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Originally Posted by chad86tsi
The term affordable is relative, so bear that in mind as I rationalize my answer.
I chose a 2019 CPO M760i-xdrive.
It was literally 1/2 MSRP pricing at the 3 year old mark with COP and under 20K miles and fully optioned = good price for what you get. You get an awful lot of car in a fully optioned M760i, so there is real value here when they depreciate so much in the first 3 years.
I don't care a lot about new and pending vehicle tech, what I do want is the luxury and comfort it offers at this price point. I don't want self drive, and it already has more power than this can't be used anyway. A $2300 Dinan tune will bring another 140 HP and 210 ft/lb if I want it, but for now I don't see the point.
I will drive it ~6K miles a year max, so it will still be well under it's designed lifetime when I need to move on in 10-15 years (when I retire and no longer have kids to shuttle). I may even keep it after that, we'll see.
It's been proven a pretty reliable drivetrain, and is more than enough fun to drive as-is.
It's rare and will be even more rare/special as EV's evolve, and I do tend to keep my cars long term anyway so it's not going to be difficult to get used to keeping this.
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I see a 2018 M760i X-Drive going for $70k on autotrader. Not bad! I know nothing about the V12 though. Hows it going to hit my wallet in 100k miles? Hard to argue against it, it's a beautiful car! $70k+ is above my budget for an extra car however, I already have 3 other cars.