Buying a £20,000 car (loan)

[DannyW]

Its worth dropping that TRL bloke an e-mail mate.

He works at Heathrow BMW so should be able to get you an x-drive version of whatever you're after although it'll obviously up the monthly price.

We got my wifes BMW from the local dealership which was 6 months old (come from someone from BMW head office?) and spec'd with absolutely everything however we pay quite a lot more than what TRL has quoted for a brand new similar car...unfortunately I was a few months too late finding out about his offers!!

I will do, Thanks

 

[DannyW]

You have to pay to service a lease car too btw.

Isn't it 30,000 on new Bmw's?

Edit: Its 36,000 so over a 2/3 year lease or pcp it wouldn't cost me anything. Tyres thats it

 

[DannyW]

Was just quoting from the first site I found on google. Did seem like a long time

 

[DannyW]

I'm still unsure whether to lease or buy. Was edging towards lease but heard a few horror stories about retuning lease cars

 

[DannyW]

Ended up with this. 17,000 miles, £22000. Opted for a 10k loan @ 3%, Plus savings, plus a bit of credit card (28 months @ 0%)
Got it from Motorpoint of all places. After being very disapointed with 2x BMW AUC's.

 

[DannyW]

I'd have compromised on the engine for a better spec, those lights are terrible

Not surprised you were disappointed with AUC cars as 22k is not a strong budget for a 335d so compromise has to come somewhere, be that in spec or condition.

You must remember how tight I am from back in the day! Old habits die hard lol

 

[DannyW]

Depends what you want at the end of the day solid engine and slight compromise on spec

That's it Tom I rather have a newer car with less miles

 

[DannyW]

Good shout on the 0% part on the CC, it's by far the cheapest way of borrowing money if you are switched on and don't allow it to extend beyond 0% or transfer for free beforehand. All my debt is 0% and if I ever do replace my Focus then it'll be on a 0% purchase card if I don't have the savings.

Yeh they are great especially the 24-28 month ones

 

[DannyW]

Are they just normal halogen head lights ?

I would have thought a car like that would come with xenon lights as standard

17 plate ones come with LED now as standard

 

[DannyW]

Sadly Xenon's were an option until the F30 facelift, at which point the M Sport got LED as standard.

BMW often pull this silly trick with the standard lighting offer - back in 2000 every single 5 Series came with decent projector angel eyes as standard yet 15 years on a 3 Series was being sold with reflector lenses

3 Series not had projectors since E36, at least with Projectors an eBay xexon kit will look decent enough

 

[DannyW]

Not true, facelift E46 Coupe and all E92's had projectors as standard

haha oh yeh I meant saloons my e92 had xenons so forgot about that.

Just found the hidden dash camera 12v power outlet under the glove box. That is ingenious