BMW and M Power Owners

[Howard]

Any thing like yours fox ?

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifi...6-04/bmw-5-series-e39-530i-sport-2003/1275793

That can only be Fox's long-lost northern brother.

 

[Sam]

Don't get too excited - You haven't sold it yet.

Car sold last week - 6.5K

 

[Scania]

That can only be Fox's long-lost northern brother.

Despite it being older & a lot more miles, I'd wager Fox's is at least as good as that one, if not better! - bargain for somebody, if he ever sells it!!

 

[Blackhawk47]

Despite it being older & a lot more miles, I'd wager Fox's is at least as good as that one, if not better! - bargain for somebody, if he ever sells it!!

Fox will never sell it, ever. Even if he got a F10 I bet.

 

[[TW]Fox]

It would be the most pointless sale ever. It is not worth much, yet it's very nice and I very much like it.

 

[Basher]

Picked the Z4 up today. Will post pictures tomorrow when I get a chance. Loving it so far; although the standard BMW stereo is absolute crap. Definitely going to upgrade the speakers at a minimum.

How many speakers does the standard one have?

 

[mrk]

You'll find the speaker are likely very good, in standard BMW fashion it's the HU that's crap.

 

[J1nxy]

If its like the e90 I had the standard speakers were crap but the OEM Alpine upgrade with the boot mounted amp, replacement fronts and additional tweeters made it much better, that was driven from the Pro-Nav.

 

[SDK^]

Are BMW going to tweak or replace the 320D engine anytime soon? It is slipping behind the competition in terms of CO2 output and efficiency.

 

[[TW]Fox]

Are BMW going to tweak or replace the 320D engine anytime soon? It is slipping behind the competition in terms of CO2 output and efficiency.

How is it?

Audi A4 2.0 TDI S-Line: 177bhp, 120g/km CO2, 61.4mpg
BMW 320d M Sport: 184bhp, 120g/km CO2, 62.8mpg

Audi A4 2.0 TDIe SE: 163bhp, 115g/km CO2, 64.2mpg
BMW 320d EfficientDynamics: 163bhp, 109g/km CO2, 68.9mpg

More powerful and more effiicient than its main competitor?

 

[SDK^]

I'm looking at the Touring models.

For some reason the BMW 318d and 320d are at 123 and 125 CO2 (non ED models) when competitors estate CO2 numbers don't increase when compared to the saloon version.

 

[[TW]Fox]

Thats not the engine thats to blame though - see the above figures - it's the bodyshape and vehicle weight.

 

[Ste]

Anyone seen the new pics of an M235i out on the road? It's very nice!

http://www.carscoops.com/2013/05/spied-undisguised-bmw-m235i-coupe-shows.html

 

[Clarkey]

Silly naming these days, however that looks awesome. M135i that looks really good, do cars get better than this? I guess the catch will be a much higher price than the hatch.

 

[Janesy B]

Looks a lot less awkward than the 1 series coupé it's replacing.

 

[Ste]

Complimenting, I think

 

[[TW]Fox]

Complimenting, I think

No, it's not complimenting the 1 Coupe. That car is end of life very soon - its still based on the 2004 1 Series!

 

[Ste]

Oops, I'd read that as replacing the new shape M135i!

 

[panthro]

How many speakers does the standard one have?

If its like the e90 I had the standard speakers were crap but the OEM Alpine upgrade with the boot mounted amp, replacement fronts and additional tweeters made it much better, that was driven from the Pro-Nav.

I think theres 6 speakers in total. I might consider a retrofit of the amp and additional speakers, but might just upgrade the ones in there as I'm not an audiophile, but know when something sounds really terrible!

 

[wingman]

Silly naming these days, however that looks awesome. M135i that looks really good, do cars get better than this? I guess the catch will be a much higher price than the hatch.

It does look great, I see parts of the GT86 in the styling.