BMW and M Power Owners

[TW]Fox · 27 Mar 2014 at 17:22

I think it looks great but I just cant live with the way it shows marks and scratches etc

Minstadave · 27 Mar 2014 at 17:23

I'm getting better with my DA so will see how I manage

Must be a sign of getting old but 17" alloys mean tyres will be miles cheaper than the 20" for the XF.

J1nxy · 27 Mar 2014 at 17:29

Minstadave said:
I'm getting better with my DA so will see how I manage

Must be a sign of getting old but 17" alloys mean tyres will be miles cheaper than the 20" for the XF.

But don't look anywhere near as good

but then its an F10 so doesn't look anywhere near as good full stop

Minstadave · 27 Mar 2014 at 17:31

It's true, but I can live with the pain

It has a heads up display, I was won over by the gizmos!

[TW]Fox · 27 Mar 2014 at 18:32

J1nxy said:
But don't look anywhere near as good but then its an F10 so doesn't look anywhere near as good full stop

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, especially inside an XF with it's wonderful navigation screen

TS7 · 27 Mar 2014 at 18:57

[TW]Fox;26072368 said:
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I'm a bit of lurker around these parts and don't post often but do have a read daily - so I'm aware of your interest in a F10. I was, just out of the interest, looking at the F01 7 Series to see where the prices are at currently.

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifi...------------7-series-730d-se-4dr-auto/2179556

or

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifi...series-diesel-saloon-730d-se-4dr-auto/2178575

Are you not interested in something like the above? Seem to be priced similarly to the F10. I'm assuming warranty costs won't be too expensive, in light of the low mileage of the cars.

[TW]Fox · 27 Mar 2014 at 19:10

Actually the warranty cost puts me off, it's significantly more than the 5 series which is a shame as they are mechanically so similar.

Minstadave · 27 Mar 2014 at 19:17

[TW]Fox;26072368 said:
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, especially inside an XF with it's wonderful navigation screen

This is the main thing that out me off tbh. The BMW display and tech is so much more modern. You can't stream audio via Bluetooth in the XF, the interface is slow and touch screen is fiddly on the go.

[TW]Fox · 27 Mar 2014 at 19:24

It's worth noting you can only stream Bluetooth audio in the F10 if the car was built after September 10.

Minstadave · 27 Mar 2014 at 19:25

Hmmm may not get that then. Should have taken you with me!

xs2man · 27 Mar 2014 at 20:47

And also, in the LCI F10 you have to pay more, over and above pro nav, for the bt streaming.

J1nxy · 27 Mar 2014 at 22:13

Minstadave said:
This is the main thing that out me off tbh. The BMW display and tech is so much more modern. You can't stream audio via Bluetooth in the XF, the interface is slow and touch screen is fiddly on the go.

Thats where the facelift come in...its still not BMW iDrive (or at least the latest one) good but its a marked improvement over the previous gen and has stuff like streaming all included.

mjt · 28 Mar 2014 at 08:51

Minstadave said:
Deposit on 530d made, looked and drove lovely and nicely under 20k budget.

HUD is very cool.

How do you go about applying for the warranty, is it all online or do you need to have the car looked over?

Does it have any other decent options?

HUD is truly brilliant. Tells you absolutely everything you need to know without you ever having to take your eyes off the road.

[TW]Fox · 28 Mar 2014 at 08:52

I love the HUD in my Dad's F11, it's just awesome. It's so rare though you need to be very lucky to get it on a used car.

Minstadave · 28 Mar 2014 at 08:53

HUD, visibility pack and pro nav

And DAB too, not sure if that's part of pro nav. Oh and sports automatic gearbox.

No fancy seats or adaptive suspension but the price was pretty good. Didn't think you could get a 530d with some extras and sub 60k for under 20k.

[TW]Fox · 28 Mar 2014 at 08:56

Nope, DAB is another extra too. Sounds like a great car.

Minstadave · 28 Mar 2014 at 09:00

Will pick it up next week, it's going to have a sill scuff sorted before I pick it up. Will get some pics up.

xs2man · 28 Mar 2014 at 10:43

Nice one. I LOVE my 530d, it's fantastic. Reasonably economical, and reasonably fleet when required.

Would have loved the HUD, but figured that's a grand better spent elsewhere. Lucky you for getting it. And ace news for the Pro Nav. That would now be a dealbreaker for me. I simply wouldn't but a BMW without it now.

Minstadave · 28 Mar 2014 at 11:07

I had discounted the F10 because so many of the sub-20k ones had either moon miles or no extras, was pretty much fixed on getting an XF. Then I found a small independant that had a 520d and a 530d with sub 60k miles, both with pro-nav and well under 20k. I did think about the 520d, but heart won over head

shaank · 28 Mar 2014 at 13:23

That's one excellent spec on the F10 there mate - pics when you get it please!!!!!!