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    Posted: 24-November-2005 at 13:19

Spotted on PistonHeads.... I bet they were a hard 300 miles too, thrashed to within an inch of it's life probably

Available today UK main dealer supplied M6. Spec as follows - Sapphire Black with Black Extended Merino Leather and Piano Black Wood. All usual refinements plus Bluetooth and TV Function. This car was registered on 18/11/2005 and has covered 300 miles.
List price for this car is £82040 and the current waiting list is 2 years.

£79,000

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Points: 6381 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24-November-2005 at 17:41
Didn't keep it long, then

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Points: 7213 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24-November-2005 at 17:47

i thought "car speculators" (people who order cars then sell their place in the queue) were meant to sell at over list price so they make money out of it

this guys got it all wrong


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Points: 6381 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24-November-2005 at 17:52
Originally posted by stephenperry stephenperry wrote:

i thought "car speculators" (people who order cars then sell their place in the queue) were meant to sell at over list price so they make money out of it

this guys got it all wrong

Maybe it's on e-Bay


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Points: 2125 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25-November-2005 at 15:58

Current waiting list is 2 years????

He's a liar!!!

You can have about 20 of them, brand new, without miles, tomorrow if you want!  There are an absolute hoard of cancelled orders left over from when the price was confirmed.

Apart from the one I test drove, I have since been offered another two!!!!!  No mileage, ready for tomorrow.

Plus, they're dropping money already because of the fact they're not moving.  There are a few people (speculators) who have had their pants taken down on the M6...big style.



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Points: 331 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25-November-2005 at 18:48

Now if this was 10-15 years ago it would be easy to make a fast buck on a purchase such as this.... how times have changed.

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Points: 7213 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25-November-2005 at 19:11
Originally posted by Coasting Coasting wrote:

Current waiting list is 2 years????

He's a liar!!!

You can have about 20 of them, brand new, without miles, tomorrow if you want!  There are an absolute hoard of cancelled orders left over from when the price was confirmed.

Apart from the one I test drove, I have since been offered another two!!!!!  No mileage, ready for tomorrow.

Plus, they're dropping money already because of the fact they're not moving.  There are a few people (speculators) who have had their pants taken down on the M6...big style.

i take it you didn't buy that one in the video Coasting?  i never saw a follow up to your "did i buy it?  find out tomorrow"

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Points: 2125 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26-November-2005 at 05:43

Nope. 

They're simply not selling at the moment and there are a lot of people getting very nervous about the money they're dropping.  I know of one guy who took his back to the dealers 3 weeks after buying it.

The list price he paid including options was just under £89k.  He was offered £70k by the dealer.  £19k - in 3 weeks.  Nice.

That may be a rather drastic example but there are very strong rumours of BMW slashing the list price soon anyway.


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Points: 7213 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26-November-2005 at 05:48

weird.... i wonder why it hasn't turned out to be a success, it looks great from most angles (shades of e46 ci on the side profile) and i haven't read a bad review yet

maybe as you say it's just too damn expensive for what it is, i wonder if the m5 is suffering a similar fall in residuals?

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The M5 is doing the opposite and is holding very strongly indeed.

There are a few used examples around but they're close to list price and the waiting on one if you ordered today is still around 6 months minimum.


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Points: 1365 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26-November-2005 at 10:29
Sounds like a case of the 8-series all over again.
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Points: 6381 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26-November-2005 at 13:48

Originally posted by AndyS AndyS wrote:

Sounds like a case of the 8-series all over again.

...and the Z8. Apparently first on sale at £86k, it very quickly came down to £80k.

There was one Z8 advertised in "The Times" yesterday at £42k. So, if you've got cash burning a hole in your pocket, you know what to do....

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Points: 39 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26-November-2005 at 14:46
 Both Top gear and 5th gear say they would save £20.000 and go for the M5
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...and indeed Jeremy Clarkson has done just that.

He now drives a new M5.


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...and indeed Jeremy Clarkson has done just that.

He now drives a new M5.

 

A bit more practical than the, errm, GT40....

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Points: 10000473 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26-November-2005 at 17:04

Originally posted by Horsetan Horsetan wrote:

Originally posted by Coasting Coasting wrote:

...and indeed Jeremy Clarkson has done just that.He now drives a new M5.
A bit more practical than the, errm, GT40....

Which was a surprise as I thought the GT40 suited JC down to the ground - Fat, Loud, Thirsty.....

 

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Points: 15508 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26-November-2005 at 17:17
Originally posted by Coasting Coasting wrote:

...and indeed Jeremy Clarkson has done just that.

He now drives a new M5.



I bet he has no problem with the i-drive etc also despite the shenanigans during the TG review
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according to his weekly sunday articles on the times website he bought the gt40 back again some time ago

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Points: 10000473 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26-November-2005 at 17:41

Originally posted by stephenperry stephenperry wrote:

according to his weekly sunday articles on the times website he bought the gt40 back again some time ago

its in the paper , so it has to be true?!

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Points: 7213 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26-November-2005 at 18:04

about as genuine and honest as a global emmy awarded to Top Gear for non-scripted entertainment....

come on, with a face like this, he's as honest as the day is long....


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