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In Reply to: 1991 M5 motor swap, or sell posted by James Hartline on March 27, 2002 at 13:52:34:
Hey people, long time no hear!! I have been selling cars in the past few months, so time has been tight. I am still in debate as to what I want to do with the car, seeing that is still looking so pretty in the garage with no way to drive it. I am faced with doing one of two options:
1. Sell the car as is for around 9k to someone who can do the motor swap sooner than I, or
2. Keep the car, do the swap, and then determine what a buyer would consider paying for a car with a new motor.
I am tring to determine which would be the best route financially. I know I can sell the car for around 9k seeing that I tried before, but then I am loosing money. I also figured that if I put 6-7k motor into the car, I would be into it around 20k.....but would I be able to still sell it and get out of it what I put into it with the new motor swap. Any opinions would be helpful, otherwise she might just sit until I get that motor in there, and then I will probably want to keep it anyways since the car is so immaculate and well taken care of. Thanks people, and I will check back in a week or so......later!!
The car is scrap. Why would anyone want to pay 9k for a pile of scrap metal. You have probably totally thrashed on it, the motor is dead. Whats the chassis condition? "Immaculate" means nothing when it comes down to running gear. You seem to have lots of enthusiasm but I am honestly questioning your reasoning in believing someone would go and spend 9k on a 91 w/ a blown motor. The motor isn't even removed yet. Thats another 500 if you know people in the industry, 1500+ if you take it to a euro-motorsports shop where some yuppie skumbag peels the poor sap for R&R.
Your best bet is this: Buy something more realistic. I think you have been drinking too much. =] but what the heck.. *cheers*
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