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BMW USA website lists march lease offers, and i know that they are offering:
$1500 cash incentive
0.001 money factor
I want to lease a 04 2.5 5sp, no options, sterling grey. I ran edmunds calculator, and w/ cap cost @ $1k below invoice (dealer makes $500), it is $355/mo w/ 0 down with all tax included.
1. anyone know residual % for 36 mo, 10k mile/yr lease? is it 62 or 61%?
2. Anyone know a dealer around AnnArbor/Detroit that has a internet sales division and is willing to deal? I can drive a few hours.
Thanks
So, I am asking for good techniques. I saw in the earlier post that going up north, esp. in winter, can get you good deals on these. Does anyone think that's worth considering? Or waiting til the end of the year? Any suggestions?
You won't get anything right now in the north because it's the end of winter and everyone's hormones are at as high tide as a 14 yr old on a first date because we're all eager for summer.
You seem patient if you're willing to wait for end of year -- if that's the case, why not go to the BMW website and get the email address (if they list them) for all the dealers within, say, a thousand miles and drop them a note with your requirements and an offering price?
But my best bet would be to go used. I just tried a search for you on Autotrader.com and they found 9 or 10 pages nationwide of used Z4s with autos with the AVERAGE price of $36500 (the best you said you can find). Worth a look. JW
So maybe I can't get any great discounts at this time, not that I really expected, but it seems that approx. $700 under MSRP is about the lowest they'll go. Does this sound like the average? Maybe towards the end of the year I can do better than that.
I am patient. I just want to be sure that when I buy, I'll know I got the best deal anyone would give me. In general, do you all consider end of year to be the best time for buying, or should I just wait for a nice special (the march one doesn't seem too bad. Either that or I'm naive)
We just brought home a 2004 Z4 2.5i Titanium/black leather, 5sp. What a car.
My questions are for anyone that currently owns one. Which is the best wind blocker? Plexi glass or netting? What do you use to clean your top?
Thanks!
The BMWUSA.com site shows how you can build your own car. The Z4 is made in America; or at least assembled in America, so you can have it any which way you want.
I'm thinking about leasing a Z4 2.5 using the BMW April lease program ($359/mo, for 36 mos, $3,199 due at signing + tax title license, MSRP $38,870). Is this a good deal? Am I allowed to negotiate a discount to MSRP? My dealer told me that the term is non-negotiable. I'm new to leasing, please advise. I live in Texas.
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In auto sales, everything is negotiable if the dealer wants your business enough. That said, it may be that the factory subsidy only applies to these terms, which sound to me like "Let's-sell-convertibles-in-the-spring-to-eager-buyers" rather than sound financial dealing.
You want to find out the cap cost (sale price), interest rate on the money, residual (what the car is worth at the end of your term, & mileage allowed. imo, a cap cost reduction is a bad deal ... you are paying up front for a car you don't own -- so if you get wiped out by a semi as you exit the dealer's lot, you have simply lost that money. Better do some reading. JW
simple question for owners.
the airbag sticker on this car get adhered directly to the front of our nice dashboard ( on the passanger side )......has anyone successfully removed this sticker & how?
hate the sticker, but love the dash & don't want to make a mess.
Thanks.
drew
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2022 Wrangler Sahara 4Xe, 2023 Toyota Tacoma SR 4WD
if you can live with the 225 HP engine of the 2005 model you can probable get a fantastic deal on them in the fall...
Do you know when the 2006 models will be available. May be worth waiting for.
I think there will be some good deals on 2005 leftovers, as the car doesn't seem to be selling to well.
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When you pull up incentives, click on dealer marketing support.. It is in there..
http://www.edmunds.com/new/2005/bmw/z4/100482355/incentives.html?tid=edmunds.n.optionsresu- lts.seealso1.incentives.1.BMW*#dms
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I recently purchased a CPO 2003 2.5i z4 from my local dealer. In the deal I got him to order 18" sport wheels for the car. The wheels haven't arrived yet.
The dealer will install the wheels for me. But I am curious of what changes are required for a wheel size change? Does DTC and DSC change? Do ABS settings change? Will these changes be possible in the 2.5? Comments anyone?
Jay
Four times in 18 months the front "nose" has become dislogded - twice ripped off by the belly pan dragging along the freeway.
Apparently (it must be my fault I am told) parking in a regular parking lot against those concrete wheel stops rips the low profile air dam.
I am a cautious driver - you would be after $1,800 in repairs - but this last week it happend again. This time it is costing over $2,000 to repair.
Am I the only person this is happening to? That is what my dealer is saying.
Also, be prepared to slow down (real slow) before entering a gas station, going over speed bumps or pot holes or rain dips (or pregnant bacteria).
It seems to me that other cars like the corvette have a piece of replacable plastic material under the air dam that is sacrificed and can be easily replaced.
Anyone else had this experience?
Norm
Anyone else suffering?
Norm
The following link is to a product offered by roadster solutions... it's a sacrificial plastic strip that fits under the airdamn. I'm thinking of getting it... anyone out there tried it?
http://64.225.94.154/ShopSite/product290.html
BMW executives admitted as much during their Frankfurt auto show press conference: The Z4 Concept Car on stage is headed for production as the new Z4 Coupe. Like the recently introduced Porsche Cayman, the Z4 Concept shares its fundamentals with a roadster, in this case the Z4. While it has a roof and luggage area, the Z4 Concept shares the Z4's 3.0-liter, inline six-cylinder engine with 265 hp and 232 lb-ft of torque. BMW says it will take only 5.7 seconds to accelerate from zero to 60 mph and will hit a top speed of 155 mph. Electric power steering and more powerful brakes are expected to make it into the production version of the Z4 Coupe when it arrives in the 2007 model year.
I like the looks of the Z4 coupe but I LOVE the looks of the Cayman S.
Any word on an M version of the Z4?
Emanuel
I have had 2 new ones installed in a 2003 Z4. The first time the car had less than 5k miles on it. They said that the screen on the bottom of the pump had collapsed, gutting off the gas flow.
Last month then engine died again, acting like a fuel pump problem. I had just topped the pass above Price, UT - elev about 7500', temp about 75 degrees. After 20 minutes on the phone to the dealer in SLC, I was able to get the car started again and baby it into town. They looked at it, and checked with BMW, and were told to install a newly designed fuel pump. The story was that the older design could have problems under certain elevation and temperature conditions. Since I live above 8000' and the temperature had been above 90 degrees at home, it is hard for me to understand why the problem would manifest itself at a lower elevation and temperature.
Anyway, I got the new fuel pump. But... I'm more than a little nervous about a car that is on its 3rd fuel pump in 40k miles.
Is this a problem with the Z4 in general, or did I get "one of those" that just has problems? I worry about what happens when the car goes off warranty. FYI, they have to remove the fuel tank to get to the pump, so the change is not trivial.
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I'm leasing a 2004 Z4 currently at 13000 miles. The other day, I started feeling a thumping with the suspension. I took it to a BMW dealer and guess what ... The 4 Rims are bent. You heard that right, 4 rims bent.
I asked the dealer how can 4 rims be bent and he said potholes. Are these alloy rims on the Z4 just soft or is the suspension on the Z4 just not made for potholes in NY and NJ?
Three of the rims can be fixed at about $150 each. The fourth may need replacing a dealer cost of about $450.
Has anyone experience problems with Z4 Rims?
Does anyone have a handle on approximately what the base price will be for the Z4 coupe?
Thanks. Addi
P.S. I had the dealer install it at purchase.
Dealers are usually not up to date because they are concern in only selling cars. I usually find out all the info online and when I talk to them, they are usually surprised. These forums are a good place to find info. Good luck!
2001 Prelude Type SH, 2022 Highlander XLE AWD, 2022 Wrangler Sahara 4Xe, 2023 Toyota Tacoma SR 4WD
Even my 18 year old admitted "that car is 'off the charts' in cool".
Thanks,
Jeannine Fallon
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my commute is mostly at 75-80 mph, and I am hoping for over 30 mpg
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