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I'm just waiting on BS coming back to me for my car price. Think im going to wait for the very end of March until I place my order, dont know if i will get a little sweetener. Im not too fussed on when it gets delivered, just didnt want one this FY.
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02-15-2013, 06:04 AM | #25 | |
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the 2wd version is everything I would ever need,the 4wd mpg,extra weight and handling is not a penalty I would pay extra for. just waiting on these overspeced demos to hit 6months then make an offer |
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02-15-2013, 02:07 PM | #29 |
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I here some of the early cars had paint issues and the painting quality has decreased further I will be inspecting mine well
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02-18-2013, 08:38 AM | #30 | |
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, dark oyster dashboard and steering wheel (I would prefer black), almost all the toys (adaptive m suspension, parking assist, etc) but no sunroof... Basically a launch car designed to show the new tech... And the ugly textured trim To answer the OP's original question: if I was buying a car to use for x yrs before replacing ...as a family car for ex, I think value for money and avoiding the initial depreciation is important... A loaded ex demo under warranty makes sense when you are talking 20%-40% off list price... If I was ordering a "special" car for myself to keep indefinitely, assuming its a currently produced model, I would want to spec it and own from new ( I don't trust people to take care of it like I do). |
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02-18-2013, 08:49 AM | #31 |
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ive just found one to replace the first one,not advertised anywhere as its dealer demo stock,very low miles,all the toys and its around 20% off the listwife and dog now both happy.i will also say that ive looked at some demo cars which I can only describe as sheds,shocking for a supposedly premium brand
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3 months min and the dealer has extra margin between 15 & 20% I believe , jut call some of the dealer websites like Coopers Sytner , Williams etc and sometime they put POA if demo and call them for all branch info as they tend to only tell you about there branch
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The extra margin is the vat they reclaim i believe
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This is strange I tried a few and they would not alter price was a bit supprised and one dealer called back to ask if I wanted more help I said to late getting new car order in soon and you did not wish to come and go, also 3 dealers never called me back for new car deal , and one dealer principle will be raging when I tell him at Goodwood FOS this year Steve Soper of linconshire he said to give him the chance of a deal on my next car I did and the salesman never bothered to call me back or offered disc on highly over priced demo, I would not like to be the sales team when Steve asks if I have a new car
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02-18-2013, 03:42 PM | #38 |
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Well I have been very pleased with the deal I have achieved better the expected and should all be tied up tomorrow fingers crossed
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So what percentage did you save on the advertised price?
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you have to phone all the dealers because a lot of the Christmas tree spec ones are not advertised,there was one appeared on the bmw approved sita at 32995 last week, higher in the miles at 10k but a good buy at that,seemed to have sold though.
I think 34k-36k depending on miles is the amount your going to be with everything included, road tax,service plan etc . one of the demos I looked at had the rear bumper caved in,it had the reverse camera fitted too,sales staff obviously don't know how to use it,but when its not your money the treat them as metal to move
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having had the pro media its amazing how you come to rely on it, I would have that over a sunroof any day,the one im getting doesn't have a microwave lid thank god but has pro nav
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LOL Microwave lid aye you are maybe right but looked like a lot of light inside, what all can you do with the Pro media gear
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was still learning how to get the best from it but bmw info is fab when looking for somewhere to stop for a café/wee,it knows where you are and lists them close by,pick one then send it to nav job done,or you can phone up the bmw man and he will recommend something,still more stuff than that to find out how to use
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