[mpawood]

The day has finally come where I get to drop my car into BMW and have the pleasure of driving something different!

I end up with a 218i Gran Tourer.

[DB118D]

I found that unless you actually ask for something bigger at booking stage ten you get stiffed with whatever crap they have lying around on that day

Best I had was a 4er GC. Worst, a baked bean shade of mini one

[teaston]

My dealer has just had two 4GC's allocated as loan cars apparently! Will hopefully be getting one in a couple of weeks when mine goes in to have the interior lights looked at again!

[HelmutVisor]

When I got the dealer to affix my rear spoiler properly, I was given a Mini Cooper. Not a bad little car but certainly not a real Mini as its not exactly mini. Guess it was better than the utter cack I got prior to that when I had some work done to my previous E92. The local BMW dealer uses the local Volvo dealer as its body shop and they gave me a fucking Peugeot Random kitchen appliance. Brand new but had less character than a member of the Church of Scientology and was as thrilling as fisting your nan. Managed to do a cracking J turn on the runway though

[mpawood]

Originally Posted by teaston

My dealer has just had two 4GC's allocated as loan cars apparently! Will hopefully be getting one in a couple of weeks when mine goes in to have the interior lights looked at again!

Actually the 4GC is probably the only car that would have been worse for me than the 218i given it was a 4GC I was dropping off there!

Unless it was the 440i of course, I'd be keen to give that a go.

[teaston]

Originally Posted by mpawood

Actually the 4GC is probably the only car that would have been worse for me than the 218i given it was a 4GC I was dropping off there!

Unless it was the 440i of course, I'd be keen to give that a go.

They're probably 416d's, even though the factory doesn't make them, they just put 16d engines in them to piss off service customers!

[shawky]

Originally Posted by mpawood

The day has finally come where I get to drop my car into BMW and have the pleasure of driving something different!

I end up with a 218i Gran Tourer.

Dropped the 335d off at Stratstone Chesterfield yesterday to have some body work done. The long haired general managed to use the back of a Nissan Micra to stop at some lights
They gave me a 420i Msport which in the face of it looked pretty nice. Then I drove away a realised how utterly crap the engine was and how poor the built quality felt compared to mine. Even closing the boot felt like closing a poorly made bean can.
Can't wait to get mine back on Monday

[P1 PET]

Originally Posted by mpawood

The day has finally come where I get to drop my car into BMW and have the pleasure of driving something different!

I end up with a 218i Gran Tourer.

Sorry for you mate. I think it is the ugliest car BMW has ever produced. I just don't get it.

Audi doesn't make such hideous thing, but Merc does too.

[Ti Rich]

Lucky you. I had a 216d basic active tourer for a week............

[rapid64k]

Last Wednesday I managed to get 2 series coupe 220d which was fine by me.

When she handed me the keys she said you're very lucky you nearly had a mini

[alpine330D]

I got an x1 last time mine was in for a service. Felt like i was driving a bus. Handed it back to an invoice for £485 too so felt like I'd been d.p'd

[Kal101]

When you've had a Toyota Avensis then you can come on here moaning

Until then shut up,and shit off

I was offered an UPGRADE to an 2 er active tourer for extra cash

[XWV]

Originally Posted by teaston

My dealer has just had two 4GC's allocated as loan cars apparently! Will hopefully be getting one in a couple of weeks when mine goes in to have the interior lights looked at again!

Mine's back in 10 days for them to have another go at the lights. Don't fancy my chances of a 4GC though, suspect it'll be another 2GT - I get those and Mrs X gets F10s...

[rich100]

Originally Posted by shawky

Dropped the 335d off at Stratstone Chesterfield yesterday to have some body work done. The long haired general managed to use the back of a Nissan Micra to stop at some lights
They gave me a 420i Msport which in the face of it looked pretty nice. Then I drove away a realised how utterly crap the engine was and how poor the built quality felt compared to mine. Even closing the boot felt like closing a poorly made bean can.
Can't wait to get mine back on Monday

Whilst I could understand the engine feeling underpowered vs the 35d, I wasn't aware that the build quality of a 4 series was any way inferior to that of a 3?

[shawky]

Originally Posted by rich100

Whilst I could understand the engine feeling underpowered vs the 35d, I wasn't aware that the build quality of a 4 series was any way inferior to that of a 3?

It surprised me too. The boot lid was the biggest issue with it feeling very tinny. I have the powered tailgate on mine so maybe that makes the difference, but it was something I noticed straight away.
The interior was more down to materials, and seemed like lots more plastic. Also the steering wheel although leather still felt thinner and hard with poor quality buttons.

[TodmordenLad]

Originally Posted by P1 PET

Sorry for you mate. I think it is the ugliest car BMW has ever produced. I just don't get it.

Audi doesn't make such hideous thing, but Merc does too.

The ugliest car BMW has ever produced? Have you seen the X6 !!??