Well I've picked it up.
Good points:
It's got more tyre tread on than I remember
Every panel looks pretty much perfect bar a tiny bit of laquer issue around the nearside headlight washer (the front has had a good blow-over clearly to rectify stone chips, I think they just didn't get it right there... as I think it's been on the motorway alot of it's 60k/4.5yr life)
Also a little scratch on the bonnet but nothing I'll worry about.
Seems to be running spot on generally. Good old Z4's
Bad points:
The 108's which were being reconditioned, well, I'm not sure what planet they live on but they are not really reconditioned. From 5m you'd not care
but up close they have basically been cleaned off, masked (the centres were fine), and sprayed... a gloss single coat by the look of it. Not a HUGE issue, I can easily do these myself better in time, but as I was assured they would do a good job and so dealt at a given price point it's a bit of a let down.
The car wasn't prepared very well. They valeter wasn't in today for health reasons so the job couldn't be done well anyway which is fine, so what was done wasn't really stunning, with spray blotches left etc. I'd have preferred to have waited till tomorrow and got my monies worth basically.
Only one remote key, no card or anything else. A little bit annoying. I was assured there were no others as BMW sent it through their auctions (lease car on 2nd owner from BMW), so not worried about anything dodgy, just annoying as I'd like a second one for backup/partner to use... anyone know how much/where from?
Radio wasn't fixed, but they are having a part delivered so I will have to nip back to get that done. Not a huge issue. It works, but the speakers send nothing out.
Service light is still saying 15k till INSP, despite just having INSP2 (they skipped OIL2 and went straight to INSP2, so I guess the next one the car thinks will be an INSP, just another job to get sorted)
But generally it's a fantastic car! Roof works a dream, super quiet and smooth at a good pace in top gear... but wonderfully involving when you drop the gears. Just want to get driving it.
Just two little things. It is very refined and quiet around town, and when the diff loads up/down sometimes I can hear it. Nothing loud at all, but soft clicks/clacks, I'm guessing this is a characteristic of sitting over the diff
The other, which I'll have to confirm when it's cold in the morning, is a very quiet "tick tick". It seems to occur every 3-4s and "tick ticks" as fast as you would say it. It sounds like speakers when you turn them on or off at the power and they do that click, but it is very quiet. I noticed sat in the car setting the seats with the engine off. Not sure if it sped up when I started the car as it was just slightly audible... not sure if it's not the exhaust ticking and cooling down though :?
Anyway, it has a years warranty and I can just sort the little details over time (as with any 2nd hand car or non AUC)
Oh, no mats either. The BMW auctions/lease return products clearly get returned with stuff missing (keys/mats etc)
Thanks for reading. I'll post pictures tomorrow when I get another 50-60 miles under my belt. 27mpg so far, fantastic for the performance!
Dave
Good points:
It's got more tyre tread on than I remember
Every panel looks pretty much perfect bar a tiny bit of laquer issue around the nearside headlight washer (the front has had a good blow-over clearly to rectify stone chips, I think they just didn't get it right there... as I think it's been on the motorway alot of it's 60k/4.5yr life)
Also a little scratch on the bonnet but nothing I'll worry about.
Seems to be running spot on generally. Good old Z4's
Bad points:
The 108's which were being reconditioned, well, I'm not sure what planet they live on but they are not really reconditioned. From 5m you'd not care
but up close they have basically been cleaned off, masked (the centres were fine), and sprayed... a gloss single coat by the look of it. Not a HUGE issue, I can easily do these myself better in time, but as I was assured they would do a good job and so dealt at a given price point it's a bit of a let down.
The car wasn't prepared very well. They valeter wasn't in today for health reasons so the job couldn't be done well anyway which is fine, so what was done wasn't really stunning, with spray blotches left etc. I'd have preferred to have waited till tomorrow and got my monies worth basically.
Only one remote key, no card or anything else. A little bit annoying. I was assured there were no others as BMW sent it through their auctions (lease car on 2nd owner from BMW), so not worried about anything dodgy, just annoying as I'd like a second one for backup/partner to use... anyone know how much/where from?
Radio wasn't fixed, but they are having a part delivered so I will have to nip back to get that done. Not a huge issue. It works, but the speakers send nothing out.
Service light is still saying 15k till INSP, despite just having INSP2 (they skipped OIL2 and went straight to INSP2, so I guess the next one the car thinks will be an INSP, just another job to get sorted)
But generally it's a fantastic car! Roof works a dream, super quiet and smooth at a good pace in top gear... but wonderfully involving when you drop the gears. Just want to get driving it.
Just two little things. It is very refined and quiet around town, and when the diff loads up/down sometimes I can hear it. Nothing loud at all, but soft clicks/clacks, I'm guessing this is a characteristic of sitting over the diff
The other, which I'll have to confirm when it's cold in the morning, is a very quiet "tick tick". It seems to occur every 3-4s and "tick ticks" as fast as you would say it. It sounds like speakers when you turn them on or off at the power and they do that click, but it is very quiet. I noticed sat in the car setting the seats with the engine off. Not sure if it sped up when I started the car as it was just slightly audible... not sure if it's not the exhaust ticking and cooling down though :?
Anyway, it has a years warranty and I can just sort the little details over time (as with any 2nd hand car or non AUC)
Oh, no mats either. The BMW auctions/lease return products clearly get returned with stuff missing (keys/mats etc)
Thanks for reading. I'll post pictures tomorrow when I get another 50-60 miles under my belt. 27mpg so far, fantastic for the performance!
Dave
south yorkshire
