Hi Gents,
So as some of you may know, I've recently sold my Audi A4 in favour of another tractor. We've always had that one poverty spec'd vehicle in the garage, which takes on the daily duties, and that happened to be our ex-Audi A4. 16" wheels, fat-ass tyres, and stock AF, with no mods, or even any intentions for mods. Heck, she hadn't even seen window tints till this day :biglol:
She's now been replaced with another poverty spec car, but this time I had decided to stick within the BMW stable ('the devil you know'). The Audi left us with a bittersweet goodbye, as I had gotten rid of it just before the plague of apparent TFSI issues which I was not keen to deal with. I say apparent because the car performed faultlessly for most of the parts that we had it, with a few, minor-but-expected, hiccups along the way. From what I've read, these cars drive perfectly, until they grenade themselves, in true VAG fashion. Having that said, she definitely was a reliable car, to us, and drove well until the day we bid her farewell. I will definitely miss seeing those 4 rings in the garage...
Onto the details of the replacement then...
So my requirements were similar to the spec, defined above. I visited SMG, in Durban, where I was greeted by a very efficient saleslady who had attended to me. Viewed, and drove, a car that was there, which was advertised on their site - without pictures. Makes sense, nobody wants to see a baseline :roflol:
A week or so later I was in my "new" F30 320d. She is a base model with Xenons and front/rear PDC.
Collected her earlier this week after the following items were attended to by the branch:
Some pics, on the day of first viewing, and before we collected...
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Received the car with a full tank of diesel and some goodies, in the boot, courtesy of SMG.
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And for her first mod....
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So as some of you may know, I've recently sold my Audi A4 in favour of another tractor. We've always had that one poverty spec'd vehicle in the garage, which takes on the daily duties, and that happened to be our ex-Audi A4. 16" wheels, fat-ass tyres, and stock AF, with no mods, or even any intentions for mods. Heck, she hadn't even seen window tints till this day :biglol:
She's now been replaced with another poverty spec car, but this time I had decided to stick within the BMW stable ('the devil you know'). The Audi left us with a bittersweet goodbye, as I had gotten rid of it just before the plague of apparent TFSI issues which I was not keen to deal with. I say apparent because the car performed faultlessly for most of the parts that we had it, with a few, minor-but-expected, hiccups along the way. From what I've read, these cars drive perfectly, until they grenade themselves, in true VAG fashion. Having that said, she definitely was a reliable car, to us, and drove well until the day we bid her farewell. I will definitely miss seeing those 4 rings in the garage...
Onto the details of the replacement then...
So my requirements were similar to the spec, defined above. I visited SMG, in Durban, where I was greeted by a very efficient saleslady who had attended to me. Viewed, and drove, a car that was there, which was advertised on their site - without pictures. Makes sense, nobody wants to see a baseline :roflol:
A week or so later I was in my "new" F30 320d. She is a base model with Xenons and front/rear PDC.
Collected her earlier this week after the following items were attended to by the branch:
- Replace all 4 tyres (Pirelli Cinturato P7 runflats).
- Replace inner door handles (seriously wtf is up with BMW and plastics and rubber).
- Redye arm rest (it wasn't bad but was an eyesore to me).
- Refurb some minor scratches on a wheel.
- Detail.
- Oil Service.
Some pics, on the day of first viewing, and before we collected...
Received the car with a full tank of diesel and some goodies, in the boot, courtesy of SMG.
And for her first mod....
