BMW Motorrad Prices - does anyone do deals?

[FlyingPanda]

I am getting close to placing an order for a new BMW GS Rallye and I can't see much evidence of deals being done. Accepting that it is the 'wrong time of year', am I wasting my time trying to negotiate or are some dealers more flexible than others? Also, the finance looks pretty expensive, so at those quoted rates I think I'd either want some other (meaty) incentives thrown in, or I'll find my own finance.

Any thoughts?

[Brads67]

Call David at BMW Motorrad Central. Sure he`ll do a deal to get you as a customer.

[accident]

if you cant get them to move on purchase price try a haggle for free toys and service etc.
i couldnt get them to budge at all on price(buying cash used to be an advantage now they want you to pcp or other hp crap)
i did however get them to throw in an aftermarket can and 1st service in the price.
so i left happy.
however i would never buy from them ever again as the service from parts and servicing dept. is not only expensive its also st.(thats from 3 dealers in a 50mile radius)they are all terrible.
£115 for 2 fork seals.that not fitted oh no,thats in a bag for you to take away.
£20 from local guy.
who would you deal with?

[anonymous-user]

accident said:

£115 for 2 fork seals.that not fitted oh no,thats in a bag for you to take away.
£20 from local guy.
who would you deal with?

That's some markup.. Of course, BMW manufacture seals, eh..

[Griffalow]

I find Dorchester BMW very helpful especially when they need to make their numbers up, I secured £1500 off a new bike

[PIGINAWIG]

Buy Austrian or Japanese. Thank me later....or a triumph

[Brads67]

Why ?

BMW are far better than any of them in my opinion.

[blade7]

I haggled hard on a new RR in 2013 and got a couple of grand off at the end of the summer. Whenever I walked in after that the salesmen blanked me Service dept are always great though.

[Wombat3]

Wait till the 1250's come out later in the year (so rumour has it) - they'll be somewhat keener to shift the remaining 1200s then I think

Motorrad dealers operate on single digit margins (before they get their volume retros) so they don't have much to play with unless BMW central are throwing in some support. You are more likely to see a free Sat Nav/luggage packs etc than a lot of cash off.

Edited by Wombat3 on Tuesday 5th June 00:35

[blade7]

Wombat3 said:

Motorrad dealers operate on single digit margins (before they get their volume retros) so they don't have much to play with unless BMW central are throwing in some support.

That's mainly how I got the cash off. I'd walked away, but the dealer rang me and said BMW were giving them money for the 80 year celebration that weekend.

[Lee540]

Vines Guildford are doing a free TFT dash upgrade..

[FlyingPanda]

Thanks for all the tips and feedback folks. Sounds like it is unrealistic to expect too much then. I recently bought a BMW car and got an amazing deal, so I was a little surprised at the reluctance to do much more than throw a couple of extras in on a £17k bike (although to be fair, the extras are pretty pricey...)

[Lee540]

FlyingPanda said:

Thanks for all the tips and feedback folks. Sounds like it is unrealistic to expect too much then. I recently bought a BMW car and got an amazing deal, so I was a little surprised at the reluctance to do much more than throw a couple of extras in on a £17k bike (although to be fair, the extras are pretty pricey...)

If you haven't approached any dealer yet.. Vines do £100 for introducing a friend. I went to buy an S1000XR but didn't, instead got me old man to buy a new GSA and Vines sent me £100.

[SteelerSE]

When I was working in a bike dealership the preferred method was always to throw in accessories. £1000 worth of accessories only cost the dealer £6-700 due to the mark up on the goods, so it was win-win for both customer and dealer.

[FlyingPanda]

swerni said:

Are they offering a deposit contribution if you get it on pcp

Now that's an interesting point - my local dealer, no, but I notice that one of the Scottish dealers is (or at least, it says so on their website) so that's going to be the next stage of negotiation.

[Wombat3]

QED : Just seen something on FB about a free Nav 6 if you buy a bike June 9-16 (about 650 quid at RRP - except of course that its just a dressed up 4 year old Garmin )

[garypotter]

Lee540 said:

Vines Guildford are doing a free TFT dash upgrade..

And great customer service have used them for a couple of years now.

[Johnny50]

Brads67 said:

Call David at BMW Motorrad Central. Sure he`ll do a deal to get you as a customer.

2nd this...

Depending on model they've offered me free luggage/accessories or the equivalent cost taken off the purchase price.

[podman]

I have just came home from taking an S1000 r out from Wollaston BMW and after the test ride and an hour of debate , I was offered a 2% better finance deal , a free Akro end can, a free first service and a free Garmin Sat Nav and free Bluetooth speaker, I think either the Sat Nav/speaker offer applies to all new bikes bought this weekend but they said they would give me both...Good deal I thought.

EDIT to say, I was offered the bike for £12,000 , apparently thats £750 off...No idea if other dealers are mtahcing that price.

Edited by podman on Friday 8th June 19:38

[Lee540]

podman said:

I have just came home from taking an S1000 r out from Wollaston BMW and after the test ride and an hour of debate , I was offered a 2% better finance deal , a free Akro end can, a free first service and a free Garmin Sat Nav and free Bluetooth speaker, I think either the Sat Nav/speaker offer applies to all new bikes bought this weekend but they said they would give me both...Good deal I thought.

EDIT to say, I was offered the bike for £12,000 , apparently thats £750 off...No idea if other dealers are mtahcing that price.

Edited by podman on Friday 8th June 19:38

Did you buy it?