BMW i4

MX valeting in Newcastlewest is probably most convenient given your location.

Thanks Joe. Convenient and good or just Convenient???

Haven’t used them personally but then I’ve never owned a car that I’d consider worth getting detailed. Some decent looking work on FB etc. that I remember seeing but maybe do your own research before parting with cash. I’m sure Boards.ie will have a detailing/car care section that will have more info on such services

To answer my own question seems it’s a general software issue and needs an update of which no date for it.

https://www.i4talk.com/threads/adaptive-cruise-as-a-standalone-option.3943/post-64599

I thought it would have been standard on the i4 myself a grand for adaptive cruise control is mental considering the price of the base model i4

I’m sure it’s a lovely car but if I was going to spend that money on a Beemer, I’d be considering an 840i or a big spec 7 series.

Dealers asking £65k in U.K. for M50’s so that’s still way over €80k landed. signs of new car discounts returning across the U.K. market so that might drive down used prices and see more imports

Give it time - when supply isn’t constrained we will see used EV’s in U.K. drop in price dramatically- which will lead to boat fills of less than 3 year old used EV’s landing here - cheap VRT will make them attractively priced. VRT on desirable fresh petrols or diesels will remain a massive hurdle

So, are we back to where we were pre brexit really for anything 2020/21/22?

To import an EV just deduct the UK vat, add the irish vat and add vrt?

Obvs an ICE would have the added nox charge too?

At the end of the day remember its a BMW, that means its the ultimate depreciating machine. EV or not, once the supply chain settles as it seems to be doing, real values will appear. The chap above saying a 7 or 8 series is a glutton for depreciation punishment altogether.

No, it won’t work with all imports - but anything Vat qualifying - Ie ex lease or some demo vehicles or owned by companies, can be bought with U.K. vat deducted for export. Under temporary customs export rules any EU made car can be brought in duty free if less than 3 years old. Any U.K. manufactured car (with majority UK parts) can be brought in duty free.

Does this means flood of cheaper EV’s available over the next few years?

I’ve noticed over the last month, a lot of 2/3 year old uk import Audi e trons available from Independent and Audi dealers here so I presume a lot of lease or pcp cars coming to an end over there and are vat qualifying so cheap to bring in.

The same could easily happen with the i4 so in a couple of years and will mean the usual rotten BMW residuals will kick in.

Let's hope they will not be flogged in from the UK 🤞

Hoping for some crazy revenue taxes to stop that sort of nonsense, I need to have some residual when it comes to trade-in time haha.

I think those e-Trons are coming in at keen trade prices from UK leasing companies. They’re quite unloved on the used market as they’re quite inefficient. Some have also given a lot of problems within warranty and you’d be brave running one out of warranty.