Originally Posted by
Impulsed7
Ok for those of you who have never bought a bmw before.
1. most dealerships, the cars price is it, no haggling, no hassle, unless they are really hurting for sales...
2. (this may be years ago, but) most people pay cash, so that wont help the price.
3. and they will rarely switch the wheels out for you, but if they do it probably wont help the cost of the car.
and that seems like an ok price for what you are looking for, but there was a used one floating around on here with low miles for like 30 something with almost the same options. check into it.
1.) Wrong, for me it was between an IS350 and a 335i.... I got them to come down over 4k on the BMW brand new with aggressive financing rates.
2.) Cash or finance, dealership don't really care. If you pay cash they can't make as much money on the back end of the deal, so alot of time with financing on new cars they can be more aggressive on the front.
3.) they definately won't unless you pay for the new wheels.
Originally Posted by
Fabrik8
Unfortunately, depreciation is insane right now also. So getting a good deal doesn't mean much if the price of the car slides really, really fast. A good deal is only a good deal if what you're buying retains its value. This goes for pretty much all car brands right now though.
Depereciation is crazy, so buying a new car would be stupid. Buying a new-used one or two years old would be smart. Sure everything is depreciating like crazy, but the economy won't be shit forever. So if you plan to keep it for a while you should be fine. Take it from me I owned something like 4 new cars in the last year and a half.
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Never again.