Pics of my 1988 M3 (FS)

[blee]

http://www.blairlee.com/m3fs/

At the moment all I have are exterior pics, but more should be coming.

I've posted the details elsewhere (but not in the classifieds for some reason), but here's the skinny: 1988 M3, 83XXX miles, Diamantschwarz exterior/Pearl Beige interior, in excellent condition. A few tasteful mods with original parts for everything except the exhaust. $15,000.

[dan]

are the wheels just dirty, or are they a bit stained?

[blee]

:mad:

They may be slightly dirty, but some of the wheels are definitely yellowed from age. Perhaps it's from leftover cosmoline. My original plan was to mount tires on the spare set of rims I had, then strip and refinish the original ones.

[blee]

Another note on the wheels -- I have all four original center caps for them, but for some reason they were removed in these pics.

[JetBlack330i]

Your head sticking through the engine bay, while a great avatar, is not helping you sell the car. Suggest you retire that avatar for a while.

[dredmo]

blee what is your asking price, and will it pass cali smog?

[blee]

My asking price is $15k obo. I know that other E30 M3s that are built to the same specs as mine have passed Cali emissions without problems.

[dredmo]

My asking price is $15k obo. I know that other E30 M3s that are built to the same specs as mine have passed Cali emissions without problems.

Thanks for the info.

It is a beautiful car, just way out of my price range.

[blee]

My car is now on Roadfly.

https://www.roadfly.org/bmw/classifieds/cars/detview.php?prevnextbuttons=allf&view=25811

[rumatt]

I just ran an 1988 M3 on Edmunds, with 83K miles clean condition, and it said TMV is $5,100.

I'm not trying to be a PITA, but am I missing something?

[TD]

Yes, you simply cannot use Edmunds to establish the value for a low volume, enthusiast vehicle like the E30 M3. Market for this car (depending on a variety of conditions) is $12-16K.

[rumatt]

Market for this car (depending on a variety of conditions) is $12-16K.

The asking prices on autotrader seem in line with this.

The expression "True Market Value" is a bit of a joke if they're at 33% of the actual TMV.

[blee]

Blue Book and other car valuation services base their values on records of cars sold at auction, among other things. The problem with rare cars like E30 M3s is that there is very little record of sale, particularly at auction, for these cars. The ones that do end up at auction are usually real beaters. My guess is that the services then resort to extrapolating the car's value by throwing on a typical depreciation curve and making it fit. As a result, the actual value of a car like mine is way higher than any edmunds or KBB guide will give you. This is corroborated by successful sales of similar cars through Roadly, Autotrader, the E30 M3 SIG, etc.

Those "TMV" values work pretty well for large production "mainline" cars, even cars like E36 M3s to some extent. But obviously not for my m3.