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The joys of living in London and trying to insure the 6th most stolen car in the UK
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Did you buy the BMW service pack with your X6? If so, did they only offer you the new 3yr/36k one or as you ordered the car before 31st Dec, did they honor the old 5yr/50k pack? I'm seeing differing reports that some dealers are honoring the old pack if the car was ordered before 31st Dec, but my dealer is sticking with the new 3yr or nothing, despite me ordering car back in Nov. The new 3 yr pack is worthless really, but I'd buy the old 5yr if offered.
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02-19-2017, 08:31 AM | #27 | |
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So this time round decided to just pay for the service when it's needed, because the mileage I do, it wont be for another 2 years.
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I noticed there are far more X6 50i than X6 35i on the road. Always seemed interesting.
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I insisted when I place my order back in December that I had to have the 5 year service pack as part of the deal regardless of the car being registered in March 17. They agreed and added it to my order confirmation in writing. I do around 14k miles per annum so I thought this would be worth it bearing in mind how much BMW charge for each service. I think I paid £575 for this.
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Was everything to your expectations or were these exceeded. And what new things have you learnt that would help expectant fathers like myself Be great to have an update from you. Cheers
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The car has exceeded expectations, definitely.
I didn't expect the car to handle the way it does but feels more planted than you'd expect from something that large, and when you stick it into Sports mode...... oh my god does it shift, the throttle response is sharper, the steering tightens up and the car feels like a sports saloon. Wasn't expecting the acceleration from the Diesel (I got the xDrive40d (318BHP)) to be quite as much as I thought ... but it shifts, and the power just keeps coming....so I would love to see what your M50d will do, I am absolutely certain you will love it. It's also so quiet inside (with the windows closed) considering you normally hear the clackety clack of a diesel engine in other cars. The Multifunctional Cockpit (think its called Digital Cockpit now on the new configurator) is also so nice to use, especially when it changes according to which mode you're in, so I would highly recommend that to anyone if they were still ordering one. Took it down some windy lanes in the country, took it on the Motorway, it just glides effortlessly and feels like whatever speed you're doing, it can still go up another level for whatever reason (quick overtake, etc...) They have also really outdone themselves with the interior, not sure if that's because I am used to a 1-series before, but I have had Audis and Mercedes cars in the last 5 years and this is a whole new level of interior. Currently ordered a Dashcam for it, as I felt so vulnerable when driving around seeing some of the idiotic driving that seems ot be prevailing on our roads these days, so that should arrive tomorrow when I install it, then I'll be more comfortable driving about, but yeah, very happy with the car so far. My one downside is that I get so paranoid leaving it in carparks now (Supermarkets etc..) as I am so worried about it being keyed, or having scuffs due to people going into and out of parking spaces next to me, so my food shopping habits have resorted to late night shopping at 24hour supermarkets to have lots of empty spaces to park it into with no one around me to cause any problems That's about it really, keep coming up with all sorts of excuses with the missues to go out, I am sure she may start to think I'm having an affair
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What's your mpg as that's my only concern when I get mine? With your new dashcam how are you going to connect yours up to power? I don't particularly what wires daggling down from mine. Good write up by the way.
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Such a pain having to do this for the next 1200 miles, but the ritual has (touch wood) kept my engines trouble free for the last 10 years or so. The Dashcam is in, wire went into the Rear view mirror housing, then up to the headliner and around the edge of the car - all hidden - into the socket in the trunk, can take some photos if you're interested but took me 10 mins all in all was no bother. You could wire it up to the fuse box etc... but I don't really want to tamper with any of that and much prefer leaving the car as untouched as possible (so didn't remove any trim or anything) all the cabling fitted nicely by just pushing it under trim or under the door surrounds. Only want it recording whilst driving, not fussed about parking, so the socket in the trunk is ideal as it will hardly ever be used for anything else. Power goes out after about 8 mins (didn't count but roughly) after you lock the car and walk away so no risk of draining the battery.
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What length cable did you use as my existing cable must be around 2m long? Cheers
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I just had another look at your pics and they make me feel better about ordering space grey. I have been have been having second thoughts on ordering it in SG and whether I should have gone black instead.
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There's potentially 3 of us with collections dates next week
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It was status 9000 on 18/01/17. I'm not sure where its at now though, i'mm meeting my dealer later today so will have more info then
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Or had you agreed to wait for new reg anyway and its been stashed somewhere for a week or so? Dealers don't usually like doing that a lot of them don't have the space to keep cars. Mine doesn't and wants me to collect it as soon as its ready... The dealer I bought my 135i from 6 years ago, had loads of space to keep stuff, and I think I had to put off collecting it for a week due to work at the time...wasn't an issue for them.
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You're just down the road from me, *waves from north west Kent*..*cough* *not really London* cough*
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There's 4 of us on here from London area all expecting cars within a few weeks, and it turns out 2 of us are within a few miles of each other in North West London (myself and X5M50D) and two of you are close by in the diagonally opposite side in the South East London/NW Kent area. We'll need to find somewhere around the middle ground for a meet up in April/May
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