simontelfer Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 took stealer for a spin in the R32 in Jan and jumped the X5 list by 16 months.... supposed to pick it up today insurance company fecked up the documents for the dealer to register it, and now I have to wait until Monday Donkey in the call centre wanted to charge me £23 to courier the correct document leaving Cardiff at 2pm and arriving in Cambridge at 4pm.... his supervisor (obviously tracking his progress on my angry call) pointed out that that may a bit impractical full snottograms on the way to Cardiff tonight a fully paid, insured but unregistered black X5 3.0d sport nearly owner... still can't wait though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snail Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 sweet mate. Those X5s look lurvely in black. is it a sport model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHIZZER Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 had mine for about 3 months now, it is a really great car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontelfer Posted July 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 got it now, just have to wrestle the keys of the wife. Its pretty spot on as you said, but i was plonk enough not to upgrade the sound, which is entirely . Zymol'd it twice now and its only thursday.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thraxtos Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Do any of you Guys have the 3.0D Sport AUTO Models ? Notice any hesitation @ junctions/roundabouts etc ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontelfer Posted September 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Do any of you Guys have the 3.0D Sport AUTO Models ? Notice any hesitation @ junctions/roundabouts etc ? [/ QUOTE ] no more hesitation than i'd expect from a turbo diesel, but for quick getaways suggest you try knocking it into sport mode quickly so you don't have to contend with excessive torque converter and gear changes.... it does make a difference particularly when the body weight starts shuffling around..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thraxtos Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Does yours hesitate as described ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontelfer Posted September 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 does it hesitate, yes it does... not a merc sized hesitate, but definetly some lag .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thraxtos Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 Mine's worse when you pull upto a Junction or Roundabout and ALMOST stop, but carry on with just a bit of throttle - It hates it & doesn't know what to do ! Hmmmmm - 1st or 2nd ?! OK, 1st and off we scream ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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