[danix]

Originally Posted by H-Atkinson

There was more wrong than the airbags, just from the photos and discussion in the comments:
-Lots of little interior stuff (headlight switch mashed, lots of wear on buttons and touch surfaces)
-No history for the N54 powertrain (miles, records, anything)
-No documentation of the structural rebuild (photos would have been good)
-No documentation of the build process at all (photos, invoices, etc)
-Seller was really not great at giving answers to very legitimate questions (sarcastic responses to questions about airbags in an ex-salvage car don't reflect super well)

On top of that, its an AWD N54 in a late LCI. If this was RWD and/or an N55, I'd imagine more people would be interested. The N54 is great when you want to make power, but if you want something that makes enough power that you can just drive and enjoy, you want an N55. And when someone is buying a wagon, they're probably looking for something in that 2nd category. If this were an N55 and some better documentation, I'd probably have been bidding on it.

If you want to have some extra fun, take the VIN and do some digging. The car already looked pretty rough before the accident...

All the above. The same car is referenced much earlier in this thread, by the way.

[CoralRed]

Originally Posted by H-Atkinson

Noted. Chances are I'll likely want to keep it as-is honestly... I quite like the interior, and as I'm after a daily, I may not want to have to strip an interior. I'll keep you both posted though.

Sounds good lol good luck and keep us posted on if you get it! I’m very curious to see what the front end looks like….

[CoralRed]

Originally Posted by Fredo

Nicely loaded. $14,995 and 61k miles sound very reasonable.

WBAUT9C52CA192392

Looks like it sold. Did anyone here buy it??

I contacted the selling dealer and asked about it… when I asked if they could have a PPI done (at my expense) I was told they didn’t have time to get that done. So that ended the deal for me.

[ekimp]

I'll go ahead and do the honors myself before someone else does their own sleuthing: https://www.autotrader.com/marketpla...VS13577FV95091

My 6MT RWD ZSP E91 is for sale! Spent the better part of three years looking for a car like this and am very sad to let it go. Feel free to reach out here or on Autotrader if you have any questions.

Some highlights:

- Lifelong west coast car with zero rust.
- Completely stock, zero modifications.
- 1/429 RWD manual transmission E91s produced for the US market over a five year production run (2007-2012).
- 1/1 Crimson Red over tan w/ sport package (+ all of the above).
- Amazingly well specced- Logic 7 Sound, Cold Weather Package, Xenons, sport package, comfort access, AND flat dash with no iDrive.
- OFHG, OPG, and VCG all new within the last 2 years/20K miles. Car drives great.


Asking $16,500 OBO.

[StradaRedlands]

Originally Posted by ekimp

I'll go ahead and do the honors myself before someone else does their own sleuthing: https://www.autotrader.com/marketpla...VS13577FV95091

My 6MT RWD ZSP E91 is for sale! Spent the better part of three years looking for a car like this and am very sad to let it go. Feel free to reach out here or on Autotrader if you have any questions.

Some highlights:

- Lifelong west coast car with zero rust.
- Completely stock, zero modifications.
- 1/429 RWD manual transmission E91s produced for the US market over a five year production run (2007-2012).
- 1/1 Crimson Red over tan w/ sport package (+ all of the above).
- Amazingly well specced- Logic 7 Sound, Cold Weather Package, Xenons, sport package, comfort access, AND flat dash with no iDrive.
- OFHG, OPG, and VCG all new within the last 2 years/20K miles. Car drives great.


Asking $16,500 OBO.

Drool... so perfect!

[CoralRed]

Originally Posted by ekimp

I'll go ahead and do the honors myself before someone else does their own sleuthing: https://www.autotrader.com/marketpla...VS13577FV95091

My 6MT RWD ZSP E91 is for sale! Spent the better part of three years looking for a car like this and am very sad to let it go. Feel free to reach out here or on Autotrader if you have any questions.

Some highlights:

- Lifelong west coast car with zero rust.
- Completely stock, zero modifications.
- 1/429 RWD manual transmission E91s produced for the US market over a five year production run (2007-2012).
- 1/1 Crimson Red over tan w/ sport package (+ all of the above).
- Amazingly well specced- Logic 7 Sound, Cold Weather Package, Xenons, sport package, comfort access, AND flat dash with no iDrive.
- OFHG, OPG, and VCG all new within the last 2 years/20K miles. Car drives great.


Asking $16,500 OBO.

Gorgeous! This won’t last long at that price!! Good luck!

[ekimp]

Originally Posted by CoralRed

Gorgeous! This won’t last long at that price!! Good luck!

Thanks! I think I have it priced pretty accordingly- it's not pristine (my daily) but it really wouldn't take much to make it very nice.

Already had a lot of interest so far so we'll see.

[tailendcharlie]

Great car at a very reasonable price!

FWIW I have a nearly identical spec '07, minus the cold weather package & the "sport package" was a conversion from non-sport by me. And add another 90,000 miles or so. A lot of purists sneer at the tan interior but I think it matches up beautifully with the red.

GLWS....

[CoralRed]

Originally Posted by ekimp

Thanks! I think I have it priced pretty accordingly- it's not pristine (my daily) but it really wouldn't take much to make it very nice.

Already had a lot of interest so far so we'll see.

You’re welcome! I’m biased though… I have a nearly identical (spec wise anyway) 2008 e91 that I’m selling soon. Mines white with Terra.

I also have an LCI e91 that’s the same color and spec as yours but it’s an auto (for now lol). I wasn’t initially a fan of the beige but it looks soooo good with the red!

[K9Leader]

Originally Posted by ekimp

I'll go ahead and do the honors myself before someone else does their own sleuthing: https://www.autotrader.com/marketpla...VS13577FV95091

My 6MT RWD ZSP E91 is for sale! Spent the better part of three years looking for a car like this and am very sad to let it go. Feel free to reach out here or on Autotrader if you have any questions.

Some highlights:

- Lifelong west coast car with zero rust.
- Completely stock, zero modifications.
- 1/429 RWD manual transmission E91s produced for the US market over a five year production run (2007-2012).
- 1/1 Crimson Red over tan w/ sport package (+ all of the above).
- Amazingly well specced- Logic 7 Sound, Cold Weather Package, Xenons, sport package, comfort access, AND flat dash with no iDrive.
- OFHG, OPG, and VCG all new within the last 2 years/20K miles. Car drives great.


Asking $16,500 OBO.

Very nice - I'm a sucker for red cars, and, while I love my Space Gray Metallic E91, I do yearn for it in a shade of red. It is my only non-red car in my "fleet" of five.

[H-Atkinson]

https://carsandbids.com/auctions/36G...e-sports-wagon

Seems like this one fell through... a bunch of comments went up about it being listed on FB, but CaB keeps taking them down.



Tried embedding a screenshot... bimmerpost really doesn't like my image hosting service I guess... quote of deleted comment:

"Sale unfortunately fell through due to unforeseen circumstances on the buyers side. Totally understandable and things do happen! C&B has been great with communication and understanding.

The car is currently on FB yes by me, colter. It’s going up on BAT next week and luckily we do have the build sheet finally! A lot more info, especially regarding the donor engine!"

[Fredo]

Originally Posted by H-Atkinson

https://carsandbids.com/auctions/36G...e-sports-wagon

Seems like this one fell through... a bunch of comments went up about it being listed on FB, but CaB keeps taking them down.

Final bid in C&B was $14,800. What's the FB price?

[CoralRed]

Originally Posted by H-Atkinson

https://carsandbids.com/auctions/36G...e-sports-wagon

Seems like this one fell through... a bunch of comments went up about it being listed on FB, but CaB keeps taking them down.



Tried embedding a screenshot... bimmerpost really doesn't like my image hosting service I guess... quote of deleted comment:

"Sale unfortunately fell through due to unforeseen circumstances on the buyers side. Totally understandable and things do happen! C&B has been great with communication and understanding.

The car is currently on FB yes by me, colter. It’s going up on BAT next week and luckily we do have the build sheet finally! A lot more info, especially regarding the donor engine!"

That seems… odd.

[H-Atkinson]

Originally Posted by Fredo

Final bid in C&B was $14,800. What's the FB price?

No idea... I can't find the listing myself. Apparently it was higher than the final bid.

[H-Atkinson]

Originally Posted by H-Atkinson

No idea... I can't find the listing myself. Apparently it was higher than the final bid.

Made contact with the seller, its apparently going up on BaT today, with rebuild documentation this time... will see. I'm still skeptical of that hood gap and general visible condition of that engine.

[Serf27]

The hood fitment is off on every corner, both sides and all along the front where it meets the bumper.

[H-Atkinson]

Yeah, its rough... and the comments are already picking that apart. Seller really needed to do a better job documenting the rebuild process. I'm going to be shocked if this brings any more money than it did on CaB, potentially less because of the "why didn't it sell" question that any considering bidder will have in the back of their mind.

Provided it stays cheap enough I might be interested in it, but this thing is going to need a non-zero amount done by the next owner. Definitely feels like an unfinished project.

[CoralRed]

Originally Posted by H-Atkinson

Yeah, its rough... and the comments are already picking that apart. Seller really needed to do a better job documenting the rebuild process. I'm going to be shocked if this brings any more money than it did on CaB, potentially less because of the "why didn't it sell" question that any considering bidder will have in the back of their mind.

Provided it stays cheap enough I might be interested in it, but this thing is going to need a non-zero amount done by the next owner. Definitely feels like an unfinished project.

I don’t know why they didn’t bother to take it to a body shop and figure out the hood… that figment is BAD.

I really want someone here to buy it cheap and document the “fix up” process lol

[Serf27]

Originally Posted by H-Atkinson

Yeah, its rough... and the comments are already picking that apart. Seller really needed to do a better job documenting the rebuild process. I'm going to be shocked if this brings any more money than it did on CaB, potentially less because of the "why didn't it sell" question that any considering bidder will have in the back of their mind.

Provided it stays cheap enough I might be interested in it, but this thing is going to need a non-zero amount done by the next owner. Definitely feels like an unfinished project.

Rebuild most likely consisted of new core support, all new coolers and random bits and plastics.
The hood gap can be corrected or made less visible by loosening the core support bolts and raising it up.
The hood/fender gaps look a little bigger than oem. The fenders probably need to be re aligned if they were removed.

The front end is just held on with bolts so it can be fixed. I’d be more concerned about the curtain airbag since the whole headliner had to be dropped to replace it.

[H-Atkinson]

Originally Posted by Serf27

Rebuild most likely consisted of new core support, all new coolers and random bits and plastics.
The hood gap can be corrected or made less visible by loosening the core support bolts and raising it up.
The hood/fender gaps look a little bigger than oem. The fenders probably need to be re aligned if they were removed.

The front end is just held on with bolts so it can be fixed. I’d be more concerned about the curtain airbag since the whole headliner had to be dropped to replace it.

Did the curtain go off? I missed that!

Either way - how much money do you think would be needed to actually sort the loose ends exterior-wise here? I am interested in this car, and am honestly more off-put by the seller than I am by anything specific to the vehicle, but haven't had much experience with fixing bodywork on anything nearly as new as an E9x.

[M-technik-3]

Originally Posted by H-Atkinson

Did the curtain go off? I missed that!

Either way - how much money do you think would be needed to actually sort the loose ends exterior-wise here? I am interested in this car, and am honestly more off-put by the seller than I am by anything specific to the vehicle, but haven't had much experience with fixing bodywork on anything nearly as new as an E9x.

Better check with Mass DMV as they might deem the engine swap not legal.

Might say it requires an N55. Mass can be very much a butt pain hen it comes to modded cars. My 07 wagon had hard time getting a sticker again thy said its to low in rear on factory ride.

[Fredo]

The N54 E91 from Florida is in BAT, no reserve.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...orts-wagon-12/