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Thanks. I posted to the lease discussion to find out the MF and the residual, and to ask a few other questions, but otherwise, my sister's the one who did all the homework. Do you really think she got a great deal? Note that she paid $1,395 over invoice but that jim040558 says he got a 325xi in St. Louis for $500 over invoice (message #1103) and hman709 says he got an offer from a dealer in CT for about $1K over invoice (message #1096). In addition, in message #995, yk40 describes an offer (from a dealer in our state, if not our metro area) for a lease of a 325xi with more options than her car. He says the car has the same options my sister's has, plus auto, leather and mats, for an MSRP of $37,545, or $2,425 more. To verify that number, I just "built" a 325xi at bmwusa.com like that, except for the mats (they're dealer-installed accessories), and got an MSRP of $37,845 – obviously, that dealer received that car before the price increase. Anyway, for that more expensive car, and 50% more miles over the same term, the monthly payment was $470 vs. my sister's monthly payment of $425. (Unlike his, my sister's payment includes the sales tax, though.)

My sister just leased a 325xi sedan (with premium package, cold package and metallic paint – no auto). I posted the story about the closing of the deal here: crashtestdingo "Lease Questions - Ask Here" Mar 9, 2004 10:04pm But I'll mention the selling price here as well. It was $33,575 (MSRP: $35,120; invoice, according to Edmunds: $32,180). That was the selling price the salesman offered her back in December, but she didn't get it now without a little drama. Since there were no 325xi sedans with a manual transmission in the dealership's stock, and none at any other dealerships in the New York City/Long Island area (or so the salesman claimed), she ordered one and it came in a few weeks ago.

For what it's worth, the base MSRP of the 325xi sedan went up $300.

This doesn't affect you, sjmurray, since your profile says you're in Virginia, but for anyone who read kyfdx's post above (#1086) and lives in New York: The lease acquisition fee in the Empire State is $800.

No, don't! The 3-series will be an all-new (or a nearly all-new) design for model year 2005. That means it will be hit with the Bangle-ugly stick and will have that God-forsaken iDrive "control" interface. Edit: Check out the Future Vehicles > 2005 BMW 3-series discussion. The consensus there seems to be that the new design will come out as an early 2006-model-year debut.