Feeler 325TI how much?

[scabzzzz]

Originally Posted by campaiar

scabzzzz, sorry if I offended or made you upset. I suppose I'm a bit more skeptical about heavily moded cars than most given that I know what can go wrong, or what methods people to take to get to the finished product. Dusten's right about inheriting someone's nightmare, it can be very costly.

Yeah thats true and I totally agree with you. Buying a stock car that has had issues and is in mint condition after being fixed by a reputable shop holds more value than some joe blow changing a head gasket and saying "yea its got a new head gasket" rather than "yeah here are the receipts from the shop where i had the head gasket replaced". The point being that selling a modded car that was done by a shop thats known for swaps versus "yeah its got a 3.2 liter in it that my buddy and me threw in last weekend" is totally different. Pricing varies on motor swapped cars due to this fact so in the long run and you'll notice it on forums, people cream over well put together cars and you can tell just by looking a lot of times and especially if you get to drive it.
Long story short, dont buy a motor swapped car unless you're fully capable of jerking it out and throwing another one back in. Your mechanic skill isnt high enough to own a car like that anyways and you're asking for problems and rape pricing for repair bills. Good parts are good parts, its just that simple.
Sorry for the thread jack OP!

[Panzer_M]

modified Porsches(944s, 968s, 911s) can still get back money

the e30 Ms...even basket cases are selling for 10k nowdays...good ones for 20k..and lot fall in the 14-18k price range. Same thing with e34 M5, and e24 M6s.

actually it's funny e46 M3s are dropping in price..and the e30 is increasing.

The M Coupes are another one, the are retaining their value. Esp the damn S54 models...but I'll live with a S52 Coupe.

[scabzzzz]

Again, we're going to call that market value. Has nothing to do with blue book, at all.

[DustenT]

Originally Posted by scabzzzz

Long story short, dont buy a motor swapped car unless you're fully capable of jerking it out and throwing another one back in. Your mechanic skill isnt high enough to own a car like that anyways and you're asking for problems and rape pricing for repair bills.

And this is why people will always low ball a motor swapped car. Even if it was done by a reputable shop, things still go wrong. The chances that something goes wrong on a swapped car is WAY higher than on a stock car that has never been worked on.

[scabzzzz]

If the stock car has never been worked on, its a ticking time bomb. Especially on a BMW. Thanks