My First BMW

Gooner14 · 2 Oct 2010 at 10:17

NickXX said:
Wow, tiny number of them! Phoenix Yellow and LS Blue were special colours for the S54.

LSB is nice.

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/2096609.htm Shame about the interior choice!

NickXX said:
One thing to note though is that the S54 M Coupe is rev limited to 7,000rpm so doesn't make the full 343bhp that it does in the e46 M3 (It made 325bhp). It also never had the S54 recall done for the bottom end bearing shells, although this shouldn't be an issue with the lower rev limit.

IIRC it was something to do with not being able to fit the same exhaust manifold/exhaust system as the e46 due to packaging issues.

I believe it has been an issue for several s54 drivers. IIRC they have been able to argue with BMW it should have been recalled too.

NickXX · 2 Oct 2010 at 10:25

Gooner14 said:
LSB is nice.

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/2096609.htm Shame about the interior choice!

I believe it has been an issue for several s54 drivers. IIRC they have been able to argue with BMW it should have been recalled too.

Ah right - bit rubbish that BMW excluded them considering it was only 117 cars!

InvaderGIR · 2 Oct 2010 at 10:53

[TW]Fox;17491929 said:
Hmmm shouldnt those Style 32's be staggered?

I can't tell if they are 16" or 17", if 16", no. If 17", quite possibly if they were standard according to this page. There are a lot of none staggered style 32s about in 17" though, in fact I've only seen the staggered ones for sale from e39s.

MrMoonX · 2 Oct 2010 at 10:55

damn thats ugly but each to their own

NickXX · 2 Oct 2010 at 11:14

[TW]Fox;17491929 said:
Hmmm shouldnt those Style 32's be staggered?

I think they are staggered.

iaind · 2 Oct 2010 at 11:26

Nice, that's quite cool. I didn't even realise they did a non m coupe.

Black door handles of fail though

L0rdMike · 2 Oct 2010 at 11:30

Fugly

NickXX · 2 Oct 2010 at 11:57

iaind said:
Nice, that's quite cool. I didn't even realise they did a non m coupe.

Was never available in the UK - only M.

[TW]Fox · 2 Oct 2010 at 12:53

NickXX said:
I think they are staggered.

Shouldn't the rears have a tad more dish if that was the case?

Wicksta · 2 Oct 2010 at 13:06

[TW]Fox;17493445 said:
Shouldn't the rears have a tad more dish if that was the case?

They do look like they have more dish on the rear to me.

MarkDavis · 2 Oct 2010 at 14:42

It's a great looking car....

....provided you dont mind driving something designed by Homer Simpson!

NickXX · 2 Oct 2010 at 16:25

[TW]Fox;17493445 said:
Shouldn't the rears have a tad more dish if that was the case?

Similar dish to the MV1s.

e36/46 have less dish than e39 due to different offset (apart from the e46 M).

[TW]Fox · 2 Oct 2010 at 16:31

NickXX said:
Similar dish to the MV1s.

e36/46 have less dish than e39 due to different offset (apart from the e46 M).

That'll be the source of my confusion then, on the E39 the rears are noticeably more dished

Fr0dders · 2 Oct 2010 at 16:36

cant beat a nice bit of dish

Clarkey · 2 Oct 2010 at 16:59

They looked ok in M form, low and wide, 4 pipes and all that. This though, I can see why they didn't even bother to offer them for sale over here.

BigglesPiP · 2 Oct 2010 at 21:01

These things really have aged well, the hard top at least. Nobody beleiven me when 1st said this.

What have you done to the Vole?

Hades · 2 Oct 2010 at 23:17

Loving that car. Hated it when it first came out but really like it nowadays.

mjt · 4 Oct 2010 at 23:59

[TW]Fox;17491762 said:
16,000 is quite a lot - it's 3 times more than the total UK sales of 530i Sports

Why compare the entire range to a single model, or indeed a trim level?
There are only 3,853 Z3 3.0 Coupes, which is a damn sight less than the UK sales of 530i Sports, let alone world sales

[TW]Fox;17494541 said:
That'll be the source of my confusion then, on the E39 the rears are noticeably more dished

They are staggered, the tyre profiles are different. The fitment is different on the Z3 though, so perhaps that's why the dish isn't as deep?

Clarkey said:
They looked ok in M form, low and wide, 4 pipes and all that. This though, I can see why they didn't even bother to offer them for sale over here.

I'm tempted to fit an Eisenmann if I can justify the cost, quad pipes might be a bit lame on a non-M though.
Even if I just get twin pipes, it's still a slippery slope of mods

BigglesPiP said:
What have you done to the Vole?

Nothing. I've no intention of getting rid just yet as I'd rather stack that in winter than the Z3

That, and I'm moving to Brussels soon which means street parking..

[TW]Fox · 5 Oct 2010 at 00:06

mjt said:
Why compare the entire range to a single model, or indeed a trim level?
There are only 3,853 Z3 3.0 Coupes, which is a damn sight less than the UK sales of 530i Sports, let alone world sales

4500 530i Sport's - a model which was predominantly UK market only (For reasons I still dont quite understand)

mjt · 5 Oct 2010 at 00:17

I swear the UK is the only country where Sports outnumber SEs.
Proper M Sports are very rare over here, even in Germany.

Either way, there are fewer of mine worldwide. So I win

Well I say mine, it's still not bloody ready yet.
And it better have a CD changer cartridge and some mats when I get there.
They said they'd polish out some scratches and stone chips too, but car salesmen are the same everywhere..