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Originally Posted by Laguna Beach
If not leasing and keeping long term I’d buy a used 1 year with 5k on it.
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I was comparing a lease (on a 2024 760i loaner) and 1.5yr old outright purchase on an i7 x60 with ~10k miles and ended up buying outright as it was cheaper than the total cost of the lease AND I get to keep the car. I ended up paying less than half MSRP even before the Illinois $4k EV rebate.
What's funny is the lease 'deal' was through a dealer that's spoken of highly on here and they were unwilling to negotiate. Their 2024 loaner was also in an accident. No thanks!
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Originally Posted by Nash73
I don't like the idea of a used car, but I want to own and take care of the cars i own, and want to keep it as much as I can. I know it is risky, but I probably will spend some money I saved to buy extra coverage, BMW offer upto 7 years and 125K with additional coverage.
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My pro-tip is to get the VIN, open an account through BMW's TIS account (
BMW - Technical Information System) and run the VIN through AOS. You can run as many VINs as you want, but you pay for timed access. They list the full detailed repair history. It's a great tool to see red flags that definitely will not show up on CarFax.
I don't think any other car manufacturer does that.