The Official Bring A Trailer (BaT) Thread

[maw1124]

Look at that front end lol

At a quick glance, you can tell by the engine and the DINAN muffler that this thing has sat outside in the elements or spent some time at the bottom of the Atlantic lol. You still have not gotten to the accident history, supercharger rattle and front bumper damage.

100% it's track rat material... I mean, when you see a car on BaT without a single undercarriage picture you already know what's up.

maw

[stephen]

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...-m3-coupe-257/

probably a worthwhile toy, especially for the track if that's your thing.

Not with the supercharger installed.

[Slideways]

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...-m3-coupe-257/

Here you go Fellas... not a collector certainly but probably a worthwhile toy, especially for the track if that's your thing.

maw

At a quick glance, you can tell by the engine and the DINAN muffler that this thing has sat outside in the elements or spent some time at the bottom of the Atlantic lol. You still have not gotten to the accident history, supercharger rattle and front bumper damage.

[Nate047]

Am I missing something here, or is this just an anomaly for an 01 in this color combo?

I feel like that buyer is going to back out

[Nate047]

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...-m3-coupe-257/

Here you go Fellas... not a collector certainly but probably a worthwhile toy, especially for the track if that's your thing.

maw

Look at that front end lol

[Keith_MN]

Am I missing something here, or is this just an anomaly for an 01 in this color combo?

I saw that too and was curious. $20k in Aug of LY, $32k today on a 105k '01. New tires, bumpers painted, vanos overhaul, subframe mounts done, pulleys, filters, fluids, window trim, etc. I'm not a black car guy but that was worth a $12k improvement to somebody. CA loc didn't hurt I'm sure. Immediately made me consider flipping mine. 😁

[fattycharged]

Am I missing something here, or is this just an anomaly for an 01 in this color combo?

[maw1124]

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2003-bmw-m3-coupe-257/

Here you go Fellas... not a collector certainly but probably a worthwhile toy, especially for the track if that's your thing.

maw

[Nate047]

Got it, thanks guys.

[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