Overpriced?

[stevetigger]

So how does he make money??

He quoted me Ԛ£600 to sell my car, we talked of a price of 6.5k totall to sell my car.

So car was Ԛ£5900 really? I give up anyways, I know if and when I need another sport it will be nice for half that!

[Simon]

So car was Ԛ£5900 really? I give up anyways, I know if and when I need another sport it will be nice for half that!

And when you want to sell, you will jump on the other side of the fence and defend the high prices of sports.....it's always the same!

[stevetigger]

So car was Ԛ£5900 really? I give up anyways, I know if and when I need another sport it will be nice for half that!

And when you want to sell, you will jump on the other side of the fence and defend the high prices of sports.....it's always the same!

NO NO, I only mark my cars up abit!

[E30BeemerLad]

so if you bought a sport for Ԛ£3950 Steve, how much would you sell it for?

[Simon]

so if you bought a sport for Ԛ£3950 Steve, how much would you sell it for?

[ineedanE30]

great replies guys thanks, I'm thinking about trying to offer the guy from 4-5k USD cash. The bumper problem should be easily resolved because my father's best friend owns an autobody shop right up the road from me. My buddy and I are already scheaming up the mods and costs and it's all so within reach right now. I'm pumped on possibly getting myself my first project car. Thanks again

[Chucko]

Good luck, it sounds like a nice car.

Chucko

[pacerpete]

Steve i think you are confusing the term mint with very nice/ excellent, a common mistake .
A very nice /excellent car is one that is in very good overall condition with no major issues but showing signs of age and use, a car that ideally will need some mechanical and cosmetic refurbishment to get up to scratch.
A mint car is one with NO issues that needs NO expenditure to make mechanically perfect or show worthy.
Mint condition means a nigh on concours car that gets regular use, the amount of truly "mint " e30s in this country probably amount to less than 100.
I am sure one could find a very nice/ excellent sport for Ԛ£4000 or less but to get an excellent car to mint standards takes a bit more than tyre black and a set of burger king 171s.

[c76jon]

find me another sport that when the kit is dropped off looks like it never had one fitted.....................oh and tell me its under 4k

My Black Auto, had to take the kit off, just dirt! Wish I had taken photo's and you know how much I bought it for! There is a rule to follow when finding "MiNt" cars, I dont use the word loosely....maybe other people in the country do! I know "mint" Just by talking on the phone for one hour with the seller!

We might have to agree to disagree or this thread will run forever! All I said in the first place is you can buy "mint" for no more than 4k TRUE

Agreed?? Im not saying you cant spend more and get "showroom"

im sorry but ma i missing something here
are you trying to takethe piss out of us or what

ok so you are a fully trained whatever and you have had e30s for a whole 7 years etc etc etc

that lot i will accept ..............not that it means anything you understand

but you are honestly expecting me to believe that in precisely 1 hour on the phone with the seller you can without seeing the car and him not setting off your"bullshit detector" you can "know mint"

think about what you are typing
how on gods earth can you "know mint" by talking on the telephone

there are people on here with e30 knowledge and BMW knowledge ,and i say this with respect,you will never dream of having and i know without a shadow of a doubt that not even they could detect "MINTINESS" via a twisted copper pair and a telephone,

but prey tell.let us into how you do that cuz iam intrigued

john

[c76jon]

Who the hell pays more than 4 grand for an old 325i Sport anyway? I mean, they were nice cars 15 years ago but they weren't THAT great. MINT means too good to use, but hey, you can open the bonnet at Gaydon and spend all day talking with saddos about factory fitted hoseclips and the correct colour of the washer bottle fluid.
I wouldn't pay a bean more than Ԛ£4000 for one of these because there are more interesting cars out there, not just BMW's. Five grand means you're dipping into the waters of some very straight (if not perfect) early M3's, both E30 and E36. At Stoneliegh last year there was an extremely nice white 1990 M3 215 bhp for Ԛ£5995 and sorry, but the M3 is in a different league to the old six cylinder stuff.
Ԛ£5000 also buys a very useable E28 M5 which would cut the head of a 325i and shit down its throat - a rare classic BMW as opposed to something churned out in the thousands.

A 325i Sport was a standard car with a mud trapping dodgy bodykit, an LSD, some Bilstein dampers and that's about it. It doesn't go any better than a standard car in a straight line so I'm struggling to see where the extra money is going!

i agree i most of your points but like you say "mint " means almost too good to use and you are not no matter any of our feelings on whether they are worth it or not going to buy an almost too good to use 325i sport for 4k

i saw that m3 too
it was at stoneleigh in april too

it was an ok car but it was nothing special.bad scuttle repair .
its all about demand and supply at the end of the day and when a really nice and i mean nice sport comes up then there are people willing to pay top dollar for them.

john

[ineedanE30]

however our 4k is along the lines of 2k for you guys, as i am in the US. So if i were to shell out $5,000 US I think i'm getting a good deal for a 60k mile car that's never seen snow.

[bootyman]

I think this is where personal standards of what people look for in a car comes in. We all know how fussy (For wanting of a better word) Jon is, so his idea if mint is not going to be the same as most average folks. I have a friend who is a fanatic like Jon and sometimes i'd go to see him thinking my car was nice and clean and he'd pick holes in it and give me a ear bashing for it I dont know much about the Sports as all my E30 have been cabs apart from 3 M3 so i cant really add any constructive comments to this thread, but i guess you guys will have to just beg to differ slightly

[Gwynleym10]

Just to note that we shouldn't be comparing US market 325is with UK market 325i sports as they are different cars! Doesn't matter how "mint" they are...

Not totally sure but I think 325is do not come with close ratio gearbox's and possible have different BHP to UK models. Do they even have LSD as standard?

Oh and US version 325is are different again to South Afican 325is...which are 2.7s!

Its very difficult for UK owners to tell what is good value for a US car, as they are different models and genearlly second hand cars are worth different values over the pond.