Wanna Hear a Crazy Story???

[White05X3]

So at 10:00 Am tomorrow I am going to pick-up a brand new 6-speed 05 X3 3.0, white/black, Premium, Sport, DSP, Cold Weather, Privacy Glass, Servotronic, Xenons, and Nav. It is IDENTICAL to the X3 already in my garage but for the transmission.

How this came to pass is funny. In March of 05 I picked-up a white/black 05 X3 3.0 (see description above) in Munich. The dealership and I both made a mistake. The car was for my wife, and it was supposed to be automatic. Well, servotronic...steptronic... they are just so similar, you know what I mean???

Anyhow the dealer was nice and unwound the deal on the 6-speed and got my wife her automatic. We drove the 6-speed all around europe for 3 weeks then never saw it again.

In the interim I was driving an 05 Mini Cooper S. In November we got into a bad accident in the Mini (everybody was fine) so it was time for a replacement. Interestingly enough, the 6-speed I got in Europe is still sitting at the dealership for sale. And they are selling it to me for one heck of a low price

It seems that neither the dealer nor BMW knew how to handle the deal. It is sitting in limbo not even entered into the dealerships inventory computer. So I get my 6-speed back to replace the Mini. I will say this though... I am REALLY, REALLY going to miss the Mini. What an awesome ride!!!!

So maybe I will change my screen name to White05X3(s) and be done with it all.

One other interesting unintended consequence here... once I believed I was not keeping the 6-speed, the break-in rules went somewhat out the window. That car was broken-in on the autobahn and was run HARD. The automatic, on the other hand, was broken-in by the book. Who knows... maybe there will be some difference...

[motordavid]

W: Good story!
Funny how stuff happens...
I have 6 Spd Envy, lol!
GL,md

[Juanted]

I guess it was just meant to be!

Congrats! Post some pics!

Juan

[White05X3]

ARGH...

Took delivery this morning. It was kinda like welcoming an old friend home.

However, the dealer never got a BT passcode for me so I have to wait until Tuesday to get my phone paired. Anybody have any clue how to figure the code out?

For some reason the material at the base of the a-pillar trim cover (where it meets the dashboard) is all scrunched up.

Oh well... in all it was a nice delivery experience.

[jaaX3]

That's a great story. If you don't mind me asking, how good was the deal?

As far as the BT PK, the BT module is in the left cargo quarterpanal under the DVD NAV module (the BT module is just about flush with the cargo floor). On the top of the BT module there are a bunch of codes, letters, and numbers. The one you are looking for the is the Passkey, or PK.

Let us know if you find it, and post some pics

[White05X3]

I ended-up paying $1,500 below the euro delivery invoice price...

So I took your advice and looked in the electronics bay on the driver's side trunk. I found the metal BT module. It took removing 4 8mm bolts that are a real b*@ch to see and manipulate to get it out.

Sure enough, the PK was printed right on the bottom side. So THANKS!!!! That was great advice, and I really appreciate it!

Interesting... the voice control of the phone does not work on my February production car, but it does on my March production car. Does adding the voice control module add phone control as well as nav control?

Thanks again!