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      09-26-2018, 05:43 PM   #1
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Might be selling 328i Manual!!!!

I have an Alpine white 2012 328i sports line with a manual. It has 94,000 kms, in awesome shape, clean history, has leather, navigation, Injen intake, Active autowerke exhaust (still have stock intake, and exhaust too), ZHP weighted shift knob etc. Full service records.

I'm going to be taking a year + off work because I'm becoming a dad, we won't need two cars, and having the funds available from the sale of my car will make things easier for the next couple of years. I have been trying to figure out what my car is worth, but it is a rare modern RWD Manual 3 series. All I can compare it to are automatics. Anyone have any insite to what it is worth?
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      09-28-2018, 10:47 PM   #2
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I'd love to know this too as our cars are extremely similar.

Congrats on fatherhood and best of luck with the sale!
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After you find your car, at the bottom is the Province Pricing Adjustments. (add 6% for BC)
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http://vmrcanada.com

Had a number of people refer this site to me when I was buying a previous car.

After you find your car, at the bottom is the Province Pricing Adjustments. (add 6% for BC)
According to that a manual transmission car is worth less than an automatic. From all the searching I did trying to track down this car when I bought it, and talking to the dealerships when I was searching for my wife's X3 having a manual in a modern 3 series is rare, and adds value. From that web site my car is worth less than 18,000. All the comparable listings in Vancouver are around $22-$24,000 with an automatic transmission.
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According to that a manual transmission car is worth less than an automatic. From all the searching I did trying to track down this car when I bought it, and talking to the dealerships when I was searching for my wife's X3 having a manual in a modern 3 series is rare, and adds value. From that web site my car is worth less than 18,000. All the comparable listings in Vancouver are around $22-$24,000 with an automatic transmission.
I can understand that. If you can't find an enthusiast buyer (a small % of overall BMW buyers), the manual car will be worth less than a similarly equiped auto car. Forum posters are enthusiasts, in the general world, manual trans are not sought out. Just fact of today's life.
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http://vmrcanada.com

Had a number of people refer this site to me when I was buying a previous car.

After you find your car, at the bottom is the Province Pricing Adjustments. (add 6% for BC)
According to that a manual transmission car is worth less than an automatic. From all the searching I did trying to track down this car when I bought it, and talking to the dealerships when I was searching for my wife's X3 having a manual in a modern 3 series is rare, and adds value. From that web site my car is worth less than 18,000. All the comparable listings in Vancouver are around $22-$24,000 with an automatic transmission.
Unless that one person who's looking exactly for your car comes through, your car or any BMW with a manual transmission and RWD will almost always be worth less than the equivalent car with an AT (and xDrive). Anyone who claims otherwise is still grasping the past.
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I can understand that. If you can't find an enthusiast buyer (a small % of overall BMW buyers), the manual car will be worth less than a similarly equiped auto car. Forum posters are enthusiasts, in the general world, manual trans are not sought out. Just fact of today's life.
And the "enthusiasts" are looking for 335i or 340i at this point rather than a 4 potter. Really puts your car in a bad position.
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Yeah unfortunately, rare doesn't always equal more value, as they said above, the mass market wants automatics so the small group of people wanting a manual makes your car harder to sell...but best of luck finding the right buyer for it, you can always ask the going rate for the car, like an automatic, and hope an enthusiast picks it up!
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Thanks for all the advice. I don't need to sell my car, and I really like it, so I am going to post it for what I want to get for it, and if it sells it sells. If it doesn't that's okay too.
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Unless that one person who's looking exactly for your car comes through, your car or any BMW with a manual transmission and RWD will almost always be worth less than the equivalent car with an AT (and xDrive). Anyone who claims otherwise is still grasping the past.
It took me 4 months to find my local Canadian mystical unicorn 428i rear wheel drive. I hated xdrive, don't need it in vancouver BC, my RWD came with passive M sport suspension, handles way better than the xdrive suspension which sits higher and is much softer. The turbo 4 is for the insane gas prices we have here, so there is a market for everything. RWD is also better on gas than xdrive. The only hesitation where I see he may have issues selling, is the 100,000km maintenance of spark plugs, injectors, coils etc. If he did that huge maintenance already, then it might be an easier sale.

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I decided to post it at $21,500. I think that is a good price for a clean no accidents well maintained 328i with manual, sports package, m-sport suspension, leather, nav, and lights package. I'm also going to do the spark plugs right away. Brakes, brake fluid, diff, and transmission fluid all done recently. It will be sad to see it go, but it will give me more breathing room for taking more time off when the baby comes.

https://vancouver.craigslist.ca/van/...721811787.html
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