BimmerFan
Seasoned Member
So I had breakfast with a buddy of mine who is also a car guy. but instead of buying a car once every 3 weeks like I do, he keeps them for 10+ years. He's much smarter than me, and was able to retire at 59 whereas I'm still working to support my habit.
I told him the story of my search for the CT5V-BW and the car I eventually found (stripper 6-speed) and of the orange car that was on BaT and went RNM that I can now buy for $106. The stripper (purchased but not here yet) was MSRP $95,580 I believe, including gas guzzler tax. My argument was, the orange car had CCB and other options that I don't really need, so should I pay another $11K just for the color? He said yes. Of course, it's not his money, and he'd never buy such an expensive car. The most he ever spent was $25K on a used M3. Again, he's smarter than me.
Now natch CCB is cool and would help in resale down the road, but I don't "need" them and I'd never add it to the build if I were to order a car. And of course, I know that orange is NLA and I am sure the future resale would be better than black. However, the orange car is used (only 600 miles, but still...) and as an occasionally aggressive driver, I would prefer to blend into the scenery a bit more and not be memorable to some tool that I cut off driving to work last week. Those are my arguments and rationalization.
The black car is awaiting shipment, and I was thinking about "what if" if I sold my M4 before it got here, and something horrible happened to the BW and I was left with no car. I decided that I would buy the orange car. LOL
So, I'm curious, how much extra, if any, would you guys pay, all things being equal, for an orange car versus whatever color you ended up with?
Yes, I have too much free time.
I told him the story of my search for the CT5V-BW and the car I eventually found (stripper 6-speed) and of the orange car that was on BaT and went RNM that I can now buy for $106. The stripper (purchased but not here yet) was MSRP $95,580 I believe, including gas guzzler tax. My argument was, the orange car had CCB and other options that I don't really need, so should I pay another $11K just for the color? He said yes. Of course, it's not his money, and he'd never buy such an expensive car. The most he ever spent was $25K on a used M3. Again, he's smarter than me.
Now natch CCB is cool and would help in resale down the road, but I don't "need" them and I'd never add it to the build if I were to order a car. And of course, I know that orange is NLA and I am sure the future resale would be better than black. However, the orange car is used (only 600 miles, but still...) and as an occasionally aggressive driver, I would prefer to blend into the scenery a bit more and not be memorable to some tool that I cut off driving to work last week. Those are my arguments and rationalization.
The black car is awaiting shipment, and I was thinking about "what if" if I sold my M4 before it got here, and something horrible happened to the BW and I was left with no car. I decided that I would buy the orange car. LOL
So, I'm curious, how much extra, if any, would you guys pay, all things being equal, for an orange car versus whatever color you ended up with?
Yes, I have too much free time.