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This article was published by Joe Donaldson (@Joey D) on April 4th, 2018 in the Car Culture category.
Is this a real photo or from GT SPORT?
Ahh I spoke too soon lol oopsThere is a picture of the engine, so...
I thought you were cracking a joke about it having fewer than 20.8km on the odometer and had to go to the Parkway Specialist Cars page to check.Doubt that's been round the nordschleife then?
Now my desire to have this car in PCARS has been refreshed. The Group A car is also worth having, but it's not the same! Neither is the GT86, which is a near match on paper but not as handsome.
I thought you were cracking a joke about it having fewer than 20.8km on the odometer and had to go to the Parkway Specialist Cars page to check.For anyone else curious, it has 127,755km.
This or a brand new 911 Turbo? Easy choice.
Easy sure, but what about this or an Escort RS Cosworth, an Audi RS2, a Clio V6, an E39 M5 and a 205GTi for pretty much the same amount of money? Sure, you'd need a bigger garage and what not, but in the grand scheme of things, it just proves a point; M3s, much like 911s are fetching absolutely ridiculous prices. I get that they're cool and all, but to my mind there's so much stuff that's cooler/faster/nicer looking/less expensive to maintain (okay maybe not) for a lot less money. I gave a few examples here that were perhaps more to my taste than anything else, but really, you go through the classifieds (especially in Europe) and there's so much nerdy car guy stuff for sale cheaper than an E30 (Renault 5 Turbo for £130k? There's a Lotus Carlton on Autotrader UK for £150k!)
It just blows my mind.
Best car in GTS.
Easy sure, but what about this or an Escort RS Cosworth, an Audi RS2, a Clio V6, an E39 M5 and a 205GTi for pretty much the same amount of money?
I was going on looks but then again they all look like that on the wednesday want. Without a hair out of place
The inflated price seems more to do with the restoration than anything I'd imagine. I'm not sure what the car looked like prior to the dealer getting their hands on it. But with the previous owner having it for 18 years, chances are they drove it enough for it to at least have some wear and tear.
I only choose the best of best for you guys! One of these days I might just surprise you though and pick something ridiculous.
*starts looking at Craigslist for the backwoods of Alabama*
The inflated price seems more to do with the restoration than anything I'd imagine. I'm not sure what the car looked like prior to the dealer getting their hands on it. But with the previous owner having it for 18 years, chances are they drove it enough for it to at least have some wear and tear.
What a sexy car, I'd still never pay that much for a car even if I had the money.
For a car like this, try not to think of it as "paying" for the car so much as converting currency into property that can be converted back to currency at a later date. It's kinda like buying a house, if you paid $300k for your house and you sell it for $350k when you move out... did you "pay" for the house?
Unless said car or house is bought in a bubble and you end upside down.
If you justify paying so much money for a car because your logic is that you can enjoy it and then sell it at a later date for more money (as per your example with the appreciating house) we are quickly moving into greater fool theory territory.
Maybe, the other I saw with the £125k estimate had also had some work done to it. Owned by a BMW Club member and it had some added AC Schnitzer bits to. Here's the description on that if your interested. Not that you can buy it now.
https://www.silverstoneauctions.com/bmw-e30-m3-sport-evolution
Personally if I was in the market for a rare and sought after car, I would want a clean unmodified example. Even if those ACS bits were fitted while AC Schnitzer were still factory approved it means the car is no longer representative of what a Sport Evo is... which decimates the value in my humble opinion...