guy had just gotten a DUI in it and was a day or two away from going to jail if he didn't come up with $4000 and fast (He had it listed for $8000, which I felt was a little higher than fair given the issues). I think you are right on the mark; I would expect to offer you $8 and hope to land below $8500 on it.
1995 BMW M3/2/5 - Alpine White - Vaders - Stage II Maxsil Pistons, Chipped, 24# Injectors, MagnaFlow Exhaust, and heated door locks!
I havent had any serious interest, so i reposted it again:
https://reno.craigslist.org/cto/6069379460.html
PM me if interested, i would certainly do $8500 for a member on here. It passed SMOG last weekend.
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