BMW 330 ZHP Prices -- How Much Did You Pay?

[BADCLOWN]

Bought mine private party in Louisville

89k miles
Great overall condition with HD motor mounts and f/r H&R sway bars and a solid maintenance history including cooling system overhaul
$13.5k


Car now has 116k 2 years later. Same overall condition with a new rad fan, alternator, complete vanos rebuild and anti rattle, all fluids flushed, new coils/plugs, vcg, fuel filter, all other filters, new control arm bushings all at 100k. Runs like a top.

[BRGcoopahS]

Finally getting around to adding mine here.
'05 330CiC auto Mystic Blue/gray interior; build date 4-19-05
25,5xx miles when purchased on 9-15-12 from Johnson Honda of Stuart, FL
Found it on Autotrader, negotiated most by text with internet sales
original owner purchased car at Coggin Motor Mall, Ft. Pierce, FL
purchased price: $18,000 + tax/tag w/o hardtop;
found hardtop, windscreen & cover locally ($580)
Flew into West Palm Beach, FL; saleman picked me up @ airport, 3 hrs later was on the road; 700 miles in 10hrs 15 mins with 2 stops for gas & burger
Had both bolsters & armrest redyed for $100; need to have auto dim mirror repaired; replaced VCG due to small leak at bottom rear; repainted front grill black again
original sticker $52,195
This car was like new.

That is a great deal. Mine was $19,600 with 55k miles purchased march this year. I also have the window sticker and it was $52k as well

[webster]

why did the ZHP package cost only $3600 for verts but $3900 for sedans/coupes? are the verts missing something from the package?

[Bimmernut2]

That's a good question. Could it be something changed from introduction to the '05-'06 model year? I did determine that my convertible did NOT come with the lower differential ration, but the standard 3.38 (not the 3.64) as noted in the FAQ. Mine came with run flats & dash flat tire indicator, but nothing was listed on the sticker about this. Let me know if you find out why.

[BRGcoopahS]

I believe that's because yours is auto. All manual coupes and verts should have the lower gearing. Actually I learned that all 330 coupes (non zhp's) have the lower gearing. It's the non zhp sedans that have the higher gearing.

I also don't know why it's cheaper for the vert. Maybe because leather was standard instead of alcantara?

[johnrando]

I just compared two window stickers in this thread, 1 vert, 1 non vert. The only difference listed under the Performance Package was "cloth/alcantara upholstery", which the non vert had.

[Bimmernut2]

I just compared two window stickers in this thread, 1 vert, 1 non vert. The only difference listed under the Performance Package was "cloth/alcantara upholstery", which the non vert had.

But John, look at the top of the sticker of the 'other one'. It had $1450 added for "leather seats". I know it had the 'alcantara' called out. IF it was more for the cloth on the 'PP', you'd think they would discount the leather, may they did. Also, the Xenon lights were $100 more in '05 than the '03. Still wondering.

[johnrando]

No idea. I was just hazarding a guess to answer the question as to if there were differences between vert/non-vert ZHP packages, and that was the only difference listed on those 2 window stickers. Too small a sample size.

[webster]

i wonder if the difference is simply due to the fact that the MSRP for verts was higher in the first place so they charged less for the perf. pkg?

[MrMaico]

Is it possibly just due to the fact that there isn't those 2 pieces of Shadowline trim around the windows on the verts like the coupes have? List price difference between the non-ZHP chrome and the Shadowline is about $300 for the 2 pieces. Just a guess though.

Barry