[alipali]

Have been doing some research on negotiating the residual for lease buyout. BMW Financial are a dead end, so just wondering if any of you had any luck with negotiating with dealerships.

Mine gave me a flat no. But I'm going to try again, maybe ask higher up the food chain.

My residual is $39.5 k for 2011 M3 Coupe w/ 37k miles.

Lease end costs: $1600 for new hood (Thanks Deer), + $800 for miles overage.

Good deal to keep it?

Can you buy through a new dealer (not he one you leased it from)?

Thanks!
Al