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Originally Posted by Polo08816
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Originally Posted by Kafkaesque328
Yeah because the mainstream car buying public gives a shit whether its the E46, E90 or F30. This statement has zero basis in reality, other than your bias because you drive an E90. F30s are depreciating around the same rate that just about any used luxury sport sedan has. High rate of depreciation for the 1st 5 years and then it evens out. As if the E90 is holding its value better because it has brick heavy steering, ultra outdated tech and iDrive and an inefficient straight 6 with a 6 speed slushbox thats like molasses... because used car buyers are totally on the lookout for cars like that. You nailed it
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+1. Agree completely.
Sometimes people are delusional about how much the car they own is worth. |
Agreed. I think most of us have fallen into that enthusiast mindset where we think it's this but the reality is far from it - until you're in the industry and realize that the general public frankly does not really care about the number of cylinders, manual vs. Automatic, E90 vs. F30, etc. Go look back at all the "My manual is going to be worth a premium" threads. Barring a few in states like California, people realize that it really isn't worth a premium.
I think the biggest factor of the F30 value has more to do with the surplus of supply of F30s than the introduction of the G20. For the first time that I could remember, BMW is offering a higher credit/incentive to finance vs Leasing. This rarely happens, if ever.