[buze]

Originally Posted by BMPHIL

Apologies, I must have read your post incorrectly.

I still don't understand the amount some UK owners are having to pay, it is ridiculous.

Nearer to London perhaps? Thames Valley here. Even before the Z3 accident and the 3 points, I was paying something like £500 for the X3 -- despite having a private drive, locked electric gate etc...

Originally Posted by BMPHIL

Apologies, I must have read your post incorrectly.

I still don't understand the amount some UK owners are having to pay, it is ridiculous.

No worries, I can come off a bit preachy
.. and don't listen to me - that broker I recommended to you went under earlier in the year. Great for a price match but clearly their margins were too tight.

Originally Posted by buze

And yes it's fun to drive, it's a NOTCH slower than my X5 30d but well, with the top down and halfway nearer the tarmac, it heaps of fun :-)

Other than the headlights it still looks really modern in my eyes.

I remember always looking forward to driving home with the roof down over the Pennines in summer, what a blast.

Then the sheer white knuckle fear of driving it through the Pennines in winter