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330i owners:DO NOT DRIVE A 335i!!!
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09-07-2006, 05:31 PM | #45 | |
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Kenny, it's not a surprise, some people prefer the sedan for many reasons, for me, there is not a right/wrong answer, they are both great cars. I just need/want 4 doors now. Danny
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most people want a 3 series for its nimble handling and sportiness. I would never "upgrade" to a 5 if you can even call that an upgrade since it doesnt really come with more stand options than the 330. |
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09-07-2006, 05:48 PM | #48 | |
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I'm loving the creative rationalization on your part. Gee, almost sounds like your MAKING money on the deal and anyone with an ounce of financial sense knows thats I'm just wondering what your rationalization scheme will be when they roll out the M3
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09-07-2006, 06:01 PM | #50 | |
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What I don't get is his dealer is willing to pay "Top-Dollar" (40K) on used E90's with low miles so that they can sell to "very dollar-conscious who won't buy a new car on general principal" folks for what, $40,500.00????? Danny
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09-07-2006, 06:03 PM | #51 | |
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did you negotiate your trade WITH your new car purchase? if so that would explain it somewhat but this doesn't make much sense to me. people that don't want to buy new cars out of principle tend not to leave logic at the dealership front door. |
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09-07-2006, 06:08 PM | #52 | |
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Bottom line: an extra $3K [or $4K or $5K etc.] doesn't affect my lifestyle in any way, shape, or form. So instead of saving 30% of my gross income this year I will only save 29.995%. I did think about waiting for the new M3 [and when I see it in real sheet metal maybe I will buy that too] but aesthetics are very important to me and I have never liked the 'M' badges, fabrics, colors, wheels, etc.; just doesn’t do it for me. I have always preferred the elegance of the premium sedan much more than the ‘M’. Also, if it holds, a 4.8sec 0-60 and sub 14 sec 1.4 mile with [as reported] and extremely wide torque band will likely be plenty of performance for my daily driver. So why the 335i now? Well, if they had a more powerful [non-M] 3 when I got my e90 I would have bought that, but now, with the 335i I can basically have both: current M3 performance with premium '3' elegance and aesthetics and I don't care one whit if anyone else agrees with me about the looks of either the e90 of the M3. Truth is that my current 330i is great but [what is really] significantly more performance with the 335i in the same great car, for only a lousy $3k or $4K more - Hell yes! |
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09-07-2006, 06:21 PM | #53 | |
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Try 'them' selling my car for $43K [making $3K] which is still almost $4K less than the still-current 330i with the same equipment [step, PP, SP, CWP, comfort access, parktronic, auto shades, Sirius,CD changer, etc.]. Edmunds shows my car [as equipped] at $43,000 for Certified Used and $38,500 for Private Used - well within the range of the numbers I am talking about. Like I said, even if it’s $1-1.5K or so more, so what? Well worth it to me. |
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09-07-2006, 06:22 PM | #54 |
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i guess but it still makes no sense to me why anyone would pay 43k for a used 330 when you can get a new 335 4dr for that price.
and yeah 4-6k is actually pretty standard dealer markup on used cars at this price point. mostly because the previous owners got raped on the trade in. |
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09-07-2006, 06:39 PM | #58 | |
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And for the performance of the 335i there just isn't anything out there better [all-around] for less than $70K and I already have a large $70K Bahn cruiser. Truth is that the only hesitations I had in buying my e90 last year were power/power band issues which appear to be nicely solved with the 335i [and I couldn't wait any longer then because I didn't want to put another years worth of miles on my e46]. |
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If you feel you can afford taking the hit then more power to you. You don't have to justify to me or anyone else on here how or why u spend your money. All I'm saying is it's not a smart financial move. You can tell yourself that losing $5000 or more on your 1 year old 330i at trade in is actually only losinging $3000, but the bottom line is you're taking a loss on the deal. Maybe it's money you feel you can afford to lose, but it's a loss, and that makes it a lousy deal. It's like over paying for your new car. And next year when the M3 rolls out, if you trade your then 1 year old 335i for it you're gonna take another hit. And you will have overpaid again for your M3. If that's ok with you then it's all good, end of discussion.
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