{"id":1257,"date":"2010-10-06T16:21:50","date_gmt":"2010-10-06T22:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/?p=1257"},"modified":"2010-10-06T16:25:03","modified_gmt":"2010-10-06T22:25:03","slug":"where-do-my-ratings-come-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/index.php\/2010\/10\/where-do-my-ratings-come-from\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Do My Ratings Come From?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1259\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1259\" style=\"width: 159px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1259\" title=\"M Coupe Rating Scale\" src=\"http:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/ratings.gif\" alt=\"M Coupe Rating Scale\" width=\"159\" height=\"70\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">M Coupe Rating Scale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Many people have asked how I determine my ratings. Well, the star ratings on the sale listings are really just my off-the-cuff impressions of the coupe and are relatively subjective, but I do have some rules I try to follow. Here are my general guidelines.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Condition<\/strong><br \/>\n1 star \u2013 Needs significant body or mechanical work<br \/>\n2 star \u2013 Repaired salvage, in need of lots of TLC, simple mechanical issues<br \/>\n3 star \u2013 Average condition, possibly needing some mechanical or aesthetic work but nothing significant<br \/>\n4 star \u2013 Above average condition and well sorted mechanically<br \/>\n5 star \u2013 Like it drove off the showroom floor yesterday. Usually reserved for the ultra-low mileage and garage queen\/show cars. I also need lots of good photos or to see it in person before I\u2019ll give a coupe 5 stars.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rarity<\/strong><br \/>\n1 star \u2013 1 of 100+<br \/>\n2 star \u2013 1 of 50+<br \/>\n3 star \u2013 1 of 25+<br \/>\n4 star \u2013 1 of 5+<br \/>\n5 star \u2013 1 of less than 5<br \/>\n<em>I adjust the ratings somewhat based on how often I see them for sale. For example, I often add a star for alpine white and steel gray which are not super rare numbers-wise but don\u2019t come up for sale very often. I also sometimes add a star for S54 coupes in color combinations also available with S52s. There are other instances when significant modifications justify increased rarity like an S50 engine swap or Dinan signature certificate.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Value<\/strong><br \/>\n1 star &#8211; Priced way over what it should be and should never sell at asking price<br \/>\n2 star &#8211; Priced a little bit over what I think it&#8217;s worth based on year, condition, mileage, modifications, etc.<br \/>\n3 star &#8211; Priced in the neighborhood of where I would recommend someone to price it at<br \/>\n4 star &#8211; Priced at what I would consider a really good deal<br \/>\n5 star &#8211; Priced in such a way that the buyer is basically stealing it<br \/>\n<em>This is the most subjective of the ratings as different things are worth more to different people. Sometimes coupes to which I give 2 stars sell really fast and others I think are great deals sit on the market a while. Almost all my value ratings will fall between 2 and 4 stars with the only rare exceptions being those that are $10k over- or under-priced (in my opinion).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many people have asked how I determine my ratings. Well, the star ratings on the sale listings are really just my off-the-cuff impressions of the coupe and are relatively subjective, but I do have some rules I try to follow. Here are my general guidelines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[62,61,63,6],"class_list":["post-1257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-for-sale","tag-listings","tag-ratings","tag-sales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1257"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1265,"href":"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1257\/revisions\/1265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}