[turbo6bar]

I am preparing to sell my 96 M3 coupe, and I am trying to get a starting point for price. The car is virtually all original. Cooling system was replaced around 2005-6, which was shortly before I bought the car. It has 109000 miles. Color is alpine white. Some of the rubber window trim is cracked and can use replacement in the future. Also, the suspension really should be rebuilt. The next owner really should go through the car from top to bottom, as I rarely drove the vehicle, and it only received oil changes and a trickle charger on the battery. In the seven years of ownership, I put less than 15000 miles on it. It just didn't fit in with my landlord day job, and for fun, I preferred the motorcycle or bicycle.

NADA suggest trade-in is $5700 and clean retail is $8200

Is clean retail the value on a dealer's lot?

KBB is suggesting private party $6700.

Normally, Ebay would be a good source, but damn, pricing is all over the map. Junkers are low. Super clean, low mileage examples are well over $10k, but there are few that sell in the middle range.

Anyone have their fingers in the market? Is $6000 a reasonable asking price? Is my car a commodity car or does it have any cache over the standard 3-series?

Jurgen