Was shopping nationwide for demo or new m550. Was able to actually get a deal locally in WA state that was pretty good, comparable to other strong deals posted here. Also decided on new vs demo due to the $1000 CCA rebate which doesn’t work with demos. Leasehacker calculator shows slightly different DAS and payment than what I actually got but negligible difference. I assume deals on these cars will get stronger in next few months but don’t think I’ll do much better in WA so happy with what I landed.
Think it’s s solid deal. Honestly I’d go new as well especially for cca. That v8 must be a beast. I just put the m340 in sport today and it’s breath taking. V8 must be glorious
@mbangwa it was BMW Spokane. I took a $150 one way flight and drove back 4 hrs, pretty nice drive.
Definitely more competitive than Seattle, Bellevue or Northwest. That said this particular car was on their lot almost 250d so I think they had motivation to move it. Look for cars that have been sitting on their lot a long time (cargurus.com has that info), you might be more successful with those. It was also end of month, so I’m guessing that added to motivating the dealer a bit as well.
@mountain-lion I’ve been in probably 10 or so exchanges with various dealers over the last month on demos and new cars before this one. None of those got to where I wanted. I probably lowered my expectations a bit along that process which helped. This particular deal closed in 2 days over email. Probably 5 or so emails back forth to lock on basic terms (sale price before incentives, incentives, and MF). It can be frustrating to hear so many ‘no’ responses, but eventually one said ‘yes’.
@menotknow I was surprised too, as Spokane managed to do better numbers than the Oregon dealers I was contacting. Seattle area dealers you can forget about it.
