How rare is my M3?

[Tbonem3]

a rare alpine white SMG

[Obioban]

I don't understand why people care about this.

[oceansize]

Every collector, and some enthusiasts, wants something others don't/can't have or at least something very few have. Something to brag about and that's fine since everybody's a douche one way or another. Yeah I know, except us

[TexaZ3]

curious about the future collectability/desireability of smg converted to manual cars

it's definitely an asterisk that you need to disclose to buyers, but considering how successful/common they are, i wonder if it actually dilutes the manual market

It does, and the more of these conversions are done, the rarer SMG cars are becoming

[old///MFanatic]

He is asking a bit of a premium for it's rarity.…It has a buyback title which I'm not concerned about

Welcome!
So it’s an actual “lemon” buyback or was bought back from insurance after being totaled?
Either of those affects the resale. So the premium seller expects isn’t as justified.

[TexaZ3]

Mine is 1 of 258. Carbon/Black ZCP

[Tbonem3]

Mine is 1 of 84,383 in the whole world!

[jet_dogg]

Rare just means nobody wanted it.

[02_lsb]

I don’t know about you SOCAL dudes, but any car over 10 years of age is rare in the Mid Atlantic / North East Area. Shit just rusts here.

[Obioban]

Rare just means nobody wanted it.

Lol. You're not wrong.

[Duck360198]

Nobody wanted it? maybe, just maybe, someone was just savvy enough to order a perfectly spec’d car.

[02_lsb]

Aren’t those chiaretto (Buick burgundy) red and Dakar (Urine) yellow m3’s rare?

[oceansize]

It is a nice spec. Depending on price it could be worth it but the buy back title is a little concerning. Rarity is great in some cases but definitely not all and even then subjective. I don’t like the Superman spec, that chiato red, or anything with a whitish interior like that one IB with white that I always refer to as Liberace’s e46 m3. I do like yellows which many don’t and OG which are certainly less common but I wouldn’t say rare.

[Maxima SE]

Rare just means nobody wanted it.

no, rare means it wasn't black on black. or totally "murdered out" for more street credit

[oceansize]

Aren’t those chiaretto (Buick burgundy) red and Dakar (Urine) yellow m3’s rare?

That Buick red and cinnamon combo that was on BAT was absolutely horrid.