I'm looking to financing a 2011-2012 BMW 538 or 5 hybrid for 30k. I make 50-60k a year. I have a trade in value on my car of $7000. Would I be better off just to lease a 5 series instead?
Putting that 5 percent tint on either whip.
BMW rates are not that great right now for financing imo. Lease, especially if you can get it for little money down. Get the 7K from them (or carmax or CL in the event that they try to keep all of it towards the lease), put some of it down, bank the rest.
IMO sounds like you should lease a 2014 loaded 3 or 4 series and youll be around the same monthly payment, maybe a little higher but it will be brand new and the new body style.
Edit * If you can afford to lease a loaded 5, do it. They gave me a brand new 70K one as a loaner and I was in love.