Taz x said:
I think the Sat Nav is probably not as good as a tomtom, but even so if i was buying a M, then a satnav would be a must, for resale purposes
I can see the benefits of the nav screen for purposes other than navigation, and it would be nice to have. But a non-nav car would have been cheaper to buy in the first place, so it shouldn't matter if you don't get quite as much for it when you sell it.
I think the resale concerns would only be a serious issue if the cars simply would not sell without nav. I don't think that's the case - a well kept example of a Z4 coupe (M or non-M) is surely going to have a market and, in my view, is a better proposition than a badly kept one with nav.
Plus, with good cars going for £15 - £16,000 at the moment - if you bought one now at that price (with or without nav), looked after it well and sold in a couple of years time, I would really hope you wouldn't be skinned alive by depreciation when you came to sell.
I suppose that depends on the economy and fuel prices though, and admit that this is all a hypothesis that I, as someone with a non-nav M, would dearly love to think was true.
sammyz said:
Still on my original battery and brakes. 32k and i don't drive it in the Winter and it doesn't have a trickle charger. Lives in the garage so maybe that makes a difference. Pads are hardly worn which suggests I'm not going fast enough :evil:
Yep, also still on my original battery. Car is nearly 4 yrs old, has only done 15k and is garaged. A few months ago the battery got so flat it wouldn't turn the starter motor and the car did all sorts of strange things (rapidly flashing headlights was one).
Bought a Ctek charger and ran the battery through a full cycle. The starter motor now turns over better than ever, even if the car has not been used for a couple of weeks (and that's without putting it on trickle charge).
Spud said:
Because some aren't used as a daily, perhaps?
That's my theory too. Mine is not used daily, but when it is used, it's 's usually for a journey of at least 50 miles. What seemed to knacker my battery was a combination of infrequent use and short journeys of under 10 miles. But since using the Ctek, it's been great.
Good luck with the hunt Spud
