[dakusingh]

wow, i just seen how cheap things are in USA :/ makes me sick. a fully loaded 335i for $70k / £35k .... grrrr.

i wonder if importing is hard and if its still cheaper when you do.

[gIzzE]

Originally Posted by dakusingh

wow, i just seen how cheap things are in USA :/ makes me sick. a fully loaded 335i for $70k / £35k .... grrrr.

i wonder if importing is hard and if its still cheaper when you do.

So £35k + Import duty at 8% on a new car, then shipping and registration at £600 that you have to pay for plus tax at 17.5% = £45120.

How much is it new over here with discount??

[dakusingh]

Originally Posted by gIzzE

So £35k + Import duty at 8% on a new car, then shipping and registration at £600 that you have to pay for plus tax at 17.5% = £45120.

How much is it new over here with discount??

im sure USA -8% for European Delivery. which makes it around £38-39k

and in UK a BMW E93 335i M starts at £40,875

[gIzzE]

It is not worth it, you can get 8% discount of a UK one, or even more from a Euro import if you want an imported car, and far easier to deal with someone in say the Netherlands who has sold to the UK before.

[dakusingh]

Originally Posted by gIzzE

It is not worth it, you can get 8% discount of a UK one, or even more from a Euro import if you want an imported car, and far easier to deal with someone in say the Netherlands who has sold to the UK before.

any links gIzzE?

i would import if it saves me a few $$$.

I wanted to go used, but for that "extra amount" of money, if i can get a new one, might as well.

[gIzzE]

Just remember selling on a used car in a year or two with two owners will not affect the value, selling on an import will. What you save up front will be wiped out at the other end.

Speak to your dealer, they will discount if pushed hard, trade is on its arse, worse sales for years at the moment, so haggle hard and they will move.

[dakusingh]

Originally Posted by gIzzE

Just remember selling on a used car in a year or two with two owners will not affect the value, selling on an import will. What you save up front will be wiped out at the other end.

Speak to your dealer, they will discount if pushed hard, trade is on its arse, worse sales for years at the moment, so haggle hard and they will move.

well i will have a word with them, and see what they can do, i was planning on used but it seems the diffo between used and new is not THAT much. if they give me around 14/15% discount i would be able to get a new car instead of used. well Thanks im so pleased i came here to discuss, learnt many things. My 325D vert will cost £45k :/ so i doubt they go down to £36k .. hmm back to used cars list then

[Gibbo]

Originally Posted by dakusingh

well i will have a word with them, and see what they can do, i was planning on used but it seems the diffo between used and new is not THAT much. if they give me around 14/15% discount i would be able to get a new car instead of used. well Thanks im so pleased i came here to discuss, learnt many things

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/foru...ad.php?t=69965

Contact this guy he might have the answer.

Sheps, nice bit of PR.

[dakusingh]

Originally Posted by Gibbo

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/foru...ad.php?t=69965

Contact this guy he might have the answer.

sounds promising

Thanks

[chrisbin]

Originally Posted by NFS

Dropping them all by the same percentage would work.

I'm not so sure to be honest....

I had a 320d E90 for 2 years which averaged 37.6 mpg.....

The current 320i E92 is averaging 32 mpg....



I'm inclined to think that some engines will get far closer to official figures than others...in particular I'd guess that the diesels are far more reliant on a good percentage of motorway cruising than the petrols...

But I could be wrong....

[NFS]

Originally Posted by chrisbin

I'm inclined to think that some engines will get far closer to official figures than others...in particular I'd guess that the diesels are far more reliant on a good percentage of motorway cruising than the petrols...

Bound to be the case since diesel efficiency is all about running at part load.

[chrisbin]

Originally Posted by NFS

Bound to be the case since diesel efficiency is all about running at part load.

...which means that if you dont do that kind of mileage, you will be disappointed with the diesel consumption....

[gIzzE]

Originally Posted by chrisbin

I'm not so sure to be honest....

I had a 320d E90 for 2 years which averaged 37.6 mpg.....

The current 320i E92 is averaging 32 mpg....



I'm inclined to think that some engines will get far closer to official figures than others...in particular I'd guess that the diesels are far more reliant on a good percentage of motorway cruising than the petrols...

But I could be wrong....

Totally agree.

Diesels like to be kept at a constant rpm to get their combined figures, so sat crusing at 60mph, petrols will get their combined figure alot easier, ok so maybe not the combined figure but somewhere between urban and combined.
The diesel will drop down to urban figures pretty easily, only needs a few roundabouts, traffic lights, junctions and a bit of traffic, and let's face it this is driving in the UK these days.

All my petrol cars have been less than 10% below the official combined figures, all the diesels have been no more than 10& above the offical urban figures, thats what makes the gap between petrol and diesel even smaller than official figures would have you believe and is why we are now questioning it.

[jw2000]

Don't know why all of you are moaning. I get 14 MPG on mine.
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