Affording My First Bmw

[stepper]

hey everyone, I am an American and new to this forum. I am currently in college pursing a bsn (bachelors in nursing). BMW has always been my dream car since I was a kid and now is the time that I feel like I am actually getting close to owning my first BMW. any advise on how much should by yearly salary be to afford a 3 series coupe.it doesn't have to be a 2014 but I am hoping a 2007 and up. Even though I am in nursing school I always wanted to work at my local BMW dealership, but wasn't sure what would I want to do at the dealership and if the job would really be in demand for today's current society, with that being said what should my salary be so that I can afford a bmw 3 series.

thanks

[GBM6]

Firstly, don't apologise for being American, somebody has to be! Salary umm don't know there are BMWs out there very everyone. Even Americans :-)

[Guest jeffthro]

Welcome to our Club, Greg. You're asking a question with no definitive answer, matey. Firstly, the initial outlay...........you could easily spend 10k, but you could get a really decent 3 series coupe for around a thousand pounds if you didn't mind an older car. (I've got a year 2000 e46 328 coupe, paid £800!), If you then get it serviced and have every single little niggle done at a main BMW dealer, it'll cost you a lot of money. If you have a local small good garage, it won't.What sort of mileage are you going to do, how much fuel you going to use? And theres insurance, that can be a big factor depending on your age, so you see its really something you have to work out yourself.

[E46King]

Hi Greg welcome to the club! :D

I don't think there is an exact salary you need. You just need to make sure that you can afford to buy it and run it. It depends on what other monthly payments you have.