it to be but not that much, and great fun sorting the little things, leaving the bigger things to my local garage to sort for me. as with all these things, if left they build up. what could have been small costs along the way is becoming a lot of things all adding up but i see this as being well worth while to have a lovely car at the end of it. i will have to watch it though as the better half has decided she likes it too. she prefers it to the 530i. she says she prefers the higher up driving position. how she can say that 