[dgmc]

Hi,

I'm new to this forum and currently speccing a 330d M Sport as follows and was wondering what typical discount people have been able to achieve here. I seem to be struggling to get beyond 7% which appears to be typical deal margin.

330d M Sport, Mineral Grey
19" Alloys
M Adaptive Suspension
Variable Sports Steering
Media Pro Pack
Visibility Pack
Front Seat heating
Lumbar Support
Ext folding mirrors

I had part-electric seats on my current E90 320d Edition M Sport and annoyed that its not an available option on the F30 - hate BMW standard manual adjustment. Full electric expensive at £900+ and unlike 5 series doesn't include electric steering adjustment so dont know why its so expensive.

I'm pretty fussy on suspension setup and found the standard M Sport suspension, whilst a significant improvement in ride quality from E90 (which was a bit unforgiving) a bit soft and vertical control wasnt as great as it could be. I had a run in a launch 330d M Sport touring which had the adaptive setup and tho it was short the body control was a lot more impressive.

Thanks,

David

[NISFAN]

Hi David

Welcome, and great choice and spec

Discount wise I would imagine you are buying at the wrong time of year to get the best discounts, especially as you are looking 13 plate delivery? Many got around the 10%, so you can try that, but that was coming up to year end. Good luck

[Andys83]

NISFAN is probably right, I got a pre-registered 320i xdrive in November around 25% discount on what they were looking for!

[styles997]

I was hurried along in a deal just the other side of the year to make the most of the deals and got 12% without too much ado

[mlepyro]

Go to your dealer armed with Broadspeed.com... not checked it recently, but they will certainly treat that as worst case.

[kitster]

Not got an 330d but I used Broadspeed's offer to play off Sytner Affinity, who beat them by offering me Service Inclusive. I then used that offer on another dealer who gave me about 14% off (cash deal) & free carrier transport. I also did the P/X over the phone so I didn't have to go to the dealership.

Forget about Chandlers Brighton....they are as tight *%$* and would not budge from 5%.

[dopper99]

Broadspeed are currently offering 8.4% off list for a 330d M Sport (just over £3K). But there is nothing off options - they are all list price. If you can get 12% I'd snatch their hand off.

[mlepyro]

That is normal on broadspeed... the trick is to order the car, then add the options the week after, insisting they carry the discount.

Mat

[dgmc]

Thanks for the info folks. I can currently match Broadspeed on just over 8% and due to issues with my last car getting another £1k off so ends up just over 10% but need to push a bit more as finance rate has gone from 3.9% to 4.9%. I had been wrongly told that the 3.9% was being continued.

Problem is that I already paid an extra £1100 for timing to be re-done on my 320d about 6 months out of warranty but it was a known issue. BMW paid for the parts and half the labour but I felt they shoud have paid entirely so basically Im just about getting that back.I'll try moaning a bit more and see what I can do.

I'm annoyed I didn't move before xmas now but current deal is up in April and had thought spec change might have improved more than just DAB that I wouldnt have specced anyway.

David

[dopper99]

Just noticed this place:

http://www.buyacar.co.uk/bmw_3_serie...to_48402.jhtml

The main thing I noticed is they appear to be discounting the options too - the only problem is their APR is higher than BMW. Click on the Continue button to see the options.
Although I read somewhere that they do mention BMW lower rates of APR. I think you would have to ring them and dig deeper.......

[dopper99]

Seems a good lease deal on a 330d M Sport with Business Media thrown in:

Personal lease: Dep £2196 then £366 a month for 36 months. It appears they have reduced this as it was around £380 the last time I looked the other week.

http://www.solentvehicleleasing.co.u...377-quote.aspx