How easy are E30's to sell modern classic?

[Finny]

I decided to sell my 1988 E30 316 Carb, so last thursday i put it i the auto trader it cost £15 as i was advertising it for £1000 this gets you two weeks on the internet and one week in the actual trader.

Now i completed the forms and made the payement by about 10:30 am last thurs! People were ringing up by 11:00 and it was sold by saturday! it went into the trader today and iv had about ten calls today alone!

Is £1000 too cheap or are these cars becoming more desirable as they become a modern classic?

Has anyone else experienced this?

Ps check out my car on the traders web site it does look fair good if i might say so my self. just search for BMW 3 series for £1000 and you will fond the Black beast (Carberettor model F reg).

Would you pay £1000 for it?

[CaesarBob]

I'm amazed you sold a 316 carb that easily. Certainly the rarer models are more desirable but wouldn't have expected that all.

Good work getting a £1k for it.

[pogweasel]

I've always had good success selling motors through the Autotrader, but have always used "supersize" ads - its not cheap - that's why MY 316 carb is being offered round the forums, and on the infamous eBay - MUCH CHEAPNESS!!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... RK:MESE:IT

[Geeman]

Was this the one...?



If so, what alloys did you have on there...?

Giles.

Grrrrrr! Bloody pictures not working... link to this instead...

http://pictures.autotrader.co.uk/ATD_we ... =142073736

[Finny]

Ah thats the one, had mim's on it refurbed them my self, they are ment to be polished but they were corroded and curbed beyond repair when i ot them so i just preped and sprayed them, nice wheels though!

I would have a bigger pic of it as my signature but i cant get it working!!!

[Finny]

How did u get ur car so low? Coilovers or something else?

Looks good, mine is 60mm but could o with being lower really!

[Geeman]

You have to host your pics on the web to link to them, acan;t link from your machine...

Track car is on coilovers... Road car isn't... just a bit of Photshopping...

[Finny]

Where did you get the coilovers from?

Dare i ask how much????

[Geeman]

FK coilovers, £650 - Big mistake... should have gone for fixed rate H&R's...

Okay for the road, but not the track.. not hard enough.

[Finny]

I notice that you are a designer geeman, what sort of design n what do you design?

Im a designer too but more of the engineering side, boring bit! i work on designing wiring looms for cars such as bentley and astn martin etc!!

Sounds good but its not!!!

[Geeman]

I'm a Product Designer by qualification, but I'm currently a Software Designer, I do CD-roms, Training Courseware, pretty much anything I need to do...