M135i/128ti Lease deal

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dunning said:

duckson said:

My M135i has landed at the dealer, delivery will have to wait until the DVLA have returned my private reg retention certificate which might be a few weeks yet given the quoted timescales.
So late May or early June delivery hopefully. Want to get the Cupra sent back before mid June or I’ll have to renew the insurance for only a few weeks.

I had my retention certificate back within a week or so but it only said Arnold Clark not Arnold Clark finance which they need it to say.
Had to send it back to DVLA with a cover letter stating it must say Arnold Clark finance which itself won’t fit into the company name box on the certificate.

I did squeeze Arnold Clark Finance on mine even though not enough boxes as you say. Sent it back 2 and a half weeks ago. Enquired with the DVLA on webchat and they said current turnaround is 4 weeks although they can’t tell you on progress of specific plates.
I sent mine first class and not recorded so I hope they actually have it and it’s not lost in the post.

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Gunslinger18 said:

Did you get an email/call from the dealer or did you contact them? I was told mid to late May but heard heehaw so far.

Email from Lynn.

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Yes mine has a 21 plate listed against it even though I thought they were registering my private plate to it from 1st reg.

Maybe the dealer has allocated a plate to it (they have a range of regs to use) but it’s not actually registered with the DVLA (delivery could be in 3 months time for all they know), so in reality my private plate will be the 1st reg once the DVLA pull their paperwork finger out.

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Private plate retention certificate has now come back from the DVLA (3 week turnaround) and I need to post it to Lynn.

Wonder what the earliest delivery date will be?
Anyone had their car arrive at the dealer in the last week and been offered a delivery date (an ASAP date)?

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Cheers guys, they deliver any weekday apparently.

I’m Preston so maybe delivery will be into June although not far from the M6 which is the main route down from Scotland.

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Delivery is possible for Thu 27th May, suits me!

Just need to arrange collection of the Leon Cupra from ALD, doesn’t matter if we have both cars for a short while.

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Steve vRS said:

Insurance for two cars might be a challenge.

It’s ok as I sold my M2 last June so we’ve been down to one car, so need to use my own NCB on the M135i, Mrs has her own policy on the Cupra currently. In 12 months we’ll swap her policy to the M135i for a year.

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Jkamizl said:

Be sure to post pics! I sure will!

Off topic. Anyone know if i can powder coat lease alloys. Had no response from AC (David).

Internet search gives conflicting answers

Probably but be prepared to pay for new alloys or refurb when handing back……or they may not spot it if lucky?

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Oh and was there someone with a current lease via ALD on here?
Anyway for the 2 months i have left on the Cupra they are not charging me anything to send it back early (not including any damage charges post inspection), my mileage is under the pro rata.

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Tony Angelino said:

Had to mess about myself cancelling my Mrs policy and insuring her car in my name (using my work NCB as not all insurers accept this) and then getting her to insure the M135i with me named. We're basically sharing cars 50/50 so it doesn't really matter as far as I can tell.


Ended up paying £375 for the year, cheapest using work NCB was £600!

Yea can be a pain but as we are down to one car it’s easy.
Aviva are coming out £365 and Chris Knott are £370 but have a couple of extras I’d pay more for on Aviva plus I’ve used CK for a number of years and quotes have been excellent and they answer the phone quickly!
Other quotes via comparison sites or places like Direct Line are well over £400.

Wife is also with CK currently.

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Just take it easy for a few hundred miles to bed in the new components, no oil change required at 1200 miles like M cars (they use a different oil from the factory hence needing the extra 1200 miles service).

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I’m just going to make sure it has at least 10 miles on the clock before I test launch control.

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trustnobody said:

Haha, but I think it has to be run in before you can activate launch control

I wouldn’t of thought so, my M2 had launch control activated when it went in for its 1200 mile service but this doesn’t go in for that service……

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trustnobody said:

duckson said:

I wouldn’t of thought so, my M2 had launch control activated when it went in for its 1200 mile service but this doesn’t go in for that service……

Sure I saw somewhere that it is available once 1500 miles are on the clock

Ok, haven’t seen that.

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Question for any of the guys who’ve had their M135i or 128ti delivered very recently; does the Steering Intervention stay off on an ignition on/off cycle?

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Pixelpeep Z4 said:

duckson said:

Question for any of the guys who’ve had their M135i or 128ti delivered very recently; does the Steering Intervention stay off on an ignition on/off cycle?

quick bit of googling gives this result

google search said:

I mentioned this on an instagram post and had a response from a very knowledgeable chap at BMW UK (quite the coding guru by all accounts!) and he said that i need to get my car booked in with my dealer.

They can plug in and update the software to post 03/2021 and that will enable "memory" on the steering intervention tick box.

Yes I’m wondering if anyone has had their new car delivered with this update already installed ‘from the factory’.
(You’d like to think so).

This will be someone with an older car.

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Tony Angelino said:

The eagle has landed this morning, 9am on a multi car transporter. 10 miles on the clock and no Arnold Clark sticker.

Pics?

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Maybe they just left those bits on as protection from the delivery driver if they’ve removed them elsewhere on the car?
Glovebox looks unacceptable mind.

Hopefully mine doesn’t turn up like that on Thursday, don’t mind the seat and door card protection left on though.

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Tony Angelino said:

Thanks for all the replies, I've emailed AC with my concerns - they've already agreed to a valet so I'll get it done and make sure about the other things people have suggested. Now I'm no Clarkson but here are my early thoughts after a few miles:

Heated seats are very hot.
Automatic wipers aren't sensative enough, not sure if this can be adjusted.
Lane assist takes a bit of getting used to.
Car is rapid.
39.9mpg on my 12 mile commute (8 mile motorway and 2 mile dual carriageway, would have been more but the dual carriageway was crawling)
Trim feels very nice, I've come from a 330e and the M135i is at least as good, possibly a bit better.
Mirrors tilting down when reversing is a bit annoying.
£53 to fill it up from almost empty, range showing as 383 miles.

I'll get some pics uploaded at the weekend and spend some time with the manual. Overall, chuffed to bits so far for the money.

I recall my M135i F20 heated seats being pretty hot.
On auto wipers I assume you have adjusted the sensitivity on the stalk? Other than that you have to code the sensitivity higher although could invalidate the warranty.
Lane assist should be able to be turned off and stay off even on a car restart.
Tilt mirrors is usually the position of the mirror adjustment knob, try moving it to a different position (although I have my Leon head on here, can’t recall if BMW is the same).

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Agreed, that does look fantastic!