Do dealerships not negotiate on used cars any more?
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It's also got Michelin tyres
It's available!
I like the blue a lot, but I'm not a big fan of the black interior
****. Someone reserved it 12 minutes before me 
I hope that for some reason they can’t or don’t buy it
I hope that for some reason they can’t or don’t buy it
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I’ve secured a new car. They are putting on four brand new tyres.
It’s a 330e M Sport with about 56k miles on it for £19.9k from Brighton. It’s white (unfortunately) with black leather interior with contrast stitching.
I wasn’t keen on the white but the M Sport makes it look nicer.
Going there on Friday to pick it up. They’re taking my car p/x so it’ll be about £265 per month, which is less than I’m paying now.
It’s a 330e M Sport with about 56k miles on it for £19.9k from Brighton. It’s white (unfortunately) with black leather interior with contrast stitching.
I wasn’t keen on the white but the M Sport makes it look nicer.
Going there on Friday to pick it up. They’re taking my car p/x so it’ll be about £265 per month, which is less than I’m paying now.
whites fine - my current one is silver and I've reservations on getting a dark car in case it is a lot warmer in summer, unfortunately local 3touring I've seen is black.
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you had said in the past that you set your adaptive to comfort mode, which is my viewpoint too, that unless you have adaptive, standard M is not comfortable for many uk roads, and better of getting SE.
On insurance if I would be paying £600 for 330e and £400 for my current 320, then that additional £200 obviously offsets some of the cheap electric miles.
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point was fleet buyers typically select M variants for 320i, so if you want SE they are hard to find, but that's not the case for the 330e where SE Pro seems common - which is strange.
you had said in the past that you set your adaptive to comfort mode, which is my viewpoint too, that unless you have adaptive, standard M is not comfortable for many uk roads, and better of getting SE.
On insurance if I would be paying £600 for 330e and £400 for my current 320, then that additional £200 obviously offsets some of the cheap electric miles.
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It's not strange at all because fleet buyers don't buy the 320i at all, the company car tax rules make it a very poor choice.
Most popular then is the cheapest reasonable specification version of the 330e which is why you are seeing so many on the used market.
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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.
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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.
What mpg have you averaged on commute / longer trips ?
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
I did a 95 mile trip earlier in July and got 45 mpg. That was 30% motorway, rest country roads so lots of stop start and 30-60 mph limits. Motorway was in Sport mode, A roads was eco pro mode.
I don't really do commutes but I do a 60 mile roundtrip 3 times a week. I get between 39 and 43 on that. Very similar to above, start stop + a mix of limits, and about 20 miles of the journey is motorway.
Apparently my mpg is 9% down on average users of my car, according the app.
I did a 260 mile journey earlier in the year which was from the Netherlands to the Channel Tunnel in France. I got 60.2 mpg on that trip.
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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
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...
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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!
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It isn't cheap however you look at it! But I can't actually get a quote from the service plan website atm
The only BMW service pack I've had was the one you can buy before a cars first service. This was reasonable value (though not amazing) but personally I've not found value in the other packages offered and instead pay for servicing when required.