Looking to transfer my lease as I need something with more range.Happy to provide more photos if needed. Car is basically brand new. Please DM me if you are interested in taking over the lease, looking to move this soon as I would like to get another vehicle.
Year, Make, Model, and Trim: 2025 BMW i4 M50
Location: Sacramento CA
Current mileage: 600
Maturity mileage: 30,008
Effective miles per month: 843
Maturity date: 05/07/2028 (34 months left)
MSD due (if any): $0
Cash due (if any): $0
Incentive for new lessee (if any): $2500 ($2100 cash + $400 transfer fee)
Financial institution: BMW FS
Transfer fee: $100 for credit application
Out-of-state transfer allowed (yes/no): Yes
Vehicle condition (accidents, tire wear, etc.), options, and other details: Like new, all options included DAPP, Parking Assist Package, Premium Package, M Sport Pro
Does that mean the monthly payments should be closer to 535/mth? The car you linked is a year older with more miles but not sure if that makes a difference. I’m happy to offer an incentiveif it helps transfer the lease quicker, this is my first time transferring a lease as well so not sure what a good number is for the incentive.
If that’s the only reason why you’re getting rid of the car, have you tried driving in Eco Pro or Comfort mode? Both will give you much better efficiency than Sport or Sport Plus.
Right now I’m getting 2.9kwh/mile which puts me at 232 miles on a full charge or 185ish if I charge to 80% and go down to 20%. I commute about 80 miles on the weekend so I end up charging about once week.
99% of my driving is in eco pro mode so that is why I am confused as to why the kwh/miles is so low (doing 75 with DAP enabled on the highway). I expected a bit more range and if I am driving pretty conservatively anyways whats the point of the M50 when the edrive 40 would be the same with better range.
Appreciate everyone’s input!
I feel ya man… I have a i4 as well and use EcoMode on a commute that takes me in traffic hell up 6/880, over the Bay Bridge, and I can’t go quickly even if I tried. I was getting like 70% advertised range using DAPP in Eco for most of the loop.
Dealer and the friendly people on i4Talk simply blame the operator sneaking into sport mode and driving with a lead foot. Shrug.
Taycan 4s in the same loop gets me the advertised range.
This might sound like a dumb thing to do for an m50 but maybe get a set of the 18" wheel/tire set from the e40. If it fits the m50, it seems like it could bump your range by 10%. Again, though, yea at that point you may as well just offload this and get yourself an e40.
I do need something with better range/efficiency since I have long commutes on the weekend and more range would mean charging less (pge rates are pretty crazy now). A little bit is prob me being annoyed at the efficiency being poor when I’m not driving like a crazy person so why have an M50 when I cant drive like I have an M50.
More power means less range. Combined with BMW’s “ethical” mineral sourcing approach, which means smaller batteries, nobody should be looking at an M50 for range. It’s not like people are buying an M4 because it gets good mpg.
What range monster are you looking to get instead?
You said 80 miles on weekends which isn’t that much.
More range doesn’t mean charging less. Let’s say hypothetically you’re charging 50 kWh twice vs 100 kWh once: It’s the same consumption. Just like an ICEV’s consumption is a function of f(miles driven, MPG) and it doesn’t matter what the size of the tank is.
FWIW my i4’s efficiency doesn’t change much regardless of eco pro or sport plus mode so drive yours like it was meant to be driven and don’t sweat the efficiency.
Happy to work with whoever takes over the lease to get the car shipped to them but would like them to coordinate (bumped incentive to help with shipping costs)
Could you please let me know what my total out-of-pocket costs would be to complete the lease transfer all-inclusive (BMW transfer fee, registration, DMV, taxes, etc.)?
I just want to understand the full cost “under the hood”
