03-13-2021, 03:52 AM | #1 |
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I8 roadster availability
Bought my UK roadster 3 months ago from BMW used and on the site there was approx 20 cars nationwide just looked again today and only 4 cars on site all priced lot higher.
Same story on auto trader.... Hopefully good signs for residual values For now though just enjoying car looking forward to summer |
03-15-2021, 08:57 AM | #2 |
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In the same boat as you, so to speak.
Bought my 69 plate roadster brand new (pre reg) from BMW dealer in Feb 2020. There were dozens of them around. I traded it for my (owned from new) 2015 coupe which had 4.5k miles on the clock. My approach was simple: 20k+ coupes made and 3k roadster made. I LOVED my coupe and would have happily kept it ever after. I was just slightly annoyed that BMW literally lied to 1st adopters by saying that it would be a halo product made in limited numbers. So that was my way to counter what had happened in the early years: try and get the more collectible item. I had LOTS of cars that i sold too early in my life at the moment when they were about to be collectible (964rs a case in point), now i have the roadster and keep it pristine and low miles. In fact I am not too bothered now. Love the car, not much else i would have instead of it. I contemplated a McLaren 720s at some point, drove one and thought 'too much for the road and real life in general'. Plus a financial liability in every possible sense. Let's see! |
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03-15-2021, 01:54 PM | #3 |
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I did much the same - traded in my 16 plate Coupe but for an LCI Coupe. Most of the LCIs are Roadsters so I thought (maybe wrongly) that the LCI coupe may be even more scarce, albeit a little hidden in a forest of pre-LCI coupes!!
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No doubt that if any i8 ever becomes a collector, your version will be the one. Probably same as M roadsters and M coupes from late 1990's the versions with S54 engine (rather than S50) are very rare and sought after. Last edited by ericsi; 03-16-2021 at 08:40 AM.. |
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03-16-2021, 07:06 PM | #7 |
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I am still annoyed since I bought one in 2014 under the impression that......whatever, got 11K miles on it and it is garaged for the occasional drive. I have enjoyed it a lot and that car still turns heads. I just don't know what the market in the US for these cars looks these days and wonder when or if prices will climb.
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