12-11-2017, 12:03 PM
(12-11-2017, 11:52 AM)Steve85 Wrote:(12-11-2017, 11:22 AM).RJ Wrote: F31 M-sports are easy to come by. Just pick your color, there are lots of them for sale.
A nice one with < 50k miles will cost you between 30-35k depending on condition/options/location/etc. They are nice cars, pretty quick with the 2.0t four and Dinan sells a solid tune for them. The 8sp auto is not quite as good as DSG, but damn nice if, say you had your leg chewed off by a bear and can no longer operate a clutch pedal.
Step back in time and E91 wagons with 60-80k miles will run you $15k for a nice auto or $20k for a nice manual xDrive car. RWD are more, M-sport even more tax but its all appearance stuff so... not sure if worth it.
Yeah, I did a search last night and this morning. There was a blue six speed E91 with the orangish/brown interior available in Columbus OH noted as "Newly Listed" - gone from from the listings this morning. I guess I need to learn from your experience - constant monitoring with cash in hand ready to go if I decide to go this route.
Yeah, I'm still watching the market and saw that one. Often by the time the listing goes up its sold, and dealers are bad at taking down listings until long after the car has left the lot. I learned that one does not casually shop for a manual E91. Automatics tend to sit a little while longer and easier to buy. I'm glad I bought the one I did, there's been a little bit of a drought in the nice, 6MT, low mile cars lately.