The Official Bring A Trailer (BaT) Thread

[BlueBimmers]

E39 not E46 M, but this was an eye opener at $101K: https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...omments-anchor

[maw1124]

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2005-bmw-m3-coupe-145/

This one looks relatively decent, Alpine over Cinnamon, 65k mile SMG.

I personally know the folks over at BMW of Sarasota, from when I first bought my car in 2011. My service advisor then is Service Manager now. Great crew over there. This is probably a peach of a car, given the CarFax.

maw

[Maxima SE]

lol, I really don't understand these prices.

Take these 2 cars. More or less the same vehicle, with the same mileage, same color, similar condition, both 6MT.

20K difference in price.... why? Just the LCI and ZCP package? I know Hagerty values LCI cars quite a bit higher, but I didn't think it was 20 grand.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2006-bmw-m3-coupe-139/

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...m3-coupe-58-2/

If you had to choose between two sisters with the same miles but one was 30 while the other was 22 and dressed up a little sexier, you'd take the 22 year old.

[TexaZ3]

Just a stupid thing to note but the 06 $55k car comes with 5-6 year old tires on it... you'd think for $55k you'd get some decent tires that aren't aged out.

2019 tires are perfectly fine. Tires can be sold as new up to 4 years after manufacture date.

[maw1124]

This should be interesting along with the NJ convertible... NJ is older with fewer miles, this is a newer body year coupe with similar color combo. They both seem all there.

https://carsandbids.com/auctions/3017VqJR/2005-bmw-m3-coupe?utm_source=listing_alert&utm_medium=email&ut m_campaign=hero

I can see last model year or so cars being more valued more ... I don't know if I see $20k but I see how someone might.

maw

EDIT ... yeah last year comp pack will get you another $20k... 4 years of depreciation on everything rubber, plastic and leather and you can see how those years are worthwhile.... that's what gets costly on these cars... the Big Three kinda handles the metal components we all know and love. The rubber, plastic and leather are the problem.

[EthanolTurbo]

lol, I really don't understand these prices.

Take these 2 cars. More or less the same vehicle, with the same mileage, same color, similar condition, both 6MT.

20K difference in price.... why? Just the LCI and ZCP package? I know Hagerty values LCI cars quite a bit higher, but I didn't think it was 20 grand.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2006-bmw-m3-coupe-139/

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...m3-coupe-58-2/

Just a stupid thing to note but the 06 $55k car comes with 5-6 year old tires on it... you'd think for $55k you'd get some decent tires that aren't aged out.

[9kracing]

lol, I really don't understand these prices.

Take these 2 cars. More or less the same vehicle, with the same mileage, same color, similar condition, both 6MT.

20K difference in price.... why? Just the LCI and ZCP package? I know Hagerty values LCI cars quite a bit higher, but I didn't think it was 20 grand.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2006-bmw-m3-coupe-139/

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2002-bmw-m3-coupe-58-2/

[maw1124]

Beautiful... it's funny I'm starting to see more and more E46M on the road... most are coupes... almost none are in good shape... so maybe people have been convinced to buy beat up coupes over pristine convertibles... who knows?

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2002-bmw-m3-convertible-142/

maw

[jet_dogg]

Prices barely started rising in 2020 nothing surprising there.

They peaked in 2022/2023 if you look at the bring a trailer sales histogram. If he got more than what he paid in that two year window in 2024 then it'd be a wow.

[BlueBimmers]

Another auction that might indicate where market is today. Very clean Imola ZCP. Guy paid top dollar in 2020: https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...-m3-coupe-139/

Wow, guy got $5K more than he paid back in 2020.

[jet_dogg]

😂 😂 😂

[Tbonem3]

Damn I missed the juicy parts.

I'm just enjoying this life we have right now still get to bomb around in my 90s-2000s dream cars and make race car noises before I can no longer afford a loaf of bread.

See ya'll at the soylent factory.

[Interlagos]

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[political content edited out by mod] Good lord…

[BlueBimmers]

So you're out of touch if you don't think everything is going to hell? That attitude becomes self-fulfilling. Big difference between shambles and things we need to correct. I think what people like Prof. Scott Gallaway says makes a lot of sense.

What's the average household income now, $70K? So yeah, any forum thread about BaT is coming from a privileged placed relative to the mean.

Back on thread - the 06 ZCP seller made this money back plus some from price he paid in 2021: https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...-m3-coupe-140/

[PetrolM3]

None of that represents what the average person, especially lower class or middle class, is going through. I guess an E46 M3 forum is the perfect place for out of touch statements like this.

Amen.

Even upper middle class is feeling it by now. Not sure where this is going but it's clear that if you ain't rich, you're screwed. The sad thing is that most people in middle or upper middle class are still unaware of just how bad things have gotten and how much worse they will inevitably get. BlueBimmer and lemoose's posts are perfect examples (no offence).