What next after F83?

[x5x3]

To start with I still love the car very much.

But I want to do more offload cycling this year (once the weather improves) and the F83 is er, not the most practical - to say the least!

I can get my bike into the back if I remove both wheels and lower the roof - but it is a hassle and generally puts me off.

The man maths in my head is screaming to get a second car (with a towbar), but the financial controller here is asking why I need two cars.

So, thoughts and recommendations please

[Smuler]

x5x3 said:

To start with I still love the car very much.

But I want to do more offload cycling this year (once the weather improves) and the F83 is er, not the most practical - to say the least!

I can get my bike into the back if I remove both wheels and lower the roof - but it is a hassle and generally puts me off.

The man maths in my head is screaming to get a second car (with a towbar), but the financial controller here is asking why I need two cars.

So, thoughts and recommendations please

if you got a cheap second car with a TB and used it sufficiently say on boring trips, in bad weather, might it not pay for itself in respect of savings on M's much higher running costs?
Otherwise you've surely got to go for a performance SUV / estate. There is a X340i M, or however it's written, well referenced on here; you\d keep with a straight six, this time with a B58 engine, but still get sub 5.0s 0-62 and BMW familiarity.

But I'd still argue, to the FC, that selling the M now would mean you'd take a loss , for depreciation, worse than the price of a second car

[hawker1986]

Can you not just get some sort of towbar/bike rack for the F83?

[gixermark]

seal sucker ?