BYRON
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Work is pretty productive at the minute, and in recognition I have a little more freedom in the cars I have access to and get to use for periods of time - depending on manufacturer availability/demand.
Although I churn plenty of Demonstrators, this one was pretty special. At £88k and with the new 40d engine, I was looking forward to it.
I have clocked up circa 800 miles since Friday (All business miles ) and filled it up twice (small tank £80 a pop)
It is absolutely fantastic and will be missed when it goes back
Apologies to the lack of creativity or quality of the photos - iphone4 and operator error = piss poor photos.
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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pics
that looks absolutely stunning imo, the new 3/5/6 are most certainly good looking cars, shame the 1 series is a pile of turd.
88 thousand pounds though would rather an r8 personally.
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BYRON
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It certainly has a presence about it, although as you say - I would probably prefer to be sat in a nearly new R8 V10 or AM Vantage?
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Colin
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Very nice, but again wouldnt put 88k of my cash on one if I had that.
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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lovely!
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: MK
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That is tasty
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Tom
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Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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Not a fan, but wouldn't say no to driving about in one for a while
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richc
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
Location: Ilkeston
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Im sure there was a thread with these listen on pistonheads for £59,995???
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whitter45
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Registered: 15th Nov 02
Location: Norton
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probably spec
Lovely car
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Ludacris Turbo
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Registered: 28th May 04
Location: High Green, Sheffield
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Who do you work for?
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BYRON
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It was spec heavy. List price is £60k and optional items selected include;
Bang & Olufsen - £3125
Adaptive Drive/Damper Control - £2833
Adaptive lights - £400
DAB - £400
Exclusive Nappa Leather - £1150
Can go on and on...
I work in the car industry Ludacris.
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Ben G
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the leather price isn't too bad, but b&o sound system for 3k mental.
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BYRON
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quote: Originally posted by Ben G
the leather price isn't too bad, but b&o sound system for 3k mental.
The 'individual' leather price is circa £4700.
The B&O is a nice touch. Similar set up to the high end Audi's where the centre speaker lifts from the centre of the dash.
This has heads up display too at a cost of £1k.
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richc
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
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Nearly £30k on extras :/
It doesnt look like £90k's worth of kit either. But i bet it drives nice. How fast do you think it is? What car (speed wise) would you compaire it to? MPG?
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BYRON
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313bhp and 630NM Torque through the back wheels. Only really lively in sport mode. I cant really make any direct comparison as it would be a different type of car but it shifts when asked.
MPG is showing 32.1
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whitter45
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Registered: 15th Nov 02
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am I correct in saying this replaces the 286 BHP variants known as the 635D
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BYRON
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quote: Originally posted by whitter45
am I correct in saying this replaces the 286 BHP variants known as the 635D
Yes.
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whitter45
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excellent engine
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BYRON
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quote: Originally posted by whitter45
excellent engine
The 35d in the previous generation 5 series was probably the best engine/car combo I have driven.
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Jakey
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Registered: 4th Jun 07
Location: Sandbach
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Lovely motor but £90k jeez.
How much will it be worth in 4-5 years? Half that?
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Big and ugly, cloth roof doesn't suit.
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Jambo
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Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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Shocker John
£30k in extras Jesus wept so I guess that's worth about £50,000 now. Wowzers!
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Gareth T
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Looks nice in black.
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M2RTY
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i test drove a 630d convertible but they never made a manual one - would like one next circa 25k max
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Sunz
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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quote: Originally posted by John
Big and ugly, cloth roof doesn't suit.
Doesn't even look like 60k's worth of car, let alone 88k.
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