What's The F10 M5 Like To Live With Real-world ?

[Shaoxter]

Schermerhorn said:

Is it me or have these things just dropped value quite sharply in the last few weeks?

Hmmm just had a look and it seems so.
Quite a few AUCs nearing the £30k mark.

This one would be my pick! LCI and full leather
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/b...

[tomtom]

I've looked at that car a couple of times (online).

It looks a bit fishy, the climate controls are set in F, not C, and it's suspiciously cheap for the age and mileage compared to other LCI cars BMW are punting. Perhaps it's a foreign car?

[TheAngryDog]

I was ridiculed elsewhere for suggesting that these would drop in value like they are. It's very typical of M cars, especially large engined and complex ones, like the F10.

I look forward to further drops before I get mine.

[tomtom]

I imagine they'll follow a similar depreciation curve to the E60, perhaps faring slightly better long term depending how reliable the engines turn out to be compared to the V10.

[Shaoxter]

tomtom said:

I've looked at that car a couple of times (online).

It looks a bit fishy, the climate controls are set in F, not C, and it's suspiciously cheap for the age and mileage compared to other LCI cars BMW are punting. Perhaps it's a foreign car?

DVLA says it was registered on 25 Sep 2013 so seems like a UK car. I'm pretty sure temperature units would be switchable, maybe the previous owner disliked the metric system?

I think the low price is due to the lack of options (asides from the full leather). Also looks pretty dirty in the pictures which might put people off.

[tomtom]

Yeah, fair enough. If it all checks out it does seem like good value, but the mileage may make warranty interesting if you plan to drive it a lot; IIRC renewal gets a lot more expensive on M cars post-60,000 miles.

[W8PMC]

TheAngryDog said:

I was ridiculed elsewhere for suggesting that these would drop in value like they are. It's very typical of M cars, especially large engined and complex ones, like the F10.

I look forward to further drops before I get mine.

No different to every other car in this sector. Buy cheap & expect them to depreciate. BMW discounted these cars from the off so 45% drop in 3yrs & 50-55% in 4yrs is about average for this sector. Just appears a scarier figure when you look at it in ££'s rather than %age.

[claudereff]

Schermerhorn said:

Is it me or have these things just dropped value quite sharply in the last few weeks?

Spot on didn't help when dealers like Sytner advertised pre reg cars with a massive discount to list, I am sure I saw a black special edition with carbon brakes for £75k list was £105 ish there was probably a deal to be had too.

[Joscal]

There's a Jan 17 competition pack with 10 miles on the clock at my dealer up for 59k.
Serious depreciation right there!

[Burwood]

Is that a sytner car. Taking the piss with 10.9 April. Wtf

[tomtom]

Plymouth have a rather nice looking delivery miles car too. http://usedcars.bmw.co.uk/M/4.4-M5/Plymouth/369626...

It's way more than I want to spend, but there seem to be some huge discounts available if you want a 'new' one.

[ds666]

In terms of depreciation it is all relative . One car mag I read recently had a Golf of some flavour on 12 months test - after the test it's value was around £15k less than it cost .....

[beanoir]

tomtom said:

Plymouth have a rather nice looking delivery miles car too. http://usedcars.bmw.co.uk/M/4.4-M5/Plymouth/369626...

It's way more than I want to spend, but there seem to be some huge discounts available if you want a 'new' one.

Thats not a bad deal considering it's got the Comp Pack

[Pioneer]

tomtom said:

Plymouth have a rather nice looking delivery miles car too. http://usedcars.bmw.co.uk/M/4.4-M5/Plymouth/369626...

It's way more than I want to spend, but there seem to be some huge discounts available if you want a 'new' one.

I guess as the G30 M5 will be along fairly soon. Depreciation will likely kick in then on the late F10's. I'd be looking at a 13/14 plate so as not to take such a hit if budget is a concern

[tomtom]

My market analysis app picked up this one last night. Competition pack too?

http://usedcars.bmw.co.uk/M/4.4-M5/Loughton/369626...

Amusingly, they first listed it at £4000

[tomtom]

Pioneer said:

I guess as the G30 M5 will be along fairly soon. Depreciation will likely kick in then on the late F10's. I'd be looking at a 13/14 plate so as not to take such a hit if budget is a concern

Yes, I agree with you. As such I'm looking at 63/14 plates.

[Shaoxter]

tomtom said:

My market analysis app picked up this one last night. Competition pack too?

http://usedcars.bmw.co.uk/M/4.4-M5/Loughton/369626...

Amusingly, they first listed it at £4000

MCB on Sakhir? That's brave
Also what is this market analysis app you speak of?

[tomtom]

Yeah, I want to see the photos as it doesn't sound too appealing!

The app is just something I've written myself to keep track of available M5s while I search for one to buy.

[Pioneer]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

If this had comp. pack, the rest of the spec colour etc would be perfect for me

[Shaoxter]

Pioneer said:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...

If this had comp. pack, the rest of the spec colour etc would be perfect for me

That looks like poverty spec to me? Almost everything listed is standard.