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That poor car, would be really nice without the 1998 fast4s paintjob.  

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Yeah, good luck selling that for a decent price. That paint is horrible.

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That thing has been on and off TradeMe for months. Very, very small target market for that paint - would make yellow seem a popular choice!

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On 5/28/2019 at 5:08 PM, HELLBM said:

My pair: 1999 S50B32 with only 20,000km on it and 2002 S54B32. Will be sold as a pair when they eventually go up for sale.

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Curious as to why you would sell as a pair rather than individually? 

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7 hours ago, Michael. said:

Curious as to why you would sell as a pair rather than individually? 

Buy one get one free. 

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3 hours ago, HELLBM said:

Buy one get one free. 

I guess that makes the price for '1' $120,000? 

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If $120k is in the ball park  --  count me in!!

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Just found this car previously for sale on here: 

Certainly appreciating 

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What have any of them actually sold for in NZ recently?

 

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2 hours ago, BozzaFC said:

Just found this car previously for sale on here: 

Certainly appreciating 

This was my old car/listing ....

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Lovely car in a desirable colour, definitely looking for a very keen collector at that price.  Makes the rare S54 Couple that sold in December look like a steal.  Good luck with the sale

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8 hours ago, NZ00Z3 said:

Lovely car in a desirable colour, definitely looking for a very keen collector at that price.  Makes the rare S54 Couple that sold in December look like a steal.  Good luck with the sale

From memory I brought it for $35k sold it for about $42k ...

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That's quite fascinating actually, heaps I didn't know, but...

  • The M54B30 is only 10hp less than the S50B32... really? Well over 100hp/l? On an actual dyno? At what RPM? I'll be devastated if this is true...
  • 4.3s to 100 km/h with a 3.15 diff? I call BS on that, it's a prima facie fantasy. The rest of the internet says 5s, you'd need 100 more hp to shave 0.7s. Downhill maybe.

The big problem with the comparison to the E30 M3 is that with the Z there was an alternative, a more attractive version called the M3. I'm pretty sure we'll only see value in these from collectors and if you're lucky enough to be @HELLBM and have a beautiful low mileage example then I say well speculated sir. For the rest, I see them settling to not much more (or less) than good condition M3's of the same era. Let's be honest, one looks good, you need to squint a bit with the other.

I think #1 in the article reflects the current market well.

I asked it elsewhere, what are they currently changing hands for?

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2 hours ago, M3AN said:

That's quite fascinating actually, heaps I didn't know, but...

  • The M54B30 is only 10hp less than the S50B32... really? Well over 100hp/l? On an actual dyno? At what RPM? I'll be devastated if this is true...

This doesn't compute eh. M54B30 is factory rated for 228hp, so that will be at the flywheel and less ATW. My old S50B30 made 240hp ATW, and the B32 makes more than that, sooooooo.... I'm with you on that one. Someone is spinning a story there.

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An interesting article.  I like the shape but not the pricing for the current offering on TradeMe.

When the article is talking about a 10 HP difference between the older M Coupe and the 3.0L (228 HP) Coupe, the comparison is with the S52B32 (240 HP) USA engine not the S50B32 (321 HP) engine that we got in the older M Coupe.

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I wasn't aware of that, I thought only the E36 M3 got that poxy "US ///M" motor and the zeds got the full fat euro engine? 

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Oh gutted, freedom spec engine strikes again. 

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There's this one.  High ks but it would still be amazing to drive.  

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-2226320851.htm?rsqid=5349eeff19634429b62da7e2a36931d8-003

I am biased towards the S50B32 Engine because of the noise.  

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You could get two better cars for the price of one of these. Besides the fact that they're fugly they're seriously overrated, just get an M3.

 

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17 hours ago, M3AN said:

You could get two better cars for the price of one of these. Besides the fact that they're fugly they're seriously overrated, just get an M3.

 

Buying an M3 (or two) would be the logical choice but Z3M coupes are awesome. Quirky but awesome.

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