hawko

Just been to look at a BMW M3 evo 96 on a N reg the person selling it wants £6500 does any one know does this seam reasonable? Also any thing to watch out for when buying one?

christianh3

ye h watch out for other road users on the test drive. also watch out for the 3 billion previous threads asked the same question.

Matt Baxter

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sounds a bit expensive to me when you could have this for a bit more

https://passionford.com/forum/viewto...&highlight=evo

Andy_R

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A mate of ours sold his mint one owner car(prior to him) M3 Evo on an R(reg) sub 50k miles, for a little over £10k last September.

LHD220Turbo

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hawko

your asking a question which depends on alot of things, at the end of the day a car is only worth what someone is prepared to pay for it

if you answer the below questions we migh be able to give you a informed answer

convertible?
coupe or 4 door?
colour?
mileage?
service history? main dealer or independant?
number of owners?
condition?

known engine issues are the twin Vanos they run and the Nikasil issue. if you look on www.bmwland.co.uk you'll find millions of posts about what to look for etc

the asking price depends on so much stuff..............its like me saying, ive see an a Cossie H reg for £5000, is it worth it???

col cos1

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ive seen convertable m3 evos for that now

hawko

OK sorry its a 96 on a n reg, 80 thousand miles FSH, 2 door coupe, silver, private plate, very good condition, full leather, its also got 18 inch alloys, a full suspension kit and up rated brakes.

RichardPON

How much more?

Matt Baxter

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about 2K not a lot more when you look at it tho (newer its a cab etc etc)

LHD220Turbo

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£6500 seems a little strong IMO, but then i havent seen it, all i'd say is go and have a look at other M3's of similar spec and see what they are going for.

for an N reg it seems a little steep if you ask me, you can pick up R or even S reg ones for that sort of money

indycos

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if it all checks out straight and narrow, sounds like a fair price to me

bud-weis

Doesn't sound too bad to me...although i'd personally go for a standard example.

Nikasil problems aren't an issue on the M3 EVO engine as far as i'm aware...VANOS problems ARE an issue though!!

LHD220Turbo

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bud-weis

you're right it only affected the single Vanos engine motors

read this for more info if you like

http://www.bmwland.co.uk/talker/viewtopic.php?p=2164

DAN P

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could go on e36coupe.com to sounds about right if its a good one m8 very good cars as said look for vanos units and year springs and bushes

JK99

I know this car. He bought my Series 2 off me a few years back.

It's not a bad car at all, and I think it's reasonable at that price.

Check out the BMW forums to see if there are any recalls that should've been done on it by now and make sure they are done.

All the best.

JK

simonc

I paid £6700 for this 98 S plate 6 months ago, FSH BMW, 102k, extremely good condition completely standard even down to the radio, with a sound vanos & £1000 be carefull their are a lot of bad examples for sale.




I would expect to pay around £5500 - £6000 for a nice N plate 96 example, also the colour makes a difference, boston green & red are not sp desirable & are normally cheaper, estoril blue seems to hold its money better but i would say that !

Simon.

C4llyT

£6000 for that one, depends on quality of uprated parts really.
I couldn't have an evo, some have had 3 or 4 vanos units by that mileage, others do double that on one, seems no rhyme or reason to it.

There are fewer and fewer genuinely nice examples now, getting cheap and neglected, if it's mint would snap it up at £6000 or a little over.
Well, if I was you anyway

hawko

OK thanks very much for all you replies!

Tangodeltasierra3

ive seen em around £3500 to £4500 on N M reg

simonc

Craig they didn't make Evo's on an M plate Non evo's start from £3k.

Simon.

C4llyT

I dread to think....

Mine's an N plate non evo (got the latest 3.0 litre I could) and M plate is non evo.

This is one car you have to be careful with, and is a good idea to pay the extra.
Many are being neglected now, and an Evo for £3500 I wouldn't entertain.
Can't see fbmwsh for that price.

Just make sure you know your way around the vanos, marbles in a can noise when revs drop from 2500 when hot.
Check diff works.

C4llyT

Considering the engines go for up to £2500 from breakers, then you've the box, diff, vader interior, wheels, etc there's your £3500 without a struggle.

reisskahn

Upto you mate but you can pick a decent clean looked after convertible for that much if you look hard enough

Depends what you want. Personally i wouldn't buy one now after a bad experience. Bought an EVO convertible as a daily runner so i can park me saff up 8 days later the engine was knocking. I was gobsmacked though it was a bad example kinda but price paid reflected that i guess. Never thought ill buy another one but:

Just managed to pick up a Daker Yellow 3.0 Convertible which me cousin owned for the last 4 years and sold on to some lads in Scotland. It come back up for sale and picked it up for a well decent price so am well chuffed

Either way best of luck dude with finding one great cars if you find a good one

Magic Numbers

Not worth the cash you pay for them tbh! Parts expensive, Servicing expensive etc etc Buy something different

indycos

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totally disagree m8, M3 evo prob the best car i ever owned regardless of maintenance cost (performance and smiles per mile is what counts!!! lol )

biglee

why hasnt someone bought mine yet then?? Ok so its not an M3 shell.... but its all there with 12k in recipts... i want 3.5k for it and no-one wants it.... oh well... it seems i should break it lol

fordsportjay

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be patient lee,you never know whats round the corner

your car could be ideal for me-strip interior,remove gay wheels, etc etc.
i seem to remember it being valued at £400 ill give you £500 cash!

biglee

yea some cheap ass bint said it was worth all of 400 quid cheeky coont.... come on Jay.... how much you gona give me for it.. no messin come get it out of my way LOL

simonc

You'd be better off breaking it, can't see anyone buying it for 3.5k when you can get an early M3 for near that price, probably be a good car to turn in to a full on trackday car. Saying that i had a 3dr Cossie on a Q plate that said Sierra saloon on the logbook & sold it to the 1st person for 6k last year Trouble is from previous experience E36 M3's are quite hard cars to sell for some reason.

Simon.

fordsportjay

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lee,i know i can buy a suitable(for what i want it for) m3 3.0 for £2700-3000.so not much point going much higher unless i was buying an evo.

C4llyT

Mine must be a 320 with an M badge then.
For the money they're the best all rounders available I think.
Servicing isn't expensive at an Indy.
Some parts are expensive, but they do more.
Quite cheap to run compared to the type of cars it was compared to in it's day.

WD Pro

I got 11K for my 98 about 18 months ago