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Collected ot today.

Post by surveysteve » Thu Jan 26, 2012 9:28 pm

Set off at 08:00, train down to Doncaster.
The owner met me at the station and gave mech lift to collect the car.
Half an hour later after all the paperwork had been signed, I was off
Filled it up with premium, reset the odometer and set off for Aberdeen.

354 miles and 6 hours later, I now have a shiny (well, needs a good clean now) X5 4.6 is sat outside my front door.

Loved every second of the trip. Power a plenty on tap. Good road holding. Very comfortable. Fantastic sound system. Sat nav works well too, first time I've used the BMW one.

Just can't understand why I've not bought one before now !!!!

Very happy with it and looking forward to more miles in it.
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Re: Collected ot today.

Post by shadrack » Thu Jan 26, 2012 9:36 pm

wat mpg u get on that run, uts anice run to aberdeen i bought a nice 325ci from a garage by the airport there a couple of years ago
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Re: Collected ot today.

Post by gobiman » Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:32 am

Welcome aboard.
Plenty of advice here on the forum on good kit for your pride and joy.
ipod interface, winter tyres, remap.......
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Re: Collected ot today.

Post by X5Sport » Fri Jan 27, 2012 2:00 pm

Congrats. :thumbsup: :D :driving:

Now you knew this was going to happen didn't you.... :D :poke:

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Re: Collected ot today.

Post by surveysteve » Fri Jan 27, 2012 2:20 pm

Was a pretty good run to get used to it.
Filled up to the brim both before I left and today. Was 384 miles to 92 litres of fuel.
I'm sure I could've got more with careful driving but was having fun with it will take it out of the tank.
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Re: Collected ot today.

Post by Raj » Sat Jan 28, 2012 6:47 am

Huge congrats and welcome. Glad you're pleased with your new purchase. There are plenty of mods to improve it further....lol
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Re: Collected ot today.

Post by surveysteve » Sun Jan 29, 2012 4:59 pm

[quote=""Raj""]Huge congrats and welcome. Glad you're pleased with your new purchase. There are plenty of mods to improve it further....lol[/quote]


Many thanks and do tell :-D
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Re: Collected ot today.

Post by Raj » Sun Jan 29, 2012 10:32 pm

[quote=""surveysteve""][quote=""Raj""]Huge congrats and welcome. Glad you're pleased with your new purchase. There are plenty of mods to improve it further....lol[/quote]


Many thanks and do tell :-D[/quote]

Where do we start....lol.

Remap, exhaust, induction, lighting (exterior/interior), etc, etc....lol.

Tbh it really depends what you're after.
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