New to M3 - is this a 2012 E92 M3 a good buy?

[ttran]

I saw this 2012 E92 M3 in the a local BMW dealership, made an appointment but when I came down there, it was in their sister company having the the cat put on. The cat is on back order and to reserve/save the car for me to look and and test drive, I had to fill out an application. Just wondering if you guys think this is a good deal. They are firm at 31,998. Here's the link

https://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/...136955468.html

[akkando]

At a glance it seems over priced.

[Melbourn3]

That was posted by the actual owner not too long ago

[ttran]

According to the BMW print out, it was a Competition Package. It now has KW1, is that better?

[ttran]

Originally Posted by SeanE463

That was posted by the actual owner not too long ago

You are right, I just saw a car posting that looks just like it

[ttran]

The salesman that took the car in for trade told me that they ask the seller to de-tune the car since they couldn't see a tuned BMW, which kind of bum me out.

[SAMM3Y]

Nice thing about autonation is you have 5 days/300 miles to return it no questions asked. Gives you a good chance to look it over.

[ES BMW]

That's a little high for a car with 50k miles but those headlights are around a grand and the steering wheel is also aftermarket. Plus the wheels and exhaust so if you like the combo and you would replace those on a stock car anyway, price could be fair.

The KW1 is an adjustable height solution from KW that uses the stock shocks. Is it better? Depends. It'll get rid of the fender gap but the stock dampers aren't meant to work at that height and will have some difficulty properly controlling the movement of the suspension.

[ttran]

https://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1722118

I guess this is the car originally posted here. From what i'm hearing, it's on the high side

[IB M]

$32 firm when I bet they didn't give him more than $24k on the trade. Direct from P.O. if you had seen it here for proabaly $27k with the tune still in place and still win/win vs dealer getting his cut now.
That said you gotta love the modifications done otherwise I wouldn't buy a 3 owner modded car without all of the maintenance history.

[ttran]

Originally Posted by IB M

$32 firm when I bet they didn't give him more than $24k on the trade. Direct from P.O. if you had seen it here for proabaly $27k with the tune still in place and still win/win vs dealer getting his cut now.
That said you gotta love the modifications done otherwise I wouldn't buy a 3 owner modded car without all of the maintenance history.

True on the $24k he received from the dealer.

[Scrippy]

It looks clean and I don't think 31k is too high for a desired car with only 50,000 miles roughly. I would push for an extended power train warranty. I would also plan on a $2400 rod bearing job ASAP for piece of mind. Not a fan of the wheels myself however. Maintenance records would be good as well.

[ezpark]

Looks like it's sold.

[ES BMW]

Also taking back what I said about the suspension... it's a proper coilover but does not retain the adjustability from the EDC button.

[ttran]

Originally Posted by ezpark

Looks like it's sold.

I had to fill out an application to put it on hold until I could see it in person and test drive it. It's at their shop waiting for cat to be put on. Supposedly it's on back order

[ttran]

Originally Posted by Scrippy

It looks clean and I don't think 31k is too high for a desired car with only 50,000 miles roughly. I would push for an extended power train warranty. I would also plan on a $2400 rod bearing job ASAP for piece of mind. Not a fan of the wheels myself however. Maintenance records would be good as well.

yeah, wheels are ok. according to PO posting it had TopSpeed exhaust. I never heard of it, not sure how good or how it sounds or drones.

[Scrippy]

Originally Posted by ttran

yeah, wheels are ok. according to PO posting it had TopSpeed exhaust. I never heard of it, not sure how good or how it sounds or drones.

Sell it on the used forum area and go Mperf, just my 2 cents.

[SoCalRPM]

Listing on CL says sold now... OP, if you didn't pick it up then it may be too late

[ttran]

Originally Posted by SoCalRPM

Listing on CL says sold now... OP, if you didn't pick it up then it may be too late

yeah, they took it off their website saturday night after i was told to fill out an application and got approved for the loan

[PYE46M3]

is it a comp? does it have CF roof? makes a huge difference on the price

either way its nothing special IMO. you're in socal and cars spec'd similar to this are dime a dozen

[ttran]

Originally Posted by PYE46M3

is it a comp? does it have CF roof? makes a huge difference on the price

either way its nothing special IMO. you're in socal and cars spec'd similar to this are dime a dozen

dealer print out show comp, have not seen the car in person but ad from PO says it has CF roof

[PYE46M3]

Originally Posted by ttran

dealer print out show comp, have not seen the car in person but ad from PO says it has CF roof

why are you interested in this specific car? the mods? if so 32 may be worth it.