I turned my 2007 E-60 550i in last January 18th, and the end of the 3 year lease. The plan was to get a new F-10 in Munich, save some green and live another three years with the F-10. However, I got so frustrated with the complete lack of information forthcoming on the F-10, that I decided to hell with it, and headed down to buy the Jaguar XF supercharged. Then I had an epiphany, and called the stealer to find out if my old car was still on the lot, gads yes he said, we have it marked down to $34,900. This is a almost 8,000 below the residual, and both the NADA and Kelly Blue Book had the car (Which is a CPO now) at over 37,000. SO I pulled the trigger, bought the car back, and it is sitting in my garage now waiting for me to put all the stuff back in that I took out. BMW has a screaming 2.9% interest rate for 66 months. Took four minutes to fill out the app, get my old keys back, another ten to print the paper work, and I am back in the car. Driving it home, felt like sliding between the sheets with an old lover, or swilling that first taste of cognac. God how I missed this car. One interesting thing to note, although the car had a high residual, buying it back at 34.9 k saved me almost 8 k in negative equity. Plus the dealership put four new tires on it (Crappy Dunlop Runflats) detailed it, and gave me a dozen Titleist V1 BMW logo golf balls...

 

Congratulations on falling in love all over again.

 

Welcome back Stu!!!

 

HahaI always wondered how it would feel like to buy your old car back.

 

Nice! IMO the e60 is still one of the nicest/aggressive styles currently, as well as anything coming out in the near future. The more I look at the F10, the more I like the e60. Kinda makes me appreciate BMW having the balls to stick with the "in your face/raw" styling when so many rediculed it at launch!

 

A true love story..

 

Great story...thanks for sharing!

 

Wow great story. That's one way to end a lease with a purchase.

 

So, did you trade in the jaguar? If so, was the XF that bad and how much of a hit did you take when you traded it in?

 

No mention of getting rid of the Jaguar... so congrats on getting two cars!