[gvmohan]

I want to share my happiness with you all.
3 months back I bought 2012 328i SportLine 6MT MWM Coral Red Interior. I like the design but was very disappointed with performance and handling. I have decided to change this car and started searching for different options.
Mainly I was looking for an used car to level up the huge depreciation.

I was considering 335i Coupe 6MT, S4 6MT, 535i 6MT. Somehow nothing worked out until last night I saw 2012 535i 6MT for $53870 MSRP at BMWRockville, MD. And $6000 discount on MSRP.
Immediately I called the dealer and made an appointment and even received the trade-in for my 328i over the phone itself.

As I live in Philadelphia it's 2hr 45min drive to Rockville, MD. Started early morning and went to the dealer signed the deal and came back home with the new car.
I financed both with BMW finance.

Details of the deal.

Trade-in value 2012 328i: $35000 (I bought it for $40000)
Miles Driven: 5400
Interest Rate on 328i: 11.79%

Details of 2012 535i
MSRP: $53870
Dealer/BMW Discount: $6000
Loyalty: $750
Ultimate Drive App Discount: $500
TeamUSA discount: $1000
Total Discount: $8250

And another best part is my Interest Rate got reduced to 5.79%

It was overwhelming joy for me at the dealership this morning.

What I miss in my 328i: Coral Red Interior, Bluetooth Audio streaming and Cup holders

What I am getting with 535i: Xenons, power Seats, Moonroof, V6, more HP and obviously higher class.

[mrcamp]

Congrats on the new car! You sure you don't have BT audio streaming? My 2011 535ix with premium 1 & 2 has BT audio streaming,

[MBrown1003]

Congrats. Since my early Fiver days (E34), it's always made me happy to see a Five with a stick out in the world! Glad to hear about another one going to an appreciative owner.

[omaralt]

Wow didn't know they made them that cheap; seems like it doesn't have a single option/package on it? And it's got 6spd manual?? That's got to be the most oddly optioned car. Congrats!

[gvmohan]

Originally Posted by mrcamp

Congrats on the new car! You sure you don't have BT audio streaming? My 2011 535ix with premium 1 & 2 has BT audio streaming,

Thanks. I can add my cell phone in Bluetooth Audio list, but the multimedia list is not showing the connected device. I still need to play with these settings.

[gvmohan]

Originally Posted by MBrown1003

Congrats. Since my early Fiver days (E34), it's always made me happy to see a Five with a stick out in the world! Glad to hear about another one going to an appreciative owner.

Thank you. stick shift is fun to drive.

[gvmohan]

Originally Posted by omaralt

Wow didn't know they made them that cheap; seems like it doesn't have a single option/package on it? And it's got 6spd manual?? That's got to be the most oddly optioned car. Congrats!

Thank you.
It has only one option "SPLIT FOLD-DOWN REAR SEAT "
This car is not cheap. Just the purchase timing is good because of the current deals.
If I have to make a custom build I will lose most of the ongoing deals.
Anyhow I would have not ordered any options other than Cinamon Brown Interior
, Dynamic Handling Package if I build my own.

[snj1013]

You must have crappy credit for those interest rates....

[Terpinator]

And you got the 535i with V6! That is one rare vehicle.... most come with an I-6. ha ha.

[gvmohan]

Originally Posted by snj1013

You must have crappy credit for those interest rates....

Yes my score is very low. And my credit history in USA is only 3years old.

[gvmohan]

Originally Posted by Terpinator

And you got the 535i with V6! That is one rare vehicle.... most come with an I-6. ha ha.

My Mistake

[omaralt]

So no nav? No comfort access? Leather (or is that standard now?). No rear view camera? No parking sensors? No heated seats? I would never pay $53K for a car that lacks all those options. If my budget was in that range I would rather get a better optioned 335 or even a different brand. I know you got a great price but your going to have a hell of a time selling that car

[half man half amazin]

Wow! That's a pretty good deal!!! Like others have said, i would rather get fully loaded in whatever series or brand I could before a bare bones anything. But at the end of the day it's your car and your happiness. So congrats again and welcome to the F10 club!

[Steve360]

Originally Posted by gvmohan

I want to share my happiness with you all.
3 months back I bought 2012 328i SportLine 6MT MWM Coral Red Interior. I like the design but was very disappointed with performance and handling. I have decided to change this car and started searching for different options.
Mainly I was looking for an used car to level up the huge depreciation.

I was considering 335i Coupe 6MT, S4 6MT, 535i 6MT. Somehow nothing worked out until last night I saw 2012 535i 6MT for $53870 MSRP at BMWRockville, MD. And $6000 discount on MSRP.
Immediately I called the dealer and made an appointment and even received the trade-in for my 328i over the phone itself.

As I live in Philadelphia it's 2hr 45min drive to Rockville, MD. Started early morning and went to the dealer signed the deal and came back home with the new car.
I financed both with BMW finance.

Details of the deal.

Trade-in value 2012 328i: $35000 (I bought it for $40000)
Miles Driven: 5400
Interest Rate on 328i: 11.79%

Details of 2012 535i
MSRP: $53870
Dealer/BMW Discount: $6000
Loyalty: $750
Ultimate Drive App Discount: $500
TeamUSA discount: $1000
Total Discount: $8250

And another best part is my Interest Rate got reduced to 5.79%

It was overwhelming joy for me at the dealership this morning.

What I miss in my 328i: Coral Red Interior, Bluetooth Audio streaming and Cup holders

What I am getting with 535i: Xenons, power Seats, Moonroof, V6, more HP and obviously higher class.

I have office in Rockville, that have relaxed sales service, you will be able to get s correct deal, I am sure ! - and, couple of cool cars on the lot !

[gvmohan]

Originally Posted by omaralt

So no nav? No comfort access? Leather (or is that standard now?). No rear view camera? No parking sensors? No heated seats? I would never pay $53K for a car that lacks all those options. If my budget was in that range I would rather get a better optioned 335 or even a different brand. I know you got a great price but your going to have a hell of a time selling that car

As you said 335 would have been a better option. But do I get a 335i with 6MT with a deal? I haven't found even one F30 335i 6MT in the cars.com or edmunds.com, not even used.
Also I will hurt myself really bad selling 3months old car and was trying to find a better deal.
And when it comes to the options, it's the personal opinion.
I will explain you my opinion on that

Nav -- I use a cell phone GPS. I will even try to mirror cellphone screen on the dashboard display. But first thing I will put on a pro-clip mount and i'm good to go.
Comfort Access--It will be useful in winter, but I don't crave for this feature.
Rear-View camera ==> I rather pay little money to remove this feature from my car rather than using it if it comes standard.
Leather--> Yes it is standard
Parking Sensors==> useful feature.
Heated Seats ==> I have it in other cars that I owned and never used even in winter.

All I need in a car is power, handling, manual trans, Bluetooth, beautiful Int&Ext, Very good music system.

I don't want to worry about the price I get while selling the car. I always trade-in. I am expecting to keep this car minimum for 5 years.

I have a list of things I have to do on my 535i.
1.) Change the side mirrors and rear mirror. Don't like the stock mirrors. No proper visibility.
2.) If there is a way, I want to go for tightening of the steering in sport mode.
3.) Find ways to get sport handling by lowering car or whatever possible.
4.) Tune to increase horse power.

[gvmohan]

Originally Posted by half man half amazin

Wow! That's a pretty good deal!!! Like others have said, i would rather get fully loaded in whatever series or brand I could before a bare bones anything. But at the end of the day it's your car and your happiness. So congrats again and welcome to the F10 club!

Thank you. I am a car fanatic. I change cars a lot. In last 3years I changed 6cars. I have 2cars now. 535i and G37Sport coupe 6MT. 535i is my daily driving car.
So, having more options will hurt more when selling.

[half man half amazin]

Originally Posted by gvmohan

Thank you. I am a car fanatic. I change cars a lot. In last 3years I changed 6cars. I have 2cars now. 535i and G37Sport coupe 6MT. 535i is my daily driving car.
So, having more options will hurt more when selling.

awesome! im a car guy too, every year and a half, but i really like my 550, might keep this one for a while... same thing i said about the M3 though

[JK479]

Originally Posted by gvmohan

Thank you. I am a car fanatic. I change cars a lot. In last 3years I changed 6cars. I have 2cars now. 535i and G37Sport coupe 6MT. 535i is my daily driving car.
So, having more options will hurt more when selling.

You did what a lot of us should do. Buy a car for the fundamentals of which it was created. BMW gave us the 6MT option, and you now driving a very rare car. I think you will be able to upgrade the wheels very easily. I am a big fan of the Non M sport Pack look. Its what the designers originally intended the 5 to look like.

Honestly, is BMW trying to offer the ///M look to branch the 5 to the M5? Looking at the comparison, it seems the M sport is pretty much the exact look of the M5. I wish they could just keep the M5 look special just to the M...

[ghlaw]

Originally Posted by jk3355

You did what a lot of us should do. Buy a car for the fundamentals of which it was created. BMW gave us the 6MT option, and you now driving a very rare car. I think you will be able to upgrade the wheels very easily. I am a big fan of the Non M sport Pack look. Its what the designers originally intended the 5 to look like.

Honestly, is BMW trying to offer the ///M look to branch the 5 to the M5? Looking at the comparison, it seems the M sport is pretty much the exact look of the M5. I wish they could just keep the M5 look special just to the M...

The drive with the sports package is so much better.

[gvmohan]

Originally Posted by half man half amazin

awesome! im a car guy too, every year and a half, but i really like my 550, might keep this one for a while... same thing i said about the M3 though

Nice to see like-minded.

[gvmohan]

Originally Posted by mrcamp

Congrats on the new car! You sure you don't have BT audio streaming? My 2011 535ix with premium 1 & 2 has BT audio streaming,

Bluetooth Audio streaming is working fine. Device was only enabled for Phone use. Later I enabled for audio use as well.

[gvmohan]

Originally Posted by jk3355

You did what a lot of us should do. Buy a car for the fundamentals of which it was created. BMW gave us the 6MT option, and you now driving a very rare car. I think you will be able to upgrade the wheels very easily. I am a big fan of the Non M sport Pack look. Its what the designers originally intended the 5 to look like.

Honestly, is BMW trying to offer the ///M look to branch the 5 to the M5? Looking at the comparison, it seems the M sport is pretty much the exact look of the M5. I wish they could just keep the M5 look special just to the M...

Thank you. I have to do some mods on this car. Upgrading wheels is one of them.
I totally agree with your opinion on M concept.