Lack of 3.0i manual cars for sale

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wonkydonkey

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When I bought my car last year, you couldn't move for 3.0i manual Roadsters. This year there seem to have been hardly any for sale. Do we have any theories for this?

I've been pondering selling mine so have been looking to judge the market. I've now decided I'll sell but there's hardly anything out there to compare it to. £20,000 it is! :D
 
I think as they get older, they fall into the hands of long term owners. I've been talking about selling mine for about 5 years, but it's still here :lol: there's nothing out there for the same sort of money that will equal or better it :cry:

When I need more seats I'll probably get a 330i instead.
 
I agree with ben g. I was looking for a 3.0 around Christmas - reckoning it was a good time to buy a soft top. But hardly anything, not that fitted my requirements anyway, so I ended up with a 2.5si. Needless to say, as soon as I got it there was a (small) wave of 3.0 and 3.0si about for a few weeks. But since then it does seem they've all disappeared again.
 
ben g said:
there's nothing out there for the same sort of money that will equal or better it
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I agree with this wholeheartedly. For a RWD roadster under £5,000, I don't think the E85 has a rival, and mine has definitely given me what I was looking for for the money. I'd like to keep it but am looking to buy a long-time dream car of mine that requires space and money. The looks, reliability and interior quality of the Boxster don't even compare to the 3.0i E85 for me, and the S2000's price tag puts it into a different bracket now. The Z4 is an absolute winner!
 
i agree, sort out the inevitable niggles and your left with a car of stunning performance, i know there are cars faster out there for big bucks, but really.. what are you gonna do with it - and where.
I was looking at a car on sale yesterday - a 20k 18i M, was very nice, but had nothing more than i had aside from being newer of course. which is another thing, its too new to mess with, aside from driving it, half the pleasure is gone in a way. so yes, the 3.0i is a classic - why WOULD you sell it .. :driving:
 
road warrior said:
i agree, sort out the inevitable niggles and your left with a car of stunning performance, i know there are cars faster out there for big bucks, but really.. what are you gonna do with it - and where
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You lucky lucky lot. :D :driving: :thumbsup:
 
Im in the same boat, have been telling myself to sell it for the past year but I just cant mentally do it. Its been too good of a car with all the common niggles sorted/uprated.

ben g said:
I think as they get older, they fall into the hands of long term owners. I've been talking about selling mine for about 5 years, but it's still here :lol: there's nothing out there for the same sort of money that will equal or better it :cry:

When I need more seats I'll probably get a 330i instead.
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ph001 said:
Agree. In stark contrast to the E86. Always seem to be loads of them on the market.
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Which is odd, because in absolute terms there are less Coupes around... Perhaps Roadster buyers know they're buying an impractical car and so go in with their eyes open, but some Coupe buyers are expecting it to be a more practical car and then realise otherwise? Or perhaps Coupes are even more niche than the Roadsters, so just hang around on the market longer?
 
z4pilot said:
ph001 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 19, 2019 1:59 pm
Agree. In stark contrast to the E86. Always seem to be loads of them on the market.


Which is odd, because in absolute terms there are less Coupes around... Perhaps Roadster buyers know they're buying an impractical car and so go in with their eyes open, but some Coupe buyers are expecting it to be a more practical car and then realise otherwise? Or perhaps Coupes are even more niche than the Roadsters, so just hang around on the market longer?
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Maybe it's partly because Coupes are that bit dearer?

They certainly aren't rarer - if you are only looking at 3.0Sis the UK got 3 times as many E86s as E85s! :o

But obviously you see far more E85s around because there were a few other engine options.
 
Not as relevant perhaps but 3.0 manuals here in Australia seem to also be a bit scarcer now - not short on 3.0s but short on 3 pedallers.

It's fun hearing everyone's sentiment around not being able to bring themselves to sell their car. I ... Have to concur. I wanted to sell my car in 2017... 2018... And earlier this year.

It now has more mods and a Supersprint catback :rofl:

I've now decided it's a long term keeper :oops:
 
[ref]tomrdy[/ref] definitely sounds like you've crossed that magical boundary that makes you think "Might as well keep it now!" :D They're hardly worth selling now. Giving up a 15 year old 230 bhp German straight six RWD convertible for £4,000 is almost senseless really!
 
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