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Build problem....thoughts
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- Lifer
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Build problem....thoughts
Threads gone to s**t......
M roady...OEM CSL’s, strut brace, Remus back boxes, ZHP
MR2 MK 2
E89 35i project car...mapped 365bhp, M4 stoppers & wheels, KWV3’s, H&R front ARB, M3 front arms, strut brace Eisenmann cat back race exhaust, VRSF downpipes inbound
E89 35is
G29
MR2 MK 2
E89 35i project car...mapped 365bhp, M4 stoppers & wheels, KWV3’s, H&R front ARB, M3 front arms, strut brace Eisenmann cat back race exhaust, VRSF downpipes inbound
E89 35is
G29
- sars
- Lifer
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Build problem....thoughts
Hey I’m 20 years younger than you John and think cognac is lovely, so it’s not age related, you just like the whore boudoir look
Gorgeous SFR Z4 M40i
Gone 2017 Iridium SL400, 2015 435d xDrive Convertible, 2012 E350 CDi Convertible, 2010 DSB Z4 sdrive30i, 2008 Audi A4 Cabriolet, 2006 Phoenix Yellow Z4 2.5Si, 2003 Saab 9-3 Convertible
Gone 2017 Iridium SL400, 2015 435d xDrive Convertible, 2012 E350 CDi Convertible, 2010 DSB Z4 sdrive30i, 2008 Audi A4 Cabriolet, 2006 Phoenix Yellow Z4 2.5Si, 2003 Saab 9-3 Convertible
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- Lifer
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Or the same age to the year Sars.....
Early dementia set in lovely....?
M roady...OEM CSL’s, strut brace, Remus back boxes, ZHP
MR2 MK 2
E89 35i project car...mapped 365bhp, M4 stoppers & wheels, KWV3’s, H&R front ARB, M3 front arms, strut brace Eisenmann cat back race exhaust, VRSF downpipes inbound
E89 35is
G29
MR2 MK 2
E89 35i project car...mapped 365bhp, M4 stoppers & wheels, KWV3’s, H&R front ARB, M3 front arms, strut brace Eisenmann cat back race exhaust, VRSF downpipes inbound
E89 35is
G29
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- Lifer
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Build problem....thoughts
john-e89 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 04, 2020 4:19 pmThe build date is separate to the lockdown date due to the factory needing to order engines, interiors, wiring looms, wheels tyres, etc, etc, quite a bit in advance of the actual build. This can be amended up to a point, lockdown, as the suppliers of such parts will carry some stock. Final build code is approx 1 week prior to actual build if I remember correctly. I have no idea why I should know the build date from only the initial conversation and deal agreement in the dealer showroom, if I have to know such things and keep my eye on the dealers to make sure they don’t f**k up then I’d expect a payment for my services agreed in advance, but I thought that’s their job as I’m a paying customer and they’re selling the cars. Do you expect your transmission customers to keep an eye on you in case you forget to order a lay shaft or do you tell them it’ll hopefully be done on such and such and you’ll let them know when it’s ready and take payment...?Z4M-2006 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 04, 2020 3:10 pmjohn-e89 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 04, 2020 10:16 am
Nearly right Gaz. I presume they had a build slot in mind, however as I’ve said this wasn’t to be rubber stamped until I’d had the test car. Again it’ll repeat myself....sales guy said he would give me a lockdown date when I dropped the demo car off because we both looked at his company car which was parked right next to where I dropped the demo car off and we both commented how good the red looked in certain lights and I said I liked it enough to perhaps have it instead of Cognac. That date never came despite us agreeing he would ring me 3 days after demo hand in so I could pop in to finalise spec. That to me is their doing not mine, and unless he’s going to lie through his teeth that’s what he’s going to have to say to his bosses.
What is amazing is that neither of you knew a build date after signing up for it.. I thought that came on the order form.
The reason that they dont want a spec heavy car with an arsehole coloured trim in the showroom is not hard to understand,it will be difficult to sell..
They want to move units and oddly coloured trim cuts the market down massively,when you think that there is only a handful of people wanting an M40i,and then the odds goes longer with an odd trim colour.
Black,red or silverstone (?) is the common ones that people would "accept".........Brown on the other hand ...
Your 35is was arsehole brown too or very near to it......walnut...cognac...it’s all the same poop....
Yes
But that’s why it was cheap...not bought out of choice but a financial decision
That’s why it made me £3000....
Would I have specced it , not a chance...
- sars
- Lifer
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Hmmm what year were you born then? I’d state mine but you know
Gorgeous SFR Z4 M40i
Gone 2017 Iridium SL400, 2015 435d xDrive Convertible, 2012 E350 CDi Convertible, 2010 DSB Z4 sdrive30i, 2008 Audi A4 Cabriolet, 2006 Phoenix Yellow Z4 2.5Si, 2003 Saab 9-3 Convertible
Gone 2017 Iridium SL400, 2015 435d xDrive Convertible, 2012 E350 CDi Convertible, 2010 DSB Z4 sdrive30i, 2008 Audi A4 Cabriolet, 2006 Phoenix Yellow Z4 2.5Si, 2003 Saab 9-3 Convertible
- ronk
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No matter what the outcome I bet this has taken the shine off the new car experience?
I must admit that this purchase has surprised me - I thought that you had just bought a tuned 35i? or have i missed a post or three?
I must admit that this purchase has surprised me - I thought that you had just bought a tuned 35i? or have i missed a post or three?
You don't stop playing when you get old - You get old when you stop playing!
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
- Stevo1987
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He did, as a project car. The G29 will be his daily runabout. That right John?
2014 Z4 e89 35is in mineral grey.
2012 Audi TTS in Ibis white.
2012 Audi TTS in Ibis white.
- Boyo
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Any word from the dealers John?
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