BMW warranty as selling point

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James_G

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 Guildford, Surrey
I'm about to put my car up for sale, but before I do I just want to check I have my facts straight regarding the warranty.

Currently my car has a BMW Insured warranty, comprehensive cover with no excess and breakdown cover, which is effectively an extension of the AUC warranty that I bought it with. It's fully paid, so transferable to a new owner.

Now a few years ago I remember that the rules were that any BMW that fell out of warranty could then not re-enter the scheme. If that's the case then the fact that my car has a warranty is a decent selling point. However if a potential purchaser can buy a private sale car with no warranty and then apply for and receive warranty cover from BMW, then the benefit of mine having a warranty is minimal. Can anybody confirm because I can't find the answer?

Secondly my car doesn't have sat nav. I should point out that this isn't my fault, since I didn't spec the car in the first place. Anyway some people say that this means my car should be £500 less than a car with it, assuming everything else is equal. Scandalous if you ask me, but I'm not about to argue with market forces. So, does that sound about right or are you going to tell me it's £1000?

Cheers

James
 
£500 is about right mate, but why go low why not chance your arm and see what happens. Silver grey and red may be a popular combo to someone who is looking. These cars are still quite rare.
 
It is not so much an exact value for satnav or not, it just makes it saleable or not.

Regarding the warranty - I think for reentry, it only matters that you have an up to date service schedule (BMW) and can not claim for the first month.
 
Re the warranty, thanks both, much as I suspected. Great news for anybody in the market for a BMW, not so good news for those of us selling with a warranty.

Ironically my car is currently in the dealer right now having the output diff seals replaced under warranty. So at least I'm getting some of my money's worth. And a 318d auto to drive.

Daz05 - I agree, but there's an identical colour combo car for sale right now with sat nav and I'd be a fool to advertise my car at the same price given the omission. Unless there's somebody who desperately wants a no nav car.
 
James_G said:
Daz05 - I agree, but there's an identical colour combo car for sale right now with sat nav and I'd be a fool to advertise my car at the same price given the omission. Unless there's somebody who desperately wants a no nav car.
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I agree with what Daz05 says re nav, but that other car does make it difficult. However, if I came across that same scenario (price-matching cars, one with nav, one without) I'd probably go on condition and forego the sat nav if it meant getting the best car. But if both were the same condition then yeah I guess you'd need to price a non-nav car lower. £500 lower is still taking the p*ss IMO though - maybe a couple of hundred £££ tops - that's all it'd be worth to me, but others may differ.
 
If I was buying a 4 year old Z4MC now, the satnav would be a non-issue for me (as it was when I spec'd my car). Who wants a 4 year old satnav? When I bought mine, portable navigation devices like my Tomtom ONE were all the rage, now you can get the same from an iPhone.

If it was a commuting car like a 5-series, I guess I'd like the inbuilt satnav for convenience. But for a car that does (in my case) 6,000 miles a year?
 
carl said:
If I was buying a 4 year old Z4MC now, the satnav would be a non-issue for me (as it was when I spec'd my car). Who wants a 4 year old satnav? When I bought mine, portable navigation devices like my Tomtom ONE were all the rage, now you can get the same from an iPhone.

If it was a commuting car like a 5-series, I guess I'd like the inbuilt satnav for convenience. But for a car that does (in my case) 6,000 miles a year?
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If and when I change 'up' Sat Nat will be bottom of my list of considerations, in fact not even on my list. Condition & history is all for me.
In my experience most gadgets becoma a source of more problems than they are worth once a car is out of warranty.
 
carl said:
If I was buying a 4 year old Z4MC now, the satnav would be a non-issue for me (as it was when I spec'd my car). Who wants a 4 year old satnav? When I bought mine, portable navigation devices like my Tomtom ONE were all the rage, now you can get the same from an iPhone.

If it was a commuting car like a 5-series, I guess I'd like the inbuilt satnav for convenience. But for a car that does (in my case) 6,000 miles a year?
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:poke: Listening PVR?
 
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