What impact will the new FI engine have on used E9x prices?

[Edward]

Originally Posted by kmarei

agreed
never heard a porsche or ferrari owner bitching about mpg

That's because every single 911 chassis Porsche gets better gas mileage than M3s. Only the GT3/RS are very close at 14/21. And Ferrari's are not daily drivers so no one should even look at MPG on those cars. I'm all for power and good mpg as long as whatever I'm shopping or driving is a daily driver.
But I agree. If you buy an M and whine about gas consumption, you're in it for the wrong reasons.

[kmarei]

Originally Posted by Edward

That's because every single 911 chassis Porsche gets better gas mileage than M3s. Only the GT3/RS are very close at 14/21. And Ferrari's are not daily drivers so no one should even look at MPG on those cars. I'm all for power and good mpg as long as whatever I'm shopping or driving is a daily driver.
But I agree. If you buy an M and whine about gas consumption, you're in it for the wrong reasons.

are you going by the mpg on the porsche website?
cuz those look very suspicious
they all have 25mpg, irrespective of engine size!
the 345hp has the same mpg as the 385hp one, which is the same as the 405hp
and the 2wd is the same as the 4wd
the coupe is the same as the cabriolet??

[Edward]

Originally Posted by kmarei

are you going by the mpg on the porsche website?
cuz those look very suspicious
they all have 25mpg, irrespective of engine size!
the 345hp has the same mpg as the 385hp one, which is the same as the 405hp
and the 2wd is the same as the 4wd
the coupe is the same as the cabriolet??

yea I was, only because the mfr of all sources had better not fudge those particular numbers.

[Eau Rouge]

Originally Posted by James T. Kirk

It's more than a small percentage. I don't know ANY M enthusiasts who give a rat's ass about mileage. The market is flooded with fuel efficient cars. Worried about gas? Buy a Prius.

The M market requires PERFORMANCE. The next engine MUST be more powerful which I'm sure it will be. If it happens to be more fuel efficient, then that's just frosting on the cake.

or a BMW motorcycle for + mpg

Recently a survey arrived in my mailbox. One of the questions was "What would the price of a gallon of gasoline have to be before you would consider a hybrid or other alternative fuel source vehicle?" The answer options ranged from $3/g to More than $20/g. I checked "More than $20/g". It isn't that I despise the alternative fuel source vehicles: Gasoline burning vehicles are my preference.

Back on topic: No one knows for certain what will be the effect of the introduction of FI to the M3 model on the price of E9x M3, and I really don't care, but will suggest that in the short term prices will drop as they normally do whereas over the long term, the nostalgia factor will eventually kick in to add to the neverending appreciation that some of us already have for the last of the NA M3 motors to push prices back up to some degree. Over time, a fully documented pristine E9x M3 will command a steep price in a market where the demand exceeds the supply.

[PKL]

im just nervous about resale on my moonroof/6MT/non ZCP car!

[kmarei]

Originally Posted by PKL

im just nervous about resale on my moonroof/6MT/non ZCP car!

well you've got the 6MT going for you
no cf roof and no zcp is not good