'97 Z3 pricing (long) (archive)

Some of you may recall that due to losing my job, my wife and I have put her Z3 up for sale. My question has to do with what it is worth. Here are the details:

'97 Z3 1.9, 45,100 miles; Atlanta blue, tan dotted leather, new tan top; 5 speed; BMW CD changer, CPT 4500 cell phone and remote locking/alarm system; some service records. Overall, the car looks good but is not perfect.

Checking the online sources, I get this: NADA says the miles are below the acceptable range, and the average retail is $22,975 (lists high retail at $24,550). Kelley says nothing about the miles, and puts the retail at $25,260. Edmunds says the miles are high, and puts the market price at $22,120.

Knowing that people always want to negotiate, I currently have an AutoTrader ad that asks $23,500 or best offer. My webpage doesn't even specify a price. To date, I have gotten two bites. The first from a teenager who wants me to sell to him for $18,000, if he can get his parents to agree to it; and the second from a guy who was looking for a "car with absolutely no scratches or dings", which ours isn't.

I've got about 6 more weeks worth of severence pay, and I need to do something before it runs out. If I have to, I can get a friend of mine (car dealer) to run it through the used car auction in Atlanta, but that won't leave me with much.

So, any advice or thoughts?

-Kevin Rowley

BTW, many thanks to Jon Maddux who was gracious enough to put a link on the LeatherZ website to my webpage.

Follow Ups:

sorry to say... Bruce 23:28 10/15/2000 (0)
I might be one of the stupidist people on the.... Jeff 'The Blur' for now 23:22 10/15/2000 (0)
Have you tried EBay? JonM 23:09 10/15/2000 (0)
98, here, I'm 22,400. Nathan Dunn 22:59 10/15/2000 (0)

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