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Picked up a 6 speed LBB in Omaha this week. $1500 under MSRP.
I know the S55 is coming out, and maybe it's my inexperience with the world of high performance automobiles, but this car is already fast enough that I am still a bit nervous with it (coming from a 1st gen IS300 w/ MT). |
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03-16-2018, 09:14 AM | #112 |
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Just like we've been saying: The weather is starting to get a warmer, winter is melting away and "sporty" cars are starting to sell again - which is what happens in the automotive marketplace every year. 60 days from now, there won't be a lot of M2s sitting around dealer lots.
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03-17-2018, 02:56 PM | #114 |
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Going to drive a 6MT M2 at BMW Seattle in another hour. The only concern with all the cars they have is that they are sunroof cars with more options than I care for. Plus, they don’t have a black one. Need to see what they can do to get me a base 6MT in Black with no sunroof.
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03-17-2018, 05:55 PM | #116 |
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They did not have Black Sapphire or Mineral Grey without a sunroof and with 6MT. They found one landing at the port tomorrow so I left a deposit. The dealer that it’s allocated to wasn’t ready to play ball today but they said they’ll try again on Monday. I gave them the go ahead to get it if they can get it. I am not getting my hopes up though.
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03-17-2018, 10:00 PM | #117 | |
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Not everyone thinks that a small MT coupe that costs in the mid 50's to the 60's is the bees knees :-)
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03-17-2018, 11:03 PM | #118 |
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Just picked up a mineral gray M2. 6SPD, exec, sunroof, Apple car play and blackout grills and sidemarkers. About 3.4k under MSRP and 1.9% financing
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03-17-2018, 11:33 PM | #119 | |
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The Excecutive Package will be worth something to some people and nothing to other people. Ditto for Apple Car Play. The blackout grills and side markers can be bought aftermarket for a small fraction of their installed price, and the installation is very much DIY. The sunroof, which you may enjoy and which may be worth $1050 to you personally, is a detriment in the resale market to a collector. Just go look at vintage car BMW listings, and not surprisingly, many tout the fact that they are "slicktops," e.g. no sunroof. Those things rattle, break, and leak, over time. Many people never use them. They add weight to the car. I would have paid to not have a sunroof on my car, but that is just me. My 2003 Porsche 911 996 TT has a sunroof. It rattles all the time when I drive it; I wish it was not there. Not criticizing your deal, which sounds to me like a good one, just pointing out, again, that if you want a stripped 6MT car, and you are paying cash, you are very unlikely to get very much off of the car. Not to say that no one has ever gotten a deal on such a car, just to point out that such deals are RARE.
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And I agree with what you are saying about the financing at <2%, and I don't understand why any inducements or discounts would be offered for financing at that rate of interest, but apparently there are for some reason. I'd love to be able to get 1.9% financing for some of my investment ideas, however the amount of money involved (in my case it was about $35K after my trade in) isn't enough to be of any interest, so it would just be a nuisance to me trying to keep track of the monthly payments. Congrats on your deal!
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03-19-2018, 01:01 PM | #123 |
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I think you got a good deal, basically you got both of those options for around $1000 in total.
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03-20-2018, 07:33 PM | #125 |
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Well, that didn’t work out as the other dealer was not willing to let go of their allocation. I guess I’ll keep looking and possibly wait on 2019 MY cars as well. If you guys find a non-sunroof, 6MT in BSM or MG in the Northwest or California, please let me know.
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But I would rate your chances of finding one as excellent, if you are willing to take a short airplane flight, and keep your eyes peeled on dealer inventories, especially including cars listed on their websites as being "in-transit." Good luck!
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Quoted this in the attachment. Seem like a fair deal? I've got USAA but will be buying the 100k extended warranty and want M exhaust. |
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This is all based on posts I have seen in the forum, and not based on any personal experience. The kind of car I was looking for was a semi-unicorn, a stripped 6MT in MG, which I (perhaps unfortunately) acquired for MSRP, although I did OK on my trade in.
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£6.5k discount off is easily doable in the UK for a NEW M2. I had at least three dealer groups offering me that discount.
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03-21-2018, 08:12 PM | #131 |
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But convert your discounted GBP price into dollars, and you will have no takers over here!
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03-21-2018, 11:35 PM | #132 | |
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I am expecting N55 cars to drop in value if the S55 car is priced to sell (~$65K). Personally, after instructing a few M3/M4s on track I find it hard to imagine that torque in a M2 not taking away from its “safe when pushed to limit” character. I don’t want to go down the path of fat r-comps just to keep the rears from lighting up. Of course, BMW could prove me wrong and I’d be happy if they did |
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