Thoughts on this 35is?

[john-e89]

At the last information on the forum, there were 435 35iS's in the UK. That makes it - in any condition and with any mileage - quite a rare car.

In excellent condition and with very low mileage, it then becomes rarer than quite rare.

Go figure.

5 on Autotrader
3 on Pistonheads
4 on BMW sites

11 cars for sale and in winter, take your pick.

Go figure.....

 

[step_change]

So I contacted the dealer via web chat this morning just to get some further information regarding number of owners on the car etc. Turns out someone has put down a deposit / is going to see it this afternoon already lol :|

Done you a favour, it's a rapidly falling market & a fool & his money easily parted.
There will be others, they aren't that rare

I agree. The guy who has bought it has been had at that price, that is ridiculous money.

 

[djstan]

I agree. The guy who has bought it has been had at that price, that is ridiculous money.

It’s a nice looking car. And if someone is prepared to pay that sort of money for it, doesn’t that just confirm that the dealer had it at the right price? If it was too expensive, nobody would be interested..

 

[Phoenixboy]

imho, unless your buying an approved used, where you get a decent poss 12months warranty, paying top dollar from a second hand fred the shed is pointless.
the warranty is usually not worth the paper its written on, and usually covers little unless the engine or gearbox lets go.
buying private gives you a chance to judge the car on face value, and can usually get a feel for how its been looked after,as well as service history, and you can usually strike a deal, especially at this time of year.
what you save over the dealer price will get you a good service and check over.
you would have to be very unlucky to catch a cold on anything to major on a well maintained E89.
I chipped the guy down a 1000 on mine, which allowed me to get a few jobs done.

 

[Phoenixboy]

I agree. The guy who has bought it has been had at that price, that is ridiculous money.

It’s a nice looking car. And if someone is prepared to pay that sort of money for it, doesn’t that just confirm that the dealer had it at the right price? If it was too expensive, nobody would be interested..

Fortunately for the traders, people will pay over the odds for perceived peace of mind, which in reality, as most of us know, is often limited at best.

 

[Burgy100]

At the last information on the forum, there were 435 35iS's in the UK. That makes it - in any condition and with any mileage - quite a rare car.

In excellent condition and with very low mileage, it then becomes rarer than quite rare.

Go figure.

5 on Autotrader
3 on Pistonheads
4 on BMW sites

11 cars for sale and in winter, take your pick.

Go figure.....

Are you sure you have not doubled them figures up? i.e. both advertised on BMW and Autotrader site

 

[john-e89]

At the last information on the forum, there were 435 35iS's in the UK. That makes it - in any condition and with any mileage - quite a rare car.

In excellent condition and with very low mileage, it then becomes rarer than quite rare.

Go figure.

5 on Autotrader
3 on Pistonheads
4 on BMW sites

11 cars for sale and in winter, take your pick.

Go figure.....

Are you sure you have not doubled them figures up? i.e. both advertised on BMW and Autotrader site

Nope, no doubling up, all the cars on Autotrader and Pistonheads are not on BMW’s own site.

 

[Philly_Sweden]

Holy cow!
The cars are SO cheap in the UK! Why?

If you want a 35is or Z4 M here in Sweden/Rest of Europe it's double the Money.

That 35is is so cheap compared to the prices here.

This one is 41.000 GBP

https://www.blocket.se/halland/BMW_Z4_35is_DKG_M_Sport_Se_utrustning_80952124.htm?ca=21&w=3

 

[buzyg]

So I contacted the dealer via web chat this morning just to get some further information regarding number of owners on the car etc. Turns out someone has put down a deposit / is going to see it this afternoon already lol :|

There will be another. :wink: As a weekend car the price makes more sense, as you will be putting less miles on it so will hold a bit more of the initial value. Happy hunting.

 

[Busterboo]

The 7 35iS's on Autotrader today:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-search?sort=price-asc&radius=1500&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&make=BMW&model=Z4&aggregatedTrim=35is&price-from=500

Now go figure.

 

[Angie4m]

I traded mines on the 1st October for good money and I wouldn’t have got any more for it private, in fact I probably would have got less. The car was up for almost what I paid for it 4 years ago and sold in 16 days without any pictures on the site. There wasn’t many to choose from and mines was the only DSB. Was priced as much as a 2016 model which was optimistic I thought.

If it’s what you’re looking for and it’s relatively low mileage and good spec they tend to get snapped up from a main dealer pretty quickly. The peace of mind of a warranty is probably a favourable addition plus a lot of bmw approved cars of that age have been in the dealer network and usually the dealers selling it know the car and the owner(s).

 

[R60BBA]

At the last information on the forum, there were 435 35iS's in the UK. That makes it - in any condition and with any mileage - quite a rare car.

In excellent condition and with very low mileage, it then becomes rarer than quite rare.

Go figure.

There was only 422 E46 M3 CSLs produced in RHD to put that into perspective :?

 

[john-e89]

The 7 35iS's on Autotrader today:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-search?sort=price-asc&radius=1500&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&make=BMW&model=Z4&aggregatedTrim=35is&price-from=500



Now go figure.

Yep there is, weird search on Autotrader then, if you just type in ‘35is’ on the more details box and don’t bother to fill in the make and model it doesn’t show BMW dealer cars....just non main dealer.... :scratchhead:

 

[eff1guy]

5 on Autotrader
3 on Pistonheads
4 on BMW sites

11 cars for sale and in winter, take your pick.

Don't apply for Rachel Riley's job will you John? Your legs are nowhere near as good as hers

 

[eff1guy]

Turns out someone has put down a deposit / is going to see it this afternoon already lol :|

Did they buy it? When I was looking a couple of years ago, I heard that line from every BMW dealer I went into when I asked for more details It must be in their sales training manual. Did he take your details anyway?

Agree, it's a lot of money for a 10 plate. You could probably find a nicely specced facelift 63 plate with Cruise, Extended Leather and Lumbar support at a similar price No need to swap out the yellow halo's for LED, LCI indicators and you may even find one with non RF's

 

[john-e89]

5 on Autotrader
3 on Pistonheads
4 on BMW sites

11 cars for sale and in winter, take your pick.

Don't apply for Rachel Riley's job will you John? Your legs are nowhere near as good as hers

Ooopsie....

 

[Boyo]

My 65 plate (2015) 35is with 25K on the clock and decent spec was advertised on this forum and Pistonheads for the majority of September. I initially priced it at £23,995 and then dropped it to £21,995. I didn't receive one enquiry. Come October I wanted to move the car on so I contacted the main dealer who supplied it to me as an AUC 18 months earlier. They bought it back from me at a touch over my lower advertised price. They retailed it at just shy of £25K and it went within a fortnight. They would of course had to have put 12 months warranty on it, however, it really does confirm the "peace of mind" theory.

 

[Busterboo]

Well said.

 

[john-e89]

3k buys a lot of parts that more often than not aren’t needed. Warranty’s exist because they make money, no other reason.

The general buyers of course fall for the bulls**t that dealers spin, that’s fine, you pays your money, but as an enthusiast on a forum.............I’d think there would be more savvy. Obviously it’s fine if you don’t mind paying but there will be others, and cheaper.

 

[Brasseye]

The cruse control is very very useful.