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[iinca]

1 hour ago, Conserv said:

And I haven’t disagreed with you. I’m just saying that I believe some of these highly-personal choices are limiting his market.

Best regards,

 

Steve

 

 

 

I agree. I might be a little high at 42. I think if the changes were made back to stock it could go for $50k +

Edited May 14, 2020 by iinca

[Conserv]

Whoa. This poor guy has the $12,000 square-taillight-rims-on-a-round-taillight-tii deduction plus the $3,000 deduction for 1600-style-grilles-on-a-round-taillight-tii... ?

NO SALE LONG TIME! ??

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

[fastricky]

There's a lot to admire on the OP car but I absolutely hate the chin spoiler on that car or any other '02 except a Turbo.

[JsnPpp]

34 minutes ago, fastricky said:

There's a lot to admire on the OP car but I absolutely hate the chin spoiler on that car or any other '02 except a Turbo.

 

Agree with that, unless the entire car is built up around the front air dam (wheels, flares, etc.), it most often looks bolt on, out of place, awkward, etc. 

 

Somewhat off topic - In regards to spoilers however, I've always been intrigued with a duck bill spoiler - seen on period american cars or even the Golf GTi Mk1. Not stock on an 02 of course, but feels about the most I'd go with on these cars with say slightly wider rims/tires if one felt a spoiler was needed.

 

Jason

[2double02]

Two shops noted lower compression on cylinder #4. I think 130psi. Would that be a major concern on this car that may impact value?

[Einspritz]

I like the gauge pod. Anyone know what it is?

 

[gary32]

3 hours ago, fastricky said:

There's a lot to admire on the OP car but I absolutely hate the chin spoiler on that car or any other '02 except a Turbo.

 

Too much hate and divide in this world. I love them all.

[AceAndrew]

3 hours ago, fastricky said:

There's a lot to admire on the OP car but I absolutely hate the chin spoiler on that car or any other '02 except a Turbo.

 

Thats an odd preference... given it’s a zender-type airdam and not supposed to be fitted to a turbo/flares.

 

 

Im just a bit tired of the numbers-hype-market-value game surrounding 2002s.  What makes the 2002 special isn’t how much it sells for.

[jgerock]

I actually like the look of the OP car.  It’s just different enough to stand out.

[conkitchen]

On 5/13/2020 at 9:54 AM, Conserv said:

Those are actually e21/turbo rims (5 1/2” wide) painted to emulate the turbo look. Unlike most — who mistakenly think the turbo centers were black — this one got the “turbo look” almost right: medium gray with silver rim.

 

I agree that Black is not the truest shade of color they used but it's pretty dark judging from the sales collateral I have.  

[saaron]

That Inka tii is pretty cool.  I like it.  It sounds really good.  

 

It would be nice to have my car that nice someday, but I don't think that is going to happen.  That thing looks super-shiny everywhere.  

 

I'm not wild about the wheels, but I don't dislike them.  I just get that "THAT'S A LATER WHEEL" thought pop in my head when I see it.  Like seeing late alloys or even the e30 bottle tops or whatever they are called on a roundie.  There's a little incongruence going on.  

 

Having said that, I notice that when I see a bunch of 02s, I always spend way more time looking at the modded ones than looking the stock ones, whatever that means.  Maybe I'm lying to myself about what I like?  Or just I'm just kinda dumb?  

 

Scott

[Conserv]

1 hour ago, conkitchen said:

 

I agree that Black is not the truest shade of color they used but it's pretty dark judging from the sales collateral I have.  

I agree that the sales brochures show a near-black color. But if you start looking at bona fide originals — even if you must “adjust” for 45 years of oxidation — the center disks are measurably lighter than the literature.

 

 

Best regards,

 

Steve

 

Edited May 14, 2020 by Conserv

[Jim_75Sahara]

It sounds marvelous; smooth M10.  My guess: $36K.

[gsshack]

Interesting that the Seller went No Reserve, he has 39K+ in the car - purchased it at a mid-December auction for 31K + 10% Buyer's Premium (3.1K) + GCR Invoice (3.9K) = 38K + wheels/tires (say 1K+).  Probably counting on Inka + Korman to motivate bidding.  I looked extensively at the car with the PO (who auctioned the car) prior to the auction when he could pull it with no penalty & the body/paint looked quite good - believe it's base/clear, it has a shine to it.  There were a number of things I would want to change some of which have been noted, however they weren't show stoppers.  At the time he had a 40K reserve on the car which I had verified with the auction company account rep - the PO did a good bit of business with the auction company selling cars & firearms from his collections - he was raising cash to pay off a new home that his ex-wife had purchased.  Made him an offer less than his reserve & more than he ended up taking at the auction when he dropped the reserve to sell it - he wouldn't budge off the 40K - decided not to attend the auction.  According to the PO the original restoration was done by 2002AD in the "90's for a CA customer who the PO purchased it from in the latter '90's - he had Korman do extensive work as shown by the invoices but there was not a full repaint per the PO just various panels.  $'s didn't seem to be an obstacle for the PO who's a very successful doctor with a somewhat rare speciality that apparently commands big bucks - according to him, only Korman worked on his various BMW's.  Apologies for the extraneous info but found the doctor to be a very interesting car guy with an eclectic collection including BMWs, American muscle, various trucks, etc.  No telling how many firearms he owned, the December auction included 350 with at least that many in a prior auction & five large gun safes in his garage that were still full.

[gregp553]

I'll be brief. I prefer no mods but this is a very nice looking car (minus the chin spoiler). The "no reserve" strategy will result in lots of late bidding. It's BAT. $44k. (and of course, the mods could make me way wrong)