Cars: New car

Finally decided to buy a new car.

Of course it is not “new” but is a 2004 (54) BMW Alpina B3s.

I had been looking at all sorts of new cars, including seriously considering Morgan 4/4, Alpina D3, Range Rover Evoque amongst them.

The car was being advertised by Sytner in Nottingham, but they transfered the car to my local dealer Sytner Sunningdale with whom I arranged the test drive.   Although being a specialist car and from a main dealer, I liked the car and managed to negotiate a discount to a price I considered fair and reasonable.

Luckily the car includes one year BMW warranty, as having picked it up Thursday, on Sunday the DSC failed !

I always think the measure of a business is when you ring them up with a problem, as they’re always nice to you when they want your money… so was very happy that when I called the salesman on Monday morning and he immediately arranged the service team to call me and book it in for the Tuesday morning.   The car was sorted and even valeted for free.  I’m so glad I went to a main dealer !!

We’ll be giving the car a good few runs over the next couple of weeks (and maybe even get the roof open if it’s vaguely sunny day) so am looking forward to enjoying the car.