BMW PTG M3 IMSA GT Race Car for Sale

[sirhodjibob]

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...a-gt-race-car/

Alright, who's bidding?

I used to play a very old computer game called Sports Car GT and this car was on the cover, never thought I would actually see it for sale one day!

[Veleno]

Wow!

[RRSperry]

I've been in that car...

[Braymond141]

That car is hanging above the toilet in my shop.

[Sammyzuko]

What's with the chicken wire all over the front end? Looks terrible

[RRSperry]

Big rocks..

[Henn28]

So close to liquidating it all to bid on that car. Saw the sedan race and changed an order for an Z3 M version to an E36 M3 sedan.

[ScotcH]

What's with the chicken wire all over the front end? Looks terrible

Lol ... I guess you've never raced your car

[Braymond141]

What's with the chicken wire all over the front end? Looks terrible

Racecars are horribly built. It’s a whatever works mentality vs quality.

[blckstrm]

And people say a sedan doesn't look great with the high rise wing...

[aeronaut]

Racecars are horribly built. It’s a whatever works mentality vs quality.

Purpose built and function over form doesn't mean "horribly built", or poor quality.

[E85STI]

Wow, it is already over 200k, not surprisingly.

[blckstrm]

Purpose built and function over form doesn't mean "horribly built", or poor quality.

It kinda does though. There's not a worry about fit and finish - it's pure function. More elaborate solutions just add weight anyway.

[golgo13]

Performance > *

[E36 Em Tree]

It's more race car than m3... a niche car for some rich person to blow money on

[aeronaut]

It kinda does though. There's not a worry about fit and finish - it's pure function. More elaborate solutions just add weight anyway.

I think you're agreeing with me.

[Braymond141]

I think you're agreeing with me.

I think you are agreeing with me.

They rarely are built well. How “well” can vary for others.

[propcar]

If the most successful race car within the rules could be made out of paper mache and bubble gum, that's how they would build it. I've seen one of the PTG cars in person at Daytona, but not this one.

Like many E36's, zip ties are prevalent

[blckstrm]

I think you're agreeing with me.

I'm afraid not! :')

Fit and finish take time and patience, and I've never met anyone with a race car (from pros all the way down to a brand new race license) who was willing to invest a single minute past "not a disaster" from a purely visual perspective.

The chicken wire in question was probably originally attached with a staple gun.

Look at the pictures - I swear the hood vents are from home depot.

A race car is just a tool, and they get treated like tools. Even this "famous" race car - I love how beat up it is. Click through the pictures and you'll see ample evidence of a life well lived long past is heyday. It's been living a good life, still spending lots of time on track.

These things need to be driven to remain viable.
Hopefully the new owner doesn’t ruin it by parking it in a climate controlled garage and wiping it with a diaper.

[aeronaut]

Just trying to broaden your guys definition of quality past looking at panel gaps and checking for matching VINs, aesthetics isn't the only judgement of build quality. .

[sirhodjibob]

Just trying to broaden your guys definition of quality past looking at panel gaps and checking for matching VINs, aesthetics isn't the only judgement of build quality. .

Wish I had you telling customers that for me when I working at a certain electric car company

[aeronaut]

wish i had you telling customers that for me when i working at a certain electric car company

haha!

[circuit.heart]

Wish I had you telling customers that for me when I working at a certain electric car company

That certain electric car company couldn't even remember to install a passenger seat or glue the roof on properly, that is an inexcusable loss of function.

[pbonsalb]

I feel better now about the zip ties on my E36 M3….

[Braymond141]

That certain electric car company couldn't even remember to install a passenger seat or glue the roof on properly, that is an inexcusable loss of function.

Answer for your sins, Hutch.