1997 M3 Coupe 5 Speed - Cosmos - WI

[ApexOnYou]

SOLD SOLD SOLD


1997 BMW M3 Coupe 5 speed
VIN: WBSBG9323VEY76585
Clean WI title – 3rd owner
181,200 Miles as of 1/8/12

I took this car as part of a trade for my Mtech 540i6 a few months ago. Runs and drives awesome, but with a 120 mile daily commute I don’t drive it as much as I would like to so I would like to free up the garage space. I want to be as up front with the car as possible so any issues I am aware of will be listed below.

Additional pictures can be viewed at www.photobucket.com/apexm3 and I can provide high resolution images of anything.

Engine & Drivetrain:
-Cooling system has been gone over somewhat recently. Unfortunately I have no documentation on this but what you can see on the outside looks new within the past year or two at most: Zionsville aluminum radiator, radiator hoses, and I just replaced the expansion tank with an OEM Behr unit and new level sensor.
-Aluminum under tray, not sure what brand but it blocks off the passages under the radiator to prevent air from bypassing around it.
-K&N filter
-ASC delete with new OEM M Roadster intake boot

Brakes & Suspension:
-Slotted rotors all around, I just rotated the tires and noticed that the pads have plenty of life left and look somewhat recent.
-I noticed that the ABS seems to not work. I can’t read the ABS codes with my carsoft so I cannot tell you why.
-Bilstein Sport shocks all around, I ran each part number to verify. Stock springs.

Interior:
-Manual heated vaders, drivers 6/10, passenger 7.5/10. No rips or tears.
-18 button OBC
-Harmon Kardon audio
-3 spoke wheel and airbag upgrade off a 98+ M3
-Alpine head unit with ipod connector

Exterior:
- ZKW head lights and OEM euro corner and tail lights. I can sell the car with OEM US lighting for less since I wouldn’t mind keeping them for my other E36.
-DS1 wheels in good shape
-Bridgestone Blizzack LM-60 225/45/17 with plenty of life left
-Left rear fender is starting to show bubbling. No exposed rust that you can see however.
-Drivers exterior mirror is discoloring

I am asking $6200 OBO as it sits, or $5800 OBO with stock US lighting installed. I do not need to sell the car but I am open to reasonable offers. If it sells, great! If not, that's ok too. The only trades I would consider are E39s. Lowballers, please don’t waste my time. While I will try to check on here daily, it is easiest to reach me by email at apexonyou at gmail. The car is located in SE WI, I understand most of you are nowhere near me but if someone is SERIOUSLY interested I would be willing to drive a few hours to meet closer to the prospective buyer, maybe farther.

Thanks!
-Mike

[aaronmjr]

Seems like a good deal, best of luck with the sale.

[9jetta6]

nice car, love the rear view glws

[ApexOnYou]

Thanks!

[PureSportsCars]

This falls in the ballpark for book pricing. Looks like a good deal to me.

[ApexOnYou]

Thanks! I tried to price it as realistically as possible. Too many people think their car is worth $3K over book price.

[ApexOnYou]

Installed the ASC delete tube off a M Roadster today (+3HP/TQ) and threw the car on the dyno. Couldn't get a steady RPM signal so the HP/TQ graph cuts out around 4050RPM but the car is still making good power for a bone stock M3 @ 182K!

201.92HP/211.04TQ SAE on a Dynojet. The log shown stops a bit before redline due to ignition signal loss on the dyno, if I use wheel speed to calculate HP to redline (you can't use that for TQ) it records 202.65HP Either way, its in the 200s.

[Chase]

Love this car. GLWS

[ApexOnYou]

Thank you!

[Stack]

Wow... I like that

GLWS

[Stack]

And clean as heck with almost 200k go arounds

[ApexOnYou]

Thanks! Definitely not what you would expect for something with this mileage.

Will also consider European AWD trades (no trucks) , in a perfect world someone would offer me a higher mileage E46 ___xi.

[ScottyK]

Trade for a 4x4 truck plus a little coin?

[ApexOnYou]

Sorry no trucks. 700mi/week would kill me in a truck.

[ApexOnYou]

Bump! I can do a package deal with a 1993 325is as well!