Should I sell my Z?

chris410

When I traded mine in on the GT500, I got 23500 for my pw touring auto (mint) that had 34k miles on it. 30k is a decent trade-in. To be honest, I was surprised I got that much, I was expecting 20 to 21k at most.

I tried to sell for around 25k with no luck but then again, I only had it for sale for a short amount of time since I had to move on the GT500 quickly.

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Chris
Current: 2014 WRX Stage I + SPT / 2013 Hayabusa 202HP
Former:09 370Z 7-AT PW/Ark Type 2 exhaust/Evo R lip/TSW Nurburgring carbon

Shotta

If thats what carmax is offering for cash, not against a trade in then that is very good. If they just inflated the price of whatever you were looking to buy from them to compensate then not so good.


I have been a die hard BMW fan my whole driving life (Im almost 40) I have had a E30, E36, E46 and in fact still have my old E36 that I modified and drive hard daily with just under 400,000 kms on the clock.

BUT...

I personally know a BMW top mechanic of 30 years, very good family friend plus I am good friends with 2 competing independent shops one specilizing in Dinan upgrades and the other just standard BMW and Mercedes maintenance and a coworker has a 2009 335.

All 4 people steered me away from the latest 3 series line up from BMW (latest I could afford which would have been a 2-3 year old 335), and they make all their money from modifying and servicing BMW's, they dont touch Jap cars. They said only purchase if I am getting factory certified warranty with it, otherwise be prepared to pay big $$$.

The co-worker recently had his turbos replaced for a cost of $8000.00 and his high pressure fuel pump fails on a regular basis. I have also seen nearly new 3 series in the various shops for engine sludge issues.

Im not trying to make you not get a 335 as I still have love in my heart for BMW but if you buy a 335 without warranty or plan to mod it you will need lots of cash to keep it running after that.


P.S. Thought I should add that my E36 has only been in the shop 2 times in the last 6 years, I do 100% of all service and maintenace other then what I need a lift for.