Hi All,

 

As you probably saw, I treated myself to a new car after having a torrid few months with illness.

 

Things were going very well until 4 guys (for guys read "scrotes") broke into my house via the patio doors and relieved me of my trusty steed.

 

Luckily, they found the keys (and my wallet) downstairs and didn't come up to bother me for them .

 

Even though the car was recovered by tracker, I'm now moving on from the M4 and back into the VAG group (Audi something or other, why don't Skoda do a performance car yet?).

 

 

To say I'm going to miss the M4 is an understatement.  This was quite easily the best car I have owned to date and would recommend one to anybody who asked. 

 

For now at least, I'm out and in loaners from my trusty dealership.

 

EM

Edited 12 March, 20188 yr by Evil Miyagi

Sorry to hear about the theft. Seems to be a lot of it around, especially in the midlands. I may start garaging my car 

This is why we can't have nice things :(

Sorry for your loss.

Keep your chin up

So the time has come to actually purchase a car

 

After a number of weeks in varying cars from all walks of life I've finally put pen to paper :yay:

 

So what have I been driving?  It's probably easier to list the cars (theres been a few).

 

• Fiat 500 Abarth - Nice fun car, but very small for motorway driving.
• Audi A3 1.6TDi - Good car, shame it was manual.  Sat Nav quality was shocking
• Ford EcoSport (Not at all Sporty) - What can I say to praise this car?  It kept my driving license safe 
• BMW M4 (I actually got my car back for a while, using the EcoSport as a gate until it sold )
• Golf GTD - hmmmm
• Bentley Continental GTC - Loved this car, actually had it for 5/6 weeks with a few days break in the middle.  the 6.0 W12 is something else.
• Aston Martin DB9 Vantage = They wouldn't let me keep this car  If I could buy any of the cars I've driven in the period since mine was stolen, this would be it.
• Bentley Continental GTC - See above
• Range Rover Evoque - I'm actually a fan of the Evoque having delivered a few so was quite happy to take this for a few weeks.
• Nissan Juke - Evoque was booked in for a service and repair on locking issue.
• Range Rover Evoque - Was glad to be back in it after the Juke.

Lets just say I'm a very lucky person to have such trusting friends.

 

So what have I bought?

 

Its completely out of character for me but I've bought a Range Rover Sport the same age as my M4 was.  I test drove the SVR and whilst that was way out of my price range, the 3.0V6 TDi HSE Dynamic wasn't and I got a very good price.

 

I'll post some pics once I collect it but I'm happy (for now).

 

EM

28 minutes ago, Evil Miyagi said:

So the time has come to actually purchase a car

 

After a number of weeks in varying cars from all walks of life I've finally put pen to paper :yay:

 

So what have I been driving?  It's probably easier to list the cars (theres been a few).

 

• Fiat 500 Abarth - Nice fun car, but very small for motorway driving.
• Audi A3 1.6TDi - Good car, shame it was manual.  Sat Nav quality was shocking
• Ford EcoSport (Not at all Sporty) - What can I say to praise this car?  It kept my driving license safe 
• BMW M4 (I actually got my car back for a while, using the EcoSport as a gate until it sold )
• Golf GTD - hmmmm
• Bentley Continental GTC - Loved this car, actually had it for 5/6 weeks with a few days break in the middle.  the 6.0 W12 is something else.
• Aston Martin DB9 Vantage = They wouldn't let me keep this car  If I could buy any of the cars I've driven in the period since mine was stolen, this would be it.
• Bentley Continental GTC - See above
• Range Rover Evoque - I'm actually a fan of the Evoque having delivered a few so was quite happy to take this for a few weeks.
• Nissan Juke - Evoque was booked in for a service and repair on locking issue.
• Range Rover Evoque - Was glad to be back in it after the Juke.

Lets just say I'm a very lucky person to have such trusting friends.

 

So what have I bought?

 

Its completely out of character for me but I've bought a Range Rover Sport the same age as my M4 was.  I test drove the SVR and whilst that was way out of my price range, the 3.0V6 TDi HSE Dynamic wasn't and I got a very good price.

 

I'll post some pics once I collect it but I'm happy (for now).

 

EM

EM,

Enjoy you new motor, when it arrives. Best of luck with this one.

I have a quick snap of mine  Quite compressed, but I am gonna' take some better snaps when I find the time

 

BMW M4 by Amanda, on Flickr

That's awful (including having to drive a Juke ;)) but I have to say it's good that Tracker recovered the car.

 

Good luck with the RRS, I've been a bit nervous of JLR products after several years ago when they seemed a bit Friday afternoon.  Something I am now repeating with Morgan.

A used one a good call though, hopefully any issues will have already been resolved.

I've been reading about several people that wired cheap secondhand iphones into their cars (for power and hidden somewhere) then using 'find my phone; or whatever Apple call it, as a cheaper tracker. 

Ello EM. 

 

So I was trawling through some of the Beemer sites and saw an interesting post that made me think this thread title might not be factually correct soon?

Sorry to drag this one back up but what Tracker was fitted that resulted in the car being recovered ?   Just thinking of one for my BMW M240i and the market is awash with them ... even the more expensive Cat 5 ones that I am looking at.

Have you thought about an Autowatch Ghost immobiliser? Prevention better than cure sometimes. 

I see the title of this thread is no longer true  

On 27/01/2019 at 12:15, Lady Elanore said:

I see the title of this thread is no longer true  

 

You see this is very very true

Welcome back to the land of  slightly scary car ownership, well I think it was Evo that called the M4 a 'vindictive basteward'