Picking up my 08 328i in 3 hrs!!!

[nimsu]

woohooo. my 1st BMW and 1st new car in 9 years. will probably get tinting done this weekend

[Mugen89]

niceee!! congrats on the new bimmer...

i shud be getting my 335i soon...im getting the 09 so i might have to wait and see how theyr gonna charge cus i get 3.9 not .9 soo...arghh..

worse comes to worse i have to wait til. next april.

anyways post some pics when u get the chance.

[nimsu]

niceee!! congrats on the new bimmer...

i shud be getting my 335i soon...im getting the 09 so i might have to wait and see how theyr gonna charge cus i get 3.9 not .9 soo...arghh..

worse comes to worse i have to wait til. next april.

anyways post some pics when u get the chance.

will do.. i'm a little concerned i'm paying too much.. the salesman said he was throwing in the the floor mats and I never even asked him for them..... of course he also told me I could get more for my old car if I sell it on my own instead of the dealer buying it.. (i knew this, but odd to hear it from a salesman)

[mryakan]

of course he also told me I could get more for my old car if I sell it on my own instead of the dealer buying it.. (i knew this, but odd to hear it from a salesman)
Sometimes they don't like to deal with older cars since the profit on those is very low so they either tell you that or really low ball you as they did to me. I ended up selling it on my own for much much more than they were willing to offer and the salesman was upfront about that with me.
Congrats.

[nimsu]

Sometimes they don't like to deal with older cars since the profit on those is very low so they either tell you that or really low ball you as they did to me. I ended up selling it on my own for much much more than they were willing to offer and the salesman was upfront about that with me.
Congrats.

did you just put an ad in the newspaper/craigslist? I've never sold a car before and I don't want to really deal with strange people calling me at wierd hours and flaking on meetings

[mryakan]

did you just put an ad in the newspaper/craigslist? I've never sold a car before and I don't want to really deal with strange people calling me at wierd hours and flaking on meetings
It was a big big hassle indeed and many testdrives/frustration before selling it. I put it on autotrader (both online and print). But I got 7K instead of the 2K the dealer offered, so it was worth the hassle, not that I'd want to sell a car ever again, I plan to lease perpetually.

[NHskibm]

To get my E90 I had to ditch an E36. I was so done with the car I brought it to the dealer and was offered $2k.

I said OK, set up the deal, and went home.

Posted on Craigslist and the Forums... "MUST GO $5,000"

I owed more and put more into it in maintenance in the month I had it... Long story short I sold it for Cash in less than 12 hours....

If you are SET on getting a new car no matter what the trade is then work your deal on the car - i.e. LOWEST price on the car... Then let them work the trade in. Take the car home and sell it for whatever you think you can get higher than the trade...

I lost $5k on the car overall (including maint - LOTS of maint) but if I traded it in I would have lost $8k....

If I owned it outright it was a $3k difference in my pocket and although I 'gave it away' what do I care... the accounting made sense...

[Takashi]

My gf's aunt owned a old mini-van. The Toyota dealership said she can get $500 bucks for the trade in (She was getting a Rav 4). She placed a for sale sign on the mini-van and it was sold for $4,000 bucks CASH.

[zaxjax]

Congrats on your new purchase. I just got my 08 335i on Monday.:buttrock:buttrock:buttrock:buttrock

[Mugen89]

it was a big big hassle indeed and many testdrives/frustration before selling it. I put it on autotrader (both online and print). But i got 7k instead of the 2k the dealer offered, so it was worth the hassle, not that i'd want to sell a car ever again, i plan to lease perpetually.
lease ftw!!!

[RedTop]

Congrats....I just got my 08 328i 9/11.

[nimsu]

Congrats....I just got my 08 328i 9/11.


scary..same car, got it in white also and live in Texas.. how do you like it so far? it's my 1st bmw

[RedTop]

scary..same car, got it in white also and live in Texas.. how do you like it so far? it's my 1st bmw
Wanna know even scarier? I live in Austin Area as well. Round Rock to be exact. AND...the topper? this is my first BMW as well.

I love it....it's not loaded or anything. It has just enough tho to make it feel loaded to me. If it had a 6 disc changer in it...I'd be absolutley set. It's fun...quick...and it gets great mileage. It had 8400 plus miles on it when I bought it and came from Cali.

I got it used but it looks , smells and feels brand new.

[nimsu]

Wanna know even scarier? I live in Austin Area as well. Round Rock to be exact. AND...the topper? this is my first BMW as well.

I love it....it's not loaded or anything. It has just enough tho to make it feel loaded to me. If it had a 6 disc changer in it...I'd be absolutley set. It's fun...quick...and it gets great mileage. It had 8400 plus miles on it when I bought it and came from Cali.

I got it used but it looks , smells and feels brand new.

I'm in Round Rock also. If you were a chick, I would call this the greatest thread ever

[Jickel180]

I'm in Round Rock also. If you were a chick, I would call this the greatest thread ever

Congrats on your first BMW purchase...I'm from Round Rock, but live in NW Austin now.


And I'm not a chick either. :shifty

[MagneZium]

scary..same car, got it in white also and live in Texas.. how do you like it so far? it's my 1st bmw


Wanna know even scarier? I live in Austin Area as well. Round Rock to be exact. AND...the topper? this is my first BMW as well.


Uh oh, is this actually just one schizophrenic with multiple personality disorder? Everyone in Austin look out for the nutcase in a white 328i!! :crazynoel

[Mugen89]

Uh oh, is this actually just one schizophrenic with multiple personality disorder? Everyone in Austin look out for the nutcase in a white 328i!! :crazynoel
:lol lmaoo

i still wanna see some damn pics of his car tho.:shifty

:needpics

[nimsu]

Uh oh, is this actually just one schizophrenic with multiple personality disorder? Everyone in Austin look out for the nutcase in a white 328i!! :crazynoel


lol.. i'll take some pics later.

to the couple of austin guys, where do you recommend for window tinting?

[RedTop]

lol.. i'll take some pics later.

to the couple of austin guys, where do you recommend for window tinting?

Ya know...I really have no idea....hopefully someone will chime in tho as I am interested in doing mine.

[bimerash]

post some pics buddy

[RedTop]

Here's mine.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f125/RedTop1/Picture001.jpg

[nimsu]

subtract the front license plate holder and that's mine.

[RedTop]

subtract the front license plate holder and that's mine.

Same Wheels? where did you buy yours at? Pm if you'd rather not say.

[nimsu]

Same Wheels? where did you buy yours at? Pm if you'd rather not say.


oh maybe not.. how many places in Austin are there to buy a new BMW? Got mine at BMW of Austin

[RedTop]

New....yeah Bmw of Austin is it....I bought mine new/used. 8k plus miles on it. I got to get over to BMWofA soon. The person I got mine from recommended one of the service techs....So I should get by there to talk to him and check things out better. I was there looking at a certified and dealt with a guy named chuck Jett. Really nice guy.

If you find that tint place...let me know. Probably wont get it done for a month or so , but definatley will do it sometime. I saw a pic of a white 328 with dark windows. :buttrock

[nimsu]

New....yeah Bmw of Austin is it....I bought mine new/used. 8k plus miles on it. I got to get over to BMWofA soon. The person I got mine from recommended one of the service techs....So I should get by there to talk to him and check things out better. I was there looking at a certified and dealt with a guy named chuck Jett. Really nice guy.

If you find that tint place...let me know. Probably wont get it done for a month or so , but definatley will do it sometime. I saw a pic of a white 328 with dark windows. :buttrock

i had my old car done by mother's for tint.. i thought they did a great job and it still looks good after 7 years, but I've heard horror stories from a lot of people who go there... my sales rep recommended a place right by the dealership.. i'll check the name and let you know

[moadster]

My friend got his S4 tinted at Sun Tint about 2 months ago, and they did a decent job. I too am looking for a good tint shop for my M3.

Apparently there's this one in-demand tint guy that hops around to which ever audio/tint shop pays the most. I'm not sure where he's at right now.

So I may just bite the bullet and give Sun Tint a shot. :dunno


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