Just bought an E70 today

[stu21t]

Evening all,
Im Stu (surprisingly)
just bought my first X5, an 07 E70 3.0d (for the wife)
dont take delivery until monday/tuesday once it been properly valeted.

im 30, from south london, have an E36 M3 GT Idividual (#10 of 50) and a couple of other cars

what do i need to know? lol

[X5Sport]

Hello and Welcome.

Bedford you pick it up make sure it has everything it is supposed to have on it!  A main dealer should be able to produce the 'build sheet' so you can check what options they say it has against what it actually has.  Fitting options afterwards is either expensive or unsupported (officially that it  )

Other than that, check everything you can and then enjoy it......

The E70 sections has lots of useful info in it too......for when you have to put the car to bed in the evening..... )

Richard

[stu21t]

hi,
I got a friend to do me a copy of the build sheet and theres only a couple of options it doesnt have and it actually has lots more than it said in the advert so im well chuffed lol

all i gotta do now is learn what 1/2 of them are and how to use them lol

[535dboy]

Sod the X5, they are boring

Pics of M3 required though

[stu21t]

[535dboy]

Wow that is individual!

Factory colour?

[pvr]

Welcome aboard. I see you have met the resident moaner already  )

[535dboy]

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Moaner

I'm excited there is something decent to look at at last, a proper M, not the hairdresser one you have.

[stu21t]

yep std colour

it only came in that colour and it was the only car made in it
BRG (british racing green)
i did the wheels and lights though lol

[535dboy]

Does look good well done.

There was an article on these in autocar this week

[stu21t]

well i got the car home.
first impressions are good. apart from the shocking mpg!

[Don Coffey]

Congrats on the new car.  I trust you and/or the missies will have plenty of enjoyable miles in it.  As for the consumption, it is over 2 tonnes and shaped like a brick and has to be driven as such to see even a half descent mpg. 

Don

[Lee4.8is]

Great stuff  love the M3 & enjoy the new X5 too.

[squeaky2]

Congrats on the new car.....glad to see there is another south londoner around.  Enjoy and look forward to the pics and spec.

[stu21t]

the spec list on it is crazy. theres actually a lot more than was listed in the advert so ive had a result.
a short list of the main things are

keyless entry with push button start
sports suspension
airbag suspension
7 seats
heads up display
idrive media package with built in dab, bluetooth, freeview tv, teletext, ipod, sat nav
comfort seats, electric heated, memory, with loads of adjustment (lumbar support, bolsters and top 1/2 of the back rest are adjustable)
auto headlights, with auto dimming main beam, xenons, angel eyes, auto wipers, adaptive lighting
interior mood lighting
tints
bmw assist
4 way climate controlled air con
auxillary heating and ventilation
panoramic sunroof
20s
adaptive cruise control
reversing camera
split tailgate
power fold auto dimming mirrors
professional hifi
dvd

plus loads more ive forgotten and probably havent found yet lol