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Post by Tim on Sept 2, 2024 11:59:22 GMT
There's a journey trip in one of the menus for the main centre display. From memory its in the list of menus with the car picture (that's helpful isn't it  . Its the Journey Computer and there are 2 choices there, one of which can be set to reset each time. I don't remember if it comes back to that screen after you've switched off though. If you want a bit of display amusement for a short while then hopefully you'll have one called Sport Displays which shows power and torque. It's amazing how little power is needed to drive at a steady 70 on a flat road. Remember to keep 1 eye on the road though! |
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Sept 2, 2024 12:03:56 GMT
Out of curiosity, what would budget be? Well..for new I'd be OK £50k+, however, the nearer it gets to something starting with a '6' the more I start to think; "why pay £60k for something that is, subjectively, not much better than what I can buy for £16k in 9 months time"? |
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Post by PG on Sept 2, 2024 12:14:32 GMT
Out of curiosity, what would budget be? Do you have a Macan you want to sell?  |
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Post by racingteatray on Sept 2, 2024 14:48:07 GMT
Out of curiosity, what would budget be? Well..for new I'd be OK £50k+, however, the nearer it gets to something starting with a '6' the more I start to think; "why pay £60k for something that is, subjectively, not much better than what I can buy for £16k in 9 months time"? That is very much the key point. After all when my 440i hit the 4yr point, it was a no-brainer to pay the £17.4k (!) to keep it and in the end I kept it for a further two years and still got £20k for it when I sold it. |
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Post by racingteatray on Sept 2, 2024 14:49:33 GMT
Out of curiosity, what would budget be? Do you have a Macan you want to sell? Ha. No, genuinely no idea what the budget was. I am always surprised by how much new "premium" SUVs with even just workaday 2.0 engines (petrol or diesel) cost these days. |
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Sept 2, 2024 15:42:26 GMT
Well..for new I'd be OK £50k+, however, the nearer it gets to something starting with a '6' the more I start to think; "why pay £60k for something that is, subjectively, not much better than what I can buy for £16k in 9 months time"? That is very much the key point. After all when my 440i hit the 4yr point, it was a no-brainer to pay the £17.4k (!) to keep it and in the end I kept it for a further two years and still got £20k for it when I sold it. Out of interest did you re-finance it through BMW or your bank/a.n.other lender? |
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Post by racingteatray on Sept 2, 2024 16:01:02 GMT
That is very much the key point. After all when my 440i hit the 4yr point, it was a no-brainer to pay the £17.4k (!) to keep it and in the end I kept it for a further two years and still got £20k for it when I sold it. Out of interest did you re-finance it through BMW or your bank/a.n.other lender? Nope, I paid cash having slaughtered an ISA that I had been fattening up for just that purpose. |
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Post by alf on Sept 3, 2024 7:59:30 GMT
Even £50k though... We were all here yabbering about cars, not THAT long ago, when £50k was a new M3/C63/RS4. Indeed I can recall when M3's were more like £40k. It's all very, very silly and I suspect only happened because interest rates were so low for so long and no one really looked at anything bar the monthlies. I bet many people now have affordability issues on their cars and houses with them back up.
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Post by racingteatray on Sept 3, 2024 8:14:41 GMT
Quite. You need to be able to afford it or you shouldn’t do it.
I took out finance to buy the Macan having managed to get one of the last 6.4% deals. But I hate even paying 6.4% and certainly don’t get that on my investments, so rearranged things to enable me to pay the Macan off in short order and as a result have owned it outright since it was a year old.
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Post by Martin on Sept 3, 2024 9:21:21 GMT
It’s getting sillier and does make you think twice (at least!).
Finance rates have been too high for me for a while, the last car I bought that way was the 535d and that was mainly because I was coming out of a company car at fairly short notice at a time I was saving for a house deposit. Since then, it’s been cash as it has made the most sense for each time.
The 750 felt like a huge amount of money at the time (and was), but that amount wouldn’t get you much now, only 6 years down the line. In fact it was about the same as the Tesla would have cost if we’d bought it! The Tesla is leased, but that’s because it’s through a salary sacrifice scheme and is the cheapest way to fund it, the money from the sale of the Golf has been added to the savings for its replacement and is tucked away in case we need to buy again in the future.
I had a finance quote on the Panamera, only because they presented it to me when we were negotiating, the interest per month was frightening.
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Post by racingteatray on Sept 3, 2024 10:07:31 GMT
VAG has always extracted the mickey with its finance rates. On a new BMW, rates are now back to 4.9%, which is where they were back in 2012 when I bought the M135i.
On the 440i, I had 1.9%.
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Post by PG on Sept 5, 2024 13:30:00 GMT
Even £50k though... We were all here yabbering about cars, not THAT long ago, when £50k was a new M3/C63/RS4. Indeed I can recall when M3's were more like £40k. It's all very, very silly and I suspect only happened because interest rates were so low for so long and no one really looked at anything bar the monthlies. I bet many people now have affordability issues on their cars and houses with them back up. Indeed. When I was looking for an XFR I kept speccing new ones and thinking, "oh that almost feels affordable". Now I'd have a total freak out on a similar type of car. |
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