Recent content by Dave-2912

The fiesta gives a pretty fun and nippy driving experience (especially with the 1.0T in 125PS guise) and there are big reductions to be had on list price. As mentioned though, the economy will be miles below the claimed 67mpg combined. More like mid-40s. VED on both cars is free so unless the...

List price with options was a bit over £33k I think, so a bit over £8.5k discount. I can certainly understand why early adopters of the E89 would be VERY unhappy!

I've just traded in my car. The time has come to focus on marriage and (eventually) kids. I always knew I wouldn't have long with the Z but its better to have loved and lost etc... 2012 sDrive20i Msport, Alpine white with coral red interior. 16500miles, heated seats, wind deflector, heated...

Recently got my renewal from Privilige and was reasonably happy. 27 years old, clean licence, 7 years ncb but 1 non-fault claim 4 years ago on a 12,000 miles/year policy with every extra except breakdown and 0 voluntary (but £200 compulsary) excess. Annual premium came to £420.

I have done this in the past on a Focus ST. £470 Dreamscience remap with handset so it could be removed/swapped as I pleased. Returned to factory tune for services and selling without issue but I didn't have any warranty claims that could have be attributed to it. If Ford had to find a way out...

I will definitely trade-in for something new at the end of my 3 year PCP scheme. I have one car to cover all of my motoring needs, so personally I like to have a new, warrantied, reliable car which will be fixed if anything ever goes wrong. I would only keep my 20i beyond the initial warranty...

1. E89 Model: sDrive 20i M-Sport 2. Year/Reg: 2012/12 3. Colour exterior: Alpine (Recession) White 4. Colour interior: Coral Red 5. Issue experienced: 5a. Description: Audio playback from any USB stick would intermittantly fail, freezing the head unit and allowing no output from any source...

Yeah, I believe it is cheaper but I don't know how much. I'd still be surprized if you weren't better off with the service pack. If you do only break even, it would probably make the car more sellable. Worth remembering that if you purchase the service pack and lump it into the finance deal...

I was recently told by my dealer that they charge £291 for a first service. Based on that I cant imagine 2 services coming in at £350...

I posted about this when first I noticed it too... Had no idea the function was there! http://www.z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=39739

I don't dislike it but I just don't care that it's missing either.

Did you really just go and check the manual to see if it was in there or do you have the full thing memorised? :roll: But yeah, I know its in there now cos I had to look myself. I have no idea how I missed it! Still, it was a nice little surprise! :)

I've had the car about 4 months now and thought I knew everything there is to know about it. I even read the manual!!! :o So I was surprised when I noticed this switch on my seat for the first time yesterday... I didn’t take the electric memory seat option so didn’t expect to have...

Careful with this one - you might experience some light-hearted abuse if you use them too liberally. Looks nice as it is :thumbsup:

Resist the urge to rush through everything just so you can get out driving. Check the car thoroughly inside and out and be prepared to come back another day if all is not to your satisfaction. That's what I had to do... All negatives aside though, hope it's all fine and you like the brown &...