How long did you wait for the right spec?
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I had to wait 6 months for my "perfect" spec. I paid a little over the odds but I got exactly what I wanted. As you say, the better ones go very quickly and the others are priced accordingly to how much the market can bear.
My personal advice is to just hang in there and be quick when something new comes up. Good luck with the search.
My personal advice is to just hang in there and be quick when something new comes up. Good luck with the search.
Blue Oval84 said:
Fell into it by accident, had an emergency operation and needed to find a comfortable automatic quickly.
Popped on PH Classifieds and a very well specced, very cheap 530i SE Auto presented itself, I bought it the next day
Same here. Popped on PH Classifieds and a very well specced, very cheap 530i SE Auto presented itself, I bought it the next day
Fancied an e39 530i auto so had a look on PH and found a nice sport model.
Call was made that evening. The following day I viewed, paid and took it home.
12 months+ not for spec in terms of options, but simply for more or less the right car at more or less the right price. I gave up on looking for perfection:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
It's my first experience of BMW ownership.
After about 200 miles of driving it, I'm still nervous that something I missed will bite me, but...what a fantastic machine.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
It's my first experience of BMW ownership.
After about 200 miles of driving it, I'm still nervous that something I missed will bite me, but...what a fantastic machine.
wlk said:
I'm after a 330ci and it feels like I've been looking forever for the right spec to turn up, the few gems that have either go instantly or are insanely overpriced!
Any extreme examples of patience from you guys when it came to buying?
Waited 3 months, the money was burning a hole in me pocket, wanted an imola red 330ci prefacelift sport with black leather and all the toys.Any extreme examples of patience from you guys when it came to buying?
Got, 330ci prefacelift sport, saphire black, light yellow leather all the toys, saw it and had to have it, no regrets.
fraz1001 said:
Looked for a 318i m-sport for with leather for 4-5 months for my old man.....ended up settling for an SE with no leather
Why didnt you just buy a 320i M Sport, far easier to find with leather, no less economical and just plain better. Seems like an odd spec to spend 5 months looking for.fraz1001 said:
Looked for a 318i m-sport for with leather for 4-5 months for my old man.....ended up settling for an SE with no leather
I didn't want leather, but I've ended up with it. I actually found one without, which would have been perfect, but the gearchange mechanism was knackered.dr_gn said:
I didn't want leather, but I've ended up with it. I actually found one without, which would have been perfect, but the gearchange mechanism was knackered.
Most had Alcantara interior, he didnt want anything over 30k miles and older than 2008......was a real struggle finding one,so gave in and got an SE, like some others have said, good ones sell fast.fraz1001 said:
Most had Alcantara interior,
Of course they did, they were all bottom of the range bottom spec no options as it was the cheapest way into an M Sport. It seems such a bizarre thing to seek out, the 320i was no more expensive on the used market and far more likely to have leather.Gassing Station | BMW General | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff