Recent content by savechief

I see other evidence of the hold being released as well. A poster on bimmerfest.com that works for a dealership says their first BEV showed up today, and there are now 2017 i3s on cars.com that have photos of the actual car.

For an outgoing model year that was recently replaced, I would aim for something along the lines of 12% off MSRP prior to incentives. If it sits there into the new year, then maybe more like 15% off.

My mistake on the misinformation, thanks for the explanation of how the credit works for purchases.

Your choice if you only want to know the items you've listed above. But by only knowing those numbers, and not how they were calculated, you will be an easy target for a dealership to take advantage of. I'm not sure how in the world an informed consumer would not want to know very basic lease...

On Leases: BMWFS gives the $7500 tax credit as a cap cost reduction (prepayment of a portion of the depreciation), which the person leasing the car can take advantage of right away, but must pay sales tax on. On Purchases: The buyer may or may not be able to take advantage of the $7500...

I doubt Irvine BMW actually has the car in their possession. Cars.com shows 30 2017 i3's nationally, but not a single one has a picture of the actual car, only stock press photos.

You're really not providing enough information to evaluate the quote you were given or what you think is a fair offer. What money factor were they using in their quote? What money factor are you assuming in your fair offer? What residual value were they using in their quote? What money factor...

This is no longer true, as the i3 program was updated in August. The following post is from a BMW salesperson that contributes to the bimmerfest.com site: http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9796923&postcount=4