This price is 259.5 percent higher than the fair price.
Low price: $7072
Fair price: $8342
High price: $9611
MPG: 19 mpg city / 26 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Gray
Color: Estoril Blue Metallic
Dealer: Boutique Auto Sales
Mileage: 155,988
Year: 1999
Ownership Cost for 1999 BMW M3 Base
Estimated: $47680 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$3737
$1794
$1569
$1420
$1270
$9790
Insurance
$1584
$1639
$1696
$1756
$1817
$8492
Fuel
$1733
$1785
$1848
$1922
$2008
$9296
Maintenance
$2763
$2912
$1615
$1993
$2291
$11574
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$1398
$1398
$1398
$1398
$1398
$2071
Total Ownership Costs
$12192
$9427
$8229
$8637
$9195
$47680
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Coupe
Displacement CC: 3151.2324072
Displacement CI: 192.3
Displacement L: 3.152
Doors: 2
Engine Cylinders: 6
Engine HP: 240
Engine KW: 178.9680
Engine Manufacturer: BMW M GmbH
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: BMW
Manufacturer: BMW M GMBH
Manufacturer Id: 967
Model: M3
Model Year: 1999
Other Restraint System Info: Driver and Passenger Supplemental Restraint Systems (SRS)
Plant City: Regensburg
Plant Country: Germany
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: 3 Series
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WITH THE DUAL CLUTCH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN D MODE, WHEN SLOWING FROM 50 OR 60 MPH TO 15-20 MPH THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT DOWNSHIFT AND STAYS IN 6TH OR 7TH GEAR. EVEN WITH THE ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR THE CAR WILL NOT SELECT AN APPROPRIATE GEAR WHICH MAKES THE CAR BARELY ACCELERATE AT ALL CREATING A SAFETY HAZARD. THIS CAR HAS LITTLE TO NO TORQUE (BY DESIGN) AT VERY LOW RPMS, AND IT BASICALLY JUST SITS THERE AND DOESN'T MOVE. A DRIVER OFTEN SLOWS LIKE THIS WHEN MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT HAND TURN AND HAVING THE CAR JUST SIT THERE UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS PRESENTS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE IN TERMS OF BEING EITHER REAR-ENDED OR BEING HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE ENTIRE NATURE OF THE AUTOMATIC PROGRAM ON THIS CAR IS UNPREDICTABLE; IN SOME CASES IT WILL DOWNSHIFT, IN OTHERS (AS DESCRIBED ABOVE) IT WILL NOT, WHICH ADDS TO THE UNSAFE NATURE OF THIS DEFECT. IT DOES NOT BEHAVE LIKE ANY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION I'VE EVER OWNED. THE SOFTWARE CONTROLLING THE TRANSMISSION WAS UPDATED IN DECEMBER 2009. PRIOR TO THAT, IN EITHER MANUAL OR AUTOMATIC MODE THE CAR WOULD DOWNSHIFT INTO A LOWER GEAR, BUT THERE WAS A 1-2 SECOND PAUSE BEFORE ANY POWER WAS DELIVERED (THE ENGINE WOULD NOT "GO" EVEN ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR). THIS ISSUE HASN'T RECURRED, BUT THE SITUATION IS STILL NOT RECTIFIED (AS NOTED IN THE DESCRIPTION ABOVE) AS THE "NEW" ISSUE WITH FAILING TO DOWNSHIFT IN D MODES HAS SURFACED. *TR
1999
AIR BAGS
IMPACT WAS ON THE FRONT DRIVERSIDE TIRE. THE TIRE SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE AND NO OTHER DAMAGE TO BODY