Well congrats - I know it is a tough wait. I too have the sapphire black metallic with black interior, sport, premium, & cold weather pkgs. I did not get the alarm simply becuase I think it is a waste of money. BMW's are very hard to steal unless you have a key (so dont leave your valet key in the glove compartment) and I don't think many people pay much attention to alarms when they are going off anyways, well at least by me.
The car was great, nice solid ride, excellent steering, great sound effects, everything felt strong. I had the car for about a week when I was driving from NYC to Boston. Halfway up the car started riding a little shaky, some vibration. My suspision grew but i figured this is its first real somewhat long trip, so just go easy. A few mintues later, such intense vibrations started happening, my check/service engine soon light came on. To make a LONG story short, a cylinder failed and i was running on 5 out of the 6 cylinders. The cause... still unknown, no one could find a reason why this happened. They said it could possibly be bad gas. So while I was in Boston, had the top down and it looked like it was going to rain, I went to put the top up and nothing. It didn't respond. Had to park it in a garage so it wouldn't get wet. The next day, not a problem, it went right up.
Since then my top has broken three times. Been in service for the top twice going in for the third on Monday. When I go to put the top back up, and it starts to come down it bounces like there are a few springs loose some where, not to mention the loud screeching sound that happens when it goes down. On a few other occassions the top has not wanted to go down. When I would press the button (there is a little red light next to the button that comes on when the top is either going up or down) the light wouldn't come on. BMW said it was something electrical and reset the power in the car.
Just last week I was driving and ALL of the lights on the dash, including radio & climate control just turned off. I didn't lose power, and everything still worked, but the lights went off for about 5 seconds.
Some other problems:
Since cylinder issue - car rides very rough
Automatic Windshield wipers don't work
Doors dont always unlock with the key
Speakers in the doors rattle and vibrate (horrible noise)
Windows squeak (even why dry)
Lights in trunk don't work
Leak in windshield wiper fluid bottle
In 2 1/2 months, this car has been in for service 5 times already. BMW hasn't been able to replicate some the problems therefor telling me they can't do anything. I truly do love the car when it isn't giving me problems, but I am just incredibly frustrated. This is our 5th BMW and never had we had any problems with any of them.
I wish you the best of luck with your car and I hope you don't experience any of the problems that I have with my car.
Alicia
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