DaveI

Very nice car Amanda, if I see you coming the other way i'll make sure to pull right over due to your extra few inches My 3 series doesn't rattle but it did squeak! BMW fixed it during it's first service and the lady on the service desk remarked they all do that after a while! Adjusted the doors and added some sort of tape to the door rubbers, all done with no complaining.

Looks awesome, the new 5 series interior is a couple of classes above the current 3 series in my opinion! Mine lights up blue inside as well, think that's an 'e' thing?

I'm still loving my 330e! Any pics of your 530e planehazza?

In Sport+ the stability is still on but it allows quite a large angle of drift, my old 120d would be a laugh on wet roundabouts. It would snap back if you over correct the drift which makes you crap yourself the first time it happens!

Mines a Company Car, just waiting for my Tax Code to catch up and then get my pay rise

Excellent, I would have been happier with the 2 year lease as I would change cars every 6 months if I could! You have definitely made the right choice going for the 5 over the 3, a much nicer, bigger more well equipped car. Now just the horrible waiting part

Plus if you have any equity in your Octavia that will go straight in the bank Will you be charging it every night? If not they are fairly heavy on fuel mind, maybe should have mentioned that before Do you have the option of having it debadged? I hate the amount of badges on mine, model on the back M badges on the font wings and E Drive badges on the C post.

That colour is Bluestone, the Sophisto is a darker shade but is still the best colour out of your limited choice. If I couldn't get Bluestone I think Sophisto would be my second choice.

5 vs 3, no contest. Plus when you have a 3 series you really notice how many of them there are on the road! That's my old 120d in the pics as well, a colleague is driving it until it goes back in January.

I've just taken a few pics of my bosses 530e, i'll post them when I get home.

Do it. In Grey.

Just been to Greggs in my bosses new 530e, it's awesome, miles better than the 3 series. If I had the choice it would be 5 series, without a doubt, in Bluestone, on 20s

Unfortunately most stuff is an option on the 3 series! I have a voice control button on the steering wheel but it doesn't do anything. Drop me a PM and we'll get something arranged.

Mine was built end of 2016 so a MY17 model?? Definitely doesn't have split rear seats. Pre-conditioning is available on all BMWs but only the hybrid models have heating as it uses the larger battery to power an auxiliary heater, you can set two times a day when the pre-conditioning will kick in, so 8am and 5pm when I get in the car it's a nice 22 degrees. My old 1 series you could pre-condition but all it would do is run the fans and draw external air into the cabin. The large screen is Pro Nav, the standard screen is business Nav. I've gone from Pro Nav to Business Nav and the screen makes no difference, I miss voice control though. I think Apple Car Play can only be configured with Pro Nav. You can pop over no problem, if you are available lunch times I'm in Sunderland, weekends it's Peterlee.

I've never seen GPS Gearbox as an option unless it's part of the Sport Gearbox option. It's very easy to unstick the rear wheels in the colder wetter weather we've had recently, I've seen the yellow traction light quite a bit recently!