General topics » Buying a pre-owned RS from a dealership - tips?

The repaired collarbone is healing well, and although I'm still not able to drive or ride yet, my thoughts are turning to finding a replacement for my late lamented RS.

I absolutely loved the bike (my first BMW), and am absolutely wanting the same model again (ie another RS Sport SE). I reckon I'm after one 2-3 years old, which here in the UK puts me in the £9-11K price range for one from a dealership (https://approvedused.bmw-motorrad.co.uk/UK). I've decided to pay the premium to get one from a dealership for peace of mind and the 2-year warranty. I don't want or need any accessories, as I've kept all those from my last RS.

Anyone got any tips for me please? Primarily, should I be expecting to pay the ticket price or are BMW dealers likely to be up for negotiation, especially given the time of year - if so, how much should I be bartering?

How significant is the mileage on these bikes, provided they've been properly serviced?

I could be wrong, but I believe it's possible to buy 'blind' from any UK dealership and they will then ship the bike 'internally' to your local dealership? Is that right, and is it a good idea? I guess I'm assuming that anything BMW are selling with a 2-year warranty should be in tip-top condition anyway?

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I bought mine from Lloyd Carlisle and they were excellent. Steve was fair and got me the best price I think there is a demonstrator sport SE on sale there at present but over £12,000. However great service and they do deliver guessing to your home if you cannot travel. I have only praise for the dealership.

Graham

As others have said, with the new 1250RS arriving in the spring they will be keen to shift the last of the 1200's so you may well get a deal on a new RS.

When I was looking for mine I went to look at a dealers low mileage ex-demo they were selling but got a far better deal on a new RS that they had in stock and wanted to shift.

Might be worth firing a few e-mails out to dealers to see if they have any available from stock that they might want to move.

OR.....

Wait for the 1250 in the spring

Isn't everyone saying 1250 will be for the GS > RT > other models, and it will be about 2 more years before they put it in an RS?.....

Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #3

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Most traders will ship a bike to your home address, maybe for free this time of year

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The current word on the street (my dealer on Saturday) is that the 1250RS will be available this spring. Why continue to make the 1200 engine when the 1250 starts to roll off the lines.

This looks like a decent bet.

https://www.parks.uk.com/bmw-motorrad/us...00-rs-sport-se/

Let the train take the strain. You can’t be far off main west coast rail line. The guys at Carlisle will be more than happy to pick you up from the station and I’m sure you will get a good deal from them. I bought mine in September last year. Had a test ride on one. Liked it. They had just sold a low mileage one year old Bike. It was still there. Looked good and price spot on. I said if you can find one like that we will have a deal. Within a week I had a call to go look at a bike they had got in. Ex BMW staff Bike not a year old and about 1300 miles ( not a demo Bike ). We agreed a PX price or straight sale. I then had I think 2 weeks to either sell mine or PX it. Sold mine private.
Very good to deal with.
Park Lane in London appear to be BMW direct and when I was looking they also had good low mileage bikes at good prices. I would have taken the train to London and ridden back.

Just that every time I've bought a bike from a dealer it's been a case of one trip there to view/testride it, and then having decided to buy it, then they want to 'prep' it for sale which means leaving and making another trip back to collect it a week later. I suppose that could be combined into one though

Thanks a lot Wessie, this is really helpful to the uninitiated!

Regarding your earlier comment about buying it using finance in order to sweeten the deal, and then paying it off in full immediately afterwards... yes good idea, as I'll be paying in full for mine.
Presumably with current UK financial regulations that would be possible to do this with any dealer-offered package wouldn't it?, ie, if negotiating this by phone there'd be no need to spell it out that I needed to be able to pay it off without penalty? And is it any skin off the dealer's nose if I were to do this; ie they wouldn't lose their commission if the punter cancels the finance package (so no particular need to do this 'on the quiet')?

It's all a bit different to when I gained most of my biking experience 30+ years ago; pre-internet and when you'd negotiate a discount for paying cash upfront!

Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #13

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the dealer, a retail business, gets a kickback on the finance but your contract is with a lender, a separate business. The deposit contribution is from BMW as they know PCP ties in many people to the brand.

Your PCP/HP deal is a personal loan and the one I have with BMW has no penalty, for me, if I pay it off early. I do not know, or care, if the dealer has a reduced kickback if the finance is cancelled early. I suspect not as dealers will tell you, "take the finance as it gives a £1000 off and you can pay it off, just paying a small fee for the interest over however many days you leave the contract in place." They would not encourage this if it harmed their bottom line.

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CW in Dorchester have two Lupins and a couple of non-colour ones as well.