Yulz9081
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Figured I should create a thread now since I haven't done one for about 11 years.
So with the E90 soot machine gone, I figured I needed something more practical with some ground clearance that the wife could use but give me some smiles when I'm behind the wheel as well.
Fuel consumption wasn't too much of a concern as we barely do mileage and this won't really be used for daily duties, more the weekend wagon. I use the wife's old faithful Yaris auto currently for daily duties until I find a decent replacement for that. With that in mind I thought let's live a little and shy away from the black smoke mafia.
I considered the M seriously for a while but since the wife was going to use it as well then I think a divorce might have come barely 7 months into the marriage if there were dings and dents etc.
I mean it's still not ok with this ride but at least it's a little bit less expensive.
I barely put my feelers out on this, just mentioned it in passing conversation to a good buddy who recently got back in to sales at Supertech down in Durbs. Within days he started sending me deals that I kept rejecting for being the wrong colour or spec thinking he would be fed up of me as I insisted on a demo with all the bells and whistles but only in white. I thought this would be near impossible considering my very long list of desired specs along with my refusal to take a financial bath buying brand new on a soon to be pre-LCI. I was in no rush as a bakkie was on my priority list with my second business in full swing.
The morning I was on my way out to Ford to pull the trigger on a Ranger for daily duties, Roland calls with an epic deal very hard to pass on. The only extras not ticked for me were the M Performance Seats and Active Cruise control. 2 things I could live without. 9 month old vehicle at significantly less than the new price, it was hard to say no.
Fast forward a few days after shuffling the work schedule around, I asked the wife's forgiveness for informing her after the fact, made our way to Durban, signed a few papers and became the proud owner of a 2020 X3 M40i.
Some pics from the dealer on the day we picked her up.
Then I couldn't deal with a stock looking vehicle so accessories were sourced to be fitted the very next day. We came back to Jhb a few days later and I had my good friend Prash @ Precision Glaze do proper correction detail and 9 year Gtechniq ceramic coating on her. Here's some shots post detail.
Next on the cards:
Full frontal PPF
Magnets for number plates
Potential diffuser change, not 100% happy with the X3M diffuser
That's about it. More pics on next post due to 10 image limit.
Figured I should create a thread now since I haven't done one for about 11 years.
So with the E90 soot machine gone, I figured I needed something more practical with some ground clearance that the wife could use but give me some smiles when I'm behind the wheel as well.
Fuel consumption wasn't too much of a concern as we barely do mileage and this won't really be used for daily duties, more the weekend wagon. I use the wife's old faithful Yaris auto currently for daily duties until I find a decent replacement for that. With that in mind I thought let's live a little and shy away from the black smoke mafia.
I considered the M seriously for a while but since the wife was going to use it as well then I think a divorce might have come barely 7 months into the marriage if there were dings and dents etc.
I mean it's still not ok with this ride but at least it's a little bit less expensive.I barely put my feelers out on this, just mentioned it in passing conversation to a good buddy who recently got back in to sales at Supertech down in Durbs. Within days he started sending me deals that I kept rejecting for being the wrong colour or spec thinking he would be fed up of me as I insisted on a demo with all the bells and whistles but only in white. I thought this would be near impossible considering my very long list of desired specs along with my refusal to take a financial bath buying brand new on a soon to be pre-LCI. I was in no rush as a bakkie was on my priority list with my second business in full swing.
The morning I was on my way out to Ford to pull the trigger on a Ranger for daily duties, Roland calls with an epic deal very hard to pass on. The only extras not ticked for me were the M Performance Seats and Active Cruise control. 2 things I could live without. 9 month old vehicle at significantly less than the new price, it was hard to say no.
Fast forward a few days after shuffling the work schedule around, I asked the wife's forgiveness for informing her after the fact, made our way to Durban, signed a few papers and became the proud owner of a 2020 X3 M40i.
Some pics from the dealer on the day we picked her up.
Then I couldn't deal with a stock looking vehicle so accessories were sourced to be fitted the very next day. We came back to Jhb a few days later and I had my good friend Prash @ Precision Glaze do proper correction detail and 9 year Gtechniq ceramic coating on her. Here's some shots post detail.
Next on the cards:
Full frontal PPF
Magnets for number plates
Potential diffuser change, not 100% happy with the X3M diffuser
That's about it. More pics on next post due to 10 image limit.
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