"WiscoProud" (wiscoproud)
08/07/2015 at 12:21 • Filed to: None
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"WiscoProud" (wiscoproud)
08/07/2015 at 12:21 • Filed to: None | 0
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I came across this eBay ad for an 1988 BMW M3 with a buy it now price of $22k, which is fantastic considering they normally go for $80k+. It was also featured on Bring a Trailer.
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However, it would appear the car is presently dissembled. The ad states that the owner just doesn’t have time to finish it assembly. Considering how much these go for, why wouldn’t someone just pay a shop the $5-10k to finish it, if you could get $50k more completed?
Something doesn’t add up here.
edit: I misspoke, they can sell for $80k+, although cheaper can also be found.
CalzoneGolem
> WiscoProud
08/07/2015 at 12:26 |
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The seller is a shop.
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WiscoProud
> CalzoneGolem
08/07/2015 at 12:27 |
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The ad talks about how the owner retired and spends all his time in the tropics or something, and is written in a first person manner.
Party-vi
> WiscoProud
08/07/2015 at 12:29 |
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E30 M3s do not normally go for $80k+ at all. You’re looking at around $30k depending on mileage and condition.
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CalzoneGolem
> WiscoProud
08/07/2015 at 12:29 |
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I purchased this car several years ago with the intention of restoring it. I started working on it but since my customers cars came first it got pushed to the back burner. Some of you E30 nuts will probably remember it from 2011 in which German Cars for Sale wrote a blog about it...
georgechristensen
> WiscoProud
08/07/2015 at 12:30 |
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It seems a little disingenuous to have the first few images be of a fully assembled car.
Tohru
> CalzoneGolem
08/07/2015 at 12:32 |
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The seller *was* a shop.
Kanaric
> WiscoProud
08/07/2015 at 12:34 |
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They do not normally go $80k+ 22k is a normal price
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WiscoProud
> CalzoneGolem
08/07/2015 at 12:38 |
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I read it. He talks about how HE bought it, and its written as the car is his. I understand he owns a shop, which is all the more reason that I would have one of my employees finish it and sell it for the higher price.
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CalzoneGolem
> WiscoProud
08/07/2015 at 12:40 |
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So, what are we arguing about again?
fourvalleys
> WiscoProud
08/07/2015 at 12:50 |
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I find that username really confusing. The ad says that he retired and sold his shop, but the username is “5151dempster.”
5151 Dempster St isn’t far from where the ad says the car is located, and it’s... a Budget Car Rental. Hmmm
The ad does say “Autowerks of Northbrook” which did become an ABRA Body & Glass recently. I guess that makes sense if he sold his shop. But that’s still about 10 miles away from 5151 Dempster. Weird.
e: I should clarify, I’m confident the ad is legit. I just think it’s a really weird username.
e2: The linked site does mention it for sale in 2011 (and name-drops Bill Caswell, nice), but I find this sentence odd too: “I don’t really recall what happened back in 2011 and why I still own the car but I do”
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WiscoProud
> fourvalleys
08/07/2015 at 13:00 |
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bizarre right? Its also includes the ominous “should fire right up" which is better known as "ran when parked"