BMW and M Power Owners

rodenal · 24 Oct 2013 at 12:30

Pad warning light came on this morning, pads are all fine so I'm guessing it's just a borked sensor - at the front as it's the oldest one. Can anyone remember which side it's on at the front? I think it's near side from memory

pepsilol · 24 Oct 2013 at 12:44

NEarside

Uncle_Gravy · 24 Oct 2013 at 14:18

Talk to me about the Clubsports, I see they have little differences to a standard CI, but the most i've seen are similar priced to a standard, are they worth getting, there's one on PH for £5995 04 63k on the clock, sure that price can be haggled down.

besides the wheels which i'm not that fond of personally, and its an auto

would this be a good buy?

Atari · 24 Oct 2013 at 14:42

Uncle_Gravy said:
Talk to me about the Clubsports, I see they have little differences to a standard CI, but the most i've seen are similar priced to a standard, are they worth getting, there's one on PH for £5995 04 63k on the clock, sure that price can be haggled down.

besides the wheels which i'm not that fond of personally, and its an auto would this be a good buy?

They're pretty much the same bar the marmite rear spoiler, clubsport front splitters, clubsport wheels, and the silver alu carbon cube interior. Depends if you like that rear spoiler though as it tends to offend

rodenal · 24 Oct 2013 at 14:43

Pretty much the above, pay more money for your car to be in the best colour but stupid looking tat stuck to it

Uncle_Gravy · 24 Oct 2013 at 15:00

I don't mind the Spoiler tbh, the wheels I don't like, but you can always grab a set of Ci wheels off the net, and price wise, the few decent examples i've found are pretty much priced the same as a standard 330ci.

[TW]Fox · 24 Oct 2013 at 15:18

If you are going to get standard wheels why bother, the wheels are probably the most significant difference.

Uncle_Gravy · 24 Oct 2013 at 15:30

[TW]Fox;25174294 said:
If you are going to get standard wheels why bother, the wheels are probably the most significant difference.

Suppose, Only reason i'm suggesting it as there is more decent Clubsports about then standard CI's (as far as i'm willing to travel anyway).

Its just impatientness really, I just want a new car

Atari · 24 Oct 2013 at 16:31

If you like the look of them and can live with the rear spoiler, get one

I like the spoiler but hated the wheels so swapped those over after a year. If I could find a reasonable priced, reasonable spec Individual 330ci in Velvet Blue, I'd have got that instead but they were hard to find when I bought mine.

Cosimo · 25 Oct 2013 at 07:04

The new Series 2 coupe:

The F22 M235i and 228i Coupes are coming in March 2014:

http://www.2addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=903957

rodenal · 25 Oct 2013 at 07:21

That's what the front end of the monstrosity that is the current 1 series should look like

Uncle_Gravy · 25 Oct 2013 at 16:25

A cracker of a 330ci is on PH, but was posted 3 weeks ago, so probably gone by now, but the price is too much I think, so It could be knocking about.

I just want opinions on it really, how much would you pay for it?

PH 330ci Link

Atari · 25 Oct 2013 at 17:14

£7,500 is a LOT of money for what is an old car now. I'd have expected that to be at least a grand cheaper.

Uncle_Gravy · 25 Oct 2013 at 17:33

I've drop him a message, see if He still has the car, hopefully if he still has it I can knock him down a bit, as this from all the other 330s about in the spec I want, this is literally the best example i've found so far.

[TW]Fox · 25 Oct 2013 at 18:17

Atari said:
£7,500 is a LOT of money for what is an old car now. I'd have expected that to be at least a grand cheaper.

It's a late facelift convertible in the best colour combination with sensible mileage. It's not going to be going for £6k. It's priced at pretty much exactly what I'd expect it to be at, IMHO.

Convertibles are always good at holding value.

rodenal · 25 Oct 2013 at 18:33

For once I agree on pricing. A late, nice drop top won't be cheap, in saying that I'd bet you'd get that at 7k

Uncle_Gravy · 25 Oct 2013 at 19:09

rodenal said:
For once I agree on pricing. A late, nice drop top won't be cheap, in saying that I'd bet you'd get that at 7k

Dam, oh well, back on the great hunt

One will come along soon.

Type_R · 25 Oct 2013 at 22:51

So changing the subject a little here. 18's as winter wheels for the M3 - most probably going for OZ racing Ultraleggaras in matt black (although I quite like graphite too) but the question is, to get the staggered set (wider rears) or standard 18x8 all round (like BMW do with their winters)?

Staggered will cost about £100 more in tyres.

[TW]Fox · 25 Oct 2013 at 22:56

All the same size, if you must waste a pile of money on winter wheels in England at least do it properly - wide tyres compromise performance in snow.

mjt · 25 Oct 2013 at 23:01

[TW]Fox;25183574 said:
All the same size, if you must waste a pile of money on winter wheels in England at least do it properly - wide tyres compromise performance in snow.

I disagree, the difference will be negligible. UHP winter tyres like ContiWinterContacts will be excellent regardless of width.

I'd personally go with the staggered set as it will provide more traction on cold, damp roads, which is a much more likely scenario. £100 is peanuts when you're buying 4x 18" winters.