The Official Bring A Trailer (BaT) Thread

[ZHLPR]

Quite the little time capsule e30

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1985-bmw-323i-11/

[maw1124]

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2005-bmw-m3-convertible-113/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Model_Update

Mystic Blue over Black 6MT Vert, 5 owners, car has been everywhere yet no one drove it. Can't make this up. Well I guess maybe you could...

maw

[maw1124]

When my brother bought a vacation home back in 2019 the owner was selling because he was 85 and needed to downsize. In the garage? An E46 3 series convertible in absolutely mint condition with roughly 5000 miles. He bought it when he was around 70. I think sometimes that's what happens. By them late in life, drive it to the grocery store and back.

Yeah I noticed that... these make great 4th or 5th cars... which is what they are most of the time. But even being such I managed to put 30k on mine in the 15 years I've owned it. I just don't understand under 10k miles in 20 years. They're way too much fun for that.

That said, since I've bought mine I've noticed a lot of guys older than me buying them... BMW straight six M is what it is for a reason and everyone knows it... best and maybe last of a breed.

maw

[nextelbuddy]

When my brother bought a vacation home back in 2019 the owner was selling because he was 85 and needed to downsize. In the garage? An E46 3 series convertible in absolutely mint condition with roughly 5000 miles. He bought it when he was around 70. I think sometimes that's what happens. By them late in life, drive it to the grocery store and back.

The thing is more often times than not in those situations. Just like in that cars and bid ad... It's highly more probable that there's people out there that Make it their mission and seek out and stalk these low mileage cars from older people that just never drove them. Give them some SOB story that they're going to take care of it or it reminds them of a car they have when they were growing up and their dad had it. Blah blah something that really gets the owner to let go at a low price.....

Then they turning around and flip it around on cars and bids and BAT.

[oceansize]

I've long since made my peace that more people than me thought these cars were going to be special 20 or 25 years ago. But never did I expect them to be special enough not to drive. And maybe that's why people are selling all the would be garage baubles now...
maw

When my brother bought a vacation home back in 2019 the owner was selling because he was 85 and needed to downsize. In the garage? An E46 3 series convertible in absolutely mint condition with roughly 5000 miles. He bought it when he was around 70. I think sometimes that's what happens. By them late in life, drive it to the grocery store and back.

[maw1124]

I've long since made my peace that more people than me thought these cars were going to be special 20 or 25 years ago. But never did I expect them to be special enough not to drive. And maybe that's why people are selling all the would be garage baubles now...

https://carsandbids.com/auctions/3vBZAEak/2001-bmw-m3-convertible?utm_source=listing_alert&utm_medium=em ail&utm_campaign=hero

maw

[oceansize]

Looks black to me. Am I missing something?

Its a dark slate grey, look at the upper B pillar trim next to the passenger seat in pic 202, there you can see black next to the grey. They shot the pics in very low light.

[discoelk]

That thing sucks and the interior color has nothing to do with it.

[PetrolM3]

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...ign=2026-04-07

what kind of psychopath would order this amazing PTS color… with grey interior

Looks black to me. Am I missing something?

[Nate047]

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2021-porsche-911-turbo-s-coupe-32/?utm_source=dm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2026-04-07

what kind of psychopath would order this amazing PTS color… with grey interior

[maw1124]

Name a better wagon for $42k in production today 🤣 ... Honestly, part of me wishes I had bought this.

I can relate... I mean... we're all here because we love naturally aspirated sports cars, and some of us love naturally aspirated sports wagons... I'm still rolling an Allroad 4.2 because of this but it's definitely not produced today... I bought my son one as well last year (cream puff that jumped timing -- $500).

So if you want a naturally aspirated sport wagon, this looked like a really good one.

maw

[tnord]

I didn't find it boring. I understand what you're saying, as it wasn't necessarily a torque-y motor like the M54, but it doesn't have as much top end excitement as the S54 either. I thought of my e90 330 as a modern version of the e36m3/4/5, so maybe more similar to the S52 than anything else? It's obviously not as fast as my F30 340, but it was more fun to drive.

[Tbonem3]

As good as the n52 is, it's boring. Almost too good and linear. I remember the m50 and m54 with more fondness. N53 just sounded like trouble, but I have no experience.

[IamFODI]

Speaking of non M e9x cars, how do we feel about N53 powered cars?

Also not an expert, but early direct injection gives me a serious case of the nopes

[oceansize]

Speaking of non M e9x cars, how do we feel about N53 powered cars?

I'm not an expert but that was one thing I liked about the wagon just above, the N52. My limited research on N53's doesn't paint a good picture, but I don't have actual ownership experience.