Great info thanks.
Are you getting 23mpg from the 4.7lt? ....
I like that this has a ZF box and not the F1 my GS had, no worries over clutches etc.
We bought an M5 3 months ago that is due for delivery now but we are getting messed around by BMW finance because we are newish to the Uk from Oz and so dont have a long credit history. If its not approved by noon tomorrow they can jam it, the customer service since we signed up from the dealer has been woeful and this just caps it off. Had better service buying a new pair of shoes!
Anyway,I am hoping for some advice from owners of the now old shape QP, specifically a 4.7 GT S with the ZF transmission. Are these a reliable car and a good proposition for 10-12k miles year as the family chariot? Its now or never for the QP, I could never own the new one and this just looks like a good alternative to the new M5. Is servcing every 10k miles? is it expensive, are there common faults? Am I even mad for asking?
Comments and jibes more than welcome
Cheers
mondie
Mondie: yes, 23mpg indicated over 17,000 miles I have had it. I was pleasantly surprised too. However I am sure if you drive hard (lots of heavy footed acceleration/braking) this will drop. I actively like anticipatory driving, and as I said this is all leisure driving so no stop-start traffic jams, slow around town queues etc. but it is real so achievable. I was also looking at earlier cars but with the the ZF box as I agree with you on that, though it was the 4.7 and spec which made me buy my current car. Good luck.
Surely being up in Aberdeen you have contacts for fresh fuel straight off one of the rigs?
Forget the M5. You will regret it.
Twin air has the smaller engine Dem?.......if so not as economical cos you rev the guts out of it to get it go anywheres!
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Surely being up in Aberdeen you have contacts for fresh fuel straight off one of the rigs?
Forget the M5. You will regret it.
Surely being up in Aberdeen you have contacts for fresh fuel straight off one of the rigs?
Forget the M5. You will regret it.
Bought my car new from Graypaul and always had it serviced there. Great salesman and service staff in my experience. Always discuss servicing in detail with them to see what I need and then they price accordingly - given I did 18000 miles in the first two years I had both a 12500 mile service and then the two year items done later. Will send it in at 25000 miles for another mileage service over the summer and then a full four year service at c33000 miles in 2015.
Always good to have a choice of another agent mind, especially since Graypaul is on the wrong side of Edinburgh for most of Scotland.