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Back again - 2nd 35is - paid a lot - BAH!

B21 said:
ronk said:
Pondrew said:
Surprised a BMW dealer would sell a warranted car with non runflats.

Welcome back BTW, and yes I do think £24k is a lot for any E89 but I am a tight arse! :D
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AT have three on at this time - if it’s a 35is you want with a decent low miles you’ll have to pay for it!

There are plenty 2.0l cars about but relatively few 35is
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24 35is FS Ron on AT…not sure prices are going to rise much this year…

I don’t look at AT very often but 44 35i/ 35is are a lot AFAIK FS?
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Over the past couple of years it's consistently been around 10 35is for sale at any given point. Seems like a lot of owners wanting to free up cash by getting rid of their toys.

Am I right in thinking there were only 400 sold in UK? That would mean 5% of them are currently for sale on AT, which feels like a lot.
 
Looks good, as others have said, that’s a fair chunk of change, but it you love it, that’s all that matters. Any car is going to depreciate, but that’s only an issue when/if you sell it :)
 
tiglon said:
Am I right in thinking there were only 400 sold in UK? That would mean 5% of them are currently for sale on AT, which feels like a lot.
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I've just looked at the "How many left" site and the 400off 35is is about right.
 
Pondrew said:
matsmith749 said:
My list of wants was extensive, little newer, under 50k miles, must have heated seats & steering wheel, PDC, sat nav, folding mirrors, cruise, the made of chocolate 19" 326m wheels with non runflats
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Surprised a BMW dealer would sell a warranted car with non runflats.

Welcome back BTW, and yes I do think £24k is a lot for any E89 but I am a tight arse! :D
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BMW dealers will sell the car with non runflats and give their warranty. When I was looking for mine I saw one at a main dealer and I asked if they would swap out the tyres for non runflats and the answer I got back was yes no problem. Tyres whether they are runflats or not does not affect the warranty.
 
Silverstar said:
Tyres whether they are runflats or not does not affect the warranty.
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Not according to a mate of mine's 530 when he needed new tyres. BMW dealership told him the warranty would be void if he 'deviated from the manufacturer's OEM tyres'.
Probably a scare tactic (as RFTs are generally more expensive), but would you challenge it?
 
I think the tires thing is maybe a relic of the distant past. When I bought a new m240i in 2016 the dealer took off the run flats before delivery & swapped to pilot sports.

I don’t believe they are precious about it anymore.

Thanks for the positive comments, yes the white car pictured is the one I bought :)

Hope for sun when I go pick it up!
 
tiglon said:
B21 said:
ronk said:
AT have three on at this time - if it’s a 35is you want with a decent low miles you’ll have to pay for it!

There are plenty 2.0l cars about but relatively few 35is
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24 35is FS Ron on AT…not sure prices are going to rise much this year…

I don’t look at AT very often but 44 35i/ 35is are a lot AFAIK FS?
Click to expand...

Over the past couple of years it's consistently been around 10 35is for sale at any given point. Seems like a lot of owners wanting to free up cash by getting rid of their toys.

Am I right in thinking there were only 400 sold in UK? That would mean 5% of them are currently for sale on AT, which feels like a lot.
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Will be an interesting year with mortgage rates going up / serious inflation etc ..

Mine is a keeper so it’s irrelevant to me

I wonder how ‘poverty’ will affect the spectrum of Zed owners…who will bail as fiscal pressures mount… :tumbleweed:
 
My car was specced up and also bought as a keeper - last of the E89 breed- I did have a couple of wobbles when I seriously thought of an M40i but realised it wasn’t such a good idea, my current car more than fits the bill. That and me being a wee bit old. I will perhaps fit some decent rubber in the springtime to make it feel new afaa again.

Financially, the U.K. is heading back to the 1970s - I see trouble ahead. We are stuffed!
 
B21 said:
tiglon wrote: ↑Sun Jan 15, 2023 9:30 pm
B21 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 15, 2023 8:05 pm
ronk wrote: ↑Sun Jan 15, 2023 7:12 pm
AT have three on at this time - if it’s a 35is you want with a decent low miles you’ll have to pay for it!

There are plenty 2.0l cars about but relatively few 35is
24 35is FS Ron on AT…not sure prices are going to rise much this year…

I don’t look at AT very often but 44 35i/ 35is are a lot AFAIK FS?
Over the past couple of years it's consistently been around 10 35is for sale at any given point. Seems like a lot of owners wanting to free up cash by getting rid of their toys.

Am I right in thinking there were only 400 sold in UK? That would mean 5% of them are currently for sale on AT, which feels like a lot.
Will be an interesting year with mortgage rates going up / serious inflation etc ..

Mine is a keeper so it’s irrelevant to me

I wonder how ‘poverty’ will affect the spectrum of Zed owners…who will bail as fiscal pressures mount…
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The same seems to apply to Z4Ms. Of the 1,200 that came to the UK there are 30 for sale on AT!

But mine is also staying, and I hope nobody has to sell their Z4 due to fiscal pressures.

I hope ronk is wrong about a return to the 70s! I remember getting sent home from school because the electricity was getting turned off so I could sit at home with no electricity instead. :o

Still we had a coal fire and Dad had rigged up a headlamp in the living room connected to his car battery in the garage, and we could boil the kettle on a camping Gaz burner!
 
I also hope that I’m wrong!

The power cuts, strikes, inflation, mortgage rates and unemployment.
 
ronk said:
My car was specced up and also bought as a keeper - last of the E89 breed- I did have a couple of wobbles when I seriously thought of an M40i but realised it wasn’t such a good idea, my current car more than fits the bill. That and me being a wee bit old. I will perhaps fit some decent rubber in the springtime to make it feel new afaa again.

My car is a 3.5i Manual, my 2nd 3.5i E89 and I’m keeping it for as long as I deem fit, which the way cars are looking these days will be a long time. The older these E89s get the better they look. These Z4s , both E85 and E89 are sure to be future classics whatever engine size you have……
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Apples and oranges, but £24,000 is about US$30,000, and I bought my 35is two years ago for about US$35,000, also low miles.

Though mine isn’t an ///M.

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