Quick pics of my 4.8....

CondorX5 · Post by **CondorX5** » Sun Aug 01, 2010 10:48 pm

Collected yesterday late PM and covered around 500 miles since.....no time for detailing. so excuse the road debris!!

jeegnesh · Post by **jeegnesh** » Sun Aug 01, 2010 10:56 pm

Looks dangerous.

CondorX5 · Post by **CondorX5** » Sun Aug 01, 2010 11:03 pm

I'm probably more dangerous than the car, Jig

5hep · Post by **5hep** » Sun Aug 01, 2010 11:07 pm

Looks really good

Pewters · Post by **Pewters** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 12:36 am

Very nice matey

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Turks · Post by **Turks** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 4:17 am

Nice! Love the Le Mans Blue... is it full or half leather?

Turks.

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 8:01 am

That is nice!

CondorX5 · Post by **CondorX5** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 10:27 am

[quote=""Turks""]Nice! Love the Le Mans Blue... is it full or half leather?[/quote]

The options printout from dealer shows "exclusive black nappa leather" - but BMWs leather options I find really confusing! The 4.8 leather is a bit different to the 3.0i which was also described as "exclusive black nappa" - the 4.8 has two different kinds of leather on the seats, a smooth black and a textured black, while the 3.0s had textured only. The seats also seem to have part of the electric comfort option although they are Sport seats- the front round button for lumbar adjustment is there and working. Another nice touch is the steering wheel adjustment is electric.

I'm still very happy and was a bit fed up to have to go to work today instead of having the time to start detailing properly!!!

Chompers · Post by **Chompers** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 2:35 pm

Very nice Condor, I also had the Exclusive Black Nappa on my 'X' and was as you discribe your 4.8. What sort of mileage has it done?

CondorX5 · Post by **CondorX5** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 5:22 pm

Just over 27 000 miles, one owner car......it's barely run in, really.....

x555 · Post by **x555** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 5:45 pm

Hi condor very nice looking x that

AW8 · Post by **AW8** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 10:15 pm

Superb car & hopefully one that will kep you happy for a while.

Is the P38 finally going then ?

Turks · Post by **Turks** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 3:54 am

[quote=""CondorX5""][quote=""Turks""]Nice! Love the Le Mans Blue... is it full or half leather?[/quote]

The options printout from dealer shows "exclusive black nappa leather" - but BMWs leather options I find really confusing! The 4.8 leather is a bit different to the 3.0i which was also described as "exclusive black nappa" - the 4.8 has two different kinds of leather on the seats, a smooth black and a textured black, while the 3.0s had textured only. The seats also seem to have part of the electric comfort option although they are Sport seats- the front round button for lumbar adjustment is there and working. Another nice touch is the steering wheel adjustment is electric.

I'm still very happy and was a bit fed up to have to go to work today instead of having the time to start detailing properly!!!

[/quote]

Glad it is a full leather edition and the not the half-leather as some of the Le Mans editions are.

The 4.8is leather is different to the other models, although it was available to the other models at a huge cost. It is actually "exclusive soft nappa leather" and this is the higher quality smooth leather inserts. One thing I would recommend is to cleanse the leather to remove any silicone polishes and the feed it with a natural treatment. It feels fantastic after that!

One of the nice touches I liked on the 4.8is is the M3 style dash where the lights illuminate on start up on the rev counter and then slowly go out as the engine warms through.

Do you find that the rear Air-Con is noisey?

Turks.

CondorX5 · Post by **CondorX5** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 7:32 am

[quote=""AW8""]Superb car & hopefully one that will kep you happy for a while.

Is the P38 finally going then ?[/quote]

I've finally got around to putting the cherished plate on retention, got the paperwork back and ordered and received new plates for it.....so I can't think of many reasons why I should still keep it!! As my contract in the South East is drawing to a close its going to get very full up the driveway....and thats really the deciding factor!!! I've started putting an ad together between everything else I have to do, and I've got some decent pics, so in a week or so.......

Chompers · Post by **Chompers** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 10:26 am

[quote=""CondorX5""]Just over 27 000 miles, one owner car......it's barely run in, really.....[/quote]

Thats a nice mileage and 1 owner to boot very rare on one of those. I would also echo Turks comments re: looking after the leather, the soft nappa looks lovely but needs care and no kids seats

XSeries-forum

XSeries-forum