Cost To Change
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Devil
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Everyone predicted this would happen.
There's a simple truth, who goes to a shop to buy the old model.
The second hand value of the GS will suffer. But that should not matter to us, because the bikes still a great machine, and if you own one, just enjoy it, after all we only live once, instead of thinking about a dream, do it.
hodgkins
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Dreams
I have had some dreams and god they were good. And did not cost anything. But i have had reality and it has cost a lot but being shafted is not a dream I want. If we all stand up and say no. The prices would drop. But don't think that will happen. I love the BMW range but we need to make a stand.
Lots of rich folk change their toys regardless of the cost.
I'm not in their club.
I'm not in their club.
hodgkins
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Bendy toy
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Its not too bad as a form of transport. But as always much cheaper to buy used.
My Audi A4 cost me 24K only to be sold for 17K just 18 months later. I had planned to keep it long enough for early year's depreciation to not matter too much. I hadn't planned on a nasty divorce
My Audi A4 cost me 24K only to be sold for 17K just 18 months later. I had planned to keep it long enough for early year's depreciation to not matter too much. I hadn't planned on a nasty divorce
Bendy toy
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Breaking news: motorcycling not a cheap hobby!
Try classics
My Suzuki Kettle cost me £1800 in 2008 and its now worth £3000. Cheapest motoring I ever had.
This is where the stelaers make most money, especially when a new model is launched. Just keep yours or sell it privately and buy a barely used WC model at the end of the sesaon in Nov / Dec.
cocker
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ime going to be the first and last owner of my 2012 gsa, that way i am hoping i will get value for money out of it.
fusionpaul
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I can understand owners of gs bikes wanting to trade up to the new LC bike as its the newest model with all the extra design/tech etc. but can't understand why owners of late GSA bikes would want to trade for a lesser model, surely it would just be worth waiting for bmw to bring out the LC Adventure, then its a case of trading up to the newer version. Oh well each to their own, just my 10c worth !
Unfortunately depreciation is a bitch!
I'd still try to haggle...a 'toe in the water' enquiry is only going to get a tentative quote.....once he sees the possibility of a real sale going through things will get a bit more serious.
I'd still try to haggle...a 'toe in the water' enquiry is only going to get a tentative quote.....once he sees the possibility of a real sale going through things will get a bit more serious.
My Suzuki Kettle cost me £1800 in 2008 and its now worth £3000. Cheapest motoring I ever had.
I used to have a Suzuki kettle......I would have paid for you to take it off my hands back then!!!
I eventually sold it to my brother for £500, and after a failed restoration used it as hardcore under his patio!!!
.....but I'd love to have one again now!
....or a Z1..or a.....
I'd have to agree with that
.....I'm waiting for the GSA LC, and then depreciation loss might be a price I'll have to pay! My 1200 tc cost £11,290 in Sept 2011.
A wc te with the bits on I want I would be £15,375 a difference of £4,085.
Cost to swap is £5,365.
The way I look at it is,a new bike is a far more expensive bike than my bike, the difference in the comparative new prices been £4,085 if it's costing me £5,365 to swap in reality the new bike would cost me £1,280.the rest of the cost is because it's an upgrade,had the bikes been like for like then no,it would not be a good deal
Maybe my way of justifying the cost to swap but it's genuinely how I see it.
It's been said on many occasions that I have a very different way of looking at finances,all I can say is it's seen me allright upto now
Steve
A wc te with the bits on I want I would be £15,375 a difference of £4,085.
Cost to swap is £5,365.
The way I look at it is,a new bike is a far more expensive bike than my bike, the difference in the comparative new prices been £4,085 if it's costing me £5,365 to swap in reality the new bike would cost me £1,280.the rest of the cost is because it's an upgrade,had the bikes been like for like then no,it would not be a good deal
Maybe my way of justifying the cost to swap but it's genuinely how I see it.
It's been said on many occasions that I have a very different way of looking at finances,all I can say is it's seen me allright upto now
Steve
So what in reality, option wise has a 12TE LC, got that your original 12GS hasn't
At a guess I would say SatNav prep and maybe LED lights and headlamp stuff and not a lot else
So that is maybe the RRP cost difference between the 2 bikes and is it worth £4k?
Devil
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So keeping my GSA
Has anyone chopped a GSA for a new LC ? I could not see the point , I will when they bring out the Adventure , but for my 6 foot 6 Manly physique the standard GS looks like my old enfield with me sat on it . The C600 Scoot looks bigger !!
Im going to say, that the deal is not that bad.
The LC is a new model thats wanted. For good or bad, the old model will not be as favored, Some are calling it Vintage already. Dealers will sell his at £9500, Dont forget the new buyer will haggle.
So if you want the new LC, your going to have to accept the hit.
Also, you need to account for VAT. Your original bike was £14400 that Equals £2400 vat, Unless your vat registered thats dead money, the second you sign the paperwork.
I'm not sure how you equate VAT to "dead money".
It's a constituent part in the cost of getting that bike on the road.
It doesn't matter if it is a Tax or an engine.
Some people love quoting that "once it leaves the showroom - you lose the VAT"
So - if VAT was 50% of the cost of a new bike - the bike would be worth less than 50% of its original cost - on resale???
Back to the OP's position - perhaps the dealer just didn't want his bike as a trade in?
Al
Devil
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I'm not sure how you equate VAT to "dead money".
It's a constituent part in the cost of getting that bike on the road.
It doesn't matter if it is a Tax or an engine.
Some people love quoting that "once it leaves the showroom - you lose the VAT"
So - if VAT was 50% of the cost of a new bike - the bike would be worth less than 50% of its original cost - on resale???
Back to the OP's position - perhaps the dealer just didn't want his bike as a trade in?
Al
If your VAT registered you can claim the vat back, assuming you use the bike for business. ex courier.
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