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My dealer has discounted a 2015 i8 in white to $132xxx without negotiations...amazing to see what the price will be in March. They have 4 2015 i8s!
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Damn...I just paid 132 + 9k for taxes for my 2014 in white with 900 miles on it. Maybe I should have just got a new 2015. Oh well.
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The fact that 2016s have laser headlights and other "enhancements" to me means hat the potential buyer for this league of a car would skip the 2015 for the 2016.
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Just going to point out that getting a good deal and enjoying a purchase aren't mutually exclusive.
Given the option, which would most choose? A)Paying MSRP or to $10k-50k over sticker, enjoying the car, losing WAAAAAAY more than you expected when you decide to trade/sell thanks to the market B)Paying $10k-15k off sticker, enjoying the car now, not losing any more than a normal BMW when you go to sell it |
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01-05-2016, 12:43 PM | #53 |
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Color me shocked.
BMW NA has reported that over 600 i8s were sold in December! That's 3 times a "normal" month.
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There must have been lots of great deals in December.
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Something's going on because the number of cars listed for sale didn't move.
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It's not the stock market. Get 5 or 6 cars so you can stop worrying about this stuff.
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Having been around cars for 30+ years, I see there are no shortage of people that are always concerned about how much money other people lose on cars and worry about depreciation so much that it's the most important thing on their minds. I do think about depreciation but don't let it drive me. Cars I've owned (53 to be exact) have almost all invariably depreciated, some more than others.....and I made money on some (like a 356 speedster, 997.1 GT3, heck, even a Gallardo......but I've never let depreciation take over my emotion about cars. If you're worried about it, you should take up another hobby.
These people that obsess over depreciation have a common trait........they try very hard to convince others that they're right. In the meantime, they lose precious time to enjoy cars that they really want. Typically, they wait a few years and by the time they can buy it, something more desirable comes along and they're then worried about depreciation of that car. It's a vicious circle and in the end, they're miserable and are always having to feel like they have to justify their current ownership to the rest of world. Meanwhile, the rest of us drive what we want and enjoy the hell out of it.
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Back to why there was a spike in December. The reported sales were more than all of the new i8s listed for sale on the Internet (which is only a fraction of the cars actually up for sale). The only thing I can think of is that they just pulled the "in-service" trigger on most of the 2014 and 2015 models that have been sitting on lots for the better part of a year and counted them as "sales" to cook the year-end numbers. I would bet that the warranty on any unsold 2014s just started, regardless of sales status.
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There are now more than 800 listed on Cars.com, 100 more than last month...even after "selling" 656 in December, which as previously is only 3 short of August, September, October, November sales combined.
I'm still wondering where all those cars came from, considering selling that many would mean BMW sold almost every unsold new i8 in US dealer inventory in the month of December and managed to replace them with an even higher number of cars by January... Curiosity piqued. Last edited by Carac; 01-21-2016 at 11:38 PM.. |
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And even then, some dealerships *ahemencinitasahem* are STILL marking them up.
I laughed and walked away.
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Ie- I mentioned knowing the 2016s were already out, WITH laser lights so I could start a "low point" as far as trying to get a specific i8 (2015 model) down in the 120k range- and the sales rep scoffed at me and said he's never heard of such a thing. Ay yi yi.
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