Maybe, who knows in the uk I only know the Irish cars. Depends on the Brexit situation. I can see the F series cars staying in high demand, lots of guys want them at the moment and the next one not here until 2020 maybe even 2021. You in the Market?
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Maybe, who knows in the uk I only know the Irish cars. Depends on the Brexit situation. I can see the F series cars staying in high demand, lots of guys want them at the moment and the next one not here until 2020 maybe even 2021. You in the Market?
I hadn't thought about an F8X at all because at their current prices they would be beyond my budget even notwithstanding my wedding cost overrun. But that might change depending on rate of depreciation in 12-18 months, so it only occurred to me when I started to consider waiting until next year to buy instead of this year that it could become an option at that point.
In a lot of ways it seems like a much more sensible option than either of the preceding generations given the lower running costs. If the claimed 34 mpg (combined) is accurate, then that is more economical than I am currently getting on my 318Ci.
34mpg is a fairy tale. I see 20 mixed over 4000km. Running costs are ok. Minor service is 400 major is 800 - 1200. Service packs are a good idea. Apart from that they have no big issues.
E46 is the one to buy and never loose a euro on, so in a way its the most sensible. Not as shocking in speed buy very similar to drive to the f8x.
No m car is a sensible choice, its gona hurt so get the one you want and take off the man maths cap and buy with your guts.
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Interesting. Even if not as good as claimed, presumably it's still significantly better on fuel than your e46?
e46 does a solid 18mpg so not much difference in my experiance
My E46 M3 averaged 24-26 mpg in the 4.5 years of owning it.
My daily driver e46 M3 seems to stay at 23mpg average. Thats with motorway/city traffic/roadtrips/trackdays.
I know my old e46 M3 used to do struggle to do 22-23mpg when daily driving and my F80 does 28-29mpg at the moment... both were a mix of motorway/ city driving with a bit of spirited driving :-)
My e46 M3 averages about 22-23 mpg as well on mixed driving.
I average 16 half the time lol
I'd need to double check but I'm pretty sure I don't average much more than mid-20s on my 318Ci.
There seems like no good reason not to get an M3, lol
In fairness I do almost exclusively city driving. But it's still crap.
I think I was getting 19 in mine (e46). Well done Schooner, a nice achievement!
Probably a bit of an over exaggeration but I do drive it hard all the time
You can almost see the market for these things shifting as it happens. Some interesting facts:
-There are currently no e46's for sale on Carzone, DoneDeal or Adverts.*
-There are now a fair few sub £14k e92s on AutoTrader and a handful of sub £13k ones too. Although if you assume VRT of €9k which seems to be the figure suggested by people for these cars lately, then this doesn't seem like any better value than the few that are for sale here (e.g. that 2007 one for €22.5k and the 2008 one for €25.95k with the AUC warranty).
-Carzone currently has 16 M4's for sale. That's double the amount it had about 6 weeks ago when I made this comment.
*EDIT: Correction - there is one e46 on DoneDeal but it's a CSL, which is obviously not a meaningful comparator.
There has been a massive slow decline in E46 m3 for sale. I keep an eye on the market fairly regularly and you might see a decent one coming up for sale once every three/six month. They are still the same price as when I bought mine 3 years ago.
This is surprising as insurance/road tax for these cars are insane and I thought more people will be selling theirs. Altho with the amount of money/time/sweat I ve spent on mine I d rather keep it off the road if I couldn't afford it.
Is insurance that expensive on these now? Last time I insured my M, it was around €630 iirc
Well nearly a year after posting this thread and I am not much closer to actually getting one of these cars - wedding, saving for a house, the usual story.
Still keeping an eye on the market regularly and it's always interesting reading. All things going to plan I hope to be in a position to get a car around this time next year. I wonder what F80/82 prices are going to look like then -an M4 might well be a more attractive ownership proposition at that point than either of the two previous generations.
An m3/m4 is going to be 40-50k for a 142 or 151 private...with no sign of the new model till 2021 prices are not going to go down, once they start taking orders for the new one you will see a flood on the market (I plan an upgrade and will sell my m4 privately beforehand but only once I have a allocation). My e46 is a delight and has been very reliable. I am pleased to have one that I know has all the bits done and I can sit on. e92's remains a value choice, and I have not seen them shift much in value the last while. The F8x will be twice the price of either of the older cars so two very different propositions.
That definitely sounds right considering the price of Irish cars for sale in Ireland right now. However if/when I do buy it will almost certainly be from the UK. Based on the likes of AutoTrader, there are already quite a lot going for between £26-30k GBP, which after VRT of around €14k (for a 142) makes it a c. 45k car already. Maybe the ones I'm looking at are priced like this for a reason, but they're not necessarily high mileage. Do you not think prices will move at all from that?
Not really until the new model is out, which from my sources is looking like 2022 before customer cars land. There will be a m2 cs in the mean time. Would you consider a m2??
Did someone say M2? :D
M2s are great.
I love M2s.
Buy an M2.
Do it.
M2.
:p
It hadn't really occurred to me... but I suppose I certainly would!
Well get one before peter does cause once he does they will be seriously uncool :) Great car the M2, better as a comp pack but still good in origional guise. Value is ok too on early models