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#1487 of 10316 by blueguydotcom Jun 24, 2004 (9:23 am)
Is this a good price ?   $500 over invoice with the rebate?! He's killing you. It'd save you $1500 to simply buy the car from a socal dealer and have them ship it to you for $300-400 bucks. Or fly out to socal and drive it back yourself.   2. My plan is to lease the car for 3 years. So is it better to lease at the current buy price, with an MF of 0.22 (i hope), or wait for the lease incentive (if one is coming up) ?   Buy price will probably be better. But then again BMW sometimes offers MF at or below 12. Use leaseguide and run the numbers both ways.   3. I figure that if I lease, and invest the $10k to $20k I was going to put down if I were to purchase, I would make enough to cover the ~ $2k difference between lease vs buy. This way, I have the option to return the car for any unforseen reason, or buy it after 3 years. What do you think ?   Crunch the numbers. I did with my BMW purchase and discovered my lease with a 3 year loan afterward at 6.5% was cheaper than buying the 330i outright over 60 months at 2.9%. Replies to this message: scsnospam (Jun 24, 2004 9:43 am)
#1488 of 10316 Re: [blueguydotcom #1487] by scsnospam Jun 24, 2004 (9:43 am)
Replying to: blueguydotcom (Jun 24, 2004 9:23 am) My mistake !   The price is $500 over invoice, less $2400. So actually, it is $1500 less than invoice !   Thanks, BK
#1489 of 10316 bmw 330i offers by penn5 Jun 24, 2004 (9:54 am)
i talked to several dallas area dealerships this week re: bmw330i w/PP,xenon,auto msrp 41,615 invoice roughly 38,200   despite the june incentive of $2400, i could not get the low, low price i wanted. i tried to get $1000-1500 below invoice. they just shook their heads. the best offer i got was for $650 under invoice.
#1490 of 10316 by kyfdx HOST Jun 24, 2004 (10:56 am)
It varies according to local competition and area of the country.. Here, you couldn't get a $1000 over cost deal if you were buying from your mother.. But, head up the road a couple hours, and that is doable.... $1700 over cost is not a terrible price on a $40K car, it just seems excessive when compared to the more competitive regions.. (socal, for instance).   Assuming the new lease incentives are a wash, compared to the current cash incentives, then the deal won't get any worse or better next month.. If they want $1700 over cost now, they'll want $1700 over cost then also..   scsnospam.. That is a pretty strong offer.. I doubt with that low of a cap cost now, that the lease deal could be much better next month, without the cash incentive.   penn5.. There is some dealer in Texas advertising great deals.. I'll look around and get back to you..   regards, kyfdx
#1491 of 10316 Here you go.. in Ft Worth by kyfdx HOST Jun 24, 2004 (11:48 am)
http://www.shopautobahn.com/Flash/325iSale.html Replies to this message: penn5 (Jun 24, 2004 12:47 pm) mc_chow (Jun 26, 2004 10:57 am) kyfdx (Jun 26, 2004 12:55 pm)
#1492 of 10316 Re: Pacific NW buying experience [vancmt #1478] by vancmt Jun 24, 2004 (12:14 pm)
Replying to: vancmt (Jun 23, 2004 9:46 pm) Thanks for the feedback around the incentive deadline. Still trying to get a sense of what is reasonable for a 4 dr 325i Titanium Silver/Sand leatherette with either:   Choice #1 Automatic, sunroof, power seats, rear side impact bag   Choice #2 Automatic, premium package, rear side impact bag   Looking to close the deal by June 30th, so any guidance would be appreciated
#1493 of 10316 by kyfdx HOST Jun 24, 2004 (12:19 pm)
Got MSRP's for the those two cars? And have you found them in stock? I was thinking rear side impact airbags might be a rare option...
#1494 of 10316 Okay.. by kyfdx HOST Jun 24, 2004 (12:36 pm)
Not sure about side impact rear airbags.. standard maybe?   Anyway, 325i with metallic paint, auto, and premium package..   MSRP $33645 Inv. $30885 incentive -$1200 Dealer "cost" $29,685   Assuming they have the car on the lot that you want, I'd start them out at $30K and see what happens.. They may have a MACO advertising charge on their invoice that would make their "cost" a little higher, but I would think that $31K would make it happen at the top end.   That is all supposition on my part, from the feedback of others shopping for similar cars.   regards, kyfdx
#1495 of 10316 Re: Here you go.. in Ft Worth [kyfdx #1491] by penn5 Jun 24, 2004 (12:47 pm)
Replying to: kyfdx (Jun 24, 2004 11:48 am) thanks kyfdx for the link. i actually emailed the internet guy there about the 330i i wanted. i think i offended him because he wouldn't give me a counteroffer after i "lowballed" him. since they were offering $5500 off on some of their 325i's, i figured i could get the same off a 330i, which even has a higher dealer rebate. but i guess most dealers have alot more 325i's just sitting on the lot so they are more motivated to move the 325i's.
#1496 of 10316 by kyfdx HOST Jun 24, 2004 (12:51 pm)
Yeah.. you'd think you could get at least that deal on a 330i. You could always drive up there and see what they have and what they'll do.. Nothing works like a solid offer with checkbook in hand.   regards, kyfdx

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