BMW X3 - Hatchback - Four Wheel Drive (4x4) - 5 Speed Automatic Gearbox - 2979 cc - Max Speed: 130, 135 mph - 231 bhp - Petrol - Available Trims: SE, Sport (On Ciao since: 08/2005)
BMW X5 - Hatchback - Four Wheel Drive (4x4) - 6 Speed Manual, 5 Speed Automatic - 2979 cc - Max Speed: 130, 134 mph - 231 bhp - Petrol - Available Trims: SE, Sport (On Ciao since: 01/2006)
Advantages: Amazing quality screen, good build, good quality phone calls Disadvantages: Average navigation interface, camerca can be blurry when taking photographs
...The Sharp GX30i is an amazing quality phone and you will have to look hard to better it. I purchased this phone on contract on Vodafone, so would like to state the contract detais.
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VODAFONE
Phone cost: FREE
Monthly rental: £15.99 (18 months)
Texts = 250 per month
Calls = 600 minutes off peak
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The range and quality of phones that you can pick up for free on contracts varies greatly. So it is important that you get the one of the best phones available and by getting the Sharp GX30i, you will.
The Sharp GX30i is exclusive to vodafone and features flip phone design. It is high specification, having many features that many phones do not have.
SCREEN
The Sharp GX30i has a stunning 262k colour display, and a 128k external display. The intenal display is...
bowdeni
29.03.2005 (03.04.2005) ·Read review
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Review of Sharp GX30i
Advantages: Has all the lastest extras that a phone needs Disadvantages: Doesn't stay charged for to long
...I have just upgraded my old Nokia 3510i to the Sharp GX30i. It was quite hard to choose a new phone out of the thousands available. I tried reading reviews on ciao on every phone I could find, but this still did not help me on my quest. In the end I decided to go for the Sharp GX30i because I had already seen one and knew that I liked it.
***What does it look like***
Well its a silver flip phone that is just larger than the palm of my hand, when closed. The camera lens is at the top hidden discreetly in a black strip and it has a LCD screen on the front. with a small pertruding aerial.
***How easy is it to use***
The answer to this is yes, when you get a call simply flip it open and press the green button to answer and the red button to hang up. The 0-9 keys are nicely spaced out, so when your texting you shouldn't make too...
Kingkarliii
29.04.2006 ·Read review
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Review of Sharp GX30i
Advantages: the sd card Disadvantages: blured pictures and battery doesn't last long
...My boyfriend bought me a sharpgx20 and I loved it to bits, unfortunately I left it on the floor one day and he managed to pick me up twirl me round and stand on the phone, whoops, a great big crack going across the screen, I tried using it for a while but I couldn't even read a message on the screen. My boyfriend bought me a nokia 3300 for my birthday which was perfect for ring tones but it didn't have a camera, so it wasn't long before I was back on e-bay to find a new sharp phone. After days of hunting and being out bid I finally got a sharp GX 30i for £75, I'd say it was around a year ago so not a bad price considering they are still about £200 to buy brand new.
When it arrived I was impressed it looked brand new, still had the protective cover on the screen and no scratches what so ever. So off I went to test the camera.
The...
Crazykurst
13.06.2006 ·Read review
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Review of Sharp GX30i
Advantages: Great way to sell and buy secondhand Disadvantages: The addiction!
...the first few times I listed items, wondering if anybody would ever bid! Then the first bid comes in and it gets quite exciting, especially if the bids keep increasing!
After the sale has finished, you need to liase with the buyer to arrange payment and dispatch of the items. One thing I would say is make sure you wrap items well before posting – reuse jiffy bags (if you buy as well you can reuse the ones your goods get sent in!), plenty of parcel tape and clear labelling.
FEES
As a seller, you will incur fees for listing on Ebay. You have to pay a listing price when you submit an item for sale. The amount depends on the starting price of your item. An item listed at under £5 attracts a listing fee of 15p up to £1.25 for an item listed at more than £30. As already mentioned, if you want to display additional photos you will have to...
jools30
16.07.2002 ·Read review
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Review of ebay.co.uk
Advantages: Has a very upmarket image and robust build quality Disadvantages: Limited off road ability
...Before I say another word, let's get one thing straight - BMW's X5 is essentially a road car. More or less without exception, everything I've heard or written about the X5 praises its superb road manners and its saloon car like quality, comfort and poise. Having just spent a hard-charging week behind the wheel of this 3.0-litre turbodiesel model, I would second that. The BMW X5 for me is a perfect mix of new and old. In my opinion it successfully blends BMW's new futuristic look, with the clean muscular lines of the old X3. The X5 front-end face echoes the traditional BM "twin-kidney grill" , whilst its rear end retains that distinctive "boxyness" which made previous models so aggressive. Underneath the bonnet is BMW 3.0L straight 6 cylinder where the diesel does 235 hp and has a top torque of no less than 520 Nm. It's nicely packaged...
joeyhey2007
19.10.2008 ·Read review
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Review of BMW X5 3.0i
Advantages: Nice Smooth Engine Disadvantages: About everything else
...Hi,
I'd like to point out right now, that I do not own this car, this is from my own experience from the times I've driven it, borrowed it and generally used it.
Where do I start.
The first thing to mention is that this is an Automatic with a Step-Tronic box. The power delivery is immensely smooth, the changes are short, sharp and precise and if you toe it, the car will redline before changing gear, and it STILL feels effortless, with no fuss what so ever.
The engine, is a tad overkill being a 3.0l and makes this thing go like a rocket. It's super quiet and refined, however epecially at todays prices, if you drive it keenley expect 7MPG and massive hole in your pocket.
But hey, it's a Beemer, it's a big old girl and it's supposed to be. Right?
What's the point in it, is what I want to know.
(Like to note that...
rally1998
08.05.2008 ·Read review
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Review of BMW X3 3.0i
Advantages: Comfort with performance. Smile factor Disadvantages: high running costs
...with no stops and when I got out it was as if I had jsut driven to town, amazing.
Running costs aren't the cheapest in the world. Tyres cost in the region of £160, make sure you buy the right ones not jsut the speed rating but high loading too otherwise insurance can be invalidated, ask at your local Kwik Fit store for their advice.
Fuel consumption is a little high, around town i average about 23 miles to the gallon, on a run this gets up into the high 30's. But remember this is a 3 litre V6 beast of a engine, don't buy it for good fuel consuption, buy a diesel or Kia that does 60 MPG.
Servicing at Ford main dealers brings all the usual extortionate labour costs and they never repair when they can replace, but that's no different to other manufacurers. Oh and my dealer never seems to have 220 parts in stock, some have to be ordered...
Advantages: Performance, rear wheel drive, brakes, handling. Disadvantages: Expensive parts, inner body panels not protected.
...I bought this car in 1996 , after being left a few bob by my lovely Gran ( god rest her soul ), this was another one of those "man things " I just had to have ! .
I'd always noticed these cars passing by in the opposite direction, and was always impressed by their almost female shape, ...... rounded at the front, slim in the middle , and the rear rounded as well !
In my opinion most Toyota's look great from the front , but they lost the plot on the arse end ! , not so with the supra.
Fit and feel.
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Getting into the car is a bit of an operation, especially if you're a fat bugger, ( unlike myself ), being so low , and the driving position, you physically have to bend yourself into the thing.
Once sat in it , first impressions are that everything fits around you nicely, all the controls, clocks, gearstick, pedels...
cashman44
15.06.2004 (17.06.2004) ·Read review
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Review of Toyota Supra 3.0 Turbo
Advantages: Powerful, smooth, spacious, good spec, heated leather seats, understated, secure Disadvantages: It attracts undesirables
...You know a car is a bit special when you don't mind going to work because it means you can drive the car. I get up early every day to drive my ST220. In fact I get up at 5.30 and smile.
When I went to replace my W reg Mondeo Zetec about a year ago, I went with the intention of swapping it for a Mazda 6. Several chaps in work had raved about the 6 and I must admit I was tempted. For some unknown reason though, I called into the local Ford dealer on the way and ended up being persuaded into buying a 6 month old, jet black ST220 with all the bells and whistles for £10,000 less than the new list price.
I spent the whole of the next week questioning my own sanity and worrying about the £150 hike in monthly payments and the probable increase in insurance premium (I didn't dare enquire). Then I picked the car up and have spent the last...
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