BMW M140i

[ColinMacC]

I've been considering an M140i for a while. A few weeks ago, I put together a quote for a 5 door automatic with heated leather. I recieved several offers, and my local dealership has came back to me with a quote of £327 per month based on £4000 down, 10000 miles per year, over 3 years with a service pack, provided I purchase by the end of June.
Couple of questions:
1. Is this a good deal? I've never purchased a car on pcp before, so its all new to me
2. What are the running costs like on these? is 30+ mpg really achievable in everyday m25 commuting?

Any comments or help greatly appreciated

[ColinMacC]

The guy has been ringing non stop all afternoon, I'm wondering if I should push for a better deal?

[ColinMacC]

rasto said:

The only problem is he has run out of cars, I would have gone with him (best price and forum recomendation) but he can't take any orders at the moment.

There are plenty of cars in dealer network avaiolable. I think it depends on who needs sales to hit their quarterly sales at this stage

[ColinMacC]

Deal is pretty much the same deal as I've been offered at 10 k miles per year.

Have asked for a further discount....see what happens

[ColinMacC]

Sam.F said:

Running costs wise they are great considering the performance on offer, but mpg will depend very much on what sort of driving the car spends most of its time doing, this isn't a car that will "do 30mpg whatever you do with it" unless you do a lot of motorway driving to balance out the "less responsible" stuff!

I certainly find the auto M140i uses less fuel than my previous manual M135i did, about 26.5mpg compared to 22ish... my commute involves a choice of either back roads or A-roads where you can overtake and I have no self control hence the low average!

Bimbling along the motorway at sub-80mph easily yields over 40mpg so I can see that if I was doing more miles and moderating speed then an average of 33-35mpg would seem possible.

Cheers Sam, Very useful. To be fair, my drive to work is 60% m25, 40% back roads with no real option to make fast progress. I'm averaging 54mpg in my 2006 170hp golf, so in my daily commute, i would hope for decent economy. When im in the mood, like after a night shift, i really dont care if I'm getting 20mpg to be honest, as this will not be frequently enough to concern me!!