I'm thinking about buying...

[m3f_wardwes]

I'm new to the site, a current Honda owner , and planning an upgrade to an e36 M3. I am currently looking at a car in Austin, TX, at BMW of Austin. It is a black on black '97 coupe w/ 65,000ish miles. I say ish because in Sept. of 2002, the odometer was replace with 57k. There is a sticker on the door jamb and a BMW dealer service record and wear on the car appears to be consistent with stated milage (from the photos). My question is how much does this effect the value of the car? What is a good price on this car? They could not tell if the water pump had been replaced or not. Everything else seems to be in pretty good shape. I am in Arkansas and have not been able to see the car in person. Help a Honda owner better himself!



Thanks.



-wes

[m3f_Sirius_880bd69485]

When BMW replaces insturment clusters, they transfer the milage over to the new one. It should be dead on.

[m3f_Ty Vil_fe6451789c]

Wes, my odometer was replaced on my car and I have all the records verifying this so it shouldn't effect the price of the car.



I wouldn't pay more then 18,000 for this car.

[m3f_Jinya1004]

Wes, my odometer was replaced on my car and I have all the records verifying this so it shouldn't effect the price of the car.



I wouldn't pay more then 18,000 for this car.



I think I saw this car on ebay. Very nice condition. I'd buy it.

[m3f_VTRick01_f4e20f34c1]

make sure it has had inspection 2 and get the water pump replaced or verified it's not the plastic-bladed one.

[m3f_Ty Vil_fe6451789c]

When BMW replaces insturment clusters, they transfer the milage over to the new one. It should be dead on.

I've heard this but my cluster was replaced under CPO and it wasn't transferred over.

[m3f_Blue///M3_b1b8166d3a]

My instrument cluster was replaced and left at zero miles with the sticker on the door sill giving the original miles. Haven't had any problems and it didn't bother me any.

As long as it is recorded and not falsified, I wouldn't sweat it.

[m3f_wardwes]

Thanks for the responses. It sold on Ebay for 17.3k. The dealer did not tell me that it was listed on Ebay until a few hours before the auction closed. I found the guy that had traded it in on roadfly and talked to him for a while. By the time that I decided that I really wanted it, it was sold. The odometer was legit. A guy from rennlist told me that his backlight went out and to set the odometer they would have had to send it off to Maryland or some such place for two weeks so he elected for the zero reading and door jam sticker.



If anyone has info on a good condition e36 M3 coupe 5 speed, I am in the market. I prefer black with spoiler in the 50-90k mile range, but am not set on it.



-Wes

[m3f_Sirius_880bd69485]

I've heard this but my cluster was replaced under CPO and it wasn't transferred over.



Odd, they must have fuked up then. They are supposed to transfer it over. I have seen it done more than once.

[m3f_SATX3]

make sure it has had inspection 2 and get the water pump replaced or verified it's not the plastic-bladed one.



I thought only 95s had plastic water pumps.

[m3f_300Z&M3]

Dude, I am thinking about selling mine. I am located in NJ if you want to come and look at it. Not a 100% sure yet though.

1998 Sedan

Cosmos Black

71K miles (only put 4K on it since I bought it 2 years ago)

Clean as a whistle

All kinds of mods and upgrades, including Alpine and JL audio system..



Let me know if you want to take a look.



Good luck

Enoch