Topic: Selling my 2011 323i Luxury Edition: $3850

[CSH]

Selling my 2011 BMW 323i Luxury edition ASIS.
I am the first owner and has been well maintained.
Selling as i am permanent work from home now.
Engine and Transmission in excellent condition. Interior very clean.

Used it for 150Km daily highway commute.
Brand new front brakes,Oil and brake fluid replaced in Feb.
Diff fluid, ACC belt, cabin filter changed in 2019.

Comes with 2 year old Xice winter tires on rims.

1 minor accident where someone scratched the front (see pic) Exterior has 401 wounds.
Needs rear brakes ($400)(rusted due to being parked), Battery light ON (sitting due to COVID) (battery still works), Car starts in first attempt.
Old crack in the windshield $300 to fix
One taillight dosen't work..
Less than $1000 to fix.

Features
All electronics work
Heated seats
Memory seats
Letherette
Sunroof
Awesome audio system
Automatic wipers

Price reduced to take into consideration the work that needs to be done.

Here is the kijiji link: https://www.kijijiautos.ca/vip/15936423/

[Gurgie]

I was excited & then saw it was an automatic, lol!! Would've been a great car for one of my kids at that price.

Good luck with the sale, it should move quickly.

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[Fobroader]

I was excited & then saw it was an automatic, lol!! Would've been a great car for one of my kids at that price.

Good luck with the sale, it should move quickly.

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Me too...thought I could have score a decent autocross/rallycross beater.

[CSH]

Low ballers so far. Best i have got is 3k. But its been up for less than an hour

[Gurgie]

I'd think $3,500 should be easy to reach.

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[2JDM]

Good luck with the sale. It should be a great buy for someone who is handy.

[CSH]

Sold.

[Gurgie]

Nice!!

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[quadzilla]

Congrats and not surprised. Was thinking this would be an easy sell.

[rrocket]

Congrats and not surprised. Was thinking this would be an easy sell.

Same.

[CSH]

95% of the responses from kijii. Was surprising for me

[rrocket]

95% of the responses from kijii. Was surprising for me

Yea...I rarely get response when I post stuff on Trader.

Though you do have to weed out the "Will you take $500?" riff raff from Kijiji....

[Great_Big_Abyss]

Congrats on the sale.
The price was a bargain.

ya, I was just thinking to myself, if only we hadn't bought that cheap Civic...

[CSH]

i agree, i could have possibly sold it for 500 more.  Had i fixed things maybe 1.5 to 2k more.  Honestly if we wouldn't have got the Lab we might have kept it.

It being a 10 year old FGC worried me. OK not worried me but made me think.
In addition to the existing problems (listed in the ad) every other part in the car was original (so 10 years old) oxygen sensors, suspension bits etc.
Tranny flud was never changed.
Rear shocks were more or less shot (front were done).
Stereo hissed a bit when car was parked (Indy could hear it, i could barely hear it, he said it would cause a strain on the battery, i was not so sure)
The key was not holding charge very well (apparently the battery was integrated into the key and there was no way to replace the battery without changing the key.
That year 3 series had FRM issues where the buffer would overflow and disable many things (seat, lights etc.) A new FRM was super expensive but there is a AD in kijiji where they will reprogram the FRM for $200
There was a apparent leak in the differential a couple of years ago that stopped on its own. Fixing it was going to be big $'s in labor as they had to lower the whole tailpipe (undo a lot of welds) if it came again.

So here were my potential expenses (DIY for things i could do myself). My indy is not cheap but he is not dealer $

Tow to dealer     $100
Brakes:             $600
Windshield         $300
Taillight:            $300
Key:                  $200
Battery:             $400
Rear shocks:      $900
FRM recoding     $200
Diff repair (if)  $1100


So $3000 or  $4100 to potentially get it in tip top condition plus the uncertainty of 10 yr old FGC parts. OFC i didn't have to do all if it to sell but would have done it if i were going to fix it. I was not sure if it was worth doing it.


Maybe i am trying to justify the sell now..lol.. maybe its a bit of sellers remorse.. but its done now.. cant do much about it now..lol

[2JDM]

Sounds like it was a good time to sell.