[H-Atkinson]

Originally Posted by M-technik-3

Cost probably 2k to ship back to east coast. Presents well in the ad

Yup - 1500-2000 is the going rate to get to New England from West Coast right now. Its the holdup on 2 manual E91s I'm looking at right now.

[Fredo]

Originally Posted by M-technik-3

2011 Bluewater over Grey sport rwd auto 120K for 9k

WBAUT9C51BA191717. Nicely loaded, but the ad says "Frame Damage Reported."

[H-Atkinson]

Originally Posted by Fredo

WBAUT9C51BA191717. Nicely loaded, but the ad says "Frame Damage Reported."

Didn't catch that - yikes. Pass at that price then.

[M-technik-3]

Originally Posted by Fredo

WBAUT9C51BA191717. Nicely loaded, but the ad says "Frame Damage Reported."

Yipes missed that.

[CoralRed]

The dealers website has a free Carfax. It shows three “minor” accidents. The most recent was in 2017.

https://www.carfluentinc.com/pre-own...Series/1106000

https://www.carfax.com/VehicleHistor...4BwuDYHeHN-Pwy

[rothwem]

Someone needs to buy this one, its at a dealership right across from where I work and I see it at the stoplight every time I turn out onto the road leaving the office. It looks a little rough but has low miles. No idea on accident history or condition and its at a sketchy BHPH dealer, but what could go wrong? I *do* like the green paint on this one.

https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/invent...5/NONE/DEFAULT

[JDAURIA]

That's about all its got going for it, is the green

[Fredo]

Originally Posted by rothwem

Someone needs to buy this one, its at a dealership right across from where I work and I see it at the stoplight every time I turn out onto the road leaving the office. It looks a little rough but has low miles. No idea on accident history or condition and its at a sketchy BHPH dealer, but what could go wrong? I *do* like the green paint on this one.

WBAVT73527FZ36400. $8,500 with 116k miles.

[rothwem]

Originally Posted by JDAURIA

That's about all its got going for it, is the green

Haha, not wrong about that.

I was looking through the pictures again, check out the rust on the strut towers. Looks like this one is an import from a northern state:

[CSI]

https://charlotte.craigslist.org/ctd...734184152.html

[H-Atkinson]

Originally Posted by CSI

https://charlotte.craigslist.org/ctd...734184152.html

That poor thing...

[JDAURIA]

So whats the deal with this one? Is it just priced too high? Even being AWD this is a nice spec E91 MSport:
https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-...ckType=listing

[4 Doors]

Originally Posted by JDAURIA

So whats the deal with this one? Is it just priced too high? Even being AWD this is a nice spec E91 MSport:
https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-...ckType=listing

Just a little cosmetics it looks like. But hey, a 6-speed manual MSport doesn’t come up very often, RWD or AWD.

[CoralRed]

Originally Posted by JDAURIA

So whats the deal with this one? Is it just priced too high? Even being AWD this is a nice spec E91 MSport:
https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-...ckType=listing

There’s some comments earlier in this thread about that car. I don’t remember exactly but I think someone said it’s in pretty rough shape or something?

[H-Atkinson]

Originally Posted by CoralRed

There’s some comments earlier in this thread about that car. I don’t remember exactly but I think someone said it’s in pretty rough shape or something?

I got pics of the underside, its missing the engine undertray and it looks like it was ripped off. Beyond that it needs struts, brakes, and tires (rears are no-name imports). Seller was firm at ~20k for a good while. Id be interested in the car, but given how much work it needs and the shipping cost, I wouldnt be comfortable putting more than 12-13k into this one up front - ask is nuts for the mechanical shape, let alone all the dents, curb rash, and interior wear.

[JDAURIA]

Originally Posted by H-Atkinson

I got pics of the underside, its missing the engine undertray and it looks like it was ripped off. Beyond that it needs struts, brakes, and tires (rears are no-name imports). Seller was firm at ~20k for a good while. Id be interested in the car, but given how much work it needs and the shipping cost, I wouldnt be comfortable putting more than 12-13k into this one up front - ask is nuts for the mechanical shape, let alone all the dents, curb rash, and interior wear.

Good information. He's dropped the price to $17k now, I still think that's too much for what it needs and mileage. But yikes, needs brakes, suspension, tires undertray, etc.

The search continues

[H-Atkinson]

Originally Posted by JDAURIA

Good information. He's dropped the price to $17k now, I still think that's too much for what it needs and mileage. But yikes, needs brakes, suspension, tires undertray, etc.

The search continues

I'll dig the pics up if people are interested, but the things that stuck out to me were as follows:
Pros:
-N52 has had most of the big-ticket things done + the timing chain work
-Spec is great (Its basically perfect for what I want, if there was ever an xDrive to have, this spec would be it)

Cons:
-Tires in the back are no-names and shot, tires in the front are PS4ASes
-No record of brakes being done, rotors likely need doing, fluid and pads should probably be done
-No record of any suspension work, struts looked a little leaky in the underside pics
-No record of transfer case actuator being done, and @ 130k miles I'd expect that to be unhappy soon
-Ripped-off engine undertray + damage to the one near the pass side in the front (looks like it was a road hazard thing, but I'd 100% fix that before driving the car at highway-speed)
-Cosmetic issues (huge dent on the pass-side front arch is the biggest one, doesn't look PDRable to me, plus a bunch of smaller dents, scratches, awful curb rash, and heavy interior touch-point wear)

I'd love the spec, and I wouldn't mind putting the work in or paying the shipping cost to get this one to where I want it... but 17k? Insane ask, needs to be on the other end of the teens for me to consider it seriously. Seller was very rigid at that price. I'd put more energy into trying to negotiate, but I'm still half-hoping I can find a RWD car or cleaner AWD ZSP between now and my need-car-by date... but who knows, maybe I'll get desperate.

[H-Atkinson]

Someone here buy the Oakland ZMP? Listing went down today.

[CoralRed]

For our friends up north. Pre-LCI 335i m sport e91.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...omments-anchor

It’s completely idiotic to me that we can’t import these cars to the US without jumping through a ton of hoops. Yet it’s perfectly legal for me to chop up two cars to make something nearly identical.

[CoralRed]

Hadn’t seen this one posted yet.

https://www.atlasmotorsnc.com/invent...-series/11325/

Interesting color combo ( to me anyway!) but no sport package and an auto. Only 85,000 miles though and was in California until early this year. Not sure what I think about the price…

[M-technik-3]

Originally Posted by CoralRed

Hadn’t seen this one posted yet.

https://www.atlasmotorsnc.com/invent...-series/11325/

Interesting color combo ( to me anyway!) but no sport package and an auto. Only 85,000 miles though and was in California until early this year. Not sure what I think about the price…

Didn't think a dealer can sell a car with an open recall.

[Onizukachan]

Originally Posted by CoralRed

For our friends up north. Pre-LCI 335i m sport e91.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...omments-anchor

It’s completely idiotic to me that we can’t import these cars to the US without jumping through a ton of hoops. Yet it’s perfectly legal for me to chop up two cars to make something nearly identical.

18 hours to go and it is at 6300 bucks. Someone is about to find out that automatics aren’t as valuable as manuals. And cars that can’t be imported to the US are 0 desirable to 3/4ths or more of BAT users…