Could be back to BMW soon enough

Deal done - ended up being much more advantageous to go down the finance route so got a £250 discount plus £500 deposit contribution - so down at £15,250. Collecting next weekend!

 

Here’s a video if anyone’s interested:

https://video.citnow.com/vtp5qRKPpQq

Thanks. I’ve had a couple of bites with some interest but nothing concrete as yet. I’m going to spend some time detailing the interior and taking a few more shots for the ad plus reworking a bit as I don’t think it’s as concise as it could be. Plus maybe try eBay as well. I’m not in a hurry to sell enough to drop the price massively but I’d take an offer given I’ll soon have three vehicles and a driveway only for two!

 

Please feel free to share the below link if anyone has friends potentially interested

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/305863177339

 

So excitement building this end. Can’t pick up the car this weekend as it’s my Son’s 4th Birthday which I embarrassingly forgot about in the excitement of the deal! So collection is scheduled for Monday. I’ll get a very early train down to Ashford, do the couple of Telco’s I have in the morning from the dealership then head the 75miles up the M20/M25/M11 home.

In the meantime I think I’ve sorted out storage for the Campervan so we don’t clog up our Close too much with Spuff fleet. It’s not ideal - down at the storage yard I had my old Concorde motorhome (30mins each way) but better than the alternative. Having secured the spot (which is 9m long) it’ll be a good carry-over for the next van we get. Spaces that large are hard to come by.

So far almost 50 watchers on the van. Think it’s the wrong time of year but it’s all cleaned inside & out and ready for its new home.

I’ll start a separate thread on ownership diary for the 228i once I have it home on Monday!

 

Thank you.

Good point on the camper & budget! Fingers crossed.

 

What a whirlwind….picked the car up yesterday morning then straight back home to do a days work, then off to LHR in it this morning. First impressions are that it’s fabulous! Reminds me a lot of the E46 330Ci coupe I had back in 2007, just a tad more darty and missing the thrum of the six cylinder. But the engine is just as response and feels much quicker. Fuel economy is about 17mpg better too! After about 190miles I’m averaging 40.3mpg.

I’ll do a proper write up when I’m back from
Munich later this week. In the meantime, regretfully the only pics I have are the ones I took at LHR Short Stay this morning…

 

I must say, its diminutive size is actually quite refreshing. Obviously the change from Discovery is very noticeable but it feels much more compact than 90% of what’s on the road.