Soon to be owner in Dubai - deposit down!

[Dubai_Andy]

Hello everyone. Thanks for the welcomes and advice for my new X. I'm absolutely loving it - the luxury, the noise and the pace. It ticks all the boxes for me, that's for sure.

Sorry for the lack of photos, i hope to have some up tomorrow. I've just had it tinted everywhere by 3M... the sides and back 30% (max legal for Dubai), sunroof 80% and the front transparant. Although the front is transparent, it still blocks out 40% heat i'm told... which is essential when temperatures hit over 50C in the summer. Temp is around 40C here now and without the tints it's been bloody uncomfortable.

The car is a mess at the moment, needs a proper clean and the windows are covered in smears from the solution they use when they tinted it. Once clean and sparkling I'll get some photos up.

I'm taking the car back the dealer tomorrow to have a couple of issues looked at - the power folding mirrors fold, but don't stay folded... they just pop back out each time. There is also a fault with the tire pressure sensor which i've asked them to look at.

Oh, and i've looked into the extended warranty - they want another 5000 dhs (about $1400) for two years instead of one. I'm going to risk it. I'll be following all the regular maintenance schedule requirements, and some. Here, and to comply with the warranty requirements i have to service is every 5000km - yes, really!

Cheers,
Andy

[Jordo]

Congratulations! Excited to see some pics of it all finished. Oh, and just out of curiosity.... What language is spoken in Dubai?

[Dubai_Andy]

Originally Posted by Jordo

Congratulations! Excited to see some pics of it all finished. Oh, and just out of curiosity.... What language is spoken in Dubai?

The UAE nationals speak arabic as their mother tongue, but i'd say 99% speak english as their second language. So... as i speak English, and English only... there is thankfully no language barrier.

I'm going to get it valeted tomorrow, once the tints have cured - i was told not to open the windows for 24 hours, or clean them. It's currently smeared all over... and covered in dust from the sand!

[Dubai_Andy]

Here she is, valeted about an hour ago and already coated in a fine layer of dust!

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[Jordo]

Looks good! Love the interior too.

[eyeiieye]

how much the 3M tint cost?

[B44D ARS3]

Hey Andy, congrats on new X, i also picked mine 3 days ago.

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[Dubai_Andy]

I paid a total of 1400dhs, which seemed a pretty good deal. I called around lots of places to get an understanding of costs, then went for a the cheapest 3M dealer that could do what I wanted.

The tints are fantastic... the car cools down so much quicker, and heats up much slower.

[Dking05]

Originally Posted by Dubai_Andy

I'm told that it's full options, but from what I can tell all 4.8is models are full options - is that right?

[ ] Slide out trunk floor
[ ] Heated steering wheel
[ ] Sport seats -no cost- (comfort are standard)
[ ] Navigation
[ ] Rear side air bags
[ ] Running boards

Nice color combo.

And everything else is standard. hope you like it!

[Dubai_Andy]

Originally Posted by Dking05

[ ] Slide out trunk floor
[ ] Heated steering wheel
[ ] Sport seats -no cost- (comfort are standard)
[ ] Navigation
[ ] Rear side air bags
[ ] Running boards

Nice color combo.

And everything else is standard. hope you like it!

Thanks for that little list. Of those I don't think I've got the heated steering wheel, I've got comfort seats (not sport), I've got Nav... not sure about rear airbags and I've got running boards.

I'm loving the colour combo... although it gets so damn dusty here and it's so obvious on the metallic blue. I've just set up a regular car wash twice a week - they turn up between 12am and 6am and clean the car, while I'm sleeping! Only in Dubai...