It’s been a bit frustrating @BigDave as deciding on the M60i has resulted in a much longer wait. Apparently, because it has a BMW M division engine (and probably also because it’s right hand drive, whereas 99% of V8s will be left hand drive), BMW Munich have to ‘slot’ it in to the regular production run. This has given me a build date in June and a delivery date of the last week of July. Conversely, we are about to go and view today the 40d that is in our exact spec (which they configured for me before I decided on which engine to go for) as it was already in their order schedule but could still be reconfigured. So annoyingly, if I’d decided on the 40d I’d be taking delivery this week! Interesting about your delaying registration. I said to the dealer that if it was going to take until August I would want to delay registration until 1st Sep to get the 76 plate, but they are saying that they have a strict policy that you have to take delivery within 10 days. I haven’t gone into battle on that (yet) as they have been brilliant and I am still hoping that my build date may move forward.
I can understand your frustration @glos-guy !
However, as you said back when, the petrol model suits your usage better than the 40d diesel would.
Just don’t be tempted when you see the 40d in the flesh today, unless you are absolutely certain it is right for you. It is a princely sum to be spending on something you might regret later.
Re storing the vehicle, they were/are happy to do this on the proviso that it didn’t span either their quarterly sales period (which coincidentally runs to the same quarterly dates as the Motability scheme) or a registration plate change. I presume this is for accountancy reasons.