m3 e36 wanted
m3 e36 wanted
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dez58pop

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6 posts

214 months

Wednesday 10th December 2008
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hi new to the forum ,im after a m3 e36 estoril blue looked on the clasifieds bt not much abwt ,must be 98-99 r/s reg and estoril blue got abwt £4500 or wud swap for my 328 sport , m tec factory 1 ,plus cash, cheers guys

Fox-

13,575 posts

276 months

Wednesday 10th December 2008
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Thanks for the info.

dan101smith

17,050 posts

241 months

Wednesday 10th December 2008
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I'll alert the media.

Seriously though, the classifieds are full of Estoril Blue M3s. Your desired age and budget are probably why you can't find what you want.

dez58pop

Original Poster:

6 posts

214 months

Wednesday 10th December 2008
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seem to be tad expensive on the classifieds ,just missed a 99 m3 gt2 which sold for £4900 and on ebay other week 99 s reg went for £4300 considering a 96 on the classifieds is nearly 7.5 k

Fox-

13,575 posts

276 months

Wednesday 10th December 2008
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dez58pop said:
seem to be tad expensive on the classifieds
Expensive compared to what? If thats the case, why not go and buy the cars which the classifieds are expensive compared to?

french

520 posts

230 months

Wednesday 10th December 2008
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Presuming they did actually sell, you see loads & loads of cars on E bay re appearing after they have meant to have sold.

Neil.D

2,878 posts

236 months

Wednesday 10th December 2008
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Is this thread a joke?

It must be, surely?

anonymous-user

84 months

Thursday 11th December 2008
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dez58pop said:
seem to be tad expensive on the classifieds ,just missed a 99 m3 gt2 which sold for £4900 and on ebay other week 99 s reg went for £4300 considering a 96 on the classifieds is nearly 7.5 k
Sorry but late e36 M3s going for that money will be total lemons. I looked at a few in that price bracket and it's pretty shocking how knackered some of them are....

MitchT

17,126 posts

239 months

Thursday 11th December 2008
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dez58pop said:
hi new to the forum ,im after a m3 e36 estoril blue looked on the clasifieds bt not much abwt ,must be 98-99 r/s reg and estoril blue got abwt £4500 or wud swap for my 328 sport , m tec factory 1 ,plus cash, cheers guys
You'll be looking at nearer £8k for what you're after. I'm quite tempted by the Estoril Blue/Black '96 one that's up for £7.5k, but I'm put off 'cause I think it's too much to pay given what much newer E46s with a lot less miles are going for these days.

dan101smith

17,050 posts

241 months

Thursday 11th December 2008
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For £8k I'd want one that is mechanically and cosmetically perfect, rather than low mileage.

Problem is that most cars now are around £5k, but at that price there's no distinction between "really good but only £5k" and "completely ropey but punting for £5k".

At the higher end they tend to be better history/fewer niggles/better condition cars.

£4.5k for a late car in Estoril (pretty much the car of choice) just isn't enough IMO.

dan101smith

17,050 posts

241 months

Thursday 11th December 2008
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I've looked at a few uber low mileage ones before and they can still have stone chips and scuffed wheels, plus cars like M3s don't benefit from spending a long time doing nothing. Add to that the fact that there is still maintenance to be done even if you don't use it (think perished rubber pipes, bushes etc) and I end up back to preferring a car that's had everything done, even at 100k+ miles.

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Hmmm... I know what condition mine is in, and I wouldn't sell it for less than 150% of that (not that that means it is worth 150% of that).

anonymous said:
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yes not for me.

Fox-

13,575 posts

276 months

Thursday 11th December 2008
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Getting an Em Free mate, innit.

JulianHJ

8,868 posts

292 months

Thursday 11th December 2008
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Fox- said:
Getting an Em Free mate, innit.
Fo' shiz, bruv, like well wikkid!

dan101smith

17,050 posts

241 months

Thursday 11th December 2008
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At what mileage is it possible to scrape your wheels along a kerb? I didn't know there was a restriction, although I appreciate that stones do you the courtesy of not hitting the front of a sub 25k mile car...

anonymous said:
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When I bought it for just over £5k it was a just over £5k car. The condition of it now reflects the price I would want.

If I wanted to sell it quickly then it'd be foolish to advertise it at £7.5k. I don't want to sell it at all right now, but I appreciate I'd be limiting my potential market at that price and so would take longer to sell.


sniff diesel

13,127 posts

242 months

Thursday 11th December 2008
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dan101smith said:
For £8k I'd want one that is mechanically and cosmetically perfect, rather than low mileage.
For £8k I'd want an E46 M3.

shamrock

980 posts

220 months

Thursday 11th December 2008
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sniff diesel said:
dan101smith said:
For £8k I'd want one that is mechanically and cosmetically perfect, rather than low mileage.
For £8k I'd want an E46 M3.
Would you like wheels with that?

dan101smith

17,050 posts

241 months

Thursday 11th December 2008
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sniff diesel said:
dan101smith said:
For £8k I'd want one that is mechanically and cosmetically perfect, rather than low mileage.
For £8k I'd want an E46 M3.
I wouldn't, for the same reason I wouldn't want a £3k E36 M3 Evo.

MitchT

17,126 posts

239 months

Thursday 11th December 2008
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anonymous said:
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MitchT

17,126 posts

239 months

Thursday 11th December 2008
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anonymous said:
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When I bought it for just over £5k it was a just over £5k car. The condition of it now reflects the price I would want. If I wanted to sell it quickly then it'd be foolish to advertise it at £7.5k. I don't want to sell it at all right now, but I appreciate I'd be limiting my potential market at that price and so would take longer to sell.
Sorry, I think you'd die waiting for someone to pay you £7.5k for a 130,000 mile E36 Evo in the current market conditions. That is museum piece money, certainly sub 100k miles and probably sub 75k miles and preferably sub 50k miles.

What the hell have you done that has increased the value by 50% over what you paid for it? Have you had a new engine and bodyshell shipped over from Germany, replaced the entire interior - basically built a brand new car from OEM parts?
Got to agree. The one I'm interested in has 74k miles and my wallet wouldn't start getting restless unless the price dropped to around £6k. As I said before, E46 M3s are sufficiently cheap as to make many optimisticly priced E36 M3s look like poor value.

nottyash

4,671 posts

225 months

Sunday 14th December 2008
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sniff diesel said:
dan101smith said:
For £8k I'd want one that is mechanically and cosmetically perfect, rather than low mileage.
For £8k I'd want an E46 M3.
I wouldnt like the E46 you get for 8 grand!!