M3 Gone but Mods are not!

mdrobc13 · 04-25-2011, 09:45 AM

BIMMERPOST / Classifieds

Asking Price:

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Item Interest

Sold my M3 recently but not my parts/mods. How many of you have done that I wonder. How many have just kept the parts on the car or others who have removed them for sale to a new good home? I think removing them was the best as you don't get much value from them on a trade/dealer sale.

Anyway following mods are avail still. Check out the personal sale section of the forum or do a search on my username.

1. Essienman Sport exhaust (cat back) - SOLD
2. CF Steering faceplate (JLevi) - SOLD
3. OEM 18" M3 Wheels set with Dunlop 3D Max Winter tires
4. 2009 NAV/HD CIC retrofit (minus USB cable/2009 I Drive controller) - SOLD

Interested in the votes/poll though. Enjoy your cars!
Mdrobc

mkPOTO · 04-25-2011, 09:59 AM

pm'd

Grail05 · 04-25-2011, 10:33 AM

i usually sell the parts before selling my car.

mdosu · 04-25-2011, 10:37 AM

if you started this post as a shameless way of selling your parts outside the FS section then you succeeded. lol. (PM sent, lol)

To answer your question, you're correct. No one will properly value your mods when they're on the car, they're bidding on the car itself, and the mods only can complicate things as
1. some do not trust that the mods work
2. personal taste issue, (I like Akra exhaust, and not your Eisenmann, so no reason why I would pay up for your Eisenmann when I didn't even want it)

The part out is the best way, though from my last car's experience even premium parts are sold at fractions of original purchase price, Good luck

aus · 04-25-2011, 12:49 PM

Clever post

mdrobc13 · 04-25-2011, 09:20 PM

No I did post the part out under the relevant sections online on the Forum...I was just interested in what others thought and also that some voting might also have an interest in something they see.

md

cwidjojo · 04-25-2011, 09:35 PM

Hey rob, so u finally sold the m3. And as u might remember, i was offering to buy your car last year (I already got mine lol).

How much are you selling the 09 idrive for? The 08 system is terrible

mdrobc13 · 04-25-2011, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by cwidjojo

Hey rob, so u finally sold the m3. And as u might remember, i was offering to buy your car last year (I already got mine lol).

How much are you selling the 09 idrive for? The 08 system is terrible

Just sold it. Yes 2008 is terrible thus my upgrade of mine in my car which I sold. Sorry I did PM you back but you didn't seen serious and at that time wasn't thinking of selling it..but time does change things and cars it seems. Enjoy your car and give Patryk a PM and get that idrive CIC retrofit soon...its the best update and $$ you can spend on an 08 M3! Good luck.
Md

View Poll Results: When you sell your M3 you will?
Keep my mods on the car. (too much involved to take off or more $$ at sale)	4	13.79%
Remove them and sell them myself (Its easy to do and/or more $$ back for what I paid for them)	23	79.31%
Haven't decided/TBD	2	6.90%
Voters: 29. You may not vote on this poll

04-25-2011, 09:45 AM	#1
mdrobc13 Colonel 340 Rep 2,232 Posts Drives: Made in Bavaria Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: On a base somewhere near or afar! iTrader: (8) Garage List 2021 BMW X3e [0.00] 2016 BMW M4 [9.00]	M3 Gone but Mods are not! BIMMERPOST / Classifieds Asking Price: None Item Interest Sold my M3 recently but not my parts/mods. How many of you have done that I wonder. How many have just kept the parts on the car or others who have removed them for sale to a new good home? I think removing them was the best as you don't get much value from them on a trade/dealer sale. Anyway following mods are avail still. Check out the personal sale section of the forum or do a search on my username. 1. Essienman Sport exhaust (cat back) - SOLD 2. CF Steering faceplate (JLevi) - SOLD 3. OEM 18" M3 Wheels set with Dunlop 3D Max Winter tires 4. 2009 NAV/HD CIC retrofit (minus USB cable/2009 I Drive controller) - SOLD Interested in the votes/poll though. Enjoy your cars! Mdrobc __________________ '22 BMW M4 Comp (SSG/Black) '16 BMW M4 (Shakir Orange/Black) - gone not forgotten '15 BMW M3 (Black/Black) - gone not forgotten '10 BMW X5M (Black/Black) - gone not forgotten '08 BMW M3 (Space Gray/Black) - gone not forgotten Last edited by mdrobc13; 05-01-2011 at 09:54 PM..
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mkPOTO Mr. Nice Says Hello 636 Rep 16,662 Posts Drives: BMW M3 \| X5 xdrive 35i MSport Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: USA iTrader: (25) Garage List 2002 Lexus GS300 [0.00] 2008 BMW E92 M3 [5.58]	pm'd
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04-25-2011, 10:33 AM	#3
Grail05 Putcha ang ganda... 281 Rep 5,441 Posts Drives: 17 F82 M4 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Los Angeles, Brea CA. iTrader: (10)	i usually sell the parts before selling my car. __________________
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04-25-2011, 10:37 AM	#4
mdosu Banned 314 Rep 8,496 Posts Drives: Double Vanos'd Civic-M3 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: San Francisco iTrader: (6)	if you started this post as a shameless way of selling your parts outside the FS section then you succeeded. lol. (PM sent, lol) To answer your question, you're correct. No one will properly value your mods when they're on the car, they're bidding on the car itself, and the mods only can complicate things as 1. some do not trust that the mods work 2. personal taste issue, (I like Akra exhaust, and not your Eisenmann, so no reason why I would pay up for your Eisenmann when I didn't even want it) The part out is the best way, though from my last car's experience even premium parts are sold at fractions of original purchase price, Good luck
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04-25-2011, 12:49 PM	#5
aus Major General 890 Rep 9,032 Posts Drives: Odysse Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Seal Beach, CA iTrader: (10)	Clever post __________________ Let me get this straight... You are swapping out parts designed by some of the top engineers in the world because some guys sponsored by a company told you it's "better??" But when you ask the same guy about tracking, "oh no, I have a kid now" or "I just detailed my car." or "i just got new tires."
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mdrobc13 Colonel 340 Rep 2,232 Posts Drives: Made in Bavaria Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: On a base somewhere near or afar! iTrader: (8) Garage List 2021 BMW X3e [0.00] 2016 BMW M4 [9.00]	No I did post the part out under the relevant sections online on the Forum...I was just interested in what others thought and also that some voting might also have an interest in something they see. md __________________ '22 BMW M4 Comp (SSG/Black) '16 BMW M4 (Shakir Orange/Black) - gone not forgotten '15 BMW M3 (Black/Black) - gone not forgotten '10 BMW X5M (Black/Black) - gone not forgotten '08 BMW M3 (Space Gray/Black) - gone not forgotten
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04-25-2011, 09:35 PM	#7
cwidjojo First Lieutenant 29 Rep 352 Posts Drives: Sparkling Graphite E92 M3 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Indonesia/San Francisco iTrader: (1)	Hey rob, so u finally sold the m3. And as u might remember, i was offering to buy your car last year (I already got mine lol). How much are you selling the 09 idrive for? The 08 system is terrible
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