E89 Prices
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But surely the E89 isn't a convertible in the usual sense as it's effectively a Coupe with the roof up?
At the end of the day I think they have just fallen into the 10+ year old BMW ownership demographic, with limited appeal for many who need more than 2 seats. And they do seem to be starting to suffer issues with the roof mechanism.
I'm still struggling to get to grips with my first E86 being 8 years old when I bought it, but my current one is 18!
At the end of the day I think they have just fallen into the 10+ year old BMW ownership demographic, with limited appeal for many who need more than 2 seats. And they do seem to be starting to suffer issues with the roof mechanism.
I'm still struggling to get to grips with my first E86 being 8 years old when I bought it, but my current one is 18!
I paid dealer 18k for my 23i in 2012 and accept it's value is going down by at least 1k a year.
Still to me it's a 18k car, i intend to keep, so try to look after it likes it's a 18k car.
wbac value probably 5k, one of those vehicle score sites said 8k, i think that is slightly optimistic.
Still to me it's a 18k car, i intend to keep, so try to look after it likes it's a 18k car.
wbac value probably 5k, one of those vehicle score sites said 8k, i think that is slightly optimistic.
If you pay several thousand for a run of the mill car it will go down in value by 1k a year.
Only once you get to cars valued a couple of grand there will always be a market for starter cheap transport losing a few hundred a year.
Only once did i buy Audi 8o for £1500 and sold it year later for £1500.
Only once you get to cars valued a couple of grand there will always be a market for starter cheap transport losing a few hundred a year.
Only once did i buy Audi 8o for £1500 and sold it year later for £1500.
For me, the problem is not price, but car: the 35iS. I believe that only 450 were exported to the UK and finding a low-mileage one now is difficult.
Just as bad is finding an alternative. I nearly bought an M4 Convertible Competition Package with 5k miles on the clock and may still, but it's not really what I what.
Just as bad is finding an alternative. I nearly bought an M4 Convertible Competition Package with 5k miles on the clock and may still, but it's not really what I what.
There are 376 examples of the 35is still registered, with a few more SORN. Unless you really wanted the 35is, you'd surely be better to buy a 35i and chuck a map on it? Downside is that there aren't loads of MSport 35i models either. There look to be about 1,000 35i/is examples of all variations currently registered.Busterboo said:
https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/vehicle/bmw_z4_sdrive35is_auto
It really is a bit of a waiting game, as someone who's in the market for at 35i/is. It's the same story as the E85 - so many small-engined examples were made, that the 35s tend not to be particularly well known or thought of.
I'm also going to look at an M4 convertible at a dealer near me, but my preference would be an E89. M4s are ten-a-penny, and people seem to own them a couple of years before moving them on. Whereas I suspect that folk with 35i/is models tend to hang onto them a bit longer. No data to back that up, just a hunch.
My frustration with looking for a 35i/is over the past few months is how few cars seem to fall into the sweet spot of the middle ground.
I could have my pick of early 'SE' spec cars with low mileage at £10k, or high miler M-Sports at £11-12k. Plenty of low-miler later cars sitting unsold at silly money too (£16k+).
There seems to be very little in that sweet spot in the middle. An M-Sport with 70k or so should be around ~£13k give or take, but they just don't seem to be getting sold.
I could have my pick of early 'SE' spec cars with low mileage at £10k, or high miler M-Sports at £11-12k. Plenty of low-miler later cars sitting unsold at silly money too (£16k+).
There seems to be very little in that sweet spot in the middle. An M-Sport with 70k or so should be around ~£13k give or take, but they just don't seem to be getting sold.
I'd consider one in that neck of the woods at the right price (i.e. leaving me enough to fix the big ticket N54 issues), but there seem to be a lot of dreamers selling 35s right now given the length the Autotrader ads have been up.B21 said:
Almost all that are coming up in my saved search (under £18k, under 80k miles) have been advertised since before October last year, with no movement in price.
DaveP said:
There are two (at least) contradictions…
Some folks seeing other E89s at higher prices assume that’s where the market is..not realising many haven’t shifted in months and in some cases years..
Since many of these cars are garage queens the owners don’t feel the need to offload them quickly given how prices were say 50% higher three years ago..
A couple I looked at in the past were grest examples where the owners had lost their medicals..
Waiting for someone to die / taken into care is one strategy.. :tumbleweed:
That seems to be a common issue with these type of cars. Many, many are 'fun' cars, not dailies. So therefore most will have been bought with cash as a frivolous toy. Therefore, people wishing to sell are not in any hurry as there is no financial pressure on the sale.DaveP said:
There are other forces at play aswell. Many people only keep these cars for a short time, so will have paid top money up until very recently. So they don't want to take a huge hit on the price for a 'fun' car. Many are also still living in 2022/23 price-land and refusing to give in to the crash in the market.
I lost 20% on the sale of our E89 this week, in 12 months. And yet, it was still deemed to be expensive! All because I paid 2023 prices in Jan 2024.
You see a lot of adverts on the forum similar to "if I don't get good money I will put it away and use it next year" type of attitude. As the market stands that attitude will not sell anything.
All my opinion from what I see.
