[BMWCSRegistry] (FF-WOB) Sports Car Market Guide

Sat Mar 24 17:24:03 EDT 2007

All - 

I am rather new to the registry, but have been enjoying reading
everyone's dialog for the past month or two. 

This has been a rather spirited thread...

I concur with everyone's comments - particularly the thought that one
should own a Coupe to have fun driving and not make money.  

In Nov 2005 I had to have my Coupe appraised for insurance purposes. The
appraised value of my Coupe was $10.5k which appears consistent with the
SCM report.  The SCM investment grade seems silly - I don't think anyone
can predict what's going to be a hot item 10 to 20 years from now. 

The person who appraised my car said he was a little stumped by the E9
market. He thought the E9 had all the characteristics to be a hot
collector car that took off in value (no he wasn't the one who sold me
the car:-)). This same person said he was recently tasked by a Seattle
rock star to find a clean 3.0 CS. He said he had a very hard time
finding a Coupe for this rock star, but finally prevailed.

We should all have fun with our Coupes and not loose any sleep over its
value. I doubt the E9 will go down in value if it doesn't have rust
issues.

Best,

Mark

'71 2800CS Fjord 

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[mailto:bmwcsregistry-bounces at idb.ded.forest.net] On Behalf Of Art
Wegweiser
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 2:51 PM
To: CS Coupe Registry USA
Cc: Senior Six Registry
Subject: [BMWCSRegistry] (FF-WOB) Sports Car Market Guide

Couperini y Bavarazzi

http://www.bmw2002faq.com/component/option,com_forum/Itemid,50/page,view
topic/t,287719/

 One of the first messages I read Thursday morning was this posted Price
Guide to older BMW's.

I decided to set back and see how the day's comments, both private and
public, swirled about this item.

As expected they ranged from mild amusement to furious anger.

I assume that  the unlabeled Column #2 represents the number of units
produced. Maybe - but consult 5 sources of this data and you will likely
get 6 different numbers. The vaunted Deutsche penchant for accurate
record keeping became a little sloppy after 1945.

First among my various reactions, and those of others, is that E9 Coupes
are NOT items for investment.
That is hardly a piece of news to anyone who owns and loves these cars.

Note that no Model 120 2000 C/CS nor any E9 CSi's were listed by this
evaluation expert or perhaps just an accumulator of data from selected
sources not cited, or whatever he is.
Agreed that the 2000 C/CS is far less common but CSi's are in some
modest abundance - for a 30+ year old car. So where are they?

Our Coupes are for driving and not museum pieces or for speculation to
appreciate unless you place it in a Nitrogen filled balloon for 20 or
more years.  And have patience (as our President just said in another
context).

Instead of expecting to make some money on a CS Coupe investment one
would be better advised to go down to your neighborhood Casino and hit
the slots. To protect our morality, all of us in PA are allowed are only
slots.  No craps, no roulette (plaisez vos bets mesdames et messiuers),
no poker, no black jack, no chemin de fer.  2000 exciting slots just 30
minutes from me. Woopee!

You will never see Sean Connery and his predictable bed mate for the
evening in one of our sanitized family value places.

The 507? A lovely antique to be treasured.   Probably worth more than
the values listed but at that would you dare run it out on the road?
Great for Homecoming and other Parades with the Campus Queen denting
your fragile upholstery with her pretty butt and a 507 is sure to snatch
a prize at any show to which it has been hauled on a trailer (enclosed,
of course).

In truth, I've never driven one but by all reports, they drive like the
1950's cars they are.

Only those old enough to have driven 1950's cars know what I mean.

And make special note about when was there a 1600 Coupe or 2002 Coupe as
listed by our expert evaluator?

Have fun with this but do not take it too seriously.  Spring is coming
soon just drive carefully and be sure you have agreed value in force.

I have no clue about what Chuck Cote was talking about earlier
concerning insurance and I would not have attended that lunch unless the
proper wine was served anyway.

Art

And note to E3 people. Bad news = don't sell. Good news = If you do like
driving these, as I do, then buy. (The way they drive, not the way they
look - but that got me in trouble before).

The omens are in your favor.  Not much of a troller but a great stealth
car on the highway.

oo=00=oo  oo=00=oo  oo=00=oo  oo=00=oo  oo=00=oo  oo=00=oo
Art Wegweiser, BMWCCA Member #12163
Registrar, BMW CS Registry,USA
art at bmwcsregistry.org
http://www.bmwcsregistry.org

Erik Wegweiser, Webmeister

Ilse         72 3.0 CSi   2 262 736   Fjord & Polaris Neu

Gretel       95 E36 M3   ..EH06546    Arktissilber metallic

Plus a couple of Subaru to abuse in the Winter.

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