Ian, I was very much of the same opinion as my nearest motorway is 75 miles away but I have to say on my recent 4 hr trip back from Inverness, where it was all A class single carriageway, I had it on almost all of the way and it was fantastic. Coming to corners etc because the traffic in front was slowing down so was I. I’ve done that drive many times and actually commented that it was probably the most relaxed I’d felt after it and I think the ACC was the biggest contributor to that
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Andy, I'm guessing that you don't have any kids. There are three of us so my car won't be used for long runs and will spend most of it's life pootllng around town. I did do a 300 mile round trip to darkest Surrey last weekend in the Z4 as wifey who is a nurse was working all weekend. I suppose that adaptive cruise control would have been useful but £900 would be too expensive for such limited use although I do wish that I had the blind spot thingieArgyll Andy wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 11:10 am
Ian, I was very much of the same opinion as my nearest motorway is 75 miles away but I have to say on my recent 4 hr trip back from Inverness, where it was all A class single carriageway, I had it on almost all of the way and it was fantastic. Coming to corners etc because the traffic in front was slowing down so was I. I’ve done that drive many times and actually commented that it was probably the most relaxed I’d felt after it and I think the ACC was the biggest contributor to that
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Had an email from WBAC to say my M40i First Edition has gone up in value again. A while since I last checked this. Updated valuation - 12800 miles and just over 2 years old - £40000! Such a shame this ones a keeper!!
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Ian, between us we’ve got 6 kidsIan J wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 12:58 pmAndy, I'm guessing that you don't have any kids. There are three of us so my car won't be used for long runs and will spend most of it's life pootllng around town. I did do a 300 mile round trip to darkest Surrey last weekend in the Z4 as wifey who is a nurse was working all weekend. I suppose that adaptive cruise control would have been useful but £900 would be too expensive for such limited use although I do wish that I had the blind spot thingieArgyll Andy wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 11:10 am
Ian, I was very much of the same opinion as my nearest motorway is 75 miles away but I have to say on my recent 4 hr trip back from Inverness, where it was all A class single carriageway, I had it on almost all of the way and it was fantastic. Coming to corners etc because the traffic in front was slowing down so was I. I’ve done that drive many times and actually commented that it was probably the most relaxed I’d felt after it and I think the ACC was the biggest contributor to that
The reason we’ve got a 2 seater is we know when we’re in it we 100% are guaranteed that none of the little darlings can come with us and we have our own wee space.
I haven’t had time to look at and play with any of the tech yet as other things have taken priority atm but I’ll need to have a look at the blind spot thing, along with everything else
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Ian, between us we’ve got 6 kids
The reason we’ve got a 2 seater is we know when we’re in it we 100% are guaranteed that none of the little darlings can come with us and we have our own wee space.
I haven’t had time to look at and play with any of the tech yet as other things have taken priority atm but I’ll need to have a look at the blind spot thing, along with everything else
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6 kids? When do you find time to do anything else?
The reason we’ve got a 2 seater is we know when we’re in it we 100% are guaranteed that none of the little darlings can come with us and we have our own wee space.
I haven’t had time to look at and play with any of the tech yet as other things have taken priority atm but I’ll need to have a look at the blind spot thing, along with everything else
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6 kids? When do you find time to do anything else?
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Nice looking M40I white with red interior, 2000 miles on the clock going through BCA tomorrow
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That’s why a bloody two seater is so important
Tbf time on our own is fairly restricted which is why we’re finding it difficult to get to runs/meets and we’ve one returning to university in August and one starting for the first time at the start of September so time has become more precious again for the next wee while
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10 mile well spec’d M40i at almost new money but due to availability and small deletions not the worst if you’re looking for this spec
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/324737153948 ... 4737153948
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Is there still a long wait for new order cars then…?
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4 weeks ago or so a new order was delivery Feb 22 with some tech deletions for chip shortages
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Was told Harmon/Kardon was not available on new cars at the moment, however the salesgirl did not inspire confidence so may not be correct.
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This has been said to me too by BMW, but I think you can still get it on the M40i, other models I’m not sure but think not at the moment
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I heard it's not available and a lot of people cancelled their orders because of it.
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I wouldn’t be happy if they’d told me it wasn’t available while waiting for mine to be build. May have been a a deal breaker for me tooRoadster_Surrey wrote: ↑Tue Aug 03, 2021 2:11 pm I heard it's not available and a lot of people cancelled their orders because of it.
ori, You heard anything about this for yours since it’s not built yet?
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