Find BMW Dealers in Mountain Pass, California

djwaj, not bad...do you know what the money factor is? I just leased this past Wed at BMW of Mountain View, CA a 535i with M/package for $980 a month at .00175 based on $500 over retail with all bells and whistles. Cap cost = $60,920. Probably could have gotten .00155 but it's a 2010. Had to get prepaid miles too because I drive an insane amount per year hence higher payment. I think you can negotiate the money factor as well. Good luck.

I ordered it through BWM of Mountain View (CA) last December. So far I'm pretty happy about it. I wonder why there aren't more people taking advantage of factory orders. The deal I got is as good as, if not better, than most deals posted here. I locked in the promotional rate (0.9% APR) at the time of order. Now that BMW has a better deal (0.9% APR plus 2 months payments waived) I'm also eligible for the new deal. After we ordered, my wife had a change of mind of the exterior color, so we went back and changed it. Then I decided I really want the xdrive, and we went back and changed it again. The internet/euro delivery manager at BMW Mountain View was very nice and accommodating. Each time we didn't have to renegotiate at all - we just added the invoice price of the option to our negotiated price. Moreover, with factory order you only pay for the options you need. This car is going to be my wife's commute car. She doesn't listen to iPod so we skipped the iPod adaptor. She wanted comfort access and park distance control, but I don't want her to get confused by the iDrive. There is no way to find one with CA and PDC but not navigation. With factory order you can get the precise option combination. I guess the dealers have the incentive to sell the cars on the lot first, so they normally don't advise you to do factory order. But if you don't have to have the car immediately, it's probably worth considering. In my case the sales guy told us the car would arrive at first week of March, and it arrived at exactly that time. Hope this helps!

Potential 330i owners: Shopping Tips I live in Texas, which is a generally uncompetitive market for BMW's. Most dealers (by both email and phone survey) only want to discount $500 to $1k off sticker. I ended up getting $2,800 off sticker ($1k over invoice). I tried calling a few dealers in CA and got quotes of $1,200-1,400 over invoice. (The ones that seem to get mentioned in these boards: bmw of mountain view, fremont, south bay, and pacific). And I tried Difeo bmw in NJ who gave me a written offer (email) of $1k over invoice. Normally, if you buy from someone other than your local dealer, even if you want to order, you're supposed to be able to take advantage of "courtesy delivery." (If you order the car, instead of having it shipped, it'll just be delivered to the BMW dealer of your choice.) But from what I've seen, no BMW dealer wants to extend the courtesy. They just want the sale. But I bet that they'd take delivery of your car for a few hundred. What's interesting is that Difeo has a sister dealership in Austin. So suddenly I have leverage b/c I can ask my local dealer (San Antonio) to price match against Austin. If I was in NJ, I know I could have gotten $500 over invoice b/c he mentioned that he would have to pay the Austin store $500.

David: All-season tires are not snow tires. When they say "all-seaoin" I think they mean all seasons in Los Angeles. I don't think you need to go to "deadicated" snowies for the winter. The Nokian is an "all-season" that is also rated with the mountain/snowflake symbol - with that symbol I can get over Donner Pass (the Sierra) without snow chains when they have chain control in effect (Oh, and I have AWD, of course - I'd need chains if I only had FWD) A "deadicated" snow tire will be lousy, noisy, harsh when you are back in the flatland, whereas an all-season with mountain/snowflake will be reasonable even when conditions are dry. Of course, if you live wayyyy upstate, maybe you don't get many clear roads from December through March I purchased my Nokians from someone other than Tire Rack, but they made me an equally good deal. I've used Tire Rack and they were fune, but they weren't carrying the Nokians. http://www.nokiantires.com/newsite/index.html Also, there is good info in these forums about snow and ice tires: kjemison, "Snow/Ice winter tires" #404, 3 Mar 2005 4:47 pm

check the Nokian website - I believe it is a much better tire than the Dunlop- they ahve an all-season with the mountain/snowflake symbol - the only tire like that, I think. I have them on my Volvo xc90, but I'd guess they make one that fits your bmw.