Do dealerships not negotiate on used cars any more?

[dirtychinchilla]

I have a 2019 320i. Bought it last year with 26k miles on the clock. Msport, leather, immaculate condition. Couldn't be happier with it. All the extra gadgets.

Doing 8-10k miles a year with no access to a charger I decided there was no point lugging round batteries and I wanted a decent sized boot. 330e - just don't need the extra performance in the UK in the majority of driving situations. 1.99ltr turbo in the 320 is more than good enough. I've driven it to Germany and back 3 times and even on the autobahn it pulls fine.

Very nice I have a charger at home which has never been used (came with the house), so I'm definitely going to make use of it. I just need to get an EV tariff from my energy supplier.

The boot is a bit of an issue, but I think it's just about big enough for my use cases. If I need more for holidays or something, I guess I'll have to get a roof box.

 

[dirtychinchilla]

You'll like the car - the 3 Series is great. I've always had a 5 Series before but this generation of the 3 Series was such an improvement on the previous one I went for one instead of a 5 Series

I won't sleep on Thursday night hah. I had a 325ti Compact and I've missed it ever since

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Picking up the caar tomorrow and I saw the thread on whether service plans are worth it. This is a 2019 330e with 56,000 miles. Is it likely to help retain value? I imagine I can get the servicing done cheaper with Clickmechanic, which has worked well for me in the past

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Nice! Ironically I liked my white car because it was easy to clean/see it was clean lol.

Hah fair enough. My hairdresser was excited by it being white...

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Value of dealer service probably starts to drop off once getting to that age i think unless it comes with additional perks. Just try a quote and see how it compares, i was surprised with the Lexus quotes. Sometimes it's nice if only to get a nice new courtesy car to play with!

It isn't cheap however you look at it! But I can't actually get a quote from the service plan website atm

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Picked it up yesterday. It’s ******* lovely!

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Tidy! I do enjoy a white car. We had an white escort when I was a kid; I loved it. Called it snowy.

It is quite chavvy. I don’t look much like an estate agent, too hairy, but I feel like this is an estate agent’s car

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Own it! If you find yourself indicating you are doing it wrong.

Haha. I love indicating. It’s a bit naughty though. It goes quite fast. I did a launch this morning. That was fun.

Annoyingly, it only had the three pin plug charging cable but I need a proper one for the charger at my house, so I have to wait for that so that I can actually charge it.

@[TW]Fox it has four brand new Bridgestones.

It also turned out that it had its major service done a couple of months ago.

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Count yourself lucky, the 3 pin is like 250 quid from Screwfix (or was when I got it for my PUG).

Wow! Well I plan to sell mine because I have absolutely no use for it.

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Great looking g20 - interior is a very nice place to be - will be a pain to keep clean but congrats!

Cheers! The interior is really lovely. Hopefully I keep the outside cleaner than my previous car

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Are you not tempted to keep granny ... for when you visit relations ... or granny herself ?
my parents are unlikley to get an Ev, but I had contemplated turning up sometimes and destination charging, lot more convenient than public charger.
especially if they are on octopus too.
e: could their house be declared as a hoiliday home to get ev rate versus tracker

What are you talking about?

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Ah. No, sounds like a pain in the arse.

 

[dirtychinchilla]

BMW did a great job with the g20 interior a major step up from F30 IMO.

It’s a lovely place to be

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Keep it in the boot. Some hotels etc allow 3pin charging. Good insurance policy!

I just don't need it and I don't want to pay 45 p/kW or whatever it is. It sold overnight

 

[dirtychinchilla]

I think it's the best 3 Series in years - the previous two generations, particularly the last one, felt like a large 1 Series inside, whereas the current car is back to feeling like a smaller 5 Series. I knew I'd be happy with one when they were released and people were complaining it was as big as an older 5 Series

I do like the interior, it's the best 3 Series interior yet - although there are a few areas where they've cut costs a bit. Mine has the contrasting interior colour which I think helps make it feel nicer inside.

It's part of the standard specification of the car, future buyers will surely expect it to be there. I am surprised you felt it was worth selling it, it feels like something that just sits in its dedicated storage position and you forget about until one day it might be useful.

It's beautiful inside. I don't know if they could have done anything better. Mine is leather with contrast stitching and it's bloody nice.

Future buyers won't get that charger, unfortunately. They can have the Type 2 to Type 2 charger instead. I don't keep stuff around that I don't use it paid for the Type 2 to Type 2 charger.