T Are you selling the 40d X6? What are you replacing it with?
@glos-guy Yes, it is being part exchanged for exactly the same – a new X6 40d – just with a few different ticks on the options list this time. My current X6 actually goes on Wednesday as they already have a buyer lined up for it. So I will be trucking around in just the Grenadier for the next month or two, which isn’t really a bad thing up here in winter. The deal was too good to miss. Particularly as my sister is also buying a new X5 and my nephew is joining me in buying a new X6 40d. So together we rather mugged the dealership who didn’t want to lose out on the sale of 3 new vehicles and the PX on my X60. All told we didn’t fair too badly. If they thought normal Yorkshire folk were tough to deal with, they didn’t bank on three members of the same Yorkshire farming family at the same time!
@BigDave As you are the only person I know who has a comparable car to the one I’m considering, can I please pick your brains about the best options to get, and any to avoid? Your comment that you have selected different options made me think that there might be options you’d say are essential, others you regretted getting, or regretted not getting!
Options I am considering are;
– Air suspension (was standard prior to the facelift, but now only std on the 50e). £1200 option on M60i (and £2,000 on the diesels!)
– Acoustic Glass & Sun Protection Glass
– Comfort Pack (I only really want the heated steering wheel, but it’s not a stand alone option)
– Technology Pack (Harman Kardon / HUD / Parking Professional Pack / Augmented Sat Nav)
– 21” alloys with run flats (std on M60i) or 22” alloys with std tyres. I’ve had BMWs with run-flats before and had no issue with them (smaller wheels though), but both demonstrators that I’m borrowing have 22” alloys, so I can’t test run flats on the X5. One review (only) of the dozens I’ve watched on the X5 mentioned road noise from the run flats on the 21” wheels
I can test all of the above (apart from the 21” alloys) over the two test drives, as the other options are fitted to one or both cars.
Ref your tough negotiating, I’ve gone in armed with the current Drive the Deal discounts, including options, which range from £11,250 on the 30d to £16,150 on the M60i. Do you think I should be pushing them further if I decide to get one?
Finally, I haven’t properly considered diesel as my wife is against one, but if I like the car and the choice boils down to purely engine choice, there is a slight irritant that the 50e needs Premium Unleaded and the M60i the next one up again (Shell V-Power recommended), neither of which is available at my local village petrol station (I can get them both 5 minutes drive away though). Do you run the 40d on regular diesel and, if so, has that been OK?
Sorry for all the questions, but it’s the biggest car buying decision I’ve ever made and the second biggest purchase after a house!