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Author Topic: One for the BMW haters- fill yer boots!  (Read 30035 times)

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Re: One for the BMW haters- fill yer boots!
« Reply #150 on: 01 March 2017, 16:25:07 »
Sounds like a good result  :y :y
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Re: One for the BMW haters- fill yer boots!
« Reply #151 on: 01 March 2017, 16:45:01 »
The new 5 series looks nice...
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Re: One for the BMW haters- fill yer boots!
« Reply #152 on: 01 March 2017, 16:51:54 »
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 01 March 2017, 16:45:01
The new 5 series looks nice...

Not quite as nice when you've bolted one of these to the roof just in case...  ::)

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Re: One for the BMW haters- fill yer boots!
« Reply #153 on: 01 March 2017, 16:54:10 »
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Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 01 March 2017, 16:45:01
The new 5 series looks nice...

Not quite as nice when you've bolted one of these to the roof just in case...  ::)


That won't work if the power goes... need batteries :D
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Re: One for the BMW haters- fill yer boots!
« Reply #154 on: 01 March 2017, 16:57:15 »
I don't recall an issue with the charge in the battery, just that the shite firmware wouldn't let any of it out. ;D
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Re: One for the BMW haters- fill yer boots!
« Reply #155 on: 01 March 2017, 17:02:22 »
Provisionally sounds like a good result. :y

The world of exciting motoring options is opening up for you once again. :y
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Re: One for the BMW haters- fill yer boots!
« Reply #156 on: 01 March 2017, 20:25:55 »
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 01 March 2017, 16:45:01
The new 5 series looks nice...

They do. I had thought about that, but for my budget it'd be a 2.0d bones-of-yer-ar$e spec. And the 3 series doesn't appeal.

Quote from: Doctor Opti on 01 March 2017, 17:02:22

The world of exciting motoring options is opening up for you once again. :y

Indeed so. However a potential new job and 25-30k miles/yr closes those options again! Were it to come off I would have to go for a sensible daily and a weekend toy.

Until matters resolve, I shall stay in the trusty Desmond for a little while.
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Re: One for the BMW haters- fill yer boots!
« Reply #157 on: 01 March 2017, 20:40:19 »
Quote from: jimmy944 on 01 March 2017, 20:25:55
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 01 March 2017, 16:45:01
The new 5 series looks nice...

They do. I had thought about that, but for my budget it'd be a 2.0d bones-of-yer-ar$e spec. And the 3 series doesn't appeal.

Quote from: Doctor Opti on 01 March 2017, 17:02:22

The world of exciting motoring options is opening up for you once again. :y

Indeed so. However a potential new job and 25-30k miles/yr closes those options again! Were it to come off I would have to go for a sensible daily and a weekend toy.

Until matters resolve, I shall stay in the trusty Desmond for a little while.

Are you sure that a derv purchase is wise? ::)

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Re: One for the BMW haters- fill yer boots!
« Reply #158 on: 01 March 2017, 20:58:11 »
Quote from: Doctor Opti on 01 March 2017, 20:40:19
Quote from: jimmy944 on 01 March 2017, 20:25:55
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 01 March 2017, 16:45:01
The new 5 series looks nice...

They do. I had thought about that, but for my budget it'd be a 2.0d bones-of-yer-ar$e spec. And the 3 series doesn't appeal.

Quote from: Doctor Opti on 01 March 2017, 17:02:22

The world of exciting motoring options is opening up for you once again. :y

Indeed so. However a potential new job and 25-30k miles/yr closes those options again! Were it to come off I would have to go for a sensible daily and a weekend toy.

Until matters resolve, I shall stay in the trusty Desmond for a little while.

Are you sure that a derv purchase is wise? ::)

Yeh cos the fact it's diesel is the main reason not to buy a new BM  ::)
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Re: One for the BMW haters- fill yer boots!
« Reply #159 on: 01 March 2017, 21:59:41 »
Quote from: Doctor Opti on 01 March 2017, 20:40:19

Are you sure that a derv purchase is wise? ::)

I'm not sure if it will be derv tbh. But I need something that will crack 35mpg. And I genuinely prefer diesel to small (<2L) wheezy naturally aspirated petrols. Particularly as I favour 2 pedals over 3.

What the BMW did make me realise is that day to day performance isn't really important. Hence my idea to split.

I'm tempted by another Saab 9-5 aero, but that would have to be a manual :/
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Re: One for the BMW haters- fill yer boots!
« Reply #160 on: 01 March 2017, 22:15:17 »
Hardly the most reliable car if you intend using it to travel 25000 miles a year for work.
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Re: One for the BMW haters- fill yer boots!
« Reply #161 on: 01 March 2017, 22:27:02 »
Quote from: STEMO on 01 March 2017, 22:15:17
Hardly the most reliable car if you intend using it to travel 25000 miles a year for work.

Really? The previous 2 I have had I ran from 60k-90k and 150-175k. In that time one had a wheel bearing and the other a coil pack. Beyond that it was  pads, oil and filters.

All could well be moot if the job doesn't come off in which case I'm thinking 6-8cylinders. Probably a Jaaaag. :)
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Re: One for the BMW haters- fill yer boots!
« Reply #162 on: 01 March 2017, 22:29:43 »
Both of them barely did a year's worth then :)
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Re: One for the BMW haters- fill yer boots!
« Reply #163 on: 01 March 2017, 22:32:17 »
Well if you're going to put it like that :P
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Re: One for the BMW haters- fill yer boots!
« Reply #164 on: 01 March 2017, 23:08:07 »
Look after it and the Omega will get the job done indefinitely  :y
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