<hsg DeleteThis @h-gee.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> Hi
>
> Got invited to the pre release viewing of the NEW 7 series last night
> (eve).
Also seen it and sat in it.
>
> Nice looking car but not a great deal of change from the E65
Indeed.
>
> The interior is nice but I don't like the reduction in the Sat Nav they
> have
> gone from the CARiN/Navteq HIGH to the pro version Yuk!
>
> All the entertainment is Hdd based - save your CD to Hdd which also holds
> the
> sat-nav software which to update you have to buy the CD and upload the
> contents
> to the Hdd.
An "absorb" funtion is very good, but even the best hard drives don't last
that long and that is in ideal conditions. Bounced around in a car is going
to reduce their lives and void the warranty, unless of course they are using
a solid state drive.
>
> Biggest mistake is the "gear lever".
>
> Why Oh Why have a gear lever sticking up from the transmission tunnel when
> you
> are never going to change gear?
You never use manual or at least switch into sport?
>
> It looks out of place and to me at least seems an after thought and it
> clutters
> up the smooth neat inside lines.
OTOH it did feel somewhat snugger than my current 735i.
>
> If anything that would make me thing twice about keeping my E65 will be
> that
> ugly gear lever.
>
> Everything else looks Ok
>
> I'll tell you more when I have driven it.................
>
> --
>
> Sir Hugh of Bognor
>
Another big plus is the lower consumption & emissions, which should mean
less money for Darling. With performance equivalent to a Ferrari and
consumption equivalent to a Ford Escort of a generation ago things have
certainly come on technologically.
I never thought I would buy a diesel, but this is another league...
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