BMW i4

I think this too.

in a few years these will be more common and easily got.

by then there’s going to be the i5 and countless better options out there so residuals may not be what they are.

I could also foresee the uk doing trade deals with the EU that may start the used import game again.

Ah but this will be follow with -

"I just dont want to loose money, it would be silly to lose thousands for a few weeks".....my reply would be

"If economics are the issue, well stop buying new cars then you loose thousands straight away irregardless...to which will be said

"thats facetious logic, you can care about not losing money and also want the car" to which I would say

"well BMW dealer thinks the same way that why they want you to take the car now so they can make their money and get better allocations next year" to which will be said

"I dont care about the dealer I just want the best deal for myself" to which i will say

"its great that you and the BMW dealer are so like minded you know exactly each others motivations meaning you will have no hard feelings its just a matter of who's will is strongest" - spoiler alert...you want the car 100 times more than the BMW dealer cares about selling it to you.

I know your right, but the plate year has been split once already has that not halved the issue?, if its quartered will it be better, or how about 12 individual months. Will december to jan always make a big difference? Again I will reiterate that in an inflationary environment and one where car dealers are doing price hikes on a biannual basis, the smart money is on taking the car ASAP at the agreed price. In 3 years time the car could be significantly more expensive new keeping second hand prices high, how low your buy in price was will make the difference on your return.

I knew you would say that 😆

Have you the heads up display? It's a must. The app is excellent much better than Audi. I purchased the light package through the BMW store and it activated immediately. The app has pre conditioning, charge level and lots of features for checking the vehicle, lock and unlock, maps, Alexa, Hey BMW etc, etc.

Best of luck with that.

I justified it by saying I spend at least 10€ X 4 per year on cheapy cables. Over 5 years I’m 2/3 the way there to breaking even

They increased the price of both 2022 i4’s they have by 3k in the last week. That car was up at 79k. I assume because the new price increased by a similar amount.

I agree with the wider plate chasing should stop.

However the solid reasons it should stop *don't* include facilitating a dealer/manufacturer combo.

Who between them had no problem messing you about for ages on your order.

This "we can sell this car 10 times over vibe" is getting boring at this point.

Have you used the BMW Wireless charger? My last two BMWs had wireless charging and I still used cables as I found the location of the charger so inconvenient it just wasn't usable, I certainly wouldn't pay for it.

Seriously 300 quid for wireless phone charging what a racket, mercedes charging 1200 plus vat per year for a performance upgrade on its evs as well now

I don’t have the option at the moment to upgrade to ACC or adaptive headlights. As carsfan mentioned there is some problem with the software on the car so you can’t remotely activate it.

So for the slow learners down in Kerry…. Does this mean I won’t be able to give them 1000€ when I get it and ask them to upgrade the ACC? Have they given you a date you can do this? Is the hardware essentially on the car though?

The hardware will be there alright. All i4’s have adaptive mode which changes the regeneration and brake effect depending on what’s in front of you. The sensor is the same as for adaptive cruise but BMW want you to pay for the extra functionality.

Did approx 700km the last two days.

Cork to Dublin to the north, back to Dublin and back to Cork the next day.

The car really is a pleasure to drive.

The Ionity chargers are excellent when driving long distance, still on the one year discount so cost me approx 22 euro for 700km.

Kill North was perfect yesterday AM but Dublin City North both were in use when I got there. Didn't have to wait long thankfully.

Coming back I stopped in Cashel today for a quick top up and I took the final free slot, a Tesla arrived 2 mins later and was waiting.

I see Ionity are adding 2 more in Cashel and 2 more in Dublin city North. Very welcome, even after my 1 year discount rate I'd happily pay full price for Ionity. They really do offer great convenience.