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I think you can do it pretty easily. And assuming you go in eyes wide open, can and will do the work yourself (critical), and don't have to daily the car, why not? That said, I'd probably steer you away from an 08 mt, as they have clutch problems that were I understand were rectified in 09 (someone correct me if this is inaccurate). I would love to have a mt companion to my 08 E92 DCT, but that would be pretty tough to slip past the wife.
It will be interesting to see how the COVID-driven economic slump will affect the E92 M3. The cars are old enough now to be "hobby cars," by which I mean well clear of the lease/finance cycle, so people now really have to love them to want to keep them up. As they age and become more infirm, I wonder if enough financially distressed folks will just throw in the towel on these expensive mistresses. The way street Hemis became dirt cheap when the 1973 gas crunch hit (I was there). If that happens, your $15K budget should be pretty easy to hit.
Beautiful F82, and fairly rare with mt.
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