1988 BMW M3

• Silver paint is glossy and even across the boxed arches, bonnet and rear spoiler in the showroom photos, panels line up straight and the M3 badges and tail lamps are crisp — no paint or body budget from these photos.
• Cross-spoke BBS-style wheels are bright and unkerbed in the close-up and the Yokohama tyre shows deep tread, with clean arch lips behind it — no wheel refurb or immediate tyre budget from these photos.
• Black leather seats show only light creasing on the driver cushion and bolster, no tears or sagging, and the M3 mats and carpets look fresh — budget for leather feed, not a retrim from these photos.
• Dash top is smooth with no cracks visible in either cockpit view — the usual E30 weak point looks clean here — and the wheel, gauges and shifter present tidy and original — no dash budget from these photos.
• Boot carpet is clean and flat with tidy painted edges, and the engine-bay strut tower shown is clean silver with its warning sticker intact and no rust staining — no boot or tower tidy budget from these photos.
• A thick binder of service invoices is photographed at the end of the gallery — paperwork that supports, but does not prove, the mechanical side, which photos cannot judge.

Money: At $104,900 the photos suggest the money went on presentation and history — glossy silver, uncracked dash and a fat records file make the strong result look coherent from the pictures.