What's fair asking price for my car?

[roo97ss]

I haven't paid much attention here to the boards at all recently. My wife has been driving the 135 lately.

I put my car up about a month ago for what i feel is a reasonable price and haven't had much interest yet. I know it's an auto, so i don't expect any interest here, but real world (cars.com) i figure there's more than a few people looking for them.

09 crimson red, black boston
44k steptronic
sport/premium/cold weather/bluetooth/ipod/rear sensors/hi fi (no HK/No Nav)
factory warr till end june this year

just wondering what people are seeing similar cars priced for....

thanks

Joe

[b1aze]

Mid 20ks? Prices range from 33k to 22k over the whole cars.com listings for similar cars.

[Zeros and ones]

from fair to excellent condition 22K to 25K. This is based on CA prices for private sellers. Other conditions may apply when selling the car.

But I see you are from Delaware so that may affect price too.

[brusk]

Unfortunately from what I saw the 1's don't get much love compared to the 3 series. The used prices are in the same range so unless somebody either sees it as a better bargain or is looking for a 1 then it might be for sale for awhile. Most people just don't understand what the 1 is, look at how many people think that it's supposed to be the cheap model.

[doublevanosrc]

I say like $22k for a private sale, I don't know if it's me but it seems like BMWs don't hold their value like in the past.

[foghat]

Being a 2 door sportyish type of vehicle, I suspect the 1 series is a bit of a hard sell. Requires a specific type of buyer.

Plus trying to sell during the tale end of winter is probably not the best timing. I would expect that if you are going to get any bites, they will start happening around now up until Augustish.

Fwiw (and probably isn't worth much), I bought mine a year ago for $33,000 cdn. I have idrive, nav, sport, coral red leather, comfort access, got a set of winter tires and rims and only had 32,000km (20,000 miles). But being in Canada, we typically pay a fair bit more for the same car, so....

[roo97ss]

Ya at 23900 asking. Hoping to get 22.5-23 out of it.

With 3 series going back to 2007 you can get one with a few more miles for 20k.

Might just drop to 22900 and stay firm on the price.

Other option is just buy ext warr and keep for 3 years.

I dont trust this motor and turbo setup out of warranty. Was probably going to end up with a 335x sedan 10 or 11, but can make our mild winters here with this car.

[foghat]

turbos have extended warranty, motor is solid. hpfp issues have, it seems, been resolved (and have extended warranty to boot). Water pump is an ongoing concern/issue.

[awns729]

Originally Posted by foghat

turbos have extended warranty, motor is solid. hpfp issues have, it seems, been resolved (and have extended warranty to boot). Water pump is an ongoing concern/issue.

turbo warranty is for wastegate issues only, no?

[foghat]

Originally Posted by awns729

turbo warranty is for wastegate issues only, no?

Yes. But since wastegate is part of the turbo and cannot be replaced separately, you get a new turbo if the wastegate fails. In reading here, it seems the majority of the turbo issues/failures are due to the wastegates failing.