F10 M5 purchase query

[hawker1986]

Hi,

I am going to be heading down to view an F10 M5 at a main dealer and I was wondering what sort of negotiation room on price I should expect to be able to get.

The cars on at £36,500, its a 14 plate with about 19k miles.

I will be buying cash and have no part exchange but haven't ever bought second hand from a dealer and figure theres likely to be some room to get the price down but not sure how much and don't want to just take the Michael .

Advice much appreciated

Thanks

Ed

[hawker1986]

Thanks for that.

Its not a CP car and it has the balance of the 5 year servicing pack left but good to know I can talk about those sorts of things and might get further

[hawker1986]

Hi it’s black in and out and here’s the specs:

20" 343M light Double-spoke alloy wheels / Reversing Assist camera / Bootlid operation. powered / M Multi-function seats. front / Loudspeaker system - harman/kardon surround sound / Speed limit display / Piano Black - BMW Indivudual Trim / Comfort Access / Split-folding rear seats / Lumbar support. driver and front passenger / Surround-view / 12V power sockets / M rear spoiler

[hawker1986]

Hi all,

Thanks for the advice so far, seen the car now and it looked tidy. Well see what happens with the negotiation the next few days.

Can I ask if someone can confirm that there no physical service book with the car? I was shown the key read history and told there was no book as I wanted to check it had the all important running in service.

Thanks again

[hawker1986]

Hi no its AUC BMW

[hawker1986]

Great thanks, it was just weird couldn't see all the service record on the cars idrive list just one page but it was all on the key print out for the car

[hawker1986]

skeeterm5 said:

Cool.

If you speak to the dealer they can give you a printout of the service history, and it should all be available from within the i-drive.

S

Yeah I couldn’t see the whole history in the idrive menu there was just one page visible but they printed it out off the key history. I did think it was a bit odd that it was just one page in I drive, equally it’s possible I didn’t know how to navigate the menu properly

[hawker1986]

Thanks JMdoc, basically I’ve done what you said. I’ve said I would buy it for 34k and an extra years warranty. He told me there was only a £100 off he could offer me and I walked but it wasn’t the guy I had been dealing with so we’ll see what happens when he calls me today.

I’ve tried to make sure the car is as it should be, certainly looked and felt that way. Seems to have had its running in and next service and not much else other than oil top up at 4000 miles and I spoke to an idependant service dept who told me that all as expected...don’t think there’s much else I can do. I figure they can’t sell it as AUC if it’s not appropriate for the warranty

[hawker1986]

Hi all,

Thanks for all the helpful responses, in the end I spent a fair bit of time on the phone with salesman and business manager yesterday. Have put down a deposit, haggled 1.5k off the car, strangely I was told they can’t extend the warranty as it’s subject to the car being inspected again at the end of the current term but I have it in black and white that the car has been serviced to schedule and they are not aware of any mechanical issues and should it remains serviced to schedule warranty renewal won’t be a problem.

Probably could have got some more off it if I’d left them hanging longer but we liked the car and have missed a couple by waiting in the past so am happy to get it.

[hawker1986]

Hi,

Sorry for the bump on this, collecting the car tomorrow all being well. Had a quick question, does the car have just the 2 remote keys or does it have a 3rd old style key as well? Dealers told me its just got two and wanted to be sure.

Many thanks.

[hawker1986]

Joscal said:

Mine came with two from new. Enjoy!

Thanks

[hawker1986]

vkcs22 said:

Very useful thread.

I've been negotiating via email and phone calls. They didn't want to move much on price.

Hopefully, I will get the deal I want soon! I think it might be better to go down there in person.

Yeah probably best, they might not think youre that interested if you don't go down in person. I travelled from Leicester to Ascot - they knew I was interested.