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Originally Posted by BMWDave
mario486 & LRS
Perhaps it's a bit different over there in the UK. I know your standard spec is a bit lower than ours here in Oz too so perhaps spec is a bit more sensitive over there. No doubt here in Oz, our supply isn't as high as yours, making buyers less fussy.
I know, based on list price, i'm adding about 19% of the value of car on top in extras. Do I expect to get 19% more in 3-4 years if i go to sell it? Absolutely not. Do I expect to get any extra? Absolutely, but no where near th 19%. Depreciation's a bitch but it's going to happen regardless of how you spec your car. For me, those years of driving a car exactly how I wanted it, having not simply accepted it cause it might mean a lose less dollars in the long run on options, is worth the loss. (And before you make any assumptions about my financial health, believe me, I work hard to get into my BMWs. I finance my purchases and don't have a big bucket of money or family inheritance or some other funding source to piss up the wall, so i'm certainly not one to frivolously throw away cash.)
Horses for courses I guess. I don't mean to question the validity of the original post, I guess I didn't understand the sensitivity of the UK marketplace. Sorry if I've offended.
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No problem. To give you an idea the X1 will lose about 50% of its base price over 3 years. Options will add very little to this. Its still a bit early in the model life but a £26k 2.0d with £4k of options will be worth about £13k +£500 for the options after this time. In this case, with the options, it will lose about 55%. Its about damage control
but I think like you, I buy a car because I like it.