The Official Bring A Trailer (BaT) Thread

[01SG]

none of us are getting out of here alive...

I approve of all Doors references.

[PetrolM3]

Stupid people, for one. Enthusiasts for another. Dealers for a third. Crypto kids for a fourth. Wealthy people would be last in the list IMO. The thought process tends to be a little different. Just something I’ve observed close hand for almost 30 years.

maw

No matter which of the groups you listed they belong to, anyone buying a $100K e46 in 2024 is wealthy. Show me a single buyer of those cars who isn’t.. once again - the seller of the jet black car is clearly a wealthy individual. That’s who buys these cars, not the enthusiasts who likely live paycheque to paycheque or close to it. Even the dealers who flip these aren’t your average nickle and dimers.. these individuals can clearly afford to dump 100k into a car that may or may not be profitable. How many non wealthy people can do that?

[oceansize]

The aw, slicktop, 12k, one owner car didn't beat it. Owner should have driven it more

You can't take it with ya and none of us are getting out of here alive...

[Slideways]

A couple things. If a person buys a 50k plus car as a daily and that person is the least bit worried about money then they goofed. However, man do I know quite a few really dumb people who do exactly that.

I would discuss this particular car with this one thought in mind, do I see this car beating inflation over the long haul? No, I do not see this car beating inflation (significantly) and thus it isn't a good "collector" car (obviously IMO).

Maybe if they sit on it for a very long time it does beat inflation significantly. So from my point-of-view, you have a car that sits in the garage, doesn't make you any significant money, and you can't drive it. Again, unless you're quite wealthy then who cares.

The aw, slicktop, 12k, one owner car didn't beat it. Owner should have driven it more

[maw1124]

Point taken but let’s be honest - who else buys this kind of a specimen other than wealthy people?

Stupid people, for one. Enthusiasts for another. Dealers for a third. Crypto kids for a fourth. Wealthy people would be last in the list IMO. The thought process tends to be a little different. Just something I’ve observed close hand for almost 30 years.

maw

[JokerElite]

Since when a brand new 2006/Facelift Jet Black/Black is a poor spec?? Always had the impression it was the pre-Facelift Carbon black and TiAg that were the non desirable one…

+1 technically it's less common because they made less JB than CB or TiAg. Good to know a simple true black on black can fetch a high bid with low mileage.

[ugaexploder]

Almost all purchases big or small are triggered from some emotion which is why none of the shit makes sense.

[jet_dogg]

Now I can say jet black fetched the highest bid suckaz.

Now if it was a slicktop like mine it would've cracked 100k 🥸

[oceansize]

Y'all are seriously overanalyzing someone else's decision to buy something they like.

Nah, we just discussing the pros and cons. Nobody here truly cares, after all we all own e46 m3s so we must all be rich, super smart, and men of unparalleled taste, am I right?

[discoelk]

Y'all are seriously overanalyzing someone else's decision to buy something they like.

[Tbonem3]

Since when a brand new 2006/Facelift Jet Black/Black is a poor spec?? Always had the impression it was the pre-Facelift Carbon black and TiAg that were the non desirable one…

For a "collector" grade buy

[Gt4]

Since when a brand new 2006/Facelift Jet Black/Black is a poor spec?? Always had the impression it was the pre-Facelift Carbon black and TiAg that were the non desirable one…

[oceansize]

I also think it's a misadventure to assume that wealthy people would make financial decisions that would not, ultimately, bear fruit. How'd they get to be wealthy in the first place? Though I suppose we have a lot more trust fund kids and get-rich-quick with social media type people out there now.

But I completely agree, a poor spec e46 m3 that has high value purely because of low mileage is a bad car to buy.

I've found wealthy people to be a mixed bag like everyone else. Some lucky, some smart, some driven, some trust fund babies, etc. I get to hang around some seriously wealthy people and dude, dude, dude, ... sometimes I simply don't understand. For real, I don't understand their decision making process, at all. However, it is quite possible I'm so dumb that I don't even know I'm dumb. LoL.

[Tbonem3]

Why I noted if you're really wealthy then none of this matters and certainly not my opinion. I think you guys are just looking for an argument when there is none to be had. Wealthy people do what they want. Now that doesn't preclude me from saying hmmmm, so what, not really what I want to do, and by not really what I want to do means staring at a car (especially since I'm not making any money).

I also think it's a misadventure to assume that wealthy people would make financial decisions that would not, ultimately, bear fruit. How'd they get to be wealthy in the first place? Though I suppose we have a lot more trust fund kids and get-rich-quick with social media type people out there now.

But I completely agree, a poor spec e46 m3 that has high value purely because of low mileage is a bad car to buy. And no, a very low mileage E46 m3 is not "like new" it's still 20+ years old not to mention all the negative side effects of a car that isn't driven.

[oceansize]

Point taken but let’s be honest - who else buys this kind of a specimen other than wealthy people?

I agree for the most part, but my man, you would very surprised at the numbers of people who have no business buying cars and do. Obvious question is how do I know this? I have a very close friend (since high school days) who is involved, with lets say, "wealth management". There are more people than you think who are living pay to pay check or close to that, but appear to have serious money. I'm telling the truth on that.

I will say this though, there are some dudes on this forum who do it right. They have three to five enthusiast cars and drive them all in a constant rotation, I can completely get behind that.