Servicing costs for a '68 plate BMW M4 Competition

DB1904

utopia55 said:

They have knccked off £500 from the asking price to reflect the damaged front splitter

Both can't be correct.

boobyd

utopia55 said:

Chris_English said:

utopia55 said:

Excuse me but who are you to say what I can or can’t afford? Both my partner and I work so we think we deserve something nice to drive. 

This car that you said that you’d recently bought, but that you now say you haven’t bought yet?

I have paid the deposit but the finance and car (and desposti) is totally refundable if I change my mind before driving away with the car or this is what I’m being told by the BMW main dealer. 

We current have a 2016 Audi A3 with quite a bit finance left to pay off but we just want something newer and nicer. 

So "quite a bit of finance " left on current car.
Getting finance on new,so finance of around £50k,yet your trying to save a few hundred quid on replacement tyres etc.
Mmmm

Herzlos

utopia55 said:

They have knccked off £500 from the asking price to reflect the damaged front splitter

It'd cost them less than £500 to replace it.

Is this an actual BMW dealer or an independent performance place?

caprikid1

"Is this an actual BMW dealer or an independent performance place?" It's somewhere close to Lala land in the land that time forgot, could be the last main dealer on the planet of Magrathea or next to the restaurant at the end of the universe.

motorguy

utopia55 said:

They have knccked off £500 from the asking price to reflect the damaged front splitter

Wow.  You contacted them during the night to renegotiate the price of the car, after them saying previously they wouldnt discount the price at all and you signing the finance agreement for the car and have agreed pickup?

Thats amazing service.  And three in a fully chargeable paint protection and interior protection too for free too.

"Added in for free as part of the negotiation. They wouldn't reduce the price of the vehicle"

You must tell us the name of this dealer.  They just seem to give things away they dont need to.

motorguy

Herzlos said:

utopia55 said:

They have knccked off £500 from the asking price to reflect the damaged front splitter

It'd cost them less than £500 to replace it.

Is this an actual BMW dealer or an independent performance place?

No, no its a full BMW franchised dealer apparently, who puts damaged halo models on the forecourt, refuses to take a penny less for them, but then when you pay for the car and agree a pickup date you can ring them in the middle of the night and renegotiate the price.

Even though, as you say, they could replace a front splitter for that.

Seems legit.

Phantom151

motorguy said:

utopia55 said:

They have knccked off £500 from the asking price to reflect the damaged front splitter

Wow.  You contacted them during the night to renegotiate the price of the car, after them saying previously they wouldnt discount the price at all and you signing the finance agreement for the car and have agreed pickup?

Thats amazing service.  And three in a fully chargeable paint protection and interior protection too for free too.

"Added in for free as part of the negotiation. They wouldn't reduce the price of the vehicle"

You must tell us the name of this dealer.  They just seem to give things away they dont need to.

They reduced the price because it is easier to do that than to replace the splitter. I mean, they must be desperate to get a damaged high performance car out of the showroom. Better to take £500 off the price than to spend the same on replacing it and adding a couple of grand to the sales price. Obviously!

motorguy

Phantom151 said:

motorguy said:

utopia55 said:

They have knccked off £500 from the asking price to reflect the damaged front splitter

Wow.  You contacted them during the night to renegotiate the price of the car, after them saying previously they wouldnt discount the price at all and you signing the finance agreement for the car and have agreed pickup?

Thats amazing service.  And three in a fully chargeable paint protection and interior protection too for free too.

"Added in for free as part of the negotiation. They wouldn't reduce the price of the vehicle"

You must tell us the name of this dealer.  They just seem to give things away they dont need to.

They reduced the price because it is easier to do that than to replace the splitter. I mean, they must be desperate to get a damaged high performance car out of the showroom. Better to take £500 off the price than to spend the same on replacing it and adding a couple of grand to the sales price. Obviously!

Agreed.  These shady back street BMW franchised dealers on their bomb site forecourts just knock them out as cheaply as possible.  Its not like they charge premium prices for impeccably presented cars and they've a reputation and brand image to maintain.

Grumpy_chap

utopia55 said:

They have knccked off £500 from the asking price to reflect the damaged front splitter

That does not seem like a very good deal for the purchaser of the car because

utopia55 said:

they can't repair carbon fibre must be a full replacement and its a £1200 piece

So, you will buy the car with the £500 discount but then need to pay £1,200 for the replacement part plus fitting means you will be down by at least £2k.  That's a "hit" to you of £1.5k.

You may be best to negotiate more for that damaged splitter.

victor2

Amused myself be re-reading some of the old DarkMatter threads last night.

Reminded me of a thread on a car owners forum many years ago (well before DM), where a boy racer stated he kept the passenger seat of his car laid flat because it reduced the weight and therefore improved performance. He had the figures to prove it. It was priceless, even better than DM's Yaris brakes episode. Can't remember what forum it was - wish I could find it now!