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FAQ / REFERENCE => M42 Buyer's Guide => Topic started by: AtlBMW on August 06, 2009, 05:46:49 PM
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Noob here, hello all.
A client has a 92 vert and I am in need of a replacement for the 2000 540is I recently sold.
It looks pristine thou I will surly have it inspected.
What is a fair price if all checks out?
Thanks in advance!
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This question could only be answered after it has been inspected-(never judge a book by it's cover). Then again, if it meets your expectations when you find out the results from the inspection 92 vert-power top or manual?. If it's a manual then maaaaybe! 1,600 depending on the mileage. If it is over 210,000 miles, which it most likely would be the case, then I'm thinking the ball-park between-1,000 & 1,300. Maybe these prices may seem a bit strange, but even living in Germany, I don't often see to many conv in our area. Good Luck
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Maybe I shouldn't have answered this question, because in southern bavaria-they're everywhere. forgive me, because you've received a estimate from a guy that lives in a country where the school buses, tow trucks, police vehicles, delivery vehicles are BMW's. I'll say this instead--If you think it's worth the price the client is asking, then go down $200.
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130K on the clock, Manual top,
I am familiar with the fact that the value is in directly in proportion to what the car needs.
This is not a eager seller that is trying to unload a problem and I have only briefly looked at it. According to her it has just had all hoses replaced and all services are preformed.
She was not actively trying to sell it, through conversations I mearly inquired about it and there is possibility for a trade(hence client).
That said, though not concors, it is a beautiful example. New red paint, new top, newer tires, upgraded sound, perfect sport seats and interior.
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2k
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Wow,
2K get's you a project here in Atlanta, not a solid car. If I can get a good car in NC for 2K I'll pick up an extra.
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wow-to have a 92 vert with 130K is immensely shocking, but this will conclude one major factor-(it hasn't been dogged). If the client is hesitant of selling, then offer her the price you deem to be worthy, in person-face-to-money(my opinion only) $3800-IN COLD HARD CASH! in all $20's wrapped by a thick rubberband, sit back and watch how her decision making process will shift into over-drive. The utilization of reverse psychology can be used against you or in your favor, and I wouldn't want you to think that I have partaken in my past of ever taking advantage of any person, because I would never condone that type of behavior. (BUT) If your client has it in her mind to trade it in for the "Cash for clunkers" Then wait until she decides to do so, because most likely, they will destroy it(blasphemy). If you can intercept that process, then you could get it possibly cheaper then $3800 from the dealer she trades it into. Money speaks many strategic different languages in person. Goodluck on your quest
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Thanks,
trust me negotiations are my vocation. I imagine that if I don't buy it she will keep it and it was stay in the garage like it has and rarely driven(also blasphemy).
I guess what I should have asked is what is the most one would pay for a cosmetically perfect red vert?
Looks like this one, except bottle-tops:
http://roten.smugmug.com/photos/308910084_eLxtU-X3.jpg
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OH MY GOODNESS!! she is SWEEEEET!!!--I would have to honestly say that a beauty that well kept has to be worthy of at-least(my opinion)$4900 to $5500, not a penny more then $5500.
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Thanks, that was kind of my thought. Now after inspection I will have a basis to work down from.
BTW, is this board always this quiet or is this just an unpopular thread?
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I'm not quite sure, but I can only help where I'm most knowledgeable.
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Here is the actual car:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3515/3826261616_b203de6f33.jpg)
The lip needs something. Part numbers and sources welcome.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3566/3825462017_3cf6b158a3.jpg)
Bay:
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2579/3826261882_fdc088fc0d.jpg)
Interior
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2514/3825462259_f99a54f7a0.jpg)
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Looks very nice and unmolested. $5,500 sounds like a fair price.
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Thanks, unmolested sounds about right. And I will only have to fondle it.
Maybe some 15" baskets of some sort and definitely a front lip.
Suggestions?
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yep looks like a good deal
needs real spriongs though, the one you made reference to earlier I beleive is out of pdx, and it is on springs. it makes a tremendous difference in appereanace and handling. apperance as shown in your "car" pics
just finished sxprings and billy sports on my 91 318 vert and it makes a giant difference
yes you need to get the lip sorted out too, is it even there,
hard to tell in the pics, looks like the valance is black, should be red, , paint it red like the car, like they are supposed to be, it will help a lot
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First of all, I am just figuring out this valance/spoiler/lip thing.
On this car, I believe the valance IS red and there is a plastic black spoiler of sorts mounted to it, that raps under somewhat.
I am looking for input on what and where it needs....
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soory, for some reason I have trouble thinking your whole valance is there, to me it just does not look right esp in the side shot
compare it to the side shot of the other red vert you posted
my 91 calnce looks like this, although ti has had a fight wiht a curb and lost its lip, both with po
crap , not enought posts to uplopad a pic I guess
but anyway
get a pic of your valance and post it so others can see and we can help more
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I'll try to get a better pic but in the mean time, perhaps this will help:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3449/3835726038_6ceaf12326.jpg)
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That front valance is all messed up. It should have brake duct holes and foglights or at least blanks where the foglights should go.
That car looks like someone smashed up the valance. Then rather than repair it, they cut it off and attached a lower valance piece from a 1984 318i.
Note the white 1984 318i below. Yours should look like the silver 318is.
Big value deduction for that mess. Its not and easy fix.
Never mind. I can never get photos to upload to this site. Do a google search. You'll see what i mean.
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Googleing an 1984, I think that it may just be the 1984 set up..
(http://www.jtresto.com/carsforsale/1984_318i.jpg)
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just as I suspected
you dont have a valance, its gone, someone wacked it off
its not that big of a nghtmare, and I just sold a red one and a white one, so they are available. its about a 2 hour job, wiht one in hand, double the time, if you have to go pull one from the wrecking yard
or go with a nice aftermarket one
however, wht else is wrong , your probabally missing the brake ducts ( that go from the brake scoop in the valance to the fender splash), the temp sender, and of course fogs, do you have a fog switch next to yoru hedlight, if so, then you had fogs to begin with , rarely see a vert witho ut them
so buy a red one, and you will look good in one night
so if you want, spend some time, look at the front fenders and hood, they should have bmw stickers on them with numbers thta match the vin number of the car. ON the hood, its by the back roller, pass side, on the fenders, they are on top , where the fenders bolt on, in the vacinity ( in line with the afm, and the washer bottle), . if they are missing or say DOT and not the vin numbers, they are replacemnet, and the car has had more done to it then you were told, thus the wacking of the valance
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Thanks, good points.
What can I expect to pay for the proper valence and lip?