Feedback on Z4MR value please

[stufarri]

I am contemplating swapping my Z4MR for an M4 convertible in the coming months.

I see the values have firmed up a lot recently but prices seem to be all over the place. Any idea on a rough value please?

One of the last ones registered on an 09 plate, 2 owners (pre registered and just 50 miles on it when I picked it up) sapphire with Imola leather, nav, 45k miles.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Beedub]

low mile car, id ring sytners personally.... 09 plate as well..... how about some detail pics on it?

also if you do sell can you sell me your boot mat you had made please!!

 

[Bigpow]

I would have aimed at £20k myself

 

[DPG]

Are they real or replicas CSL's?

Private sale possibly £17k - £18k.

Trade in will probably offer £12k - £14k then put it back up for £19k - £20k

 

[stufarri]

Thanks gents.

CSLs are replicas, I have the original wheels too.

Trade price seems to be £15k or so with retail at £17k, which seems at odds with recent cars for sale.

I think I will make some calls to dealers etc or places like Munich Legends to get their view.

 

[stufarri]

I went to look at an M4 at the weekend and I am hooked.

They offered me £13K but with dome wriggle room I was told. They would likely retail it at £15-£16.

We but and car come up at £14395 so I fancy putting it up for sale privately but the prices are all over the place.

Some at £15K some at £20k........

It has full history and needs from discs and pads which I am pondering on getting done or negotiating on price.

How does £17.5-£18k sound or am I being greedy?

 

[craig3.2]

As you say,prices are all over the place,But mostly around 17-18k,at a similar!AR age etc.
Mines an 08,similar mileage etc to yours,and would expect 16-17k for it,so ask say £17900 for yours,selling at around £17-17500??

Looks a good example......glwts

 

[Beedub]

bet they'd retail it at around 19k....

Call the likes of sytner and see what they will give you.

 

[stufarri]

Hi, I called them too - I forgot to mention this sorry, and they offered me just £15K without seeing it.

I expected a bit more looking at the 2 cars they have for for sale at £19K ish.

It does make me wonder how long some cars must hang around for though, especially at £20k.

I think £17.5K seems reasonable taking into account the fact that it is one of the last cars registered and that the front discs/pads need doing.

On the plus side it has 9,700 miles until the next service, was MOT'd last month and the original M3 branded Continentals are only half worn too.

 

[Beedub]

Hi, I called them too - I forgot to mention this sorry, and they offered me just £15K without seeing it.

I expected a bit more looking at the 2 cars they have for for sale at £19K ish.

It does make me wonder how long some cars must hang around for though, especially at £20k.

I think £17.5K seems reasonable taking into account the fact that it is one of the last cars registered and that the front discs/pads need doing.

On the plus side it has 9,700 miles until the next service, was MOT'd last month and the original M3 branded Continentals are only half worn too.

thats not a bad starting point from a dealer imo....

 

[Anonymous]

low mile car, id ring sytners personally.... 09 plate as well..... how about some detail pics on it?

also if you do sell can you sell me your boot mat you had made please!!

Surprised you say that as dealers are awful when it comes to trade in prices, in my experience.

I recently looked at upgrading mine to a lower mile, higher spec one (posted on M Market Watch thread). They wouldn't budge from their £19k AutoTrader price (£2k off according to those better in the know about prices than I am) and told me mine was worth £8k, which then eventually raised to £11k after stating that was utter madness.


edit - agree with you on the starting point of Sytner, who I was referring to in my above comment (Leicester in my case). Took too long to post the above!

 

[mr wilks]

I would have aimed at £20k myself

Whoooooosh private sale ? I would have thought anyone throwing that lump into one would want a dealer car with warranty :?
£15k/£18k max private sale if you want it sold

 

[Popey]

Sounds like your selling my ///M twin here.

I'm happy with the prices been suggested on here, book price on the Z4M is just crazy!

Mine is an 07 but with 27k miles on and a hard top. I'm going to hold onto mine for as long as I can, I'm convinced these cars will go up quite a bit more in few years if you can keep the miles down. However some of the engine issues I hear about make me worry about holding on to it for so long.

 

[Angelus666]

Always find it funny when people comment on how low dealers bid for a car (then apply a massive mark up)...I'm actually staggered at how high they will pay for a 9 year old car...!

How many people would run a business where you have a margin of 20%, which is then likely to depreciate the moment you buy it....

On the flip side of that, my buddy (runs a VW showroom) took in a white Cayman S 981 PDK in part exchange, then same day offered it to Porsche Colchester (for a £2k mark up)....who then promptly sold it in 'the same hour' for a £6k mark up.....now that's a lovely bit of business!

 

[Anonymous]

Always find it funny when people comment on how low dealers bid for a car (then apply a massive mark up)...I'm actually staggered at how high they will pay for a 9 year old car...!

How many people would run a business where you have a margin of 20%, which is then likely to depreciate the moment you buy it....

On the flip side of that, my buddy (runs a VW showroom) took in a white Cayman S 981 PDK in part exchange, then same day offered it to Porsche Colchester (for a £2k mark up)....who then promptly sold it in 'the same hour' for a £6k mark up.....now that's a lovely bit of business!

But at the same point, people will not trade with said business if it doesn't make financial sense to them... if the business gets their model wrong, they won't be in business very long! Ridiculously low bids and then very high sales prices won't work in a lot of cases. Especially when their (Sytner Leicester's) reasoning was utterly flawed (one car out of 31 on Autotrader met their reasoning for low balling the estimated worth of my car).

 

[Angelus666]

I've always initially tried to sell my previous cars as a private seller, but it's a ball ache, soooo much wasted time, almost everybody I met expected a brand new car when they are buying a car with 50k miles on it, it get's so boring....hence why a dealer is actually quite appealing to work with, professional and no messing about, agree a price and it's done. I sold my CSL to Sytner a few years back, he drove down, wrote me the cheque there and then and said they would pick it up in a week's time (and gave me an extra 500 miles to have a final play with). It didn't bother me that he sold it 2 weeks later at a £5k mark up....they are a business after all!

IMO the genuine private seller/buyer market for buying 'high maintenance' sports cars for mid level money is actually quite low.