The Official Bring A Trailer (BaT) Thread

[maw1124]

+1 to the factory cosmoline. Even my old 325i has it.

Didn't know they were still using that. My '92 500E has that all over the engine block. Unsightly even if effective.

maw

[OldDominionB]

+1 to the factory cosmoline. Even my old 325i has it.

[George Hill]

Factory ''cosmoline''. All E46 M3 have this. I like to strip it from plastic underside covers and alu bellypan even if only my alignment guy will ever see it...

***All E46s have that.

[Gt4]

So if you look at the underside of that car, all that yellow-ish grimey looking gunk around the fuel lines and fuel tank. Is that some kind of sealer that they put on certain cars? Dealers in the midwest or rust belt put that on?

Factory ''cosmoline''. All E46 M3 have this. I like to strip it from plastic underside covers and alu bellypan even if only my alignment guy will ever see it...

[maw1124]

So if you look at the underside of that car, all that yellow-ish grimey looking gunk around the fuel lines and fuel tank. Is that some kind of sealer that they put on certain cars? Dealers in the midwest or rust belt put that on?

I'm on a phone but that might be rustproofing. Funny thing is that was my first job as a teenager back in the 80's. I don't know if it was still as prevalent in the '00s. We'd pick up the cars at the dealer, take them to the shop and rustproof them, then take them back to the dealer. I don't recall seeing any on my '05 car.

maw

[AbbeyRoad]

KW V3s getting dialed in on the LMs fresh off the plane from Japan. Vorsteiner CSL parts in the oven. Everything is neat and tidy as it should be on a 6K mile time machine. Had EAG preemptively replace the fan blade and clutch while there along with all rubber suspension bits, mounts and then some.

Hoping to accept delivery sometime February if things go as planned.







Stashing these just because I sleep better knowing I have parts redundancy

[Nate047]

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...mpaign_2648441

good looking car. I'm not sure how much can go wrong in 24k miles. For the right price you can just roll the dice and find out.

maw

So if you look at the underside of that car, all that yellow-ish grimey looking gunk around the fuel lines and fuel tank. Is that some kind of sealer that they put on certain cars? Dealers in the midwest or rust belt put that on?

[maw1124]

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2004-bmw-m3-convertible-162/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_2648441

good looking car. I'm not sure how much can go wrong in 24k miles. For the right price you can just roll the dice and find out.

maw

[OldDominionB]

I talked and got into discussions with EAG in late 2021 regarding my 04 Dinan S2 6-speed. (That was before the ownership change). I have never purchased from them, but my experience was positive.

[bmw m3 s50]

I was against EAG for a long time during the beginning of my ownership in early 2019. But I'm in two minds about this. Is a run of the mill low mile pre LCI car worth above 40-50k hell no, LSB or not. Are other cars worth more, I think yes. Mileage and condition do matter, is a LeMans Blau on lotus white LCI car worth 100k with comparable low miles, I think yes. And I would want to own that car. I genuinely long for a comfortable S54 experience where I dont have to memorize creases in the road.

I know EAG charges a lot for work that is sometimes mediocre, I have the receipts for my car as well that was once in their hands. However, I can't imagine that EAG is completely incompetent when it comes to their services and as well they have a large inventory of parts that may be, or soon will be NLA. That's a value add for the mileage whores.

For the large majority, a good car, with honest mods is worth somewhere in the 40s and probably no more. The pull to this car is all of its components, I think the S54 is the main factor, but the chassis (potential), the styling (so many of us hold it above everything else and rightly so) are what make it so "valuable". The aftermarket is truly insane for a car this old without factory support. Imagine what it would be like if BMW took after Porsche or Nissan (with the Omori/GTR stuff).

I dont think EAG is the evil it once was. I think some of the companies selling chinesium branded as home made are way worse.

I think the reality of EAG is that they serve those with money that do not want to spend the time looking for a low mileage car or rare example of a car. We all know how long a search takes to find that unicorn car. Some people do not have the time nor patience but they have the money. The fact that EAG is now pretty well known helps when people are looking for these types of unicorn cars. A lot of EAG customers from my understanding are repeat customers, where they will buy a car then sell that same car back to EAG to buy a different car. EAG is constantly in the market looking for some clean examples of unicorn BMW cars, they are not overpaying for these cars rather just jumping on them as they hit the market with a cash offer. They offer the reconditioning service as a way to justify the markup, but everyone knows the truth, your paying for convenience. I look at EAG more of a concierge service than a car dealer.

What a car sells for is what someone is willing to pay for it. At this point LSB is the most in-demand color for the e46 m3. Having LSB automatically adds 20-30% more cost compared to other colors. This percentage can go up even more with the right color interior, year and options. The fact that it was only produced for 4 out of the 6 years helps with the exclusivity. I could honestly car less if the color is exclusive or not. I own two LSBs e46 m3s because I honestly think it was the most amazing color produced on the e46 m3.

[CrisSilberGrau]

I was against EAG for a long time during the beginning of my ownership in early 2019. But I'm in two minds about this. Is a run of the mill low mile pre LCI car worth above 40-50k hell no, LSB or not. Are other cars worth more, I think yes. Mileage and condition do matter, is a LeMans Blau on lotus white LCI car worth 100k with comparable low miles, I think yes. And I would want to own that car. I genuinely long for a comfortable S54 experience where I dont have to memorize creases in the road.

I know EAG charges a lot for work that is sometimes mediocre, I have the receipts for my car as well that was once in their hands. However, I can't imagine that EAG is completely incompetent when it comes to their services and as well they have a large inventory of parts that may be, or soon will be NLA. That's a value add for the mileage whores.

For the large majority, a good car, with honest mods is worth somewhere in the 40s and probably no more. The pull to this car is all of its components, I think the S54 is the main factor, but the chassis (potential), the styling (so many of us hold it above everything else and rightly so) are what make it so "valuable". The aftermarket is truly insane for a car this old without factory support. Imagine what it would be like if BMW took after Porsche or Nissan (with the Omori/GTR stuff).

I dont think EAG is the evil it once was. I think some of the companies selling chinesium branded as home made are way worse.

[Nate047]

The other part I struggle with even more is knowing how the mighty EAG has fallen since the acquisition by the three stooges of car youtube. EAG cars have always been priced high, but I feel like people who aren't really into BMWs don't know that and just give them their money thinking it's a good place to buy a car.

But what do I know, I don't live like that so I don't know how it feels to not care about the money.

[maw1124]

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2002-bmw-m3-coupe-79/

Let’s see what this one does from here.

Is EAG still around??

maw

EDIT… yes, and they only have 2 E46M

Car went for $75k...

"Mortimer... we're ba'ackk"

Jokes

maw

[01SG]

I'm simply saying for me, six figures pops up and I don't think e46 m3, street or track.

Me neither. In fact, I wouldn't pay more than about 40 for one. But 100k to me is a fortune. I could see buying the perfect e46 if I were in a different tax bracket with a different perspective.

[fattycharged]

A 6 figure e46 M3 makes no sense to me either. Buy the best version at $30k and spend $5k replacing every little wear item, you'd be very hard pressed to notice the difference once underway. If the ODO is your thing for C&C conversations, there's that I guess, but otherwise your money is so much better spent on something else, like a GT4 or even base Carrera. I can't imagine paying EAG $100k for an e46 M3..but I'm just a simple Texas boy