URGENT PX value needed. Help.

[IceBoy]

Hi All,

I want to surprise Mrs Ice with a new car for her birthday, which is only a couple of days after Christmas.

I spoke to BMW and they have (pre-registered) 2017 320d Luxury, fully loaded with options, on top of it being a luxury and auto box.

It has a couple of hundred miles on the clock and was listed at £36k....and would let us have it for £25k.

They are however only offering £3250 on the PX which is Mercedes 2008 (w204) C200 cdi Elegance auto with 130k on the clock.

Does this sound right for the PX value?

Is the BMW a good buy?

IceBoy

[cuprabob]

Put your Part Exchange details into WBAC to give you a reference.

[IceBoy]

OK WBC have said £3380.

So not miles off.

What do you guys think of the price of the new pre-reg car?

IceBoy

[Monkeylegend]

Put that into WBAC as well, be interesting to see what they will offer.

[Wacky Racer]

Are you sure Mrs Ice will like it?

Seems like a decent buy tbh.

[IceBoy]

It is a very smart looking car.

Brand New
Mineral Grey (M-car colour)
The options are mind boggling!
£36k worth - Leather, Nav, DAB, Heated steering wheel & seats, free traffic updates, upgraded wheels....etc
3 year warantee

I guess they want to get rid before 2018!!

So I'm in a good position. The sales guy thinks, we could drive it for 1 year and put 8k on the clock and not loose much if we decided to sell?

To be fair, we would keep it 5-7 years.

Would could I push for on the deal:

Mats
Fuel
Free servicing

LOL

I want to get value for money!!

IceBoy

Edited by IceBoy on Sunday 10th December 14:01

[Gareth1974]

IceBoy said:

So I'm in a good position. The sales guy thinks, we could drive it for 1 year and put 8k on the clock and not loose much if we decided to sell?

I've got a 320d Luxury. I bought it for less than £22k at six months old with 7000 miles on the clock from a BMW main dealer, I think he's being optimistic if he reckons you'll be able to "not lose" much in a year's ownership. You'd probably get £20/21k for it at that point.

Carpet mats are standard on this model, you shouldn't have to negotiate for these.

[jas xjr]

how much is a new one through a broker like carwow?

re the px , have you looked on autotrader etc? would it be possible to sell at a competive price and still return more than the trade in value offered by the dealer? that is if you have the stomach to deal with potential buyers

[Nine-Eighty-Six]

IceBoy said:

It is a very smart looking car.

Brand New
Mineral Grey (M-car colour)
The options are mind boggling!
£36k worth - Leather, Nav, DAB, Heated steering wheel & seats, free traffic updates, upgraded wheels....etc

Options? - the only options I can see there are the wheels and heated steering wheel.

I don't like the 3-series, think it's not refined enough, especially in 2.0 diesel form. What's the chances of a deal on a 5? - even if it's a previous shape car, it's significantly nicer to drive than a 3.

[Dolf Stoppard]

Do you like it or are you only tempted because it's cheap? You don't actually say anything positive about the car other than the 'mind boggling options which I really don't see. DAB is not mind boggling and mineral grey can be found on the 1 series.

But if you can get if for £25k and you want to keep it for seven years, then at first, it sounds like cheap motoring.

It's got be worth at least £7k in seven years (mileage dependent) so £18k over 7 years equals approx £215 per month. But if you then add in maintenance and consumables, is it that cheap? Probably not expensive, but also probably best not to be led by the headline discount figure.

Trade in price seems fair. It's also a good time to buy a car so why not try and squeeze the dealer for mats, fuel etc. Free servicing could be pushing it but there's no harm in asking.

Edited by Dolf Stoppard on Sunday 10th December 22:58

Edited by Dolf Stoppard on Sunday 10th December 22:59

[IceBoy]

Well, I like the car although I'm not excited by it.

Mrs Ice thinks its nice and the price seems fair.

IceBoy

[GreatGranny]

How about a 420d?

Nicer looking IMO if you don't mind a coupe.

Can get a 2017 5-10k miler for £25k.

Or a 2016 420d Grand Coupe?

[Thankyou4calling]

IceBoy said:

It is a very smart looking car.

Brand New
Mineral Grey (M-car colour)
The options are mind boggling!
£36k worth - Leather, Nav, DAB, Heated steering wheel & seats, free traffic updates, upgraded wheels....etc
3 year warantee

I guess they want to get rid before 2018!!

So I'm in a good position. The sales guy thinks, we could drive it for 1 year and put 8k on the clock and not loose much if we decided to sell?

To be fair, we would keep it 5-7 years.

Would could I push for on the deal:

Mats
Fuel
Free servicing

LOL

I want to get value for money!!

IceBoy

Edited by IceBoy on Sunday 10th December 14:01

Ha ha! The sales guy said that did he. Drive it for a year. Do 8k. Take it back.

They’ll offer 15k tops