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Prices Paid: Buying & Leasing Experiences BMW 3-Series Prices Paid and Buying Experience
9120 messages, Last post on Aug 21, 2008 at 2:20 PM
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Sapphire Black, Premium, Automatic, Sand Leather, Sport, Cold Weather, Xenon Headlights. No MACO charge, and I paid $500 over invoice! Needless to say, I'm thrilled. I dealt by internet and then phone to complete the deal. This was the exact colors, leather and config I was looking for. The dealer is Plaza BMW in St. Louis. If any of those guys are reading this, I appreciated dealing with them. Very easy and professional. I pick the car up later this month (I'm out of town). Boy, will my wife be surprised by her gift on her 50th birthday. |
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| My sister just leased a 325xi sedan (with premium package, cold package and metallic paint – no auto). I posted the story about the closing of the deal here: crashtestdingo "Lease Questions - Ask Here" Mar 9, 2004 10:04pm But I'll mention the selling price here as well. It was $33,575 (MSRP: $35,120; invoice, according to Edmunds: $32,180). That was the selling price the salesman offered her back in December, but she didn't get it now without a little drama. Since there were no 325xi sedans with a manual transmission in the dealership's stock, and none at any other dealerships in the New York City/Long Island area (or so the salesman claimed), she ordered one and it came in a few weeks ago. | |
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I read your other post in lease questions.. It sounds like you did your homework, and got a great deal. Congratulations!! kyfdx |
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Thanks. I posted to the lease discussion to find out the MF and the residual, and to ask a few other questions, but otherwise, my sister's the one who did all the homework. Do you really think she got a great deal? Note that she paid $1,395 over invoice but that jim040558 says he got a 325xi in St. Louis for $500 over invoice (message #1103) and hman709 says he got an offer from a dealer in CT for about $1K over invoice (message #1096). In addition, in message #995, yk40 describes an offer (from a dealer in our state, if not our metro area) for a lease of a 325xi with more options than her car. He says the car has the same options my sister's has, plus auto, leather and mats, for an MSRP of $37,545, or $2,425 more. To verify that number, I just "built" a 325xi at bmwusa.com like that, except for the mats (they're dealer-installed accessories), and got an MSRP of $37,845 – obviously, that dealer received that car before the price increase. Anyway, for that more expensive car, and 50% more miles over the same term, the monthly payment was $470 vs. my sister's monthly payment of $425. (Unlike his, my sister's payment includes the sales tax, though.) |
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I don't doubt some of those deals, but in my experience, they are hard to come by. It isn't the end of the model year, and although there are lease incentives, I haven't seen any dealer incentives (except on Z4s). On 3-series, it seems about halfway between invoice and MSRP is a fair deal, and it looks like you did a little better than that. I was frustrated trying to find what I wanted at a fair price last fall, and ended up buying a used '03 with 7700 miles. You sure can't beat the lease deals right now. Residuals are still high, and the MF are low. Since she ordered, it looks like she got exactly what she wanted. I think you made a great deal. regards, kyfdx |
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Crashtestdingo- The sale price of my 325xi is $35421 (MSRP $37545 -old price. This seems that it is about $1000+ over invoice.My payment of $470 (36 month/15K) does not include tax. Also note that there is a bank fee of $800 and I had to pay the tax up front. I tried several dealers trough internet/phone and could not find any dealer willing to go with less then 750 over invoice ( with the BMW residual= 0.60 and MF=0.0019 at that time). Then I decided to lease locally. yk |
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| hi all, i just purchased my brand new bmw 325i equipped with premium package, sport package, leather, xenon lights, and automatic trans for just under 35K. I'm in southern California area. Now, i am not too sure about edmunds' tmv pricing around my location. just go to the dealer. i shopped around. some dealers are not very friendly in negotiating price, but the last one i visited was so pleasant and i bought it from them. | |
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| What dealer did you use in So Cal? I am looking as well. | |
| I went to Nick Alexander Imports located below downtown of LA. | |
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I posted a few months back about ordering a 330i. While they initially expected it to come in by the end of Feb. it took a little longer which is no big deal. After telling me the car would be in this past Monday or Tuesday (the salesman is not good at returning calls btw) he told me on Tuesday that the truck would DEFINITELY be dropping the car off Friday (today) and I would be able to take delivery Saturday during the day. He assured me he would call on Friday when the truck came in. When he called earlier he told me now it was going to be Monday because the trucking company screwed up. I don't have an easy time getting off work and had already planned everything for Saturday. It seems to me that if it wasn't coming in then they should notify me at least a day or two prior, not the day it was supposed to come in. When I talked to BMWNA about it they told me it sounds like the salesman is passing the buck by blaming the trucking people and he should have known when it was coming in. All I know is that I feel like I'm being jerked around and I haven't even taken delivery of the car yet! Any thoughts or advice? thanks Dave |
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