[BMWCSRegistry] Re: 2007 SportsCar Market Guide BMW Prices

SDuval at trialgraphix.com SDuval at trialgraphix.com
Thu Mar 22 15:32:53 EDT 2007


Agreed on all points; however, your CSL was the least expensive one I've
seen on the market.  The only other sales were for $55k - $60k on eBay
about six months ago (Inka one in Miami), and a Batmobile, which went for
something like $100k or more (Art sent the link, I think?), which averages
out to over $50k.  My point is that your car is on the low end of that
price scale, unless they are considering cars that aren't driveable or in
really poor condition perhaps?

Scott Duval
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Just goes to show you... (BMWs, 240zs, and the low end of this book) are
drivers. The others are posers, Trailer queens. Never driven.

On 3/22/07, crcote at mindspring.com <crcote at mindspring.com> wrote:
  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

  -----Original Message-----
  >From: SPANLAB <spanlab at entelnet.bo>
  >Sent: Mar 22, 2007 11:05 AM
  >To: " bmwcsregistry-idb.ded.forest.net" <
  bmwcsregistry at idb.ded.forest.net>
  >Subject: Re: [BMWCSRegistry] Re: 2007 SportsCar Market Guide BMW Prices
  >
  >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.
  >
  >Enrique
  >
  >
  >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...
  >>
  >>How many of you guys have seen CSLs selling for $20k - $30k?
  >>
  >>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...
  >>
  >>Scott Duval
  >>'73 3.0CS with $0 maintenance cost in the past 12 months (other than
  oil
  >>changes)
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  >>              wabmw25 at aol.com
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  >>              st.net                     gparr02tii at earthlink.net
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  >>                                         gopostal at seniorsix.org,
  >>              03/22/2007 12:05
  bmwcsregistry at idb.ded.forest.net
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  Subject
  >>                                        [BMWCSRegistry] Re: 2007
  SportsCar
  >>                                        Market Guide BMW Prices
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  >>
  >>Hey
  >>
  >>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.
  >>
  >>Al
  >>
  >>
  >>-----Original Message-----
  >>From: vanishingpoint1 at gmail.com
  >>To: gparr02tii at earthlink.net
  >>Cc: bmwcsregistry at idb.ded.forest.net; gopostal at seniorsix.org
  >>Sent: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:34 PM
  >>Subject: Re: 2007 SportsCar Market Guide BMW Prices
  >>
  >>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...
  >>
  >>U get it?
  >>
  >>
  >>On 3/21/07, gparr02tii < gparr02tii at earthlink.net> wrote:
  >>   Here is guide "Sports Car Market" put out showing market pricing
  >>
  >>
  >>
  http://www.bmw2002faq.com/component/option,com_forum/Itemid,50/page,viewtopic/t,287719/

  >>
  >>
  >>   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.
  >>
  >>   G-Man
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