BMW Deals & Offers

Think you right mate ! After watching Watchdog 9/5/2018 . Why on earth would anyone want to spend money on a over priced match stick like BMW's (

It is a weirdly proportioned car and looks terrible. It has no ergonomic class, style or charisma - not my opinion, look at it! A car for the Mrs or a teenager.

https://www.selectcarleasing.co.uk/special-offers.html

Not a fan of the back of the 2 series, find it ugly. Rest looks great though. Cold for me

Aside from the similar form factor, as they’re both SUVs, I don’t think they look that similar at all.

VW Group designers seem quite taken with it :D An ancient X5 A 67 plate 'VW' product

I have got the 216d M-sport active coming tomorrow. 3 year lease,8000pa, £1250 and £220/month. It’s my first bmw..I’m upgrading from a corsa. XD

It didnt destroy sales thought did it? In fact, quite the reverse. Which - correct me if i'm wrong here - is kind of what a motor manufacturer wants to do? You cant please all of the people all of the time after all. Say what you like about bangle era cars but they were a lot more distinctive than the bland blobs they're now making. The new 5 series in particular is rather dull compared to the e60 in its day. The z4 was certainly never going to win any beauty contests, but i never considered it "ugly". We'd a 3.0Si Sport Coupe at one point and its one of the few cars we regret selling and i'd love another tucked up in the garage as they're now starting to appreciate. I'd no particular issue with most of Bangles designs that made it to production. The earliest 7 series looked a bit harsh but that was quickly facelifted. The 3 and 5 series E46 / E90 and E60 i thought looked well, at least in M Sport trim levels. But each to their own. Styling is subjective. "As for your 'lightly modded' MINI - good luck with that warranty! I'd say your comments in this thread show a high degree of knowledge - but a poor level of judgement. Just my opinion, of course!" Its a plug in tuning box and a performance air filter element taking it to around 235BHP ish. All plug and play stuff that can be removed in a matter of minutes. Nothing i havent done for a couple of decades on various cars and have had no issues. Its not the first modded F56 MINI out there and i'm sure it wont be the last. And to be very frank, if i decide to mod on at it - 290BHP can be easily reached - and i blow the engine out of it then i'll suck it up. I'm a big boy now. :) And i dont get where all this hand wringing is coming from RE the reliability of the F56. Theres many dedicated forums for BMW MINIs and the F56 is leaps and bounds ahead of the R56 and R53 in terms of quality, reliability and tuning capability. I guess its just people operating on hearsay when they dont know the product. Very surprised at the veiled snide comments BTW which should be beneath people on here, but clearly not. I think that speaks volumes about the individuals involved. Just my opinion, of course!

Z4 is probably the worst example of American Chris Bangle's 'flame surface' styling, which took decades of carefully developed BMW 'understated elegance' and destroyed it. BMW styling post bangle is widely considered to be, at best, disappointing. They make some very good cars (quality and reliability aside) but a growing number of howlers too. The badge will overcome a lot for a while but not forever. As for your 'lightly modded' MINI - good luck with that warranty! I'd say your comments in this thread show a high degree of knowledge - but a poor level of judgement. Just my opinion, of course! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Bangle

More than happy. I'm not the one living in a fantasy land to get away from reality. Just bemused that people like you have to and amusing to watch you squirm when called on it.

You don't seem happy with life from your comments though...... be happy it was fun while it lasted...

Why would I be jealous of someone (saying theyre) getting a drive in a car they can't afford for a day when I've a more capable and powerful car at the door that I can drive 365 days a year? If that's what lights up your little life then great. Meanwhile in the real world....

Exactly what I wrote earlier today that making a profile with a few odd details doesn't prove or expose anything, I do not want to make a profile and add such details so exposing me as you claim you have is baseless. Man, how much time do have, really or are you just jealous that someone else was offered something you simply weren't.

As i've said, its BMW UK pitching the offer and the franchised dealers dont want to do it because moreoften than not its a waste of time for them. The odds of someone ringing up blind, booking a 24hr test drive with no other interaction with the dealership and them converting that to a sale is probably 1 in 100, so they'll spend their time following up other leads. Unfortunate if you're that 1 in 100 but its a numbers game to them. If you're genuinely interested, ring up, make an appointment with a salesperson get a test drive and see how the figures stack up. If you really need / want an extended test drive after that, then i doubt you'll have a problem. I've genuinely never had any problem test driving / extended test drives / being taken serious by a dealer if you show you are serious about the car in the first place.

Thanks ordered! Got it for £22 :) Used £8.5 from topcashback and had £5 applied at checkout thanks to Amazon Assistant (Install on your browser (google chrome) to get an additional £5 off £25 purchase when searching via the assistant)

This went hot when I posted it at £34.99! Good price - heat added.

I'm surprised this has gone cold...price looks ok.

Thats where marketing got involved and tried to upsell the cars. IMO its a good engine (still develops a lot of horses) but whether it deserves a x30 badge is a different matter. You can get similar performance by chipping the stock 2.0L 190 option. What they seemed to have done is got rid of all the ×23, x25 & x28s pushed the x30 down the scale and pushed the x40 and x50 as the big engined non-M option

This all stemmed from my original comment about this car having a measly 2 litre engine under a 630 badge. Sign of the times I suppose

Can't believe an Astra vxr and a BMW GT are being spoken about in the same sentence. Agreed the Astra does the 0 to 60 in 6 odd seconds, but in comparison a La Ferrari has 4 wheels as does a Ford Fiesta. End of point...

Nothing to do with manufactuer finances. Because vehicle taxation in Europe is now based on CO2 emissions, manufacturers naturally optimise their engines to achieve the lowest possible CO2.

The flagship Astra engine is the 2.0 from the VXR line. The 1.6 sits firmly below this - not top, not bottom - therefore making it middle of the range. Not really sure why everyone’s disagreeing about this

Booked the M2 over a week ago, had 2 calls and an email to confirm this. Showed up today at Peter Vardy Edinburgh and the guy tells me they don't have a car for me to test drive. But if I want to buy it today he can take all my details.. What a waste of time..

They shouldn't be allowed to advertise the 24 hour test drive unless at least most of their dealerships offer it.

Really disappointed with BMW. So after registering for my interest in the 24 hour test drive on their website, got a call from the local branch within 30 minutes to arrange a test drive for me this week. I recieved a miss call from the head office customer support, I called back the local branch to make sure everything was going as planned and spoke to the chap who originally called me said he wasn't aware it was the 24 hour test drive I was after despite registering my interest. He said he would double check in another branch whether they have a registered vehicle available for the test drive and come back to me by this afternoon. I believe that would just be a swift fob off response to me. This has really put me off, I was genuinely looking at the 3 series for my next car within the new few months.

if they have an x6 or m5 then sure ill test drive (cheeky)

No thats the driver mate hahah iv driven loads bmws they are straight and true

Hey, would appreciate a heads up on this as its the only thing holding me back (y)

Am I the only one who read this (admittedly now old) post as Hot u knob?

Hmm I need to speak to your accountant who do you use. Mine has advised me plenty of times that it would be difficult for most people to claim only business use for cars. Especially this car..unless your a driving instructor

There are similar deals going on this for PCH (not business). The criteria from Alphabet (the financier, owned by BMW) is a ballache; 1. Get a Company Car allowance (NOT a mileage allowance) 2. Own a company 3. Send them a copy of your employment contract showing that you get (1) Loophole is available ;)

You have to be using it solely for business use. For example sales reps going to different places. One place of work wouldn't count as business use - it's commuting.

Bluechillicars seem to be advertising the OP link for a little less too at £6499 over term when adding upfront and £360 fee. Screenshot below. And NO I don’t work for these. Just spoke with them last week string up my deal.

Not sure about any new versions coming out. Seems to be that the best deals are pre reg. the dealers listing these had to make their quota for this quarter. Hence pre reg. all at BMW dealers. Doesn’t really bother us as it’s still a new car which we’d be pleased with. It was just the right car for our budget. We tend to set a budget first then see what cars fit. Then narrow down the selection to finally make a choice. We were after an automatic convertible with leather for up to £240 p/m and for these specifications Nothing else came in budget so it suited. When I called bluechillicars last week they had a few manual convertible m sport versions in white left as in screenshot below Hope this helps and there are a few left

Cannot find deal on website, got a screenshot? Has it expired?

Does it have anything to do with a FWD version coming soon? I have no idea but i think that’s true for 1 series? (I know nothing about cars)

Cryptic???

If there was a dislike button (for the new spec, not your comment), I’d hit it. Less power than a Leon Cupra :( I blame brexit

It's being replaced by a 2/4WD Euro hatch with a boring 4 pot engine and only 300bhp though!! So this will be the last of the rip snorting 6 pot RWD hatches that you can buy and might actually mean current M140's will go up in value, eventually!! :D

Tried 3 dealers - no one could/would come close to this on pcp (which is also 4yrs not 3). Even old TRL was still about £450 more, again, plus 4yrs not 3. Personally, knowing this is being replaced this year, I don’t still fancy driving one in 4yrs. 3 is more than enough, then I’ll be ready for pipe & slippers and a Citroen Cactus.

There’s a few loopholes on the restrictions and they’re not bothered about policing them, they’ve simply been put in place to prevent everyone wanting PCH and no-one going to a showroom for a retail (PCP) deal.

Only on left hand drive variants. Blame brexit for that ;)

I think you will find that 5w30 is better for your car if you are in the UK (as it may not be the best if you are in a cold country) - I did lot's of research and decided 5 is better than 0. after many years of paying for castrol I have now started using cheap oils that meet the spec and change the oil more often (mines a diesel and the oil gets very black after a year)

I've used Halfords oil for a while now, yes it is supplied by Comma on the web page look where it says "additional information" (at the bottom of the Description tag) and click the safety data sheet link. Comma was part of Exon so its not some back street set up: http://www.commaoil.com/about/history Good price for this product.

Quote possibly not. People will believe anything to save a few quid. They did some tests years ago on so called budget priced premium oils, and they weren't as good. They found that many fully synthetic oils were actually 'based' on fully synthetic oil, they were in fact a derivative of fully synthetic, but not the same as. Many times they aren't engineered or tested to the same specification of true brand leaders like Castrol or Mobil. They did not have the same endurance or anti-sludging qualities of the premium branded oils. I don't personally know about Halfords own products and how they're engineered, but it's a big risk in my opinion unless you know who makes their oil. Some things like aftermarket spark plugs are actually identical parts to the OEM ones, so you're basically paying 3 or 4 times the amount for the OEM stamp, and nothing else (sometimes the same for oil filters, but not always).

I would double check spec as a lot of bmw are llo4 0 30.

I called O2.

Aww, this happened to me too. My itunes code said "$ITUNES_REDEEM_CODE". How did you sort it out?

I've used this deal and so has my wife. There was an issue with email delivery one month (the 3rd) but a call to O2 sorted it.

Have you used this deal? One guy was saying his 4th email (free month) had the code missing and he's having trouble receiving it.

One off. You could always get a PAYG sim, add credit and resubscribe with a different email address though I suppose.

Price gone up

Expired

As recommended by Which? :)

Thanks, ordered for my grandson (but I'm sure I'll enjoy helping him play with them). Heat added.

Cheers, Website is lying then, so best take a trip to a store if you can be bothered. They've only knocked off 10% anyway...

Tried to order 2 for presents but would only let me buy one, think it's o.o.s. now?