The Official Bring A Trailer (BaT) Thread

[discoelk]

Value and the assignment of mileage to "low miles" are not the same thing. I said nothing of the price or "value".

[1000hp]

Value and the assignment of mileage to "low miles" are not the same thing. I said nothing of the price or "value".

I'd call 30k very low miles for a normal, driver car. If I was Mr. Moneybags paying 100k for an EAG car, it probably wouldn't be low enough miles to brag about to my Mr. Moneybags friends.

[maw1124]

... It's interesting to me that this car is already at 100K (why are people bidding in 10K increments 5 days prior to close?)...

Because they have no intention of parting with the money.

maw

[simon_c]

This looks like a really nice one. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...-m3-coupe-185/

[maw1124]

This looks like a really nice one. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...-m3-coupe-185/

Up to $51k before it even hit my inbox... geeeez man... where's Reality when you need it?

maw

[simon_c]

Up to $51k before it even hit my inbox... geeeez man... where's Reality when you need it?

maw

That's going to $80K+ imo

[bavarian3]

This looks like a really nice one. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...-m3-coupe-185/

such an awesome backdrop on the pics

[bavarian3]

Value and the assignment of mileage to "low miles" are not the same thing. I said nothing of the price or "value".

Context obviously matters though. This is being priced off the bat(ha ha) as a collector level example. I would agree in this context 30k miles is not that low. <10k mi LSB examples went for less. It's way past the point of store it in the show garage grade.

[bmw]

Because they have no intention of parting with the money.

maw

Well I think the last guy to bid 100K for fun might be a bit nervous right now. I think BAT collects the buyer fee regardless, or at least attempts to.

[oceansize]

There is also this game, but I'm not sure how well it works.

Well known dealer has some number of e46 m3s in inventory.
Puts one on BAT and the dealer via a third party bids it up.
Car sells at some ridiculous jacked up price.
The rest of their inventory, and newly arriving inventory, has magically increased in value.
The car that sold on BAT reappears six months later, back at the dealer, as an "alumni" vehicle.

[maw1124]

^^^ Exactly... and the consequence is some BaT "member" (an email and what else?) gets banned. Maybe people care, maybe they don't. This game works whether you have a number of them or just one. "It sold on BaT but the buyer backed out... still it shows what the car is worth..." Some song about "what people do for money" or something like this...

On to this... https://carsandbids.com/auctions/3BegjLOA/2002-bmw-m3-coupe?utm_source=listing_alert&utm_medium=email&ut m_campaign=hero

I've never used the manual seats but I'm aware some people are after them.

maw

[oceansize]

Well, went for $120k plus $7500 in fees. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...-m3-coupe-195/


New Record, unreal.

Edit: And the winning bidder appears legit. Quite a few wins.

[maw1124]

I get it. Gamblers gonna gamble. Don't look for the car on the road though, which... put it right next to Tiger Woods' putter you bought at an auction not for charity that you're never going to play.

maw

[0-60motorsports]

This looks like a really nice one. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...-m3-coupe-185/

Gorgeous

[Tbonem3]

$140k otd on a bone stock E46 m3