....well today I did the business. I had the used car section evaluate my car and the trade in price they gave me was shocking in my opinion. I was expecting this to some degree but it was outrageous. My salesman and salesmanager could see how dark i was and I left it with them to help me out. In the end they managed to squeeze a few thousand more from used cars and they did the best they can on the new car price.

before delivery i will be looking to sell it to someone else, but for now I have a trade in value that will be held for the next few weeks until my car is delivered.

The price on my new car I have to say, I am very happy with - i knew they would look after me again. At first I thought it wasn't much of a discount but in actual fact I think its quite alot, especially on an ordered vehicle.

I got the feeling that the print out of costs was obviously something they didnt want to be common knowledge as they asked me if i was going to keep it. They did say BMW doesnt like to show where the discount comes from and hence prefers to show the final sum only. The print out I have shows the price charged for the car and all it's options so by comparing to the list price i could see how much i actually paid, so I guess that's why they asked me the question.

The ship is on it way to Brisbane now and wont get to Fremantle until the 29 Feb 08. The next few weeks is going to be even more painful now that the deal is struck and finance pre-approved. I really can't wait, especially to experience driving with a Head Up Display and for the first time in all my BMW's, an upgraded sound system and therefore hopefully much better sounding speakers.

soon i will get to see how long my X5 lasts before it has its first quality build issue....

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2008 X5 3.0sd Sports
Space Grey, Camel Leather, Bamboo Trim, 214 alloys

Previous cars
2000 E46 323i Steel Blue
1997 E39 528i Oxford Green
1999 E39 535i Orient Blue
1997 E39 540i Black
2005 A170 Atoll Blue
2005 E90 325i Alpine White
2006 E53 3.0d Sports