[Bristle Hound]

After using the A4Avant to tow for around 6 months the wife & I decided we needed a bigger, more powerful, AWD tow car

Some of you will know I'm a great advocate of PCH but I have struggled in vane to find a SUV which full fills my needs as a tow car

My selection was narrowed down to the X3, a Q5, a XC60 & a VW Tiguan
This was quickly narrowed down to the X3 & the Q5

I had made contact via email with both dealers offering the best deals on respective cars
3 phone calls to the Audi 'Sales Executive' & I'm still waiting for him to call me back. He was always on the phone & was going to ring me back

So Audi lost due to the lack of interest

The wife & I went into our local BMW dealership to have a look at a new X3 as I honestly hadn't seen one on the road. I took my best deal in with me just to offer them the business if they could match/beat the deal I had

The killer with BMW at the mo is their 2.9% APR finance for the last 1/4 of 2019
I was managed to negotiate a 20% discount off list & got a 'healthy' price for the A4 Avant too
Only managed to get a full tank of diesel out of them but still ...
So all in all, the Hound is a happy dawg

Anyway they matched the deal & were able to trace a car that was on the ship with my exact spec!
Hopefully I should be in the new X3 mid November

I chose the solid alpine white as I don't like any of the other X3 colours, but I appreciate we are all different

Spec

MY20 G01 BMW X3 xDrive 20d M Sport - Uk spec
190ps & 400nm torque
Solid alpine white
Auto transmission
AWD
Vernasca leather - black with grey contrast stitching
Aluminum fine cutting interior trim with pearl chrome finisher
BMW live cockpit professional with 12.3" instrument display & a 10.25" control display with ID7

Options

M Sport Plus package
- 20" M light alloy Double-spoke style 699 M wheels, Orbit Grey with mixed tyres, front 8J x 20
with 245/45 R20 tyres, rear 9.5J x 20 with 275/40 R20 tyres
- Adaptive suspension
- M seat belts
- BMW Individual high-gloss Shadow Line with extended contents
- Dynamic safety
- Sun protection glass
- M Sport braking system
- Variable sport steering
Towbar, electrically folding

Must admit I'm quite surprised how much standard kit it has -
Power tailgate
Adaptive LED headlights
Power foldy anti dazzle mirrors
F & r parking sensors with rear camera
Heated front seats
Acoustic glazing
Ambient lighting
Parking assistant (Park Assist includes the Reversing Assist camera, lateral parking aid, as well as Active Park Distance Control (PDC)

I'm sure there's more but I just haven't had enough time to read up on it yet lol

Haven't owned a BMW since 2002 so quite interested to see how things go

More info as & when I get it

[Bristle Hound]

Had an email this afternoon from the Salesperson at the supplying dealer -

'Great news, your car has landed in the UK port and is now undergoing it’s PDI (Pre-Delivery Inspection)!'

Arranged collection for 1pm Thursday 21st November !

Only 9 sleeps to go !

[RedJon]

Originally Posted by Bristle Hound

Had an email this afternoon from the Salesperson at the supplying dealer -

'Great news, your car has landed in the UK port and is now undergoing it’s PDI (Pre-Delivery Inspection)!'

Arranged collection for 1pm Thursday 21st November !

Only 9 sleeps to go !

Crazy! Very nice, I’ve got an almost identical spec on a ship but it’s blue and has active cruise, otherwise identical! Oh, and I ordered at the end of September and have to wait until late December for delivery.....

[IanForbet]

Great news! Sounds like you are about a month ahead of my wife’s new G01 xdrive 20d xline due in week 52. Let us know how it feels. This will be our first BMW in 17 years too. Wonder how they’ve changed?!

Ian

[crustyfur]

Your X3 must have been on the same ship as mine as I also got the same call. Weirdly my spec is almost identical too, accept I went HK speakers and not a tow bar.

[Cobstar]

Welcome to the world of BMW, Bristle Hound. Nice to see a familiar name from the Audi forums. Sounds a great spec and the 20d continues to entertain the SO in a 2011 F25 and is allegedly better in the GO1.

Really like the 8 speed ZF in the BMWs. Personally rate it over Audi’s dual clutch. Otherwise an RSQ3 would be a serious contender on my wish list.

Looking forward to piccies and reports on your new toy.

[Bristle Hound]

Went into the Dealers today to have a chat and get some fast BMW water lol
Dealer has agreed to tax from the 1st of December and cover the other 9 days worth of tax
Get the reg. no. on Monday so will sort out insurance then

Still waiting for the big sell on GAP & their GardX rubbish
If the Dealer can match the GAP quote I already have I'll go with them, if not its of to
https://gapinsurance123.co.uk/
for my 4th policy
(GAP quote I have with the above company is a 4 year 'Combined Return to Invoice & Vehicle Replacement' policy with no claim limit
£258.28 incl. VAT)

In relation the GardX I'll be saying give me a set of rubber mats & we will say no more about bringing the GardX issue up lol

I've had to order another ethernet to lightning adapter as the 1 I had previously ordered has been lost in the post
Still the new one should be here in time for delivery of the X3
1st thing I'm going to do is enable the memory function on the stop/start button. Hate SS with a passion

5 sleeps to go

[Bristle Hound]

Collection day yesterday

I didn't want to collect this car with the transit film on & do a detail from there. Done that 3 times & TBH didn't fancy doing it again
So I took a calculated risk as the X3 is solid white & let the Dealer do the prep

The dealer had a bit of a mare with the prep guys and as a result we were about 1 1/2 late

The wife & I thoroughly inspected and I mean thoroughly inspected the car in the hand over room. Paintwork was spot on, no swirls or marks that we could see. However the X3 was dirty in places where it shouldn't have been IMHO

After a little moan the Sales Manager quickly appeared and couldn't apologise enough
He gave us £70 worth of designer shops vouchers and a set of genuine BMW rubber mat set & another apology lol

Not the best hand over but I'm still happy enough. Like my neighbour said he would have been happy to have £200 for a mildy dirty car in the nooks and crannies. I was always going to give it a clean myself anyways

Tyres fitted - Pirelli P-Zero's
Delivery mileage - 9.2 miles

We had a busy day so I didn't get to drive it much today so 1st impressions are a bit limited but will update in a weeks time

So far -

Liking the power
Loads & loads of tech to play with
Gloss black front kidney grills

Cool bits -
Electric folding tow bar - it REALLY is cool lol
MSport safety belts
Digi dash

Surprising bits I wasn't expecting it to have -
Black chrome exhaust tips
Courtesy lights in the outside door handles
Interior floor mats are really good quality
Salesman had put a 2nd rear number plate in the boot for the caravan

I'll let the pic's do the talking for time being

























Thanks for looking

[Bristle Hound]

Another cool bit of kit
'Welcome Light Carpet' - BMW's name not mine lol
(Pic is from offside door to the rear of the car)



Was checking tow bar under rear of car so I thought I may as well get some under body shots lol





Set up the BMW ConnectedDrive app today
'Tis quite a cool bit of kit
Shows quite bit of info about your car in app on your iPhone

Still getting used to the seat belts tightening shortly after you pull off. A bit weird to start off but getting used to it now

Remainder of the coding cable came today so going to have a play with the BimmerCode app over the weekend

Went into the supplying dealers today and they were obviously still feeling guilty from yesterdays handover as they topped the tank off with £25 worth of diesel. Quite a nice gesture IMHO

[X3M40i_Nev]

Originally Posted by Bristle Hound

Another cool bit of kit
'Welcome Light Carpet' - BMW's name not mine lol
(Pic is from offside door to the rear of the car)

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Set up the BMW ConnectedDrive app today
'Tis quite a cool bit of kit
Shows quite bit of info about your car in app on your iPhone

Still getting used to the seat belts tightening shortly after you pull off. A bit weird to start off but getting used to it now

Remainder of the coding cable came today so going to have a play with the BimmerCode app over the weekend

Went into the supplying dealers today and they were obviously still feeling guilty from yesterdays handover as they topped the tank off with £25 worth of diesel. Quite a nice gesture IMHO

Haha, the welcome carpet is pretty cool, and effective. MUCH better and useful than the Audi rings 😬

Enjoy setting up the options in BimmerCode, nice and easy.

Good news on diesel top up 👍

[Bristle Hound]

Originally Posted by X3M40i_Nev

Haha, the welcome carpet is pretty cool, and effective. MUCH better and useful than the Audi rings 😬

Enjoy setting up the options in BimmerCode, nice and easy.

Good news on diesel top up 👍

Cheers Nev

[Lukeuk]

Looks fantastic, get mine in a couple of weeks and very excited. Thanks for all that info and write up, really enjoyed reading it.

[Bristle Hound]

Originally Posted by Lukeuk

Looks fantastic, get mine in a couple of weeks and very excited. Thanks for all that info and write up, really enjoyed reading it.

Cheers & thanks Luke

[Lukeuk]

Where are you based? And which dealer did you use? I am in Swindon but ended up going to Hungerford to get the deal on the M40I. I also went with the black grills etc so good to see how they look.

[Bristle Hound]

Originally Posted by Lukeuk

Where are you based? And which dealer did you use? I am in Swindon but ended up going to Hungerford to get the deal on the M40I. I also went with the black grills etc so good to see how they look.

I'm based in Teeside Uk
I used the local BM dealer who were willing to slightly better the best deal I got thro' a dealer in Grimsby on a brokers website
Looking foreword to seeing the pics of your M40i

[Lukeuk]

Yea I don't do much mileage and the wife will use it 90%. I come from a Tiguan R Line, which I saw was one of your choices. Great car, looks fantastic but sadly just a car, never saw it more than something I find in my tool box. Some people may wish to own a car like that but for me having had an S3 and 911 amongst others before I needed something that carried my family around but also had luxury, sadly something the VW didn't give me.

[Juris]

Really looks good especially the light wheels. They clearly define and show the awesome design of the wheels. Congratulations.

[Schooey]

Originally Posted by Bristle Hound

Collection day yesterday

I didn't want to collect this car with the transit film on & do a detail from there. Done that 3 times & TBH didn't fancy doing it again
So I took a calculated risk as the X3 is solid white & let the Dealer do the prep

The dealer had a bit of a mare with the prep guys and as a result we were about 1 1/2 late

The wife & I thoroughly inspected and I mean thoroughly inspected the car in the hand over room. Paintwork was spot on, no swirls or marks that we could see. However the X3 was dirty in places where it shouldn't have been IMHO

After a little moan the Sales Manager quickly appeared and couldn't apologise enough
He gave us £70 worth of designer shops vouchers and a set of genuine BMW rubber mat set & another apology lol

Not the best hand over but I'm still happy enough. Like my neighbour said he would have been happy to have £200 for a mildy dirty car in the nooks and crannies. I was always going to give it a clean myself anyways

Tyres fitted - Pirelli P-Zero's
Delivery mileage - 9.2 miles

We had a busy day so I didn't get to drive it much today so 1st impressions are a bit limited but will update in a weeks time

So far -

Liking the power
Loads & loads of tech to play with
Gloss black front kidney grills

Cool bits -
Electric folding tow bar - it REALLY is cool lol
MSport safety belts
Digi dash

Surprising bits I wasn't expecting it to have -
Black chrome exhaust tips
Courtesy lights in the outside door handles
Interior floor mats are really good quality
Salesman had put a 2nd rear number plate in the boot for the caravan

I'll let the pic's do the talking for time being

























Thanks for looking

Congratulations BH, hope you are well, car looks great, nice contrast with the white and gloss black!

In fairness these cars have a lot of tech, it’s great to find different/new things on collection.

Good to see the dealer looked after you there, enjoy your first road trip!

[Bristle Hound]

Originally Posted by Schooey

Congratulations BH, hope you are well, car looks great, nice contrast with the white and gloss black!

In fairness these cars have a lot of tech, it’s great to find different/new things on collection.

Good to see the dealer looked after you there, enjoy your first road trip!

Thanks Schooey !

[Bristle Hound]

Pic in the garage

[Lukeuk]

Originally Posted by Bristle Hound

Pic in the garage

Are the lighting skirts standard?

[Bristle Hound]

Originally Posted by Lukeuk

Are the lighting skirts standard?

They are called - 'Welcome Light Carpet' - BMW's name not mine lol
https://paultan.org/2016/02/29/bmw-w...-does-it-work/

I do believe they are standard fit, to Uk cars anyway