Where to sell my 325i?

[leigh]

I was thinking about actually spending some money on advertising since having a 325i (Auto) on pistonheads is a waist of time it seems.

EBAY? 10 DAYS?
FRIDAY AD?
AUTOTRADER?
THE ZONE?
EX/MART?
CLASSIC CAR SITES?
CAR CLUBS?

Where to try?

[tha_lick]

all the free sites. copy and past the same advert and im sure someone should want it.

[Speedtouch]

Try Practical Classics magazine; you can have 35 words and a picture (tif or jpeg) for free; e-mail to pcphotos@bauerconsumer.co.uk

[pacerpete]

The reason your car is not selling is that it is £1000 too expensive ! £1600 for a 325 auto with no mot or rear inner arches, no matter how shiny it is, is dreaming i am afraid.

[town325i]

The reason your car is not selling is that it is £1000 too expensive ! £1600 for a 325 auto with no mot or rear inner arches, no matter how shiny it is, is dreaming i am afraid.

dont beat around the bush say how it is

[leigh]

It's got 96k on the clock and is unabused! It needs £300 to get it through the m.o.t. Which I don't have right now since I jus got married!
Thanks for your advice speedtouch and tha_lick!
Pacerpete don't comment if your gonna come up with such stupid quotes! Even in this climate my car will sell for £1200 without an M.O.T with its condition and mileage. But i would rather keep it than give it away.

[Jhonno]

No, I think Pacerpete is right.. £1600 for an e30 with rotten inner arches is waaay off the mark sadly.. 96k on the clock? All MOT's etc to back that up?

Without a small dose of reality you will be keeping it, whether it be intentional or not..

[leigh]

Yes I have all previous m.o.t certs and a full stamped bmw 1989 service book up to 91k and reciepts. Funny because Ive had a few people email me and offered £1300 but Iv'e turned it down. Thats with an m.o.t though.
I will get it tested once the arches are repaired. I think £600 for an nice black 89 325ise E30 with 96k on it and good spec with a new exhaust system/brakes and tyres is a give away despite the arches needing tlc.
I could put it up for sale for £600 and get the phone ringing off the hook even with the credit crunch in effect!

[leigh]

If i sell at £600 that means most of the e30's are worthless??? I appreciate an m.o.t is worth alot on a 19 year old and it's only an SE AUTO, but £600!!!????

[richard-the-nutter]

you can get allot of car for 600, especially ones with mot

[pacerpete]

If i sell at £600 that means most of the e30's are worthless??? I appreciate an m.o.t is worth alot on a 19 year old and it's only an SE AUTO, but £600!!!????

Only autos with no mot or arches are worthless. On a positive note, at least it isn't a 4 door !

[fuzzy]

Even in this climate my car will sell for £1200 without an M.O.T with its condition and mileage. But i would rather keep it than give it away.

good luck with that although i also suspect you will be keeping it yourself.
my 91 tech2 touring with 80000 miles ,leather,lsd etc cost me £1200 with a full years mot. and that was from a dealer.

[Pete-M]

I bought my '89 325i Auto Touring (SE spec, diamondschwartz with black leather, AC, BBS, LSD and up to date service history) a few months ago for £271.

I bought it with a few weeks MOT and all it needed to pass was the exhaust welding and a numberplate light bulb.

Ok, it's done 175k miles, but everything on it is genuine BMW. It's not seen a pattern part in its life. It's an unabused (mechanically) E30 and the chap I bought it from was a Doctor in a rural area who'd used it to do 250 miles a week for the last 8 years.

This week it's had a new cambelt and waterpump - even the cambelt was genuine BMW (although I fitted an OE 'Gates' belt.)

If it had needed welding I would have broken it for parts. An '89 325i with a rotten shell is in no way worth £1600 or anywhere near that in my opinion- even if it's a 2 door and you include the dreaded "Scene tax".

I'd love yours to be worth £1600, that way mine would be worth more than the £800 or so I value it at.

[leigh]

Well, I will try some classic car mags and get an M.O.T. If not garage all winter!!!

[Andyboy]

How much did I pay for my last 1989 F plate automatic E30? With 80k genuine mileage, lovely interior and in very straight condition needing some inner rear arch work and still with a few days tax and MOT?




Hmmmmm.


That's right. It was free!


£1600 is having a laugh I'm afraid.

[Rosc0PColtrane]

No MOT = No sale.

Stick a ticket on it and it'll go.

[SPADGE]

The reason your car is not selling is that it is £1000 too expensive ! £1600 for a 325 auto with no mot or rear inner arches, no matter how shiny it is, is dreaming i am afraid.

Harsh but correct i'm afraid!

[chunkle]

I just paid under £500 for a 325i manual cabby, 120k, with 6 months mot and 5 months tax, only needs a bit of paint work, there is no rust and the roof is pretty good.

£1600 is S reg E36 with MOT money fella.

[SPADGE]

£1600 is S reg E36 with MOT money fella.

Even that would be at least 600 quid over priced

[Simon325i]

gotta agree with the comments above i'm afraid.

I've a 325i se coupe for sale, 73,000 miles with old mot certs to back this up, original purchase receipt and good if not complete history, needs a new wing granted but other than that its in pretty good nick. MOT til next July.

Tried my luck on ebay and it fetched £840 and even now now i think its still for sale as the buyer is struggling to get up and collect it! pretty pleased if I'm honest as i hought it would be worth more than that but people just ar'nt willing to part with their cash.

[leigh]

ok chaps I hear you! Iv'e put it down to a grand, if I had £300 spare I would get the arches done and m.o.t it!
CREDIT CRUNCH!!! WELDING WELDING WELDING!

[euan]

get it on flea bay see what you get geezer good luck

[leigh]

Think I will next week! Got to take lots of photos first to show the m.o.t work etc!

[BreadBin]

The reason your car is not selling is that it is £1000 too expensive ! £1600 for a 325 auto with no mot or rear inner arches, no matter how shiny it is, is dreaming i am afraid.

Thats a fair comment IMO - have a look round the for sale section and £1000 offers you a variety of tidy taxed and tested 325s. This looks like a better deal than yours to me with 12 months MOT. Maybe you would be better off breaking it for parts, I have a mate with a buggered engine who would be interested at the right price..

[pnd]

ok lets be clear here, as I remember pacerpete wanted 2750 for an auto touring a week or two ago so he clearly thinks some e30's are worth money but perhaps only those owned for him. The reality is if you want decent money for it you need to fix the rot and mot it and then be prepared to wait. Also why have you let a good car get in a rusty state it rather undercuts your selling point viz that this is a well looked after car and therefore worth a premium.

[pacerpete]

ok lets be clear here, as I remember pacerpete wanted 2750 for an auto touring a week or two ago so he clearly thinks some e30's are worth money but perhaps only those owned for him. The reality is if you want decent money for it you need to fix the rot and mot it and then be prepared to wait. Also why have you let a good car get in a rusty state it rather undercuts your selling point viz that this is a well looked after car and therefore worth a premium.

My car is a TOTAL spec ZERO rust proper car with a fresh MOT and NO issues. Lots of people will pay a premiun for a proper car with working headlight wash wipe and ice cold a/c. No one will pay a premium for a rusty mot failure, or are you tempted ?

[SPADGE]

ok lets be clear here, as I remember pacerpete wanted 2750 for an auto touring a week or two ago so he clearly thinks some e30's are worth money but perhaps only those owned for him. The reality is if you want decent money for it you need to fix the rot and mot it and then be prepared to wait. Also why have you let a good car get in a rusty state it rather undercuts your selling point viz that this is a well looked after car and therefore worth a premium.

A car with no m.o,t is about as useful as a chocolate fire guard.
No m.o,t means you can't drive it on the road and m.o,t fail body rot means no m.o.t.
It may fail on a number of expensive things other than the above also!
At the end of the day if it was a very tidy example which was taxed and tested with fsh it would be worth 2k tops but nobody is going to pay anywhere near that in the current ecenomic state we are in.
Get the car m.o.t'd and it will sell for the right price.

[Jhonno]

ok lets be clear here, as I remember pacerpete wanted 2750 for an auto touring a week or two ago so he clearly thinks some e30's are worth money but perhaps only those owned for him. The reality is if you want decent money for it you need to fix the rot and mot it and then be prepared to wait. Also why have you let a good car get in a rusty state it rather undercuts your selling point viz that this is a well looked after car and therefore worth a premium.

His was a clean, MOT'd high spec car..

E30's that have inner arches and an MOT are worth something

[Daryll]

ok lets be clear here, as I remember pacerpete wanted 2750 for an auto touring a week or two ago so he clearly thinks some e30's are worth money but perhaps only those owned for him. The reality is if you want decent money for it you need to fix the rot and mot it and then be prepared to wait. Also why have you let a good car get in a rusty state it rather undercuts your selling point viz that this is a well looked after car and therefore worth a premium.

His was a clean, MOT'd high spec car..

E30's that have inner arches and an MOT are worth something

As I found out when I scrapped my beautiful white 2dr that had a rotten rear inner arch.

[pnd]

ok lets be clear again i said it needed to be mot'd and rust free prior to sale. Also i agree with pacerpete that good cars should command good money simply because it costs to get a good car one way or the other so spending that money on purchase price makes as much sense as spending it later. My point was if this car can be made nice by an mot and proper fixing of any rust then it should fetch a reasonable price.

[Jon_Bmw]

To make it nice and proper and to the spec of the pacemakers one, you are going to be in for lots of dosh...

[SPADGE]

ok lets be clear again i said it needed to be mot'd and rust free prior to sale. Also i agree with pacerpete that good cars should command good money simply because it costs to get a good car one way or the other so spending that money on purchase price makes as much sense as spending it later. My point was if this car can be made nice by an mot and proper fixing of any rust then it should fetch a reasonable price.

Indeed but asking for the 'reasonable price' before the above is done just means it will stay with its current owner.

[leigh]

we'll see guys! I have a few options at the moment with people wanting to swap!

[Andyboy]

we'll see guys! I have a few options at the moment with people wanting to swap!

I'm told £1600 buys a lot of magic beans.

[fuzzy]

we'll see guys! I have a few options at the moment with people wanting to swap!

who wants to swap something decent for a non mot'd car with no inner arches? out of the frying pan into the fire most likely.