Any idea of value?

carl

Active member
Bishop's Stortford, UK
I'm toying with selling my Z4MC having been the custodian of it for nearly 15 years and leaning towards an automatic, maybe an M240i. Not really sure how to price it though. It's sapphire black with the red leather interior, 61k miles on the clock.

Good points:
1) Full main dealer service history (apart from brake fluid changes, I get someone else to do those)
2) Still paying for the extended warranty! (Had two blown ABS control units paid for though)
3) 1 owner from new
4) Must be close to full folder of receipts
5) ZHP shift knob and red leather gaiter as well as the LeatherZ door rests
6) Steel-braided brake hoses and EBC yellow pads but otherwise standard. Running on Yokohama AD08R/RS tyres which are fine in anything other than standing water.
7) New battery 3 months ago

Bad points:
1) Next service is inspection 2 if you're going on time, although the dash says 13k miles to go
2) I had the rear bumper repaired after my wife reversed into something. It's a black car so you can't really see it but it could do with a new bumper
3) Steering wheel tab has broken and the wheel itself could do with refreshing
4) Wear to driver's side bolster
5) Could probably do with some new dampers. If I was keeping it I'd probably go with the Bilstein yellows but the standard ride height.
6) Alloys need a refurb
7) Various parking dings caused by other people's doors
8) M badges on the front wings are faded. I bought some stickers to replace them, did the one on the boot but have now lost the other two...

I'm not really sure if it's best to get this stuff done and then sell it, or leave it in its current 'honest' condition for the next owner to do whatever they want with it. I've stuck the details into Motorway and got an offer of £20,082 but obviously they don't have any of the above details.
 
I don’t know your car, Carl, but I suspect that most people buying a car like this would prefer to pay decent money for a well sorted one, cosmetically. You would have to discount it quite heavily to sell it in a shabby state. It would be worth getting a PDR man in to do your dings, replace the M badges with genuine and refurb the wheels. Plenty of guides on here to spruce up the bolsters and the steering wheel sounds like an easy fix. The other bits and pieces are part and parcel of buying a used car. An investment of less than £1,000 will pay dividends. Whether you do the bumper really depends on how bad it is.
 
I'm in agreement with Zedebee - getting your car all up together would be money well spent.

My MC was due an Inspection 2 when I bought it (and priced to reflect that) but by the time a couple of other issues were dealt with, like a sticking cam-chain tensioner and 2 rear suspension bushes that needed replacement, the bill from a BMW Indy ran into 4 figures so it might be worth getting that done as well.

Anyway here is an advert for one pretty similar to yours as a guide:-

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202202152564292?postcode=gu470za&sort=datedesc&onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=Used&radius=1500&model=Z4%20M&advertising-location=at_cars&make=BMW&page=1
 
Mr Tidy said:
Anyway here is an advert for one pretty similar to yours as a guide:-

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202202152564292?postcode=gu470za&sort=datedesc&onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=Used&radius=1500&model=Z4%20M&advertising-location=at_cars&make=BMW&page=1
Yeah I saw that one but it's had 5 owners. Mine's never been over 3k rpm until warmed up.

I'll stick in for some PDR and wheel refurb over the next couple of months then make a decision. Thanks for the advice, both you and Zebedee.
 
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