M135i - best discounts and finance rates?

[nickfrog]

Look at coast to coast

[Pugland53]

kev1387 said:

Does anyone know what sort of deals are around on the M135i at the moment?
Looking for 3-dr, with manual, sun protection and stereo upgrade.

Wondered what sort of discounts are being had and monthly payments?

Thanks guys.

I'm looking for one for the wife. The deal that was on babybmw forum a while back was basic 3 door M135i with no options, £1000 deposit and £299 a month over 48 months pcp, 8k miles a year. I can't remember what the gfv was though.

[nickfrog]

Look at the discount before you look at finance/pcp. Dealer roll both into one to make things even more opaque.

[garreth64]

kev1387 said:

Does anyone know what sort of deals are around on the M135i at the moment?
Looking for 3-dr, with manual, sun protection and stereo upgrade.

Wondered what sort of discounts are being had and monthly payments?

Thanks guys.

We are picking up a 3 door auto in AW, comfort pack, heated seats and sun protection in a couple of weeks. We got just over £9k off including our p/x which is worth say £1500 max (another dealer offered us £0 p/x), so at least £7500 discount off the car. Monthly payments of £312.

[custardkid]

Picked our new M135i up this week.

Superman colour combo
PDC F&R
Cruise control
Adaptive suspension
Luggage net
Sun protection
Folding mirrors
Through load
Lumber support
Heated seats
Speed limit display
Harmon Kardon

Spiritual successor or ///M want to be? ..... time will tell

(similar size, power and weight(ish))

[tourerman]

I've ' got a M135i hole that needs filling. Never had one, driven them a few times. Would prefer to buy one rather than lease as don't want to be tied to limited mileage.

Currently got a fiesta ST which I'd like to PX.

[nickfrog]

You're not tied with a lease. It actually gets cheaper per mile when you go over the contractual mileage. Not sure on a M135i but our Tiguan (similar value) is 7p per mile excess.

[bennyboysvuk]

custardkid said:

Picked our new M135i up this week.

Superman colour combo
PDC F&R
Cruise control
Adaptive suspension
Luggage net
Sun protection
Folding mirrors
Through load
Lumber support
Heated seats
Speed limit display
Harmon Kardon

Spiritual successor or ///M want to be? ..... time will tell

(similar size, power and weight(ish))

Nice colour combo.

Will you be keeping the M3 as well?

[5678]

matt21 said:

Mine goes today. Ended up on 19767 miles

31.15mpg
£10100 lease cost (high spec)
£187 for service plus one litre of oil when I was in Germany
£600 for two years insurance
£3326 of fuel cost @ 17ppm
£0 on tyres, still 3-4mm left amazingly

Cars been great but ready for It to go. Got a C1 to run about in which is on a stupidly cheap lease, then will something more tasty in next few months.

Goodbye WU14VPR

This is good to see. Did you get one of the cheap deals that were available a while ago?

I'm looking at leasing a 3dr auto, Pro nav, Driver comfort pack and a couple of other options for £9500 over 2yrs 8kpa so it helps me get perspective on how cheap it is in real terms.

[Superlightdaa]

Had my 65 plate 5 door 135i for about 1 month now, absolutely cracking car! First reg 1st Sept so about 5 months old when I bought it with 2200 miles on it, saved about £8k from new if the original owner paid list price (highly doubtful). Maybe worth a look rather than the PCP new options?

[matt21]

5678 said:

This is good to see. Did you get one of the cheap deals that were available a while ago?

I'm looking at leasing a 3dr auto, Pro nav, Driver comfort pack and a couple of other options for £9500 over 2yrs 8kpa so it helps me get perspective on how cheap it is in real terms.

Yep mine was a very cheap lease that was not so cheap after I added lots of options. Think they added £2500-£3000 in total

Auto
Bus nav (not standard at the time)
Lighting pack
Sun protection pack
Comfort pack
HK
Couple more Small things
10,000 pa

Was through G2L. They were great

[JuanGandini]

Superlightdaa said:

Had my 65 plate 5 door 135i for about 1 month now, absolutely cracking car! First reg 1st Sept so about 5 months old when I bought it with 2200 miles on it, saved about £8k from new if the original owner paid list price (highly doubtful). Maybe worth a look rather than the PCP new options?

To be fair, you can save £7k off a new M135i just by looking at coast2coast cars. Starting price for a standard 3 door is £25,053.

[toon10]

JuanGandini said:

To be fair, you can save £7k off a new M135i just by looking at coast2coast cars. Starting price for a standard 3 door is £25,053.

...and the BMW dealserships are giving £3750 dealer contribution and a further £2750 discount on new with PCP.

[12TS]

Can't see that being as well as the above deal. Guess that's already factored in.

[matt21]

Mine goes through auction tomorrow!

[neil-c]

matt21 said:

Mine goes through auction tomorrow!

When did you hand yours back? I keep looking for mine (went away on 15th February), haven't seen it and surprised if it's hanging about this long. Also was yours with g2l / lease plan? I've never heard a peep about condition apart from the once over from the guy who collected. I understood that it was the inspection carried out at the depot that counted. Mine went back with two kerb end wheels and a small ding in the rear quarter. Would be nice to get an "all clear" email!

[custardkid]

bennyboysvuk said:

ice colour combo.

Will you be keeping the M3 as well?

The M3 is track spec so not a fair comparison really. The turbo engine is very smooth, but doesn't have sense of occasion or the anger of the M engine
Yes will be keeping it

[bennyboysvuk]

custardkid said:

The turbo engine is very smooth, but doesn't have sense of occasion or the anger of the M engine

That's one of the biggest criticisms I have with it (along with the electronics and the diff). It doesn't make you want to strive for the redline in the way that the S50 or S54 do.

[jon-]

Mine too.

So, those of you who handed your cars back and then got an invoice for damage, how long did that process take?

They've had my car two weeks now, and I've had an invoice from lease plan with a credit for handing back the car a month early, but not heard anything about damage.

It was in very good condition, but there were slight curb marks on two of the wheels, and a scuff on the front/bottom edge of the front bumper where I hit a flat tree trunk when parking in a woodland car park. Both minor, but I expected them to use them as an excuse to invoice me £££

[matt21]

Mine went back a week ago. I had a small dent that did not meet fair wear and tear (where some idiot opened car door onto mine) which cost £70. Everything else was in tolerance

Guy picked it up spotted four small chips and dents (all from stones) which I signed for, although he said were within the guidelines

Car goes through BCA Nottingham today, and the buggers have noted a 10-30mm dent on the drivers door! The limit is 20mm. Not heard anything from Leaseplan, but half expect a call. Will challenge It if I do

Incidentally they have estimated mine at £19700-£20500 for today's auction. They offered it me for £20700. Felt a bit sorry for the car seeing it in the pictures!

On a brighter note they reckon the ex lease M5s are going through for about £32000. That's for a 63 plate with 20k! Very tempting!