BMW and M Power Owners

wingman said:
Adaptive splits the main beam I believe.

Fair on the sunroof, but also consider that come selling time - whenever it may be - that this car really doesn't have many options ticked. Alright folk here telling you that you don't need it, but someone in the future may want it, especially where the adaptive suspension is concerned. A tonne of folk in the M*34/40i space follow Joe Achilles and his advice is to never, ever select the passive dampers.



£20k seems a good price, but remember from BMW you'll get at least 12 months AUC, so it might be worth paying the extra.

I've just found an M235i for £22.5k with essentially every option ticked and 10k less miles than yours. Know where my money would be going...
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Nice one, I’ll have a look. :)

I’ve already gone from 18k to 20k, an extra 2.5k won’t hurt will it :D just painful handing that money over :p
 
Adaptive doesn't split the main beam on the 1/2 series. It only offers "steering" beams.

Fair enough though, I didn't notice the adaptive suspension missing...that would be a deal breaker for me as well.
 
Captain said:
You’ve got to draw the line somewhere though as the price just goes up and up :p
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indeed lol

Captain said:
You can actually get an M240i for 24k but the options list isn’t great.
https://usedcars.bmw.co.uk/vehicle/202110278959381?quoteref=27ae221d-b95d-40fc-a887-b00268ab3c53
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my point exactly. back in january i got my 2018 440i for 24k which was, for all intents, a fully loaded example.
but tbf...if i were to sell it now, last i looked would be worth £27k for a car that's 10.5 months older :cry:
 
wingman said:
I'd put the adaptive suspension and HK on my must have list.

The standard stereo and 1st stereo upgrade are both woeful.
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My experience of BMW adaptive suspension that isn't Adaptive Drive isn't brilliant. I don't really know what it offers over proper M Sport suspension, which really does seem to be set up very well these days. I don't really know why people say it's a must have, I have not driven an M Sport BMW since the E92 that didn't ride really well on M Sport suspension.

Another thing to bear in mind if buying 6+ year old cars is that at some point you may need to start replacing bits of suspension and adaptive suspension is much more expensive to replace.
 
tamzzy said:
indeed lol


my point exactly. back in january i got my 2018 440i for 24k which was, for all intents, a fully loaded example.
but tbf...if i were to sell it now, last i looked would be worth £27k for a car that's 10.5 months older :cry:
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Yeah you did well for 24k, the market is madness.

There’s 420d cars with 65k on them that are close to 20k at the moment.
 
[TW]Fox said:
My experience of BMW adaptive suspension that isn't Adaptive Drive isn't brilliant. I don't really know what it offers over proper M Sport suspension, which really does seem to be set up very well these days. I don't really know why people say it's a must have, I have not driven an M Sport BMW since the E92 that didn't ride really well on M Sport suspension.

Another thing to bear in mind if buying 6+ year old cars is that at some point you may need to start replacing bits of suspension and adaptive suspension is much more expensive to replace.
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One thing I was going to ask, how does the BMW warranty work? Is it still cheaper if the car is under 60k miles and then it jumps considerably after 60k miles?

How important would it be on something like an M235/240i with 30k miles on?
 
Captain said:
One thing I was going to ask, how does the BMW warranty work? Is it still cheaper if the car is under 60k miles and then it jumps considerably after 60k miles?

How important would it be on something like an M235/240i with 30k miles on?
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If you use the monthly payments it doesn't matter at all as they don't ask for the mileage.

How long would it take for you to get to 60k anyway realistically? Would you even still have the car by then?
 
chanjy said:
If you use the monthly payments it doesn't matter at all as they don't ask for the mileage.

How long would it take for you to get to 60k anyway realistically? Would you even still have the car by then?
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Huh? It’s the second required bit of info when trying to purchase the warranty - you need to state the mileage. And from experience, 60k is where it begins to climb :(
 
chanjy said:
If you use the monthly payments it doesn't matter at all as they don't ask for the mileage.
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Not quite...they will ask the mileage at the beginning of the policy, but provided the policy doesn't lapse they won't ask for the mileage again and the policy will continue with the lower monthly payments (allowing for annual increases for inflation etc.).
 
MrRockliffe said:
Huh? It’s the second required bit of info when trying to purchase the warranty - you need to state the mileage. And from experience, 60k is where it begins to climb :(
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He already said it's currently on 30k so we know it'll start at the lower price

Havana_UK said:
Not quite...they will ask the mileage at the beginning of the policy, but provided the policy doesn't lapse they won't ask for the mileage again and the policy will continue with the lower monthly payments (allowing for annual increases for inflation etc.).
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This is what I meant..
 
tamzzy said:
£22.5k for not even an m240i
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Indeed, but it's the landscape we find ourselves in.

A similarly spec'd M240i is likely going to run you upwards of £30k, which is madness.

Havana_UK said:
Adaptive doesn't split the main beam on the 1/2 series. It only offers "steering" beams.
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I believe it does split on the 2 Series, just not the 1.

Happy to be proven wrong!

[TW]Fox said:
Another thing to bear in mind if buying 6+ year old cars is that at some point you may need to start replacing bits of suspension and adaptive suspension is much more expensive to replace.
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Strong point - I'd not run one without the BMW AUC/extended warranty for this very reason.
 
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