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[Chrisw666]

V8mate said:

Yep - the eBay twiddlerbility is outstanding.

Stuart!

If you were given a pass the classifieds test forum is still there (just very quiet).

[Garlick]

Chrisw666 said:

V8mate said:

Yep - the eBay twiddlerbility is outstanding.

Stuart!

If you were given a pass the classifieds test forum is still there (just very quiet).

We were saying the same thing! A few new links dropped in there but light on comments from the testers. Would welcome the feedback. New site looks great, a real step on from what you saw in 2011. Look forward to sharing more later...and yes, we do look at other sites too so have seen the eBay thingy.

Interestingly, traffic for the site in general has just topped 4m uniques and that's a new record, with the classifieds taking the lions share of that traffic too. Certainly not quiet in terms of traffic or ads placed at the moment.

[V8mate]

Chrisw666 said:

If you were given a pass the classifieds test forum is still there (just very quiet).

I was. I ...

[tdm34]

Fox- said:

RenesisEvo said:

That seems almost too cheap to be true what's the catch?

I guess it's 10 years old..

Nah! it's only got just over half a tank in it......

[jonnydm]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...

E90 alloys? Otherwise looks OK.

[kchika]

Nope, those alloys are for the E60. Poverty spec though...

[jonnydm]

Ta think its priced fairly but being a bit poverty spoils somewhat.

[Zwolf]

kchika said:

Nope, those alloys are for the E60. Poverty spec though...

Not quite, they were the standard wheels for the 545i, optional upgrade on six cylinder SEs.

Poverty spec E60 wheels are 2" smaller than that...

[hornetrider]

Is it poverty? Leather memory seats, PDC F+R etc? Looks alright to me. Mind you if I wanted a Spanish 5 series for 4k...



http://www4.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

[jonnydm]

hornetrider said:

Is it poverty? Leather memory seats, PDC F+R etc? Looks alright to me. Mind you if I wanted a Spanish 5 series for 4k...



http://www4.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

You know me better than that - wouldn't be paying full £4k!

And as nice as the V8 would be, that one is in another land and possibly fairly ropey. Plus the benefits of an extra 8 or so em pee gees in return for half a second to 60 (and some burble) sounds like a decent trade.

[kchika]

hornetrider said:

Is it poverty? Leather memory seats, PDC F+R etc? Looks alright to me.

No Auto A/C...

[hornetrider]

kchika said:

hornetrider said:

Is it poverty? Leather memory seats, PDC F+R etc? Looks alright to me.

No Auto A/C...

How can you tell?

[kchika]

Not the best pic, but you get the idea. This has Auto A/C:

[Fox-]

Was simply amazed with how they managed to balls up the climate on the E60. They went from the E39 which had standard fit dual zone digital climate control across every model bar the cruddy ES to a standard fit system with crap plastic twirly knobs and half the features missing.

Just... why?

Infact, that sums up the entire E60. Just... why?

[jonnydm]

Doesn't the idrive let you control it though?

[Fox-]

jonnydm said:

Doesn't the idrive let you control it though?

Nope, the iDrive's only climate function is the vent temp over-ride (the thing thats controlled by a knurled wheel on the E39/E46 and the E9x and tellingly, the F10) and the 'programme' (ie, soft, comfort, etc). No temp settings etc.

It's crap. The basic system doesnt have things like a sunload sensor, a fogging sensor, etc etc..

Still, the cheap crappy knobs key in well with the rest of the interior ambience.

[Jobbo]

Fox- said:

Was simply amazed with how they managed to balls up the climate on the E60. They went from the E39 which had standard fit dual zone digital climate control across every model bar the cruddy ES to a standard fit system with crap plastic twirly knobs and half the features missing.

Just... why?

Infact, that sums up the entire E60. Just... why?

The proper climate requires you to go into the iDrive sub-menus to adjust the temperature of the face level vents. Yes, the ones which BMW has for years included a little wheel next to for temperature adjustment. They've gone back to the wheel on the F10.

ETA: I didn't realise that was the same on the normal ventilation - you beat me to it.

It's not a bad climate control system overall (when it's fitted) but I am not looking forward to setting it up just so when I pick my E61 up on Friday.

[Fox-]

Jobbo said:

The proper climate requires you to go into the iDrive sub-menus to adjust the temperature of the face level vents. Yes, the ones which BMW has for years included a little wheel next to for temperature adjustment. They've gone back to the wheel on the F10.

Yes, I explained that above. It's the over-ride function - it isn't setting the temperature of the actual climate system. You can just chose to over-ride it and blow hot/cold instead. As you say, the same function that was for years provided by a little wheel and is once again provided by a little wheel. Yet another aborted experiment in the E60

[Jobbo]

If you get one with extended exclusive leather, the ambience isn't so bad though

[confused_buyer]

In truth the standard fit system of the E60 is perfectly adequate, it does most of what most people want even if it isn't as sophisticated as it could/should be.

For some reason all of BMW, Mercedes and Audi got very mean on this on their roughly overlapping model generations as both the A6 and W211 E-Class came with basic systems they charged a silly amount of money to get the full system on.