Official-look-what-i-found-thread (craigslist, other-forums, etc)
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So many people fail to realize they are buying an $80K car. Some maintenance costs, regardless of the 'deal' you get. I'm in an 39 M5 group on FB. It's sickening what these guys try to do. "where is the cheapest I can get a new windshield washer sprayer? The $7 one at autozone is just too much"
Agreed. I've had MANY customers who purchased a used luxury car and didn't do any homework about repair costs then experience quite a bit of sticker shock. Many heart to hearts have been had where I've had to explain to someone that their used luxury car that cost X amount when new may have depreciated but unfortunately for us all the replacement parts do not depreciate.
The book time labor can also shock people. I had a customer last year who was the 3rd owner of a 2002 Mercedes S430 4matic and the air ride was failing. He purchased the strutmasters conversion kit and brought it to one of my shops for installation. They correctly quoted him 6.1 hours labor at $85/hr to replace the front and rear. He was wildly upset and called me to complain because he felt we were ripping him off, there's no way it should cost that much, the car is too old, it has 150k miles, etc. After much discussion back and forth I welcomed him to shop the estimate around and told him it was good for 30 days to which he replied, "Well I did that already! You guys are the cheapest around!". He got the work done by us.
Do your homework people!
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There's an 02 M5 in Madison off of Stoughton rd for $14k with 166k miles. Its at a used dealer and the guy told me he has service records and everything is ok but when asked about the vanos he just kept saying "yea it's fine, i've sold these before, it's fine." The body is ok with a few scratches and broken bumper grill.
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agreed, as soon as I saw 166k miles next to the number $14k, I immediately assumed that M5 had been for sale for a long time and will continue to be. That's ridiculously overpriced. Oh well, have fun sitting on an M5 in the dead of winter in Wisconsin, idiot.
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There's an 02 M5 in Madison off of Stoughton rd for $14k with 166k miles. Its at a used dealer and the guy told me he has service records and everything is ok but when asked about the vanos he just kept saying "yea it's fine, i've sold these before, it's fine." The body is ok with a few scratches and broken bumper grill.
I see they also have a 2002 M Roadster for $60k. Seem just a tad high.
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I see they also have a 2002 M Roadster for $60k. Seem just a tad high.
I've seen that car and it might actually be worth it. It's a unicorn. It's a dinan car with the S54 and in Boston Green. It looks good in person.
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I think that M Coupe is an honest $40-45k car. The Dinan stuff probably doesn't help it, but doesn't hurt either. It just takes that one individual that really wants a green one...Probably the reason it was the only one ordered in that color combination to begin with haha. That reminds me, I did see an 02 M Coupe pop up on ebay with low miles that had been ordered in Phoenix yellow over Laguna Seca interior. Puke. That car sold for about $10k more than comparable cars (other than color) at that time.
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Glad you cleared that up=) Someone find me a crashed z3 coupe (non m) for cheap
Went to Copart to find you one, no dice.
On a side note, there are like 4 crashed i8's if anyone wants an interesting project
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i'm with earl. the 3.0 z3 coupe is plenty fast (basically as fast as the s52 ///m coupe) and you'd be upgrading the suspension anyway, so why pay the premium and higher maintenance cost for an ///m coupe? cost for replacing those wide-ass tires, dual exhaust, ///m suspension parts = f*ck that.
Dan
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Because an S54 M coupe exists... thats why you pay a premium.
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There are so many reasons the m car is better. I happen to own one, so I think I'd have some idea. I have driven countless standard Z3s as well. Just touching the surface, you get better engine, LSD, some of the best seats BMW has offered, leather trimmed dash and door panels, bumpers, mirrors, brakes, wheels, suspension, and on and on. Not bad for only a few grand more. Not to mention, the car doesn't even feel similar(and not nearly as girly lol). Parts are cheap since most of it is all e36 m3 stuff. I must add, out of the nearly 80 cars I've they owned, it has to be the funnest.
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