cobradav

Click on "my pics" in my signature to see the Chateau (burgandy) with its basalt gray contrast color combo. Ig you wanted Chateau/Black you must go MY06 and newer.

TexaZ3

Yeah, I was just looking at them. Looks really good. I have a question for you - how does Chateau interior tolerates dirt? I'm not taking extreme cases, just regular day to day dust, occasional shoe polish marks, etc?? Is it hard to keep clean? I'm pretty anal about the cleanliness of my cars, but most of them have black interiors with dark/black carpets.

cobradav

Very easy to keep clean. Does not show dirt /scuffs much at all and with regular cleaning looks just fine including in-between cleanings. I am so pleased - it is a pleasing color.

TexaZ3

Good to know! Thanks!
The search continues.
Also, one more question- how often do you have to go to a dealer to fix something? I'm not talking minor stuff, but something that actually requires an appointment and some warranty work?
My 5 was very bad in hte beginning, but once they sorted things out, it was pretty much problem free since. I would like to keep the 6 indefinitely (just like my Z3!), so reliability is a big issue for me.

m630

thankfully i've not had any major issues with my 6er requiring much warranty work, basically once a year for a checkup and software update and not much else

cobradav

I had an "Infant Mortality" failure of the iDrive display within 1st week. Replaced and no problems since coming up on 58k & 3 years. Got upgrades (in my signature) by identifying issues but none were show stoppers. A couple of anti-trap errors on windows but did not do special trip but waited for routine maintenance. Basically I acculmulated my issues (took photos to show error messages) and simply added to the list of things to do when scheduled maintenance was required.

I did have a sensor (lateral acceleration) fail intermittantly while driving the ToD but it did not HARD failure until I was 8 miles from dealer turning it in for routine maintenance (lucky).

TexaZ3

When did BMW introduced start/stop button on the 6, or was it there from the beginning?

cobradav

Started with MY06

TexaZ3

Thanks CD!
Is there are any other changes like the button that you can't read about in the brochures? (I got my hands on a set of 6-series brochures I was studying over the weekend), but I can't really tell whether there were these minor changes over time. So far I decided to look for 04 or 05 645i black/chateau w/ Sport pack.

mikeqls

Hi ..just thought i would add my thoughts..... i to had a 530 sports which i loved...but two weeks ago i took the plunge and got myself a septmber 07 630 sports and absolutely love it!!! best car i ever had....i think wahetver 6 you go for you wont regret it...