Bmw 1M prices holding strong!
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janahan9 said:
No problem. It is a shame to split the parts- but I imagine it would be easier to sell the car at 38/39k than 41/42k.I have the same steering wheel and really love it,even if it is a bit geeky 
Lol... Well said about the geekiness... But I applaud your good taste!! Agree with you re pricing... Think I'd consider taking an offer a bit below 41 but otherwise better to split as you say... I wonder if I can swap the seats back over myself ?
Kananga said:
Lol... Well said about the geekiness... But I applaud your good taste!!
Agree with you re pricing... Think I'd consider taking an offer a bit below 41 but otherwise better to split as you say... I wonder if I can swap the seats back over myself ?
You could easily refit the seats yourself, but you will need to have them coded back in by a dealer. Agree with you re pricing... Think I'd consider taking an offer a bit below 41 but otherwise better to split as you say... I wonder if I can swap the seats back over myself ?
as7920 said:
Values just gone up.
Found out my 1M (that I sold back in May) has been written off and scrapped.
400 registrations as @ end Q2 2013 (389 licensed and 11 SORN)
412 registrations as @ end Q2 2012 (407 licensed and 7 SORN)
Guess a few others are getting written off
Are BMW going to update our one of 450 badge every year Found out my 1M (that I sold back in May) has been written off and scrapped.
400 registrations as @ end Q2 2013 (389 licensed and 11 SORN)
412 registrations as @ end Q2 2012 (407 licensed and 7 SORN)
Guess a few others are getting written off
?I think 450 were original imported to the UK and since then a few have been written off, a few gone to Hong Kong and other RHD markets as mentioned before. Does that list of whats left now include N.Ireland as some of the 450 must of been sent there?
Re the black 1M as above, I do know the owner, I would advertised your car for £42,950 and sell the car as it is instead of pulling everything apart. A 1M with performance seats and s/wheel fitted is an even rarer car than a standard model and therefore more sought after as most owners hanker for these options. The more these cars disappear the higher the value they will become, just don't be afraid to ask what you think it's worth.
Just look at the Focus RS500s, only 101 from new and now fetching up to £5k above new list price and now they are not coming to the market as owners see these as true investments. To tell you the truth I would think twice about selling your low mileage 1M the same as I have.
Re the black 1M as above, I do know the owner, I would advertised your car for £42,950 and sell the car as it is instead of pulling everything apart. A 1M with performance seats and s/wheel fitted is an even rarer car than a standard model and therefore more sought after as most owners hanker for these options. The more these cars disappear the higher the value they will become, just don't be afraid to ask what you think it's worth.
Just look at the Focus RS500s, only 101 from new and now fetching up to £5k above new list price and now they are not coming to the market as owners see these as true investments. To tell you the truth I would think twice about selling your low mileage 1M the same as I have.
Edited by Yellowcab on Friday 25th October 23:21
Yellowcab said:
Re the black 1M as above, I do know the owner, I would advertised your car for £42,950 and sell the car as it is instead of pulling everything apart. A 1M with performance seats and s/wheel fitted is an even rarer car than a standard model and therefore more sought after as most owners hanker for these options. The more these cars disappear the higher the value they will become, just don't be afraid to ask what you think it's worth.
... To tell you the truth I would think twice about selling your low mileage 1M the same as I have.
Cheers buddy, hope you are keeping well!! would you believe I only just put the mats in last month!... To tell you the truth I would think twice about selling your low mileage 1M the same as I have.
I hear you re price, but sadly I'm generally not keen on private sales (had a bad experience in the past and so would prefer the security of a dealer unless the price differential was too high). You're totally right about keeping it as is... IMHO the 1M should have come out of the factory with the Perf Seats/Wheel...
Fully agree on the last point - need to think carefully as I think we sold our spyder too early and should have held onto it!
Just seen an air cooled Porsche project that I may be interested in, bit of a project but I've been hankering after a 993 for a couple of years since I sold my last one...
Edited by Kananga on Saturday 26th October 13:10
Yellowcab said:
I think 450 were original imported to the UK and since then a few have been written off, a few gone to Hong Kong and other RHD markets as mentioned before. Does that list of whats left now include N.Ireland as some of the 450 must of been sent there?
The list should include N.I cars. I know of at least 8 that were sold here new. There could have been more.Edited by Yellowcab on Friday 25th October 23:21
The wifes is tucked away for the winter but it's still taxed. Hopefully there will be some nice dry crisp mornings to stretch the legs between now and April.
It certainly is a keeper.
Yellowcab said:
I think 450 were original imported to the UK and since then a few have been written off, a few gone to Hong Kong and other RHD markets as mentioned before. Does that list of whats left now include N.Ireland as some of the 450 must of been sent there?
Re the black 1M as above, I do know the owner, I would advertised your car for £42,950 and sell the car as it is instead of pulling everything apart. A 1M with performance seats and s/wheel fitted is an even rarer car than a standard model and therefore more sought after as most owners hanker for these options. The more these cars disappear the higher the value they will become, just don't be afraid to ask what you think it's worth.
I think they are at the highest they will ever be at. As soon as an M2 is announced, prices will drop to early 30's.Re the black 1M as above, I do know the owner, I would advertised your car for £42,950 and sell the car as it is instead of pulling everything apart. A 1M with performance seats and s/wheel fitted is an even rarer car than a standard model and therefore more sought after as most owners hanker for these options. The more these cars disappear the higher the value they will become, just don't be afraid to ask what you think it's worth.
The IM is good but not that special.
Mermaid said:
I think they are at the highest they will ever be at. As soon as an M2 is announced, prices will drop to early 30's.
The IM is good but not that special.
People on this forum were saying that it would be down to early 30s after the car was a year old. Wrong. Since the summer it's gone up 2-3k back to £40k or thereabouts. The arrival of the M2 will not make any difference. There are never enough 1Ms for sale to allow buyers to command the value. If its not a special BMW why has it held it's value better than any other BMW I know of? I should know I've lost so much money on all the others in the past.The IM is good but not that special.
Mermaid said:
I think they are at the highest they will ever be at. As soon as an M2 is announced, prices will drop to early 30's.
The IM is good but not that special.
Still trying to talk prices down? A couple of weeks ago M235i was going to knock 1M value now it'll be the M2.............. The IM is good but not that special.
E30M3SE said:
Still trying to talk prices down? A couple of weeks ago M235i was going to knock 1M value now it'll be the M2..............
The M235 and M2 are not even out in the market yet ie on the road. Also the market for cars is not as immediately reactive to news as u seem to suggest it is bit slower than that IMO 161BMW said:
The M235 and M2 are not even out in the market yet ie on the road. Also the market for cars is not as immediately reactive to news as u seem to suggest it is bit slower than that IMO
read the thread. I'm not the one suggesting anything about speed of market reaction, but someone else is.....Mermaid said:
I think they are at the highest they will ever be at. As soon as an M2 is announced, prices will drop to early 30's.
The IM is good but not that special.
The IM is good but not that special.
Yellowcab said:
Mermaid said:
I think they are at the highest they will ever be at. As soon as an M2 is announced, prices will drop to early 30's.
The IM is good but not that special.
People on this forum were saying that it would be down to early 30s after the car was a year old. Wrong. Since the summer it's gone up 2-3k back to £40k or thereabouts. The arrival of the M2 will not make any difference. There are never enough 1Ms for sale to allow buyers to command the value. If its not a special BMW why has it held it's value better than any other BMW I know of? I should know I've lost so much money on all the others in the past.The IM is good but not that special.
The M2 , and to an extent the M235i, will fill the same kind of niche and at not much higher prices and that is why I think the older car will be affected. If the 1M was a NA car, that would have been different.
£40k - in a IM or a low mileage CSL?
May I just point this out.
There probably won't be an M2 at all at least until right at the end of the production run a la 1M to shift dead metal but a stripped out CSL type limited run would be nice.
Even then we have the M4 coming along and all the specials that will come along after that. BMW are going to be pushing the M4 very hard indeed and there is a lot riding on that cars success. The M4 has to be the car that sets the bar an M2 isn't going to get in the way of that.
BMW didn't release an M235i for people to "wait" for an M2.
Anyway it doesn't matter the 1M is unique and to say "it's not that special" is total nonsense.
The 1M really is one of BMWs finest moments (how many times have I said that now).
BTW I don't care about values the 1M is a keeper, it really is that special.
There probably won't be an M2 at all at least until right at the end of the production run a la 1M to shift dead metal but a stripped out CSL type limited run would be nice.
Even then we have the M4 coming along and all the specials that will come along after that. BMW are going to be pushing the M4 very hard indeed and there is a lot riding on that cars success. The M4 has to be the car that sets the bar an M2 isn't going to get in the way of that.
BMW didn't release an M235i for people to "wait" for an M2.
Anyway it doesn't matter the 1M is unique and to say "it's not that special" is total nonsense.
The 1M really is one of BMWs finest moments (how many times have I said that now).
BTW I don't care about values the 1M is a keeper, it really is that special.
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The M2 , and to an extent the M235i, will fill the same kind of niche and at not much higher prices and that is why I think the older car will be affected. If the 1M was a NA car, that would have been different.
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It's wrong to keep comparing how a 1M's value will be affected by the arrival of say an M235i/M2. Theses two cars have been marketed totally different to the 1M. The 1M is in its own little niche, there are no other BMWs built to be like it. It stands on its own, because its special, very unique and limited by its numbers. The M135i came along and everyone said the 1Ms days were over, prices would start to drop but it didn't happened because the M135i wasn't special, unique and limited like the 1M. Even though its a very fast car and in some aspects better than the 1M it just couldn't be compared to it just like the M235i/M2 shouldn't be.
The M2 , and to an extent the M235i, will fill the same kind of niche and at not much higher prices and that is why I think the older car will be affected. If the 1M was a NA car, that would have been different.
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It's wrong to keep comparing how a 1M's value will be affected by the arrival of say an M235i/M2. Theses two cars have been marketed totally different to the 1M. The 1M is in its own little niche, there are no other BMWs built to be like it. It stands on its own, because its special, very unique and limited by its numbers. The M135i came along and everyone said the 1Ms days were over, prices would start to drop but it didn't happened because the M135i wasn't special, unique and limited like the 1M. Even though its a very fast car and in some aspects better than the 1M it just couldn't be compared to it just like the M235i/M2 shouldn't be.
Mermaid said:
You make some good points. The 1M has retained values far better than nearly everyone expected - it filled a niche, a small car with M3 type performance.
The M2 , and to an extent the M235i, will fill the same kind of niche and at not much higher prices and that is why I think the older car will be affected. If the 1M was a NA car, that would have been different.
£40k - in a IM or a low mileage CSL?
Completely disagree. It's not the engine that's important, it's the whole package. The 1M is a riot of a car to drive, a real occasion every time you get in it. I've driven the E92 M3 and the E46 M3 and whilst they are great cars, I get more fun out of driving my 1M. Part if what makes the 1M special is the stonking torque and in gear shunt you get in a small(ish) car. It's laugh out loud funny and part of the appeal. The M2 , and to an extent the M235i, will fill the same kind of niche and at not much higher prices and that is why I think the older car will be affected. If the 1M was a NA car, that would have been different.
£40k - in a IM or a low mileage CSL?
People on here get too up tight about BMW moving away from NA engines. It's not the be all and end all
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