M3 touring , rs4 , macan gts

[paulwirral]

I considered all 3 but in the end bought this ,
I had a spec and price for the m3 touring sorted and was about to place the order but my wife was offered a new position in a company that’s 120 mile 3 hour round trip commute when she chooses to commute , or she’ll be staying over on a regular basis , so the m3 would have been wasted on the journey and attract unwanted attention in the Bolton area , as would the other two options , so we bought “ fit for purpose “ so to speak .
I’ve not actually driven it yet as it was delivered without the badge delete , and worst of all , the driver had kerbed the front wheel , so I’ve left it on the drive just in case they won’t replace the wheel , I’ll try the reject button !
I even ordered it on run flat tyres , sport tyres are now an option , as a get her home help , I’ll never really drive it so it’s better for her piece of mind .

[skyebear]

Lovely car. Is that Tanzanite Blue?

[paulwirral]

Yes , tanzanite with oyster interior , it’s not a pistonheads type car with run flats and a sunroof but it’s what we want and will serve its purpose well .
Also they’ve just confirmed they will supply and fit a new wheel to replace the damaged one , st happens and it’s a slight inconvenience but at least it’s sorted .

[danb79]

That is lovely; superb colour combo too (any interior pics)

Get a Readers Cars thread going

[paulwirral]

There you go , I had it in the last 340 touring but this seems different somehow .

[paulwirral]

I’m pleased with it , but I’ve still not driven it yet !

[AC43]

paulwirral said:

There you go , I had it in the last 340 touring but this seems different somehow .

Fantastic colour combo (said the guy with the Tanzanite over Alpaca E500....)

[Trufit]

Picked ours up in March, best daily we’ve had and the engine is a peach.

[bigdom]

paulwirral said:

There you go , I had it in the last 340 touring but this seems different somehow .

Very nice colour combo, I have no idea why most choose black leather, it's so dreary. I also enjoy a sunroof.

[paulwirral]

I’ve actually driven it now , just over a mile to the builders merchants and back , it seems quite nice , makes the 8 year old previous model we had from new feel exactly what it was , old !
It only had 67000 miles on and it had been driven so hard it was still on the original brake pads front and rear !
I doubt this one’s will last as long due to the different journeys.