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Idbatterim

carsfan2 wrote: »

Mad money alright but a M3 is going to be 100k plus before options and this car is as fast in the real world and probably more comfortable and practical.
I think most of us would be waiting a couple of years for depreciation to kick in anyway.

dont think you have to, can no doubt pick it up from the uk for vastly cheaper already!

MarkN

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

And I paid €12k for on in 2012

Was that in Beshoffs? I remember seeing it for sale for 12 and couldn’t believe it. I traded that in for the M3, it was an ex Duffy’s car so was nicely specced.

I’ve pretty much always worked in radio but back then I was working in bars/clubs too which paid for the cars. I’m glad I did it because it’s unlikely that I’ll get the chance again.

MetzgerMeister

MarkN wrote: »

Was that in Beshoffs? I remember seeing it for sale for 12 and couldn’t believe it. I traded that in for the M3, it was an ex Duffy’s car so was nicely specced.

I’ve pretty much always worked in radio but back then I was working in bars/clubs too which paid for the cars. I’m glad I did it because it’s unlikely that I’ll get the chance again.

No, the one I got was in (cough) Sarsfield Motors. Dark grey, Manual SE with aero trim and 2 fooked turbos

MarkN

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

No, the one I got was in (cough) Sarsfield Motors. Dark grey, Manual SE with aero trim and 2 fooked turbos

Crap. Mine did have injectors replaced under warranty and Duffy’s kerbed an alloy when it was getting fixed. For some reason I accepted a repair on it, now it would be a different story. 55032 was the reg!

MetzgerMeister

MarkN wrote: »

Crap. Mine did have injectors replaced under warranty and Duffy’s kerbed an alloy when it was getting fixed. For some reason I accepted a repair on it, now it would be a different story. 55032 was the reg!

34275 was mine. No injector or HPFP issues funnily enough.

carsfan2

Mickiemcfist wrote: »

Did you not know you're in the company of a celeb!?;)

Apologies for my ignorance!
A quick google and by eliminating the footballer found you Mark.

80k plus on a high performance 3 series now is not too outlandish though compared to what you paid back in the day.

MarkN

carsfan2 wrote: »

Apologies for my ignorance!
A quick google and by eliminating the footballer found you Mark.

80k plus on a high performance 3 series now is not too outlandish though compared to what you paid back in the day.

Ha, nothing to be ignorant about don’t worry, don’t mind the other fella

I suppose when you factor in inflation etc for 13 years later it’s not too bad.

Leonard Hofstadter

When ye put it like that they're probably cheaper in real terms today than they were 10 years ago. I really wish it could be had with rear wheel drive, lower CO2 and lower list price, also a more traditional BMW drive layout. (I'd also want a manual gearbox but I'm realistic enough to know what the chances of that happening are and in fairness the 8 speed ZF automatic works brilliantly in their diesels anyway!)

blingrhino

Your not on your own mark,mine was a bargain at 72k !!

sold it 4 years later for 19k.

im still sick thinking about it.

hooch-85

Horrific depreciation! Makes me realise how good mk7 GTi's and R's are to hold value. I've recently moved to a nice spec R with 60k on the clock for €27k, (including VRT of 6.4k, traded up from a mk7 GTD and got a decent enough trade in) that's about 60% of it's original list price here new, but it's now 5 years old. Then again in comparison to a Ford RS they are poor enough levels of depreciation.

blingrhino

golf R was the best car i ever owned and the 335i was probably 3rd.

A twin cam in between in my youth was the other.

MarkN

hooch-85

hooch-85 wrote: »

Horrific depreciation! Makes me realise how good mk7 GTi's and R's are to hold value.....

Buoyant economy has a huge effect..... Folk were buying 3 year old gti for small money in 2009...'10 etc.

The 335i depreciation mentioned in this thread was boom to bust influenced.

bazz26

Nice spec on this 530e:

https://www.carsireland.ie/car-dealers/county/dublin/beshoff-motors/detail.php?ad_id=2476043&r=s.php%3Fpp%3D50%26g%3D0

MarkN

Nice spec alright. I got a charger in the house a few weeks ago which would make driving this fairly economical!

Wildly Boaring

MarkN wrote: »

Nice spec alright. I got a charger in the house a few weeks ago which would make driving this fairly economical!

Jesus don't buy it.
Then that's the end of the thread

Theboinkmaster

bazz26 wrote: »

Nice spec on this 530e:

https://www.carsireland.ie/car-dealers/county/dublin/beshoff-motors/detail.php?ad_id=2476043&r=s.php%3Fpp%3D50%26g%3D0

would be a lot cheaper if you imported though.

MM3

Lads does anyone have a current price list for the BMW 3 series (specifically the 330e) with a breakdown of the options prices? I’m not convinced the configurator is giving accurate prices.

Thanks

M

carsfan2

Wildly Boaring wrote: »

Jesus don't buy it.
Then that's the end of the thread

Mark has no need to buy a car at this stage as long as he keeps doing reviews.
That BMW in beshoffs is nice but too expensive for three years old. It’s close enough to main dealer price.

carsfan2

MM3 wrote: »

Lads does anyone have a current price list for the BMW 3 series (specifically the 330e) with a breakdown of the options prices? I’m not convinced the configurator is giving accurate prices.

Thanks

M

Configurator has been wrong on all models for a while. I think it’s not adding in vrt. Just has option price plus vat from what I could work out while I was looking at cars. The dealer system is fully right so unfortunately you have to get them to build it. I did this and they will e mail you the build if you want and it has the options correct.
Get them to build you a car with all the options you think and then you can subtract them as required.

Wildly Boaring

carsfan2 wrote: »

Mark has no need to buy a car at this stage as long as he keeps doing reviews.

It was a joke

Theboinkmaster

MM3 wrote: »

Lads does anyone have a current price list for the BMW 3 series (specifically the 330e) with a breakdown of the options prices? I’m not convinced the configurator is giving accurate prices.

Thanks

M

options online look correct - just ring dealer for list price. Online price on 330e looks correct to me, just need to add in rebates etc. only thing it excluded from memory was delivery charge of just under €1k I think. I quoted a price earlier in this thread from what I recall.

MM3

Theboinkmaster wrote: »

options online look correct - just ring dealer for list price. Online price on 330e looks correct to me, just need to add in rebates etc. only thing it excluded from memory was delivery charge of just under €1k I think. I quoted a price earlier in this thread from what I recall.

I was doing some more googling and it looks like the options prices are missing the VRT (why??) , delivery is 995.

MarkN

Speaking of BMWs... in this at the moment. 118i, front wheel drive obviously. Isn’t as sluggish as you’d think. Still think BMW do a nice manual box even in the cheaper stuff.

mickdw

looks to have a proper set of front brakes anyway

carsfan2

Would love to test drive a M135i.
That 118i is 1.5 three cylinder Mark?

MarkN

Indeed it is, not that acoustically you’d notice. Perhaps flooring it in 1st but 2nd gear has a lot of leg room and between that and FWD it still isn’t a bad car to drive.

maddness

Interior looks great but it’s one hell of an ugly car made even worse with the nasty grey paint.

Wailin

I actually like the colour and exterior styling. Looks very aggressive and sporty.

bazz26

carsfan2 wrote: »

Mark has no need to buy a car at this stage as long as he keeps doing reviews.
That BMW in beshoffs is nice but too expensive for three years old. It’s close enough to main dealer price.

Would you though? Most 530e for sale here seem to be a sea of basic company rep spec. It's not cheap for sure but you know how it works, dealers will always look for more for something with desirable extras. Hard enough to find a similar spec 530e in the UK too, yeah there are a glut of cheaper rep spec ones in drab colours but I'd say that one will sell all the same as Beshoffs seem to rotate stock fairly regularly.