'08 M3 or '08 M Coupe???

Voltigeur · 01-19-2008, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkstarZero

I'm expecting the new M3 to come in at $1,000/month for loaded, 15,000m/y, and $5,000 up front (inc taxes).

I've started to crunch some numbers and am wondering if $1K is doable at ~ $70s. Doesn't add up when comp'd to your figures for the MCoupe.

Guess it all depends on BMW NA's estmate of residual - if it's around 50-55% for 3Y then $1K / mth is achievable (~ 7% APR).

DarkstarZero · 01-20-2008, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Voltigeur

I've started to crunch some numbers and am wondering if $1K is doable at ~ $70s. Doesn't add up when comp'd to your figures for the MCoupe.

Guess it all depends on BMW NA's estmate of residual - if it's around 50-55% for 3Y then $1K / mth is achievable (~ 7% APR).

When I say loaded, I don't mean fully loaded. Just the important options would come out to around 65k

NewM3driver · 11-08-2008, 11:50 PM

You can still find great deals on 2008 M3's.... A couple grand down and like $750/mo for nicely optioned cars.

NEGOTIATE, don't settle.

Get the M3. You won't regret it.

White Shark · 11-09-2008, 12:10 AM

M Coupe

spyderco10 · 11-09-2008, 01:36 AM

I too was kind of torn between the M Coupe and the M3. The M Coupe is a way uniquer car, and also as much an M as any BMW M car. For me, it came down to power and the M3 won. But even if I did get the M coupe, I think I'd be just as happy with that too.

Takumi587 · 11-09-2008, 02:19 AM

Keep the current M3? If not then a 135 for an even lower lease??? The E92 M3 will be around for about 4-6 more years so I would grab the M coupe if you really wanted the vehicle. Just remember it has the same S54 engine as the E46 M3 you own... I would go for variety and check out the 135i...

MrHarris · 11-09-2008, 05:57 AM

Why don't you do the balloon loan w/ the M3 since you're selling it in a few years anyways. Payments should be like 700-750 a month.

Atny286 · 11-09-2008, 09:24 AM

Just wondering... didn't this thread start a year ago? He might have decided already...

watrob · 11-09-2008, 05:18 PM

DarkstarZero has not posted since the 21st Jan 2008, did he even buy a M3?

jaay11 · 11-09-2008, 06:33 PM

lol.....true......dead thread revived. btw, isn't a M Coupe and M3 the same car? Are they talking M3: coupe vs. sedan?

spyderco10 · 11-09-2008, 10:35 PM

Different cars. We're referring to the BMW Z4 M Coupe, or M Coupe for short. It's the M version of the Z4.

Krueger///M3 · 11-10-2008, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by watrob

DarkstarZero has not posted since the 21st Jan 2008, did he even buy a M3?

Not true, he posted on the 30th of last month.

IS350 · 11-10-2008, 12:35 AM

Would this be a daily driver? Is there EVER a need to take more than 1 passenger? If yes, than the M3 offers about 95 percent of what the M-coupe would offer IMO.

Also, how are you getting such a low lease offer on the M3? Best I got was around 900 with zero down on a car an E92 that stickers at around 72.

sayemthree · 11-10-2008, 01:39 AM

m3

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