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I don't see the E9X M3 market flooded up here like it was for the E46 M3 because of numerous factors. The ecomomy is different and debt is a concern now with more folks. Hence, those days of importing these M3s are no longer all the rage and the cost of the E9X M3 is actually much higher comparing to the E46 M3 in the States. I also believe more folks will keep their E9X M3 longer given what they paid for it and rumours of the next M3 not sounding too good with that turbo shit. Last edited by TailHappyM3; 05-27-2011 at 03:07 PM.. |
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05-27-2011, 02:00 PM | #332 | |
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There just aren't very many used M3's for sale in Canada and the prices are about 20-30% more when compared to importing, even after taking into account all fees and costs. If you're Canadian and want an M3 you owe it to yourself to look south of the border. It's really a no-brainer. Last edited by gobrigavitch; 05-27-2011 at 02:11 PM.. |
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05-27-2011, 02:17 PM | #333 |
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I've heard this argument numerous times, but I call BS. If I put my car up for sale today I could list it at 57K and break even. That's thousands less than any Canadian car which will have way more mileage. So are you telling me that a Canadian looking for an M3 will pay thousands more for a lesser car just to have different numbers on the speedo (That's the only difference between the cars). I find this very hard to believe. I think this argument is used by those that sell BMW's in Canada to scare customers into buying their cars up here.
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05-27-2011, 02:22 PM | #334 | |
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05-27-2011, 02:24 PM | #335 | |
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You may break even with your deal but many won't. The point I'm trying to make is that it may look like a great savings initially but come resale you take the hit. It happens and is not BS. Talk to some people who have tried to sell their US cars. |
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05-27-2011, 02:40 PM | #336 | |
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I stand by my 20% savings. To import the car, including taxes, I paid 55-56K. As I said before M3 sedans in Canada are mostly 2008's with 40-50K Kms and are selling for 60K + taxes which is 66K for me. I didn't even include transportation on the Canadian car, but the M3's I looked at were all in Ontario, BC or Alberta so there would have been some transportation cost. So my calculations are accurate and the savings are 20-30%. Prices are coming down in Canada, but they are also coming down in the USA. The prices may get closer together in the future, but I don't see it happening. |
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05-27-2011, 02:42 PM | #337 |
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+1 on US cars being tougher to sell in Canada. Yes, the "stealers" have a lot to do with this but they set the market too. I know many people who got offered 25% or more below Canadian Black Book value when they tried to tade in their US E46 M3 on the E9X at those scum bag dealers. The thing is the private market knows this too so why would one over pay for the US car knowing one day their resale would be hit too? It's the dealers up here who control this market and try to screw the guys importing from the US and so far they are winning, sadly. For example, one of the rules they tried to enforce was having to change the instrument cluster for thousands of dollars and US cars were sitting at the dealers for months waiting for this. Lots of horror stories out there about this.
Bottomline, unless you find a superb deal and keep your car for a long time, it's not worth importing. |
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05-27-2011, 02:43 PM | #338 | |
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05-27-2011, 02:53 PM | #339 | |
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The other thing I see is that most of these losses seemed to be with E46 M3's. It seems that there were way more of them sold in Canada compared to the E9x M3's. My guess is that the limited supply of E9x M3's in Canada will make it much easier to sell US imports in these. Time will tell I guess. |
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05-27-2011, 02:56 PM | #340 | |
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FWIW, my local, mint, loaded '08 coupe cost me less (private sale is the key) than what I could find in the US after calculating all taxes, fees, costs etc.. |
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05-27-2011, 03:07 PM | #341 | |
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It's a little bit more work to buy in the USA, and can be much more stressful. The car I bought was 3K KM's away so I had to buy it sight unseen. However, I was likely way more careful than I would have been if I had actually seen the car. |
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05-27-2011, 03:16 PM | #342 | |
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Sight unseen is very risky but hope it works out man. I had some stress with this on one car once and promised myself never to do that again. In the end both the Florida seller and shipper had to compromise and pay for all the defects that showed up on the car despite it being advertized as immaculate. The problem was "immaculate" means different things to different people and I am one very picky guy. Make sure you have lots of pictures on file before shipping...this saved my ass with the shipping company. Good luck and post some pics and your experience after it's all done. |
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06-05-2011, 03:47 PM | #343 |
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08 E90 M3 Graphite/black leather 15k miles 6spd Coldweather/tech/premium package EPS 18" wheels Satellite/Ipod/usb CPO warranty In service date of 12/08 $49,600 |
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06-05-2011, 10:17 PM | #344 |
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I paid 39k for my 08 a couple of weeks ago. Same package, 39k miles, no CPO. For that much, i'd go with an 09 for the updated Idrive, IMO.
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06-05-2011, 10:24 PM | #345 |
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whoa, sorry dude, you paid too much, you should have told me, I would have sold you my car.
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06-06-2011, 08:39 AM | #348 | |
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I'm not really selling, i'm just saying if you really wanted it for $49k, hell, I"ll sell you mine...lol, I would have effectively flipped my car for more than what I paid for mine a year ago (i now have 15k miles) (if you want to do it for $46k right now, I'll seriously consider it, I'm looking for a reasonable way to get into a E90 DCT, haha. ) |
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06-06-2011, 09:18 AM | #349 | |
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06-06-2011, 09:21 AM | #350 | |
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Anyhow whats the average market value for 08 e90 DCT or 09 e90 DCT from a Dealer? I look around in Autotrader and they all run for 50k+, and there wer go saying here that they are low-mid 40's. I am confused! |
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06-06-2011, 09:23 AM | #351 | |
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-21,XXX -Space Grey/Black -DCT -Nav -19's -Extended Leather -Ipod -Cold weather Asking $59,998 Just checked out this car today. Thought it was listed for too much. Dealer didn't seem to want to budge on the price more then 1000 off. What do you guys think? |
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