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So we went down to largest local dealer to see colour combos. Walking to sales guy and we see TiGrey/black/anthracite in showroom. Closer look reveals it's got everything we're looking for and the colour combo looks nice.
Sales guy tells me it's an 05 driven by BMW Canada never having been officially sold. It's in great shape with less than 8K km. It's got all they goodies plus some things we weren't looking at: manual tranny; premium pack (with comfort seats, L7, PDC, etc); dynamic handling (dynamic drive, active steering); sport pack (18s with style 124 wheels); nav; active cruise control; rear sunshades. Bluetooth is included as it's an 09/04 production car. But no aux input due to nav. Can aux input be added? So now the choice of course, we can get this with much lower lease rate than 06 and we can get it now rather than November. Haven't driven car yet, plan to do so Monday (car was in showroom Saturday). There are also a couple of items we probably wouldn't be ordering in new car like dynamic handling and active cruise. What would be a fair discount for this vehicle? Would you consider this over a new 06 550 and under what conditions? I know you guys are the experts, your thoughts greatly appreciated. |
Originally Posted by joebel' date='Jul 17 2005, 08:22 AM
Would you consider this over a new 06 550 and under what conditions?
I know you guys are the experts, your thoughts greatly appreciated. [snapback]149980[/snapback] If you plan to buy it and keep it at the end of lease Get the 550i |
Originally Posted by joebel' date='Jul 17 2005, 05:22 AM
But no aux input due to nav. Can aux input be added?
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Originally Posted by stream' date='Jul 17 2005, 10:23 AM
[quote name='joebel' date='Jul 17 2005, 05:22 AM']But no aux input due to nav. Can aux input be added?
[snapback]149980[/snapback] [snapback]150002[/snapback] [/quote]Thanks, I thought that was the case but dealer info is unreliable. Where is it installed? Does it replace the CD changer in glove box? Do you have ordering info? |
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Originally Posted by joebel' date='Jul 17 2005, 08:19 AM
[quote name='stream' date='Jul 17 2005, 10:23 AM'][quote name='joebel' date='Jul 17 2005, 05:22 AM']But no aux input due to nav. Can aux input be added?
[snapback]149980[/snapback] [snapback]150002[/snapback] [/quote]Thanks, I thought that was the case but dealer info is unreliable. Where is it installed? Does it replace the CD changer in glove box? Do you have ordering info? [snapback]150012[/snapback] [/quote]It's installed on the far left side of the glove box, next to the flash light. CD changer stays. Attachment 9127 My dealer had it in stock--paid $64 after BMWCCA discount, and $140 install. Here's a thread with my iPod hardwire install: http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=12430 |
If I decide to go for 05 545i, what would be some checklist items? Should I get dealer to install latest CIP version? That seems to be 18.0 ??
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Originally Posted by joebel' date='Jul 17 2005, 06:22 AM
So we went down to largest local dealer to see colour combos. Walking to sales guy and we see TiGrey/black/anthracite in showroom. Closer look reveals it's got everything we're looking for and the colour combo looks nice.
Sales guy tells me it's an 05 driven by BMW Canada never having been officially sold. It's in great shape with less than 8K km. It's got all they goodies plus some things we weren't looking at: manual tranny; premium pack (with comfort seats, L7, PDC, etc); dynamic handling (dynamic drive, active steering); sport pack (18s with style 124 wheels); nav; active cruise control; rear sunshades. Bluetooth is included as it's an 09/04 production car. But no aux input due to nav. Can aux input be added? So now the choice of course, we can get this with much lower lease rate than 06 and we can get it now rather than November. Haven't driven car yet, plan to do so Monday (car was in showroom Saturday). There are also a couple of items we probably wouldn't be ordering in new car like dynamic handling and active cruise. What would be a fair discount for this vehicle? Would you consider this over a new 06 550 and under what conditions? I know you guys are the experts, your thoughts greatly appreciated. [snapback]149980[/snapback] I think they should give you a sizeable discount on a car that has $8K miles. I recall that my dealer was able to knock off approx. $5K for a 530i demo which had around $1800 miles on it. Nonetheless, I would go for the new 550i. The engine is supposed to be even sweeter than the current one on the 545i. |
Joebel,
A 2004 545I with 8000 is worth $49125 as a trade in. A 2005 would be around $52000. They would knock off $2000 off of that, so offer them around $52000. If they wont take that. Order the 06 from another dealer, or at least threaten to. The dealer will make more money on the 2005, for two reasons: They will try to sell it as a new used car. They also are paying interest on that car right now. They would love for you to take it off their hands. You can steal the 2005 if you do it right. Let me know how it goes. |
Thanks for the the tips. I think I will try for the '05 545 but only if the $$ makes it worthwhile. Otherwise, I'm just going to order an 06 minus the dynamic handling and active cruise.
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Originally Posted by joebel' date='Jul 17 2005, 03:12 PM
Thanks for the the tips. I think I will try for the '05 545 but only if the $$ makes it worthwhile. Otherwise, I'm just going to order an 06 minus the dynamic handling and active cruise.
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