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atomicdoug
I have a restored 1971 240-Z in my garage. There is easily over $25k invested into this car over the years, I don't expect to get all that back if I sell it, but I don't want to give it away either. How can I get top dollar for my car?
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We can not see this car that you are talking about and have no idea as to its value. I would suggest that you take a bunch of photos of this car and then post it for sale on E-bay. This may not appeal to you but remember that even on e-bay you can set a a reserve price for the car and most often if it is a real nice car you can get more for it than if you just listed it in a news paper a few years ago I had a BMW that I wanted to sell the most I could get for it was about $6200 around here but the car was listed (reserve)for $7600 sold it for $9600. Or you can as the other has suggested and shop the car around to several different auctions. I might keep that as a back up plan but taken a few photos to post on e-bay and and trying to sell it there might even be faster. Also remember that you can use a 7 day sale time and you can also use buy now as well.
We can not see this car that you are talking about and have no idea as to its value. I would suggest that you take a bunch of photos of this car and then post it for sale on E-bay. This may not appeal to you but remember that even on e-bay you can set a a reserve price for the car and most often if it is a real nice car you can get more for it than if you just listed it in a news paper a few years ago I had a BMW that I wanted to sell the most I could get for it was about $6200 around here but the car was listed (reserve)for $7600 sold it for $9600. Or you can as the other has suggested and shop the car around to several different auctions. I might keep that as a back up plan but taken a few photos to post on e-bay and and trying to sell it there might even be faster. Also remember that you can use a 7 day sale time and you can also use buy now as well.
Is the BMW 3 Series really unreliable and expensive to maintain?
AyD
It seems there are lots of dissatisfied BMW 3 series owners (going by comments on various consumer reviews). Is there any statistic showing the ratio of dissatisfied versus satisfied owners in the USA? My thinking is that consumers with horrific experiences are twice more likely to vent their frustrations via various feedback/review systems than satisfied customers echoing their positive experiences via the same medium. I'm interested in buying a 2002-06 BMW 325 or 330.
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Hi AyD
In my honest opinion, the 3 series is neither unreliable or expensive to maintain.
Firstly, maintenance if anything has got less expensive as labour times for servicing have been cut and the introduction of CBS (Conditioned based servicing) which involves only replcing parts when they really need replacing.
This however has generated some unhappiness with customers as it then means slightly more visits to the dealer ie Sparkplug service one month/ Oil and filter the following month / Brake fluid two months after etc etc.
With regard to reliability, I am not saying the 3 is flawless however all models in every brand has problems. Some vehicle manufacturers are better than others at keeping things quiet if you know what I mean.
The 3 Series was recently (November 10th 2008) voted most reliable car in the UK which for the first time put it ahead of all Japenese models. I am not aware of any fundemental differences between the US 3 series and the UK 3 series. Have a read.........
http://www.vcars.co.uk/news/bmw/3-series/bmw-3-series-the-most-reliable-car-in-the-uk-1796.html
One thing of note is that BMW are selling more and more every year. A percentage of those will have problems, the more they sell then the more that have problems is always likely to increase.
If I could afford it right now a 3 would be my first purchase.
Hope I helped, Happy New Year,
Pyth
Hi AyD
In my honest opinion, the 3 series is neither unreliable or expensive to maintain.
Firstly, maintenance if anything has got less expensive as labour times for servicing have been cut and the introduction of CBS (Conditioned based servicing) which involves only replcing parts when they really need replacing.
This however has generated some unhappiness with customers as it then means slightly more visits to the dealer ie Sparkplug service one month/ Oil and filter the following month / Brake fluid two months after etc etc.
With regard to reliability, I am not saying the 3 is flawless however all models in every brand has problems. Some vehicle manufacturers are better than others at keeping things quiet if you know what I mean.
The 3 Series was recently (November 10th 2008) voted most reliable car in the UK which for the first time put it ahead of all Japenese models. I am not aware of any fundemental differences between the US 3 series and the UK 3 series. Have a read.........
http://www.vcars.co.uk/news/bmw/3-series/bmw-3-series-the-most-reliable-car-in-the-uk-1796.html
One thing of note is that BMW are selling more and more every year. A percentage of those will have problems, the more they sell then the more that have problems is always likely to increase.
If I could afford it right now a 3 would be my first purchase.
Hope I helped, Happy New Year,
Pyth
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