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Post Wed Feb 26, 2014 10:44 am

I have a Tec ll sport all there wheels (5) black leather sat in garage as messed hand up and will never get finished. Needs few things little tidy bit paint weld in inner outer arch by fuel neck, I have new bmw panel for.. Not trying to sell just asking before I sell it what ruff shed I be thinking of money wise. Many thanks..

Think off top of head F reg black and around 145,000mls drove in garage
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Post Wed Feb 26, 2014 11:12 am

Pardon?
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Post Wed Feb 26, 2014 11:21 am

LOL :mad:
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Post Wed Feb 26, 2014 11:34 am

using the words "ruff shed" in your question probably says alot :)

your going to need to provide alot more info, like photos etc.

E30s range from £300+ upwards and downwards in some cases :)
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Post Wed Feb 26, 2014 12:22 pm

Ment to be should not shed and not for a very long time seen a genuine tec 2 with lsd, leather,etc at £300 if you have send them my way leather seen go £300 to £500. Thought you being genuine E30 lovers would be better than this.. Nothing better to do than slag it off please don't bother
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Post Wed Feb 26, 2014 12:58 pm

Your best bet is to clean it up and get it on Ebay with a detailed description and lots of pics. 10 day auction with a 99p start and see what happens. It might make a grand, it might make 2k or more. Any time and effort invested in making it look good and penning a good ad will be well rewarded.
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Post Wed Feb 26, 2014 1:05 pm

pacerpete wrote:Your best bet is to clean it up , Any time and effort invested in making it look good and penning a good ad will be well rewarded.
Might be hard with a messed up hand !
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Post Wed Feb 26, 2014 1:05 pm

Based on the very limited description you have given and assumming it has all the original bits that you would expect a sport to have and they are in the correct condition for the mileage that is on the car then I would estimate the price to be what it would break for on the open market.

Without any decent pictures of the rust and other bits it is difficult to come any closer than that.

You could, of course, run it through the wiki price calculator if it still exists
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Post Wed Feb 26, 2014 1:11 pm

polsta wrote:
pacerpete wrote:Your best bet is to clean it up , Any time and effort invested in making it look good and penning a good ad will be well rewarded.
Might be hard with a messed up hand !

He's got a spare ! and friends , I assume :)
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Post Wed Feb 26, 2014 1:28 pm

pacerpete wrote:
polsta wrote:
pacerpete wrote:Your best bet is to clean it up , Any time and effort invested in making it look good and penning a good ad will be well rewarded.
Might be hard with a messed up hand !

He's got a spare ! and friends , I assume :)
doesnt sound overly friendly though :cry:
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Post Wed Feb 26, 2014 6:26 pm

hennared323i wrote:You could, of course, run it through the wiki price calculator if it still exists
It's still there:

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... s_it_worth

But it's not good for pricing sports. The current pricing strategy seems to be "eat some peanuts, and then count how many there are in your shit the next day; that's how many zero's you add to your asking price."

OP, you say the cars got an LSD. Has it ever been rebuilt in the last 25 years?

It's got leathers. Has the bolster collapsed, the piping split and the rear bench covered in fag burns, like half the other interiors out there?

Is there rust in the inner wings, under the kit, in the footwells and battery tray, like most other Sports?

Has it got numerous parking dings, bumper scratches, mis-matched tyres and a chip in the windscreen?

From three lines of text, we know none of these things. So it might be worth a grand in bits, or it might sell for 8 grand on eBay. Can't give you a better "ruff" guess than that.
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Post Wed Feb 26, 2014 7:14 pm

If you do advertise this for sale, I strongly suggest you get someone else to write the ad. for you.