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Also sorry to hear you’re leaving the platform, as I appreciated your local input.
on the bright side, I think you 100% made the right decision to scoop a new allocation. Locked yourself into another 10 years of driving awesomeness.
unfortunately I don’t have much useful input to offer on selling with or without mods. My personal experience is that I have never bought a modded car before until this one, but I was lured in after researching reliability and concluding odds of blowing the engine were relatively low compared to other platforms. All I can really say is that I’ll probably eventually buy a black boost intake, so if you’re parting that out locally please pm me.
have you considered posting on bring a trailer? I feel that may be the way to get the most enthusiast eyeballs on it. Or here on the message boards.
also, I note both kbb and AutoTrader’s estimates came in WAY below current asking prices for e92 m3s when I was shopping for one recently. Frankly, I’m not sure if that’s a function of the difference between asking and sale prices or if their algorithms focus on long term trends (instead of focusing on current prices). When I hit up a guys saying he was way beyond those prices he replied that there are no clean cars in their ranges and he was right.
Consider an enthusiast auction site (cars and bids, bat, formulaauctions) to sell with mods.
You're guaranteed to be in front of at least few of the 100 people @kenneyd mentioned, I certainly was one of them before my purchase
Last edited by san40; Jun 2, 2023 at 02:10 AM.
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Well I'm an askhole. Just submitted to BAT modded because I just plain have zero time.
Let's see what happens, they are getting back to me within three days.
Well I'm an askhole. Just submitted to BAT modded because I just plain have zero time.
Let's see what happens, they are getting back to me within three days.
After it gets approved I'll post the link
No one has contacted me yet
I stuck a forsale sign on it on the end of my driveway and already got text offered 3x what the dealer offered - dude's coming buy to check it out more as I was away for the weekend. So if he's fast enough BAT may lose out if they are too slow getting back to me. I'm not advertising it anywhere else or BAT won't list it, wonder if a sign on my car on the driveway counts. SO yeah, still waiting to see what BAT says about the reserve amount I chose.... I hear they like to haggle on that.
This is a turn of events. I worked hard on the submission, too. Even paid a detailer and photographer to take all the pics. I just asked for feedback on why. I wonder if they will answer. I've seen super ****ty cars on BAT. Mine is awesome. What gives?
This is a turn of events. I worked hard on the submission, too. Even paid a detailer and photographer to take all the pics. I just asked for feedback on why. I wonder if they will answer. I've seen super ****ty cars on BAT. Mine is awesome. What gives?
This is a turn of events. I worked hard on the submission, too. Even paid a detailer and photographer to take all the pics. I just asked for feedback on why. I wonder if they will answer. I've seen super ****ty cars on BAT. Mine is awesome. What gives?
At the very least, you can post them here for us to look at? 😉
I asked for feedback and they said non-US, non-original engine (I had a full crate engine under Warranty), and high miles kicked it out. Makes sense. You were all correct. If I de-modded it, and didn't tell them it had a new engine, I bet they would have taken it.
That's ok no rush.
I asked for feedback and they said non-US, non-original engine (I had a full crate engine under Warranty), and high miles kicked it out. Makes sense. You were all correct. If I de-modded it, and didn't tell them it had a new engine, I bet they would have taken it.
That's ok no rush.
There's a number of other auction sites now - probably the biggest is Cars & Bids. You could try that one out as well?
BaT has really just evolved to be flash cars for the most part- with some filler spots for folks who are willing to pay fro the photos etc... they turned down my 80 series LC with no justification, but had 2 in the next weekly auction.
Yup - that one. It's grown a lot during the last two or three years. It may not have the clout of BaT, but it's definitely a legitimate competitor at this point.
Yup - that one. It's grown a lot during the last two or three years. It may not have the clout of BaT, but it's definitely a legitimate competitor at this point.
BaT is all business (and what a business it is). A machine. They turned down my 911R a few years ago over reserve. Sold my last 2021 wagon there. Great experience overall.
BaT is all business (and what a business it is). A machine. They turned down my 911R a few years ago over reserve. Sold my last 2021 wagon there. Great experience overall.
"There" as in Bring a Trailer (they turned down your 911R but allowed you list the 2021 wagon) or do you mean Cars and Bids?
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