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Location: Oxon
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Tyre choice solved... ordered D4 instead
New tyres all round needed now, second service soon, good p-x offer and 2 years @0% on the balance... D4 here we come!
5th Sep 2009 1:57 pm
CFB
Member Since: 02 Dec 2005
Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
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What spec have you gone for and what sort of lead time have you been quoted?2020 BMW X1 18d XDrive X-Line Auto
5th Sep 2009 2:15 pm
Landylad
Member Since: 23 Dec 2008
Location: Aberdeenshire
Posts: 366
Re: Tyre choice solved... ordered D4 instead
MartinR wrote:
New tyres all round needed now, second service soon, good p-x offer and 2 years @0% on the balance... D4 here we come!
Ah, a man after my own heart If in doot, flat oot!!
5th Sep 2009 3:34 pm
jkp
Member Since: 17 Sep 2005
Location: Living among Bawbags
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I like your style
5th Sep 2009 3:47 pm
MartinR
Member Since: 27 Jan 2008
Location: Oxon
Posts: 708
CFB wrote:
What spec have you gone for and what sort of lead time have you been quoted?
XS. There's loads in the dealer network, so I can have one "in the next two weeks" (only options I want/can't live without are towing electrics and full length roof rails, which are both dealer fit-able). Looked at GS plus extras (not bothered about leather) but that was factory order, 0% finance might not be around, grumble, grumble... they really wanted to sell me a car now, not a GS in a couple of months, so the deal on the XS plus the lead time on the GS (ie new tyres on my D3 required) made this the most sensible option - even SWMBO could see that!
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5th Sep 2009 7:58 pm
SN
Member Since: 03 Jan 2006
Location: Romiley
Posts: 13710
nice job
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5th Sep 2009 8:00 pm
MartinR
Member Since: 27 Jan 2008
Location: Oxon
Posts: 708
After my extensive cost benefit analysis, carefully presented at the far end of a bottle of wine late on Friday night, rather than tell me where to go, as I'd expected, Mrs R actually pointed out a few things I'd missed, e.g. depreciation should be lower on D4, interest rates can only get better, and so on... Didn't spend too much time arguing after that
5th Sep 2009 8:02 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
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I assume U were waiting on the dealer opening on Sat morning??? Wish my SWMBO thought like that but she's just had 5 new wheels & tyres on her D3 so no chance! Wifes swap??
5th Sep 2009 8:20 pm
Landylad
Member Since: 23 Dec 2008
Location: Aberdeenshire
Posts: 366
Funnily enough, my justification was based on more or less the same principles. Looking at a new compressor, new tryes, service not too far down the road as well as MOT. Plus there was a few other minor things about my D3 that were bothering me.... all in all, go blast 36k on a new one. Alisdair Darling has nowt on my financial misgivings If in doot, flat oot!!
5th Sep 2009 8:55 pm
AdamN
Member Since: 05 Apr 2007
Location: nr Colchester
Posts: 3
I love this! The exact same thought processes are being replicated round the country... D3 coming up to 3 years old, bound to start racking up maintenance costs, perfect time to swap it in - even for a neglible trade in value - against a D4. But I still have nagging doubts: is it worth it? Would a used FFRR Vogue be better? Test drive tomorrow... my willpower may yet capsize.
7th Sep 2009 12:48 pm
Zermatt Vulgaris
Member Since: 12 Jan 2009
Location: aberdeenshire
Posts: 511
Was in T&C in aberdeen today getting something looked at and wondered whether i might get the maths done..was not even approached by a salesman ...
zermatt XS with black leather looked a nice motor..saw what i think is the new arabaica leather....it is Orange ..Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
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7th Sep 2009 1:24 pm
MartinR
Member Since: 27 Jan 2008
Location: Oxon
Posts: 708
Zermatt Vulgaris wrote:
saw what i think is the new arabaica leather....it is Orange ..
Hope not! At least it didn't look orange when I ordered it!
7th Sep 2009 4:14 pm
Zermatt Vulgaris
Member Since: 12 Jan 2009
Location: aberdeenshire
Posts: 511
Stand corrected it was Premium Leather Tan in an RRS..glad its not the arabica....its what i want next...Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
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7th Sep 2009 4:34 pm
MartinR
Member Since: 27 Jan 2008
Location: Oxon
Posts: 708
Dropped off reg transfer paperwork today... it's ready to leave the factory, Santorini Black with Arabica leather. Will get the good camera out once the car appears, if we're not swamped with interior shots by then of course
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