2018 X3 M40i Lease help (Demo?)

Smorodok · May 21, 2018, 6:07am

Lease pro’s please help a noob out. I will be in your debt.

I have finally settled on a car. The X3 M40i. My dream car and a challenge.
Any tips for lease? I am open to a Demo. I know I have seen a handful of this elusive beasts as a demo in the states. About 10 or so.

Any deals for upcoming Memorial holiday?

Not sure of regional incentives (I am in NorCal). I’ve got fleet and loyalty.

Thanks!

NY13 · May 21, 2018, 12:24pm

What exactly are you looking for help though? Tips, is all about negotiating selling price and get base mf. If you had msds on previous bmw you can roll that benefit over.

Siejammy · May 21, 2018, 2:16pm

This should help you get started:

Which sites do you use to do research? (Updated 08/10/17 Alt Lease Calc) [Library]

Incentives Sites:

Go to New Cars
Select Model
Click “Take me to my car”
Click the Model Year you want.

5.Go to the “More” Tab and click incentives.
Type Zip and select Trim.

http://www.autobytel.com

Car Selling Price Sites

Edmunds TrueMarketValue site: https://www.edmunds.com/tmv.html

NADAguides: http://www.nadaguides.com/Cars

TrueCar (Used to be good. They’ve sold out.) TrueCar | New & Used Cars for Sale | Car Pricing & Reviews

Car Gurus: https://www.cargurus.com/

Blackbook Lite Portal: Used Cars Black Book Weekly Values Lite

Blackbook Lite Portal: New Cars (Only Invoice. No sales data.) Black Book New Car Lite

Money Factor / Residual Sites:

Google [Model Year] [Manufacturer] [Model] [Lease Edmunds]

For example 2017 Lexus ES350 Lease Edmunds

Make an account on edmunds using 10minutemail if you don’t want spam.
Make a post with your state, year, model, trim.

The full list of all forums for all cars is here:

Leasing — Car Forums at Edmunds.com

Car Reliability Sites:
Please only make judgements on cars based upon NHTSA complaints cross referenced with the actual recalls/TSBs.

Select a vehicle make.
Select model
Select model year
Do not look at the complaints with the big numbers (1). Click on NHTSA government complaints. Scroll down to the owner complaints.
Then look at Recalls.
Then look at TSBs (manufacturer issued Technical Service Bulletins). See if the stories match up.

Then you know it’s for real.

www.carcomplaints.com/

Dealer Holdback Numbers
(Scroll down to chart)
  Edmunds 
What Is Dealer Holdback? on Edmunds.com

Many car buyers don’t understand what dealer holdback is, what it’s used for and what its role is, if any, in the deal-making process. Here are the basics.

Car Sales Numbers Sites (To Identify Underperforming Brands and guess/forecast whether incentives will increase or decrease the next month)

Select Make and Model

http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/p/sales-stats.html

Negotiation Tactics Sites:

Car salesman Confidential on Car and Driver mag.

Alternative Lease Calculators
RWG Calculator - RIDE with G

BMW Specific Sites:
BIMMERTIMES
  BIMMERTIMES 
BIMMERTIMES

BMW and Mini run in our blood. Passionate BMW gearheads bring you only what matters.

BIMMERFEST

http://www.bimmerfest.com/

BIMMERPOST

http://www.bimmerpost.com/