[darrylo]

Originally Posted by Rbrown

Just toss a coin.

That's how I make all my decisions (buying house, changing job, proposing to now wife etc).

That sounds dangerous. What was the other choice? Date the sister?

[Rbrown]

Originally Posted by darrylo

That sounds dangerous. What was the other choice? Date the sister?

....move on to the next one....

[Rbrown]

Originally Posted by teaston

I can VT in March so can’t order until December really, or could wait until Jan if the deals aren’t great in Q4

Looks like this thread may continue for some time......

[RichM50d]

If you’re buying with finances in mind, I’d go for the 5 now, run it for 2/3 years then get the X3 when there are more deals around.

[teaston]

Originally Posted by RichM50d

If you’re buying with finances in mind, I’d go for the 5 now, run it for 2/3 years then get the X3 when there are more deals around.

I may well end up doing that, or maybe get the wife an X3 in a couple of years if our career plans go as we expect them to.

[teaston]

Well the quotes are in, and the X3 M40d is £50pm less than the 530d!

Looks like I might be properly joining this forum guys!!

[Rbrown]

Originally Posted by teaston

Well the quotes are in, and the X3 M40d is £50pm less than the 530d!

Looks like I might be properly joining this forum guys!!

About time!

The residuals are a lot better for the X3.

Just get it ordered!!!!

[teaston]

Originally Posted by Rbrown

About time!

The residuals are a lot better for the X3.

Just get it ordered!!!!

They sure are, 530d list £61k gfv £19.8k
M40d list £58.1 gfv £24.4k!

Probably going to order now as Tony said he'll store it if it arrives before i can VT at start of March.

[Rbrown]

Originally Posted by teaston

They sure are, 530d list £61k gfv £19.8k
M40d list £58.1 gfv £24.4k!

Probably going to order now as Tony said he'll store it if it arrives before i can VT at start of March.

Good old Tony!

Tell him I said “hello”!

[ep22jg]

Originally Posted by teaston

They sure are, 530d list £61k gfv £19.8k
M40d list £58.1 gfv £24.4k!

Probably going to order now as Tony said he'll store it if it arrives before i can VT at start of March.

I guess Tony is giving better prices now.
I really wanted to give him my order as he was really good trying to get me a test drive and the good press he gets on the forums.
But he couldn’t match drivethedeal at the time I ordered.

Shame

[Bryans69]

Originally Posted by teaston

They sure are, 530d list £61k gfv £19.8k
M40d list £58.1 gfv £24.4k!

Probably going to order now as Tony said he'll store it if it arrives before i can VT at start of March.

So you are going for the X3 over the 5 then? Just down to pricing in the end?

[Dazza993]

I don't think you'll have any regrets buying an X3. I've bought my first SUV (G01 X3 3.0d M-Sport) in the past 2 weeks having had a M6 Gran Coupe for just over a year and saloons (5 series / Jag XF) prior to that, and I'm thoroughly enjoying the X3 ownership.

I test drove an X3 & 530d touring back to back and both my wife and I preferred the higher riding position of the X3. The X3 is a good 30cm shorter than the 5 series so easier to park at maybe the expense of a luggage space or rear legroom

The X3 handles really well and the interior fit/finish is very similar to the 5 series.

On a plus side (to me anyway) they're a rarer sight on the roads too.

[teaston]

Originally Posted by Bryans69

So you are going for the X3 over the 5 then? Just down to pricing in the end?

Yes the X3. To be honest I slightly preferred the X3 as a car to the 5 Series, but was thinking the X3 would be at least £100pm more which was swinging me towards the 5, but as the X3 is actually cheaper it’s a no brainer!

[Ge0rge]

Yes there are regrets. The SUV does everything worse than a sedan except space per lenth for which I had to got with the X3.
Driving position of legs are awkward for tall people on the X3 , seats much better on the 5 series and efficiency on autobahn way better. But for now it was just too long and costly.

[Goose619]

Originally Posted by Ge0rge

Yes there are regrets. The SUV does everything worse than a sedan except space per lenth for which I had to got with the X3.
Driving position of legs are awkward for tall people on the X3 , seats much better on the 5 series and efficiency on autobahn way better. But for now it was just too long and costly.

I hear you on the driving position. The foot rest is not in an ideal position for comfort.

But I needed the extra space for traveling. At least I have a hud lol

[Bryans69]

Originally Posted by teaston

Yes the X3. To be honest I slightly preferred the X3 as a car to the 5 Series, but was thinking the X3 would be at least £100pm more which was swinging me towards the 5, but as the X3 is actually cheaper it’s a no brainer!

Fair enough. I assume you are not planning on keeping it the end of the pcp, as the lower gfv of the 5 would be a benefit?

[RichM50d]

Originally Posted by Dazza993

I don't think you'll have any regrets buying an X3. I've bought my first SUV (G01 X3 3.0d M-Sport) in the past 2 weeks having had a M6 Gran Coupe for just over a year and saloons (5 series / Jag XF) prior to that, and I'm thoroughly enjoying the X3 ownership.

I test drove an X3 & 530d touring back to back and both my wife and I preferred the higher riding position of the X3. The X3 is a good 30cm shorter than the 5 series so easier to park at maybe the expense of a luggage space or rear legroom

The X3 handles really well and the interior fit/finish is very similar to the 5 series.

On a plus side (to me anyway) they're a rarer sight on the roads too.

What made you go from an M6 to a 30d, rather than an M40i or M40d? That must have been one hell of a come down.

[FCBayernFTW]

Originally Posted by RichM50d

What made you go from an M6 to a 30d, rather than an M40i or M40d? That must have been one hell of a come down.

I went from an M4 to a G01 30i.....priorities change...

[Dazza993]

Originally Posted by RichM50d

What made you go from an M6 to a 30d, rather than an M40i or M40d? That must have been one hell of a come down.

My wife never liked the M6 (too fast, too noisy and not comfortable for her). On the right roads I couldn't imagine a better car than the M6 but in the UK, in traffic, on potholed roads it was impossible to exploit the performance on tap.

It was a beautiful car that got many an admiring glance (or maybe that was me ) but 18mpg around town despite a gentle right foot soon gets tiring (and expensive).

I had thought about the M40i, it can rip along at a fair wallop and sounds great too, but the extra cost and still relatively high thirst for petrol made me choose the 3.0d
In everyday driving it's got ample oomph and 35mpg around the doors isn't too shabby.

I miss the noise of the V8 but not the thrust of it. And above all my wife really likes the X3 too.

If there's any M5 or M6 owners reading this and would be interested in purchasing a set of 19" 408M winter wheels - let me know, as I have a set with only 2,200 miles on them for sale.

[teaston]

Originally Posted by Dazza993

My wife never liked the M6 (too fast, too noisy and not comfortable for her). On the right roads I couldn't imagine a better car than the M6 but in the UK, in traffic, on potholed roads it was impossible to exploit the performance on tap.

It was a beautiful car that got many an admiring glance (or maybe that was me ) but 18mpg around town despite a gentle right foot soon gets tiring (and expensive).

I had thought about the M40i, it can rip along at a fair wallop and sounds great too, but the extra cost and still relatively high thirst for petrol made me choose the 3.0d
In everyday driving it's got ample oomph and 35mpg around the doors isn't too shabby.

I miss the noise of the V8 but not the thrust of it. And above all my wife really likes the X3 too.

If there's any M5 or M6 owners reading this and would be interested in purchasing a set of 19" 408M winter wheels - let me know, as I have a set with only 2,200 miles on them for sale.

Talking of winter wheels, they look mighty expensive for the X3! On my F30 I bought a set of brand new 400M's with tyres for £800 and sold the tyres for £450, doesn't look like any chance of doing such a deal for the X3 though!

[Dazza993]

Originally Posted by teaston

Talking of winter wheels, they look mighty expensive for the X3! On my F30 I bought a set of brand new 400M's with tyres for £800 and sold the tyres for £450, doesn't look like any chance of doing such a deal for the X3 though!

If I can sell the wheels for the M6 I think I'll invest in a set of 20" winters for the X3. £800 - £1000 for a nice set of alloys and about £600 for tyres (non-runflat) plus TPMS sensors - still a total of around £1750 though!

[teaston]

Originally Posted by Dazza993

If I can sell the wheels for the M6 I think I'll invest in a set of 20" winters for the X3. £800 - £1000 for a nice set of alloys and about £600 for tyres (non-runflat) plus TPMS sensors - still a total of around £1750 though!

Yes it definitely looks like 20' are the better choice, appears there's only 3 tyres available for the 19's, 2 of them are budget and the others are very expensive pirelli run flats.

I think I might just get tyres like the Conti TS850P and swap them onto the wheels each season.