[gilbertoe96]

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FS 2018 BMW M5 Base
28.5k miles
Alpine White exterior
Black Full Merino Leather
Apple Car Play
Driving Assistance Package
Executive Package
Bower& Wilkins Sounds
Clean title in hand

Mods
Black Kidney Grilles
Carbon Fiber wrap
. Roof Top
. Mirrors
.Side Grilles
White vinyl wrap License plate frame
coded interior lights blue/red , trunk , strap up message
Located In San Diego , CA
asking $64,500

[M5_508]

If I’m not mistaken, they didn’t come out with the competition until 2019. I see yours is a 2018 with the competition badge?

[gilbertoe96]

yeah it’s just a badge i had liked black/white combo , but under mods it says comp bumper

[Stück]

Having just sold a better spec'ed same car with 31k miles I can tell you you're about $15k above what the market will bear.

[nrd24cu]

I would be interested at a price closer to stucks’.
Im new to the board, but send me an email at nrd24.cu@gmail.com

[r0wr]

Originally Posted by Stück

Having just sold a better spec'ed same car with 31k miles I can tell you you're about $15k above what the market will bear.

Stuck, thanks for chiming in. Can you tell us why your spec was better and what you sold your car for? I recall yours had M Performance Exhaust and also those sweet M Performance wheels.

[ResIpsaLoquitur]

Originally Posted by gilbertoe96

FS 2018 BMW M5
28k miles
Alpine White exterior
Extended Black Full Merino Leather
Apple Car Play
Driving Assistance Package
Executive Package
Bower& Wilkins Sounds
Clean title in hand

Sorry bro, but I’m just going to be candid with you here. Too many red flags. The Comp badge and not explicitly stating it’s a base? Shady. Then using the fact that it’s a Comp bumper and that’s mentioned in the ad makes it okay? Even worse.

Thee is no such thing as extended and full merino leather. It’s one or the other. Extended is not full leather, and full leather is not extended.

Maybe you’re not being shady about the leather, and some of it just carelessness, but you’re selling an expensive car that people will want to know the accurate equipment on as well as it’s provenance. Instead of shedding light on those things, you just kind of further muddied the waters.

I’m not trying to be an asshole, but I guarantee you that people here who know these cars inside and out think this is shady, even if they haven’t come forward to say it. You can rectify this by honestly disclosing anything else that is latent/non obvious and including the original window sticker in the listing.

[gilbertoe96]

None taken but “anyone that knows” these cars would know “comp” wasn’t available in 2018 and yes i did mention it did have a “comp bumper” under mods because that what mods mean but will update ad if that suits your reading ad needs

[ResIpsaLoquitur]

Originally Posted by gilbertoe96

None taken but “anyone that knows” these cars would know “comp” wasn’t available in 2018 and yes i did mention it did have a “comp bumper” under mods because that what mods mean but will update ad if that suits your reading ad needs

So because some, or even most, people here would know, it’s okay that it might confuse someone who might not know, or is new to the platform or the forum?

What if someone is searching for an F90 for sale, sees your ad, sees the Comp badge and assumes it’s a Comp. Buyer beware? Sure, but openly allowing something like that is just awful. I mean, at the end of the day you upbadged the car, and you must know that some people will see it and think that’s a Comp, because that is probably why you did it in the first place…

Not talking smack because you have a base. I also had a pre-LCI base, and I too liked the black badge, so I put the black M5 badge on without the competition portion. You actually affixed all the pieces, including the Competition piece. No one is chiding you for your choice in doing that for yourself. It’s your prerogative if you want to do that. It’s your car, even though I have my own feelings about upbadging. But you must know that creates confusion in a for sale ad. Confusion that might help a seller sell this car a little easier.

I am not saying you shouldn’t have listed it as having a Comp bumper if it has a Comp bumper, but using that to respond to the person above who asked why you had a Comp badge made it seem like you suggested that since there was a Comp bumper, the Comp badge was fine.

I’m certainly not the thread police, but I’m all for open, transparent, honest ads and posts generally for everyone here. It’s not worth noting it’s a base to suit my “ad reading needs” but it’s worth doing to keep this place honest, and to keep you as the seller honest.

Is it full or extended leather?

[NoMods]

Originally Posted by gilbertoe96

None taken but “anyone that knows” these cars would know “comp” wasn’t available in 2018 and yes i did mention it did have a “comp bumper” under mods because that what mods mean but will update ad if that suits your reading ad needs

Are you Ben?

[ResIpsaLoquitur]

Originally Posted by armoredsaint

Are you Ben?

[STi from DSM]

I see lots of mods, but 2018's are going for around $63k - $65k right now. Regardless of mods done to the vehicle you are about $10k too high. I would take off the competition badge too. Anyone with a carfax will be able to tell it isn't a comp

[gilbertoe96]

Bump price update

[ResIpsaLoquitur]

No more Comp badge! There we go!