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What should I ask for this BMW 318ti?
One of the stepdtrs wants to sell her car, spend the summer working in NYC and buy something a little newer/4door in the fall.
Its a 1998 BMW 318ti....about 149K miles but you will recall I put a new engine from a 85K 318 in it this past fall. Clean little car, never wrecked, a few door dings, soso paint respray in a shade slightly different than stock (dark mettallic blue green). Perfect interior save for a 2 inch tear on driver;s bolster. Lowered with new Kons/Eibach springs. M3 front and rear bumpers; M3 wheels. Automatic, cold a/c. Some type of upgraded stereo with amps and woofwers yadadadada......what should it be worth realistically? . 
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Sorry mods...posted in wrong area. Intended to post in off topic
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$3000-3500 tops since it has a so-so repaint
Here is 95 in my area for $5000 that has been on tha market since August http://raleigh.craigslist.org/ctd/1032301781.html another for $4,400 (will probably take under 4k) http://raleigh.craigslist.org/cto/1021032916.html
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...and the auto. Really brings the value down because any CCA'er would want the 5 spd. Lucky to get the 3 imo. |
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Friend of mine sold a white one about 1 year ago for $4200 (automatic)..
thought it was too much but there were multiple interested parties..
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Well she put it on eBay week before last unbeknownst to me and it fetched $4K. Guy bought it for his dtr. They flew in and picked it up Saturday. They were tickled.
Before he came to get it I went over the car, changed a weeping oil pan gasket, flushed and replaced power steering fluid and determined it needed a new cam pos sensor. I told him about that and knocked $100 off since he could do that himself and a genuine BMW replacement was $98 from our host. Now she's shopping for a new car...with her Dad's help....thankfully I'm outta the kids and cars bidness forever 
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$4k is a solid price for an auto- I've casually looked at these. Always really liked them. I wish BMW had a hatch version of the 1 series in USA. Hatches are good.
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It was a good little car...very nimble but somewhat (!) underpowered. Especially with the auto. I drove one a guy had put an M3/5 sp motor/tranny in one and lightened/lowered it. An absolutely hoot and blindingly fast at about 2300#s. Yup...the hatch is cavernous.
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