AUC Z4Ms now dipping below £20k
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It's the time of year thing again. The clocks have changed, the nights are drawing in - less people buy sports cars, particularly roadsters.
I reckon they'll rise again a little around March when people start thinking about spring and summer and trips to the Continent.
Good time to buy!
I reckon they'll rise again a little around March when people start thinking about spring and summer and trips to the Continent.
Good time to buy!
I suppose the cars are now fetching what they were this time last year so zero depreciation in 12 months 
Glass half full thinking!
Every time I look to see what I might replace the car with - I don't want to spend a lot on top of what I get for the car so I can work part time- I get depressed as these cars are such staggering value
So I'm keeping it for the time being!
Glass half full thinking!Every time I look to see what I might replace the car with - I don't want to spend a lot on top of what I get for the car so I can work part time- I get depressed as these cars are such staggering value
So I'm keeping it for the time being! sammyz said:I suppose the cars are now fetching what they were this time last year so zero depreciation in 12 months
Got a trade in figure on mine, £3k more than 12 months ago - can't argue with that
That's how silly prices were a year ago...
mikedav said:sammyz said:I suppose the cars are now fetching what they were this time last year so zero depreciation in 12 months
Got a trade in figure on mine, £3k more than 12 months ago - can't argue with that
That's how silly prices were a year ago...
I should have got the AMV8 then!
Or that 430! 
But like a lot of people I waited too long, then they turned!
How many miles do you do per year? Do the calculation. In my case, insurance was £40 more a year, maintenance so far has been pretty much the same (oil service - provided own oil + brake fluid in the two years I have had the car).
MPG is about 4 - 6 mpg lower then my previous 3.0 using the same real world driving style that I have. So unless you do mega mileage, that does not break the bank either ...
MPG is about 4 - 6 mpg lower then my previous 3.0 using the same real world driving style that I have. So unless you do mega mileage, that does not break the bank either ...
pvr said:
The official combined mpg of my 2.5i is 34, and average mpg is actually between 30 and 33. So M will be more like 20-22 mpg. For doing 11k miles p.a., I need to buy 770 litres of V-Power more a year, i.e. nearly £900 just on fuel. Insurance will be more like £200 extra. I think Inspection 1/2 will be significant higher than normal Z4. Also, road tax is likely to be doubled from 2012 (over £400).
I wait for sDrive35i.
Surely though If people 'give' the Ms away for ££peanuts then it will affect the resale prices, these are rare cars and shouldnt be sold cheaply as it hurts me 
Lets talk up prices from now on please....
as mentioned before the prices last year were quite similar to now so we M owners haven't lost much in a year if at all
remember Z4MC's were £2k cheaper to buy new so sell them cheaper not ask £3k more than an equiv, Z4MR's
Even if your chassis is supposedly stiffer..........
Lets talk up prices from now on please....
as mentioned before the prices last year were quite similar to now so we M owners haven't lost much in a year if at all
remember Z4MC's were £2k cheaper to buy new so sell them cheaper not ask £3k more than an equiv, Z4MR's
Even if your chassis is supposedly stiffer..........
I've never had a standard Z4 but I did run an E46 330 Sport followed my an E46 M3. MPG was marginal, maybe 2-3MPG. On a long run my M3 used to do 29MPG on a motorway, the 330 about 32MPG (for direct comparison). M oil services are cheap, but the Inspections hurt and are 2-3 times more than the none M - more than a 911 actually which has 20k interval fixed price servicing. My Insp 1 was £600 (some dealers wanted up to £950) and Insp 2 £700-£1200 (I think). Never needed to do them but I do know the front discs on a 330 are £120 a pair, mainly because parts departments often quote this price (incorrectly) for the M3. One even told me they use the same discs. Er, no. Those are £300 a pair. Not many Z4Ms are going to need new discs yet though (50k miles maybe?).
The M is definitely more expensive to run, but it depends on where in the cycle you own it as to how 'bad'...i.e. Like the M3, if you buy one with new tyres that's just had an Inspection, you've got 30k of motoring with one cheap oil service in the middle (and probably a set of rear tyres) before you have a costly Inspection again. And even then, if you're prepared for it it's not the end of the world.
It's supposed to be a disincentive to us for driving more 'polluting' cars...ours put out twice the emissions of a Ford Fiesta but cost four times the tax. Of course the powers that be wouldn't want you to actually stop driving your 'polluting' car - if they did, it would be £5000 per year. That would be counter productive, because then the penalty would work. No, much better to make it a large enough amount to piss you off, but not make you change your car. That way they increase revenue and are seen to be 'doing something green', despite the futility of the whole concept; a 747 puts out something like 3 times the emissions your car puts out in a year - every single day. A container-ship puts out something like 100 times that.
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The M is definitely more expensive to run, but it depends on where in the cycle you own it as to how 'bad'...i.e. Like the M3, if you buy one with new tyres that's just had an Inspection, you've got 30k of motoring with one cheap oil service in the middle (and probably a set of rear tyres) before you have a costly Inspection again. And even then, if you're prepared for it it's not the end of the world.
Gids said:
It's supposed to be a disincentive to us for driving more 'polluting' cars...ours put out twice the emissions of a Ford Fiesta but cost four times the tax. Of course the powers that be wouldn't want you to actually stop driving your 'polluting' car - if they did, it would be £5000 per year. That would be counter productive, because then the penalty would work. No, much better to make it a large enough amount to piss you off, but not make you change your car. That way they increase revenue and are seen to be 'doing something green', despite the futility of the whole concept; a 747 puts out something like 3 times the emissions your car puts out in a year - every single day. A container-ship puts out something like 100 times that.
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