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Post by Martin on Jan 26, 2024 21:27:40 GMT
You can get yourself into a 5.0 RHD Mustang for less than 25% of the cost of that Chris. You should.
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Post by Martin on Jan 26, 2024 18:56:28 GMT
Running in service or running in check? Maybe not an issue. All M cars have a running in service with fluid changes. It doesn’t matter now but doing it that late would have voided the warranty The 1,200 mile service for M-Product is designed in order to remove any deposits within engine / gearbox / differential that occur naturally with the bedding in of new components
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Post by Martin on Jan 26, 2024 17:42:29 GMT
That was nice until I got to the last 2 pictures. Only 1 service recorded back in 2018. As the advert says it has FSH then it might have been done by someone who couldn't update the car (still not great), but then there's the running in service that was completed 5,600 after it should have been! Shame as it's a lovely spec.
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Post by Martin on Jan 26, 2024 17:02:09 GMT
Why are they all left hand drive, or is that just a set of stock images? Just images from the configurator, so the right spec apart from them being LHD
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Post by Martin on Jan 26, 2024 16:38:01 GMT
I think that's the full M Performance kit for the estate. There were a lot 335ds for sale with that kit when this car was new. It completely ruins the car imho. At least is was before they lost the plot with their exhaust upgrades!
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Post by Martin on Jan 26, 2024 16:36:29 GMT
I think we've done this before but people in cars with headlights that are too bright. The majority appear to be SUVs and I'm guessing they're ones with the fancy matrix LED things. I have no complaints about being able to see where you go but surely a range of 1,000 yards or whatever they have is excessive - how fast would that allow you to drive with decent vision!! When you're sitting low in a 4 series the glare can often be painful. If it's only one of the lights, then it's a Tesla....I've not seen one without badly adjusted headlights! If it's fancy Matrix lights and the driver has them activated, then it won't be them as they are less likely to blind you than a dipped beam. Maybe there are ones that don't work so well, but as most are SUVs, it's probably just brightness and height. I have a villain from yesterday. I followed a Zafira along the A14 very patiently for at least 15 miles and the driver didn't move out of the right hand lane. OK, there was a lot of traffic due to lorries overtaking each other on the way to Felixstowe, but there were plenty of opportunities to move in, especially as it accelerated so much slower than the cars in front. When there was a particularly large gap in the left hand lane and in front, I gave it a very polite quick flash and I was immediately brake tested...quite severely, it was lucky I was keeping a decent distance. The only positive was I was pretty impressed at how quickly my car gets from 55mph to bong speed, as I decided I wasn't playing any games so blasted past on the left to get away from the situation.
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Post by Martin on Jan 26, 2024 16:27:59 GMT
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Post by Martin on Jan 26, 2024 16:23:06 GMT
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Post by Martin on Jan 26, 2024 13:35:52 GMT
The body (or mirror folded width) is only 1cm wider, it's the width including mirrors that's grown by a fairly large amount. Larger mirrors or they fold differently....whatever the answer, it's 1.94m with mirrors folded (old Macan is 1.93m), so still a snug fit through a width restrictor and the same width as a Panamera and Cayenne.
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Post by Martin on Jan 26, 2024 13:21:08 GMT
I looked at it and thought - ah, a Macan that's been to the gym, put on some bulk and also bought some new flashy jewellery for its front and back. But it does look better than I expected. This Macan also incorporates two car trends that annoy me: Why is every generation of car getting wider? The roads are not getting any wider, nor are parking spaces. What is it with the screens in front of the passenger? Is it a "just because we can" gimmick? And of course the prices are eye-watering. Yes, I love tech more than most but agree it's a pointless gimmick. It's barely any closer to the passenger than the central screen in most cars.
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Post by Martin on Jan 26, 2024 13:13:51 GMT
Or in the case of that car, Shit looking bodykit!
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Post by Martin on Jan 26, 2024 11:55:28 GMT
Was a leather Dashboard an option alongside Full Merino? I'm not sure, but that would explain the difference.
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Post by Martin on Jan 26, 2024 10:26:39 GMT
We will stick 3-pin for now, one of the guys that used to work for me here is now at Pod Point so I'll give him a shout if we need one. We have solar on this house (on it when Tina bought it just before we met) and a new smart meter shows the input/output. charging the car is 2.5KW or so, which on a sunny day even at this time of year is about what we generate when its on the panels. So charging the car is a bit like having the kettle on, for a long time, but with this size of battey its doable on a 3 pin, it just means parking front-in like that as they don't like extension leads. You shouldn't use a normal extension lead, but it's fine to use a thicker / more industrial one (1.5+ mm2), which is what I have as the sockets are at the back of the garage. It doesn't get hot and I've got one with an RCD for a bit of extra safety. When we had the extension built and aircon fitted we needed a new larger fuse box etc, so it made sense at the same time for the electrician to run a suitable cable for a 7KW charger down to the garage. The extension lead was going to be a temporary solution, but it works well as the battery is only just over 14kwh, so I haven't bothered to get the charger fitted yet. You can pay quite a bit getting a lead from places like evcables, but there are lower cost options, like this one: toughleads.co.uk/products/ev-extension-lead?variant=19514035994712You can get them for less if you don't need them to be weatherproof (I don't, as the charger sits in the garage), just make sure they are over 1.5mm2.
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Post by Martin on Jan 25, 2024 22:01:37 GMT
I’m still not sure about it, will have to see one properly. I specced up a Turbo without going mad and it was £112k in a foc paint colour. I thought £87k was too much for a Macan when we quite seriously specced up a GTS for Lindsay, another £25k is a lot and like most more expensive EVs, too much for a private buyer. It is a ‘Turbo’ so a better standard spec than the GTS and you can now have Matrix lights (not sure why no HD Matrix) which I’d struggle to buy a car without plus a few other things you’d expect on a car of that price which you couldn’t get in the old Macan. How does a turbo work with an EV? Sad that it’s become a trim level across all the models.
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Post by Martin on Jan 25, 2024 19:57:53 GMT
I’m still not sure about it, will have to see one properly. I specced up a Turbo without going mad and it was £112k in a foc paint colour. I thought £87k was too much for a Macan when we quite seriously specced up a GTS for Lindsay, another £25k is a lot and like most more expensive EVs, too much for a private buyer. It is a ‘Turbo’ so a better standard spec than the GTS and you can now have Matrix lights (not sure why no HD Matrix) which I’d struggle to buy a car without plus a few other things you’d expect on a car of that price which you couldn’t get in the old Macan.
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Post by Martin on Jan 25, 2024 19:23:46 GMT
Fun fact…..the building Carshop Swindon is based in was the first EMI CD pressing plant in the UK.
Car looks good and is a decent spec.
That era or idrive is really intuitive imo, you’re lucky it isn’t the latest version! I’m pretty sure phone setup / Bluetooth is in ‘Communication’. As you can connect more than just a phone these days it does make sense.
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Post by Martin on Jan 25, 2024 15:29:03 GMT
You mean F30-shape... But yes. I do love the design of them. But for my money a 440i is a better car more of the time for most people. It has a nicer-sounding engine as well and you don't suffer the M tax. If only they did a 440i with a full merino interior....I can't find any They did, but they are super rare. There were a couple of unregistered ones when we were looking at cars for Lindsay in early 2018. They were well spaced and under £40k!
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Post by Martin on Jan 24, 2024 19:19:57 GMT
Pickup has increased from £450 to £560. All other quotes are higher as well, so it seems I am stuck with it. I’d accept that before they change their mind! I’ll be relieved if my renewal is less than double last year.
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Post by Martin on Jan 24, 2024 8:46:48 GMT
That’s great to hear. Sadly not a common story anymore either. In other news, I’ve just fallen victim to a salesman who called to my front door. Selling broadband fibre. I’m currently with Virgin who once the 12 month wooing period was up, pushed my 500mb from €45 to €70 a month. Vodafone is my new suitor. Also using fibre, but discounted as I’ve 2 business phones with them, giving me 1Gb for €30, rising to €40 after 6 months. I had been planning to move provider anyway and Vodafone have better customer service than most over here. Twice the speed for half the price isn’t bad, although the reality will probably be closer to the previously quoted speed for half the price. Apart from Virgin, do all the other providers not just use BT lines (not sure what happens in Ireland though) Yes (Openreach, which is part of BT group) and I'm pretty sure it's the same in Ireland. My Division looks after all the Warehousing/Transport (consumer and engineering) for both Virgin and BT Group. Not Vodafone though Rodge....
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Post by Martin on Jan 23, 2024 16:51:14 GMT
There are already sub 3 year old M4's with less then 10,000miles on for under 50K. I know they are hideous but when a 3 year old M3 touring hits 50K they will be hard to ignore. I'd rather an Alpina B3 but the monstrous depreciation of the M3/4 doesn't seem to have much of an impact on Alpina depreciation. That should make them very easy to ignore! I've moved on from hideous to unnecessarily ugly, maybe by the time the Touring is under £50k the looks might be a bit more acceptable. It's getting more and more difficult, but I really don't ever want to buy a car that fails to make me 'look back'.
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Post by Martin on Jan 22, 2024 15:03:46 GMT
List price is £50k now and discounts are back, so not a massive increase. That's with the plastic seats. £53k for leather so a 25% increase. Forgot about the ‘faux leather’ / pleather / vinyl! You can still have his and hers for the price of an i5….
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Post by Martin on Jan 22, 2024 14:37:58 GMT
Was it only 2 and half years ago my X3 2.0d M Sport was only £42k? List price is £50k now and discounts are back, so not a massive increase.
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Post by Martin on Jan 22, 2024 14:32:01 GMT
Prices have gone silly. Hot hatches can be £50-60k, £100k for an M3, it’s easy to spend close to £100k on a Boxster etc. It doesn’t seem that long ago (nearly 6 years, time flies) I paid £55k for a 1,300 mile nicely FG’d 750i and that felt like a lot of money.
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Post by Martin on Jan 22, 2024 7:56:47 GMT
Yes, it gets to a point where the value is in the condition (plus future risk) and nothing to do with age. So spending money keeping one right is well worth doing and maintains value whereas on a newer car, you spend money fixing something and it doesn’t make any difference.
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Post by Martin on Jan 22, 2024 7:03:44 GMT
£400 is a lot less than I was expecting. Not much more than half the cost of a std service on a new one.
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Post by Martin on Jan 22, 2024 7:01:56 GMT
It was even worse than I expected. I’m with Rodge, no desirability at all and I’ve always really liked the 5 series.
It’s not just that it’s a poor value / poor performing electric car, a lot of the issues (looks, interior, quality) will still be there on one of the Hybrids. Hopefully they will drive better, but I’ve configured a 550e and it was £96k, that’s just the things I’d want not ticking every box.
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Post by Martin on Jan 21, 2024 13:39:37 GMT
Will be on Harry’s Garage this afternoon
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Post by Martin on Jan 20, 2024 10:55:43 GMT
Yes, I know prices have increased across the board, especially EVs and an i5 can easily be over £100k as a start point is too much imo.
Completely agree with the comments about the i-Pace, it’s a massive wasted opportunity. They were in a clear lead when it was launched and should have developed the package plus spun off a couple of other variants.
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Post by Martin on Jan 18, 2024 18:26:33 GMT
My Range Rover was completely faultless in 40,000 miles and just over 3 years. I don’t think that’s anywhere near as rare as some people think.
The 750 had a leaking oil pipe into one of the turbos and a coolant leak about a year later, it never let me down mechanically, but did need recovery when I had quite a bad puncture. My Dads 630 GT has had a few issues, latest was a stuck fuel flap just before Christmas. The 535d was much better, that was fault free over 96,000 miles / 3.5 years.
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Post by Martin on Jan 17, 2024 17:56:16 GMT
I still wouldn’t choose one, but that really is good value.
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