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      07-05-2019, 03:42 PM   #23
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You can get a 740i M sport for the same price after discount why would you bother with the 3er, it's stupidly priced.
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You can get a 740i M sport for the same price after discount why would you bother with the 3er, it's stupidly priced.
I know the M340 pricing is just ridiculous. Hopefully nobody buys it and they have to offer massive discounts to shift stock.
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You can get a 740i M sport for the same price after discount why would you bother with the 3er, it's stupidly priced.
You are comparing the discounted price of a 7 series with the RRP price of the M340i (which no one pays).

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I know the M340 pricing is just ridiculous. Hopefully nobody buys it and they have to offer massive discounts to shift stock.
If you look at the alternatives in the market (C43 and S4), it is priced competitively. However if you know about a saloon with 350+ bhp for less than 」40K let me know!
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You can get a 740i M sport for the same price after discount why would you bother with the 3er, it's stupidly priced.
You are comparing the discounted price of a 7 series with the RRP price of the M340i (which no one pays).

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I know the M340 pricing is just ridiculous. Hopefully nobody buys it and they have to offer massive discounts to shift stock.
If you look at the alternatives in the market (C43 and S4), it is priced competitively. However if you know about a saloon with 350+ bhp for less than £40K let me know!
Anyone got any PCP figures yet for the M340i, seriously tempted!
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You are comparing the discounted price of a 7 series with the RRP price of the M340i (which no one pays).
What discount have you been quoted on the m340i? Spec it up to 7er standards and there will be nothing in it.

(yes I know they are different cars) but I stand by my statement this car is way over priced it's a 3 series after all.
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      07-08-2019, 03:00 PM   #28
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What discount have you been quoted on the m340i? Spec it up to 7er standards and there will be nothing in it.

(yes I know they are different cars) but I stand by my statement this car is way over priced it's a 3 series after all.
With discounts applied to both, a fully spec'd M340i (practically everything ticked except laser lights) is around 」10K cheaper than a 740i M Sport with no options.

Is it overpriced? Like I said if you can find this kind of performance in the market for this price elsewhere let me know!
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What discount have you been quoted on the m340i? Spec it up to 7er standards and there will be nothing in it.

(yes I know they are different cars) but I stand by my statement this car is way over priced it's a 3 series after all.
With discounts applied to both, a fully spec'd M340i (practically everything ticked except laser lights) is around £10K cheaper than a 740i M Sport with no options.

Is it overpriced? Like I said if you can find this kind of performance in the market for this price elsewhere let me know!
Is performance your only criteria ? if so buy a Tesla 3 you will lose every drag race !
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Is performance your only criteria ? if so buy a Tesla 3 you will lose every drag race !
I did consider a Tesla 3 but the charging requirements don't work out for me, otherwise it is a very good alternative.
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Tesla would have been alternative but ....not really a car. You can’t even drive to race track or once you get there you wouldn’t come back...
Sounds like people here believe that 3er should cost no more than 」30k no matter what engine it has.....dream on. In Germany M340 starts from 62k euro while 330i is about 44k.
And you are right -C43 cost even more, well specked is over 」62k- comparable 340i is about 」57k and you can get around 11% discount.
The days of cheap cars have gone, with Brexit it only can get worse.
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I知 not sure if I知 missing a trick or not but I知 having some issues with the online configurator.

Firstly, I could only find the M340i from going in via the link posted on the previous page.

Then, speccing up a car there seems to be a load of options missing online that are in the 3 Series price list PDF I downloaded from bmw.co.uk:

Space saver spare
Drive recorder
Driving Assistant Professional
Parking Assistant Plus
Electric tow bar

Part of a pack but shown as a separately priced item in the price list (so should be available on its own):
Sun protection glass
Enhanced Bluetooth wireless charging
Harmon Kardon speakers

Anyone else experiencing this or found a solution?

Thank you.
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      08-21-2019, 05:48 AM   #33
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I知 not sure if I知 missing a trick or not but I知 having some issues with the online configurator.

Firstly, I could only find the M340i from going in via the link posted on the previous page.

Then, speccing up a car there seems to be a load of options missing online that are in the 3 Series price list PDF I downloaded from bmw.co.uk:

Space saver spare
Drive recorder
Driving Assistant Professional
Parking Assistant Plus
Electric tow bar

Part of a pack but shown as a separately priced item in the price list (so should be available on its own):
Sun protection glass
Enhanced Bluetooth wireless charging
Harmon Kardon speakers

Anyone else experiencing this or found a solution?

Thank you.
Dealer told me the configurator is being updated this week. I can't even access it now.

I would suggest give it a bit of time and try again later.
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Dealer told me the configurator is being updated this week. I can't even access it now.

I would suggest give it a bit of time and try again later.
Cool, thank you, not just me then.
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      08-23-2019, 03:12 AM   #35
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M340i built (on C2C) to much the same spec as my current car comes in at 」46,796 which is 13% off list. That's over 」10K more than I paid for the 340i.
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M340i built (on C2C) to much the same spec as my current car comes in at 」46,796 which is 13% off list. That's over 」10K more than I paid for the 340i.
Good game. For me the M340i list is 」56,915 compared with my 340i 」51,545. Let's say you could soonish get a like for like 20% discount on the G20 then it would be +」4,196 or +10.2% to get
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Heated steering wheel (daft you have to have this in a pack with Comfort Access)
Shadow Edition black grills

So a reasonable bit more kit for the money I suppose.
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      08-23-2019, 10:08 AM   #37
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Trouble is the extra 」10K is not netting me a load of stuff that I want or need. In 40+ years of motoring I've never thought to myself I need X drive or an LSD. Uprated B58 engine - well not sure how much better it is than the current B58 with MPPSK attached. New tech - gesture control? Wouldn't use it. Hey BMW? Gimmick. Touch screen - hate them. Improved ride and handling - yes I'll give you that but the F30 on adaptive suspenders isn't exactly bad. Looks - well I'm not sold on the huge grille and fake exhaust tips. Sunroof - got one. Heated wheel - got one. Laser lights - admit I'd like those but haven't yet seen them compared to adaptive LEDs.

There's many who will buy the M340i and enjoy every bit of it and so they should, but for me personally it would be more to satisfy my vanity and my ego than anything else.

(If I buy an M340i in a couple of years I'm going to rejoin the forum with a different name to hide my guilt!)
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Hi there, just wondering if you ordered with a towbar in the end? I am ordering a g20 m340i now and including the tow bar option for ease of transporting bikes. However I have seen on some G21 pictures that it is visible when retracted.

Anyone know if it痴 visible when retracted on a g20 m340i? Or pictures to share?

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I知 not sure if I知 missing a trick or not but I知 having some issues with the online configurator.

Firstly, I could only find the M340i from going in via the link posted on the previous page.

Then, speccing up a car there seems to be a load of options missing online that are in the 3 Series price list PDF I downloaded from bmw.co.uk:

Space saver spare
Drive recorder
Driving Assistant Professional
Parking Assistant Plus
Electric tow bar

Part of a pack but shown as a separately priced item in the price list (so should be available on its own):
Sun protection glass
Enhanced Bluetooth wireless charging
Harmon Kardon speakers

Anyone else experiencing this or found a solution?

Thank you.
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Hi there, just wondering if you ordered with a towbar in the end? I am ordering a g20 m340i now and including the tow bar option for ease of transporting bikes. However I have seen on some G21 pictures that it is visible when retracted.

Anyone know if it痴 visible when retracted on a g20 m340i? Or pictures to share?
It is visible - depending on how low you are.
If you are standing quite close to the back of the car you won't see it, but if you stand further back and/or squat down then you will see it.
It is no more or less visible on the G20 than it is on the G21.
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