[BMWCSRegistry] Re: 2007 SportsCar Market Guide BMW Prices

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No he's not -- I sold my condition 2+ 3.0 CSL (VIN # 2275040) for a tad over $30k on eBay last fall. Sure, I would like to have received a better price -- got $38k the first time it was listed, but the buyer backed out, as some of you may remember. 

No matter how much we like our various BMW's, and no matter what we (fans of a particular car) think it is truly "worth", market prices are the true measure of what a collector car is worth, and the E9 has never had the widespread desirability of say, a similar model year 911S, which is an example of a much more desirable car from the standpoint of the collector market. Hell, nice MG's are getting expensive, a car that I (personal opinion here) consider a rolling piece of junk, compared to my preferred contemporary, the Datsun 240Z (of which I own two). 240Z prices, while getting a little stronger recently, aren't enjoying anywhere near the appreciation seen by comparable MGs. E3s (and E12s) are certainly good cars, but there's no widespread interest in the collector market for them, hence the low prices, as well as the low ratings -- which relate to the appreciation potential. So, that's how a very good car that hasn't captured the fancy of the marketplace gets a "C", regardless of its perceived and/or inherent styling or mechanical merits.

All Sports Car Market is doing is reporting on market pricing and trends in the marketplace. It doesn't play favorites. Keith Martin, the founder of SCM, called the recent softening in muscle car prices that have come to pass at the latest big collector auctions. He started out publishing the Alfa Romeo Market Newsletter many years ago, and is now the recognized sage of the collector car scene.  

ChuckATL  

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>From: SPANLAB <spanlab at entelnet.bo>
>Sent: Mar 22, 2007 11:05 AM
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>On top of that Sonnetts were made of fiber glass....this guy is a 
>sure crack head and an ignorant ass as far as bmw's go.
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>Enrique
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>The guy that made the list is definatelly knows nothing about 
>Bimmers.  The SaabAt 11:48 AM 03/22/2007, SDuval at trialgraphix.com wrote:
>>My questions for the group would be...
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>>How many of you guys have seen CSLs selling for $20k - $30k?
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>>And secondly, this rating compares the e9 to the Porsche 914 and the Saab
>>Sonnett, according to the fine print.... kinda funny.  Were either of those
>>cars in anybody's short list when searching for a car? Oh, the allure of
>>the Sonnett III's  Ford V-4, front-wheel drive, 65hp engine, and never-good
>>styling...
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>>Scott Duval
>>'73 3.0CS with $0 maintenance cost in the past 12 months (other than oil
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>>Hey
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>>these grades are for "investment" think about how much $$ a coupe cost to
>>keep up, restore etc. Sports car market is for money collectors not folks
>>who own cars for some sort of enjoyment.
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>>Al
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>>Since anybody with a keyboard can pretend to be an "author" that supposedly
>>knows something I'll pretend to be a teacher and grade this an F...
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>>U get it?
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>>On 3/21/07, gparr02tii <gparr02tii at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>   Here is guide "Sports Car Market" put out showing market pricing
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>>http://www.bmw2002faq.com/component/option,com_forum/Itemid,50/page,viewtopic/t,287719/
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>>   Curious that the author rates E3 as a D  an rates E9 (to include csl's)
>>   as a C.  2002's are also rated C except for tii's and turbo's.  I think
>>   the author was hitting the crack pipe a few too many times before he
>>   published this chart.
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>>   G-Man
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