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[snipez999]

Blast off - through that window??
Lol
Happy driving

[Rusty]

[quote="Pope"]
All sorted and ready for blast off tomorrow evening....bring it on..


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A belated welcome from me, and good luck with the pickup tomorrow. 

Very jealous of your stable.  I would love the 6 and the X and the Ducati......
Looking to change my E46 this year but I'm not sure the budget will get me a 630d or above (without starship mileage or completely fooooook'd). The V8's are cheaper as usual, but I would like to afford to tax and run one. 




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[Pope]

After collecting the car last Friday, i took it for its first spin on Sunday... :drive:

What a freaking awesome motor. My only complaints/concerns are.....fuel consumption :'( i'm only getting between 24mpg (town) - 31mpg (Mway @75mph), so i'm a bit disappointed with that, as i was getting 38mpg @85mph from my old X3 2.0d..

Also, there's an annoying rattle emanating from the rear of the car. however, i believe this might be the lower tailgate, so i'll look into fixing that.

Here's a couple of pics. 

[Don Coffey]

Congrats Pope,

Don't be too worried by that fuel return. Your only just getting used to the car and it is bigger, heavier and bigger engined than your X3

Don

[Pope]

Ok Don, I'll give a week before I trade back to a X3 

Update
I've sorted the tailgate rattle. It was a simple job of adjusting the two lower tailgate latches using a 12mm socket.
took less than 5mins to do...and no more rattles.
Happy days

[Benstan]

Pope - you need to update your sig!

[Pope]

[quote="Benstan"]
Pope - you need to update your sig!
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oh yes, good shout...

[Rusty]

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Is that Cheddar? 


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[Chompers]

Looks very much like it.

[Raj]

Nice pics and glad you is a happy chappy.

And nice one with the tailgate fix.

The rear of mine rattles like crazy and for the life of me can't work out what the hell it is yet.

[Lee4.8is]

[quote="Raj"]


The rear of mine rattles like crazy and for the life of me can't work out what the hell it is yet.
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It's the rumble from those lovely exhausts! I wouldn't complain too much that V8 is heavenly 

[Pope]

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Is that Cheddar? 


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yes, that's Cheddar Gorge. Very picturesque place.

[Pope]

[quote="Raj"]
Nice pics and glad you is a happy chappy.

And nice one with the tailgate fix.

The rear of mine rattles like crazy and for the life of me can't work out what the hell it is yet.
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Have you looked at the lower tailgate?
If its rattling, its an easy fix.

[reading1800]

[quote="Pope"]
Ok Don, I'll give a week before I trade back to a X3 

Update
I've sorted the tailgate rattle. It was a simple job of adjusting the two lower tailgate latches using a 12mm socket.
took less than 5mins to do...and no more rattles.
Happy days

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Hello - nice motor - you should try living with 17.5 mpg....I've got that issue with the rear tailgate, been into the dealer who failed - any pics of the exact bit that needs adjusting?  Thanks

[Pope]

[quote="reading1800"]

Hello - nice motor - you should try living with 17.5 mpg....I've got that issue with the rear tailgate, been into the dealer who failed - any pics of the exact bit that needs adjusting?  Thanks
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1. Remove the plastic cover.
2. slacken the two nuts.
3. gently tap the bracket back a couple of mm.
4. re-tighten the nuts.
5. replace cover.
6. repeat process on the other bracket.