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    On 9/11/2018 at 8:48 AM, NZ00Z3 said:

    I'ld love to add a Z1 to my Zed collection.  Maybe one of the other 2 Z1's in N.Z. will be cheaper.

    Surely there is more than 3 in NZ? I know of a pale green one in HB that was imported within the last 24 months, and a car collector based in who purchased one in new.

     

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    11 hours ago, E30 325i Rag-Top said:

    There were VINs for other pre-production E46 M3s, including CSLs in the system, just not this LSB one. Which is why this one would be a little more, not sure what the right word is, "of interest" maybe?

    Two pre production CSL's wasn't it? Including the ex BMW Driver training car that I believe was crashed by a young tech "taking the long way home"?

     

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    2 hours ago, Jacko said:

    Looks a little bit flogged, who knows though it may have had some $ thrown at it in parts over the years. Lots of high ks cars out there newer innards than low/mid ks ones :D 

     

    Edit looking at carjam - Imported from japan in 2000 with nil ks on the clock, and its been steadily driven from then.. "1" owner? Vin doesnt show it as a japanese market car though. 

    Its a pre series management car that came into NZ with just 212kms on it. My guess is that BMW NZ imported it as they bring a few pre series management cars in.

    Also worth noting this is the 14th RHD E46 M3 to be built.

     

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    On 11/24/2017 at 0:12 PM, Michael. said:

    Interestingly, theres been quite a lot of negative facebook commentary about the price the current owner is asking. 

    I think people forget it takes killing / using a damaged M3 to make one of these, So automatically it's at least 25k worth going by regular M3 coupe prices.

    A decent E46 late model touring is generally close to 10k worth, rougher ones are cheaper of course. 

    Then you have the time to sort the M3 body panels and paint them, that looked to be very well done and would have cost a fair bit of coin if you were to try replicate it.

    Electrics, coding, and fine tuning of everything transferred over to the touring chassis isn't a 5 minute job, especially to get everything working like it's a factory car. 

    Other stuff like the physical work changing parts, subframe work, exhaust work, all the suspension installed, certification too. 

    You need to have experience with BMWs to do such a build properly, not many people in the country could pull it off.

    It's up to the owner to find the price they want anyway, given the above I think he'd get close to the asking price with the right buyer that sees it for what it is. 

    Im one of the people that have commented on the FB thread. I saw the car at OCD when I was last in Auckland back in August and was disappointed in some of the panel gaps and paint (front drivers corner), thought I could see that its a well loved car.

    As for your prices, this car has essentially been put together with 2 written off cars so your figures are incorrect. Say less than 2K for a damaged Touring and 15K for a written off M3? Yes there is a lot of time thats gone into this build, but if you have the donor M3 it helps a lot (like any conversion).

     

    Question? Whats a E46 318CI worth thats been converted into an M3 by using a written off M3 as a donor?

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    17 hours ago, NZ BMW said:

    Really, all of them? I thought that was more common in the 1980s and was born out of a lot of stuff like the early AMGs and the likes just not being made available in anything but, therefore the majority of them came in as grey market imports via dealers or individuals. 

    Maybe 95% would be LHD. The will be Japanese new. For example all of the Japanese allocation of E46 M3 CSL's are LHD.

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    1 hour ago, NZ BMW said:

    For one owner and all the paperwork, I think this car would be worth it. To the right type of buyer. 

    It will be interesting to see what comes out of Japan when these things hit 20 years old. What always puts me off is how the plastics and leathers fare after years in the NZ sun. 

    Well for starters they will be LHD.

     

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