BMW i4

I posted similar here last year and the response was disbelief etc.

Everything finance related is negotiable.

I'd imagine the idea is to fight the rate before you are committed or to very strongly state that you have other finance options. That said, I've never got on with bmw sales ...... Always seem to produce a worse deal than advertised.

It was'nt PCP it was HP. The advertised HP rate was 5.9% so I got just under 4.5%. With trade in and cash I put down just over 50k and financed 30k. As I said I was only doing the financing if it made sense for me. This was october

It was also an iX3 msport pro, I cancelled my i4 order as the delay was annoying and the iX3 was available.

My M50 has left the factory and commenced the journey to Cork.

Based on last time I'm guessing I should have it in maybe 2-4 weeks. Will be just over a year since I took delivery of the e40.

My ionity sub expires in the next few days but I need to go Cork-Dublin next week.

Does anyone know if you can month to month Ionity Plus sub or if it's an annual deal?

If it's month to month I'll extend for a month until new car arrives but if it's annual I'll just use the PAYG pricing for a month until new car arrives at which point I should have another free year of Ionity plus.

Your steering wheel appears to be on the wrong side. 😱

My take is that its OK so long as you're not doing it on DC fast chargers regularly. I have free charging in work so I tend to top it up to 100% on Fridays to do me the weekend for whatever I get up to. Sitting there heading for 100% now actually. On Monday I'll bring it back up to 80% for the weeks commuting unless I know I'm going somewhere further.

And because I charge on DC very infrequently if I need to I have no problem going to 100% on them either.

I've seen conflicting info but that's the theory I follow.

You need to charge to 100% from time to time to let the cells balance.

I always say leave the battery management to the manufacturer and charge to your needs. Deliberately lowering your range by not charging fully is really difficult to understand people's thinking. Pay more for a bigger battery and then hamstring it 🤔

Hi,

Starting to look around for my next car and the i4 is definitely in the mix. Just wondering what people think on this one mainly in terms of asking price ? I havent really been keeping up to date with the shifts in prices over the last while but my initial take on it was this was a little high - am I wrong ? It does look like a decent spec and personally I like the colour so might go have a look and see.

[url]https://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/bmw/i4/fpa/202304286787305?journey=Search[/url]

Obviously the more important price would be on cost-to-change rather than the straight sticker price but any thoughts appreciated.

I know colour choice is subjective and would certainly have to see it in person before deciding but I like the red colour. I know some people rave about the Portimao Blue but for me that would be the least preferred option. Black is OK but a bit boring and I've had a number of Black and Grey cars so was thinking something a little different, there is the other darker blue or navy which would be OK for me also.

I'm certainly not limited to just the M50 either - the 40 should be plenty fast for what I need. I do however want it to be well spec'ed so in BMW terms that means having the comfort pack, technology pack, M sport Pro pack etc

Aventurine Red is a great colour IMO. For the M50 the price is fairly steep, not worth it for some, worth it for others. Tesla Model 3P is a cheaper alternative (for performance) if that’s your thing. Similarly priced is tough, the KIA EV6 GT? It’s alot for a Kia. I don’t see the M50 being comparable to the eTron GT or base Taycan either, both of those are considerably more expensive for a half decent spec. Certainly if you put on the same options the M50 has your over €115k for both. Might be worth waiting to see the i5 eDrive40 price. Prices for the i5 should be available at the end of May.

You edited the post :)

you had bad originally & changed it to badge after I posted

Slightly unrelated but looks like it might be possible to get cars quicker soon if the new orders from our German manufactures continue to decline month on month based on this:

Cost of living crunch possible kicking in plus increased interest rates maybe having an effect. Only one month though so let’s see.

Everything go ok with the deal ?

What are you intial impressions with the m50 and would you change any spec if reordering.