BMW and M Power Owners

IAmATeaf · 30 Mar 2019 at 20:34

Egon said:
Just phoned and got another quote, spoke to a guy in the workshop who brought up my car and the last job done on it - apparently the labour had been "imported incorrectly on the quote" at £1500
New quote was £474, which seems low, I asked him if that was specifically for my car and he said yes.

I'm still suspicious but now for the completely opposite reason! I bet when I do actually take it in that I don't get quoted that either.

I think that might be correct as thinking back I think they quoted me for discs and pads all round.

theone8181 · 31 Mar 2019 at 07:30

Dangerous Dave said:
The M Sport brakes are larger than the E92 M3 brakes. They have two piece discs all round with 4 pot calipers with 370mm on the front and 345mm on the rear with 2 pot calipers so not surprised they are more expensive. Owners are going to get a surprise come brake renewal time on the new G series cars as these are now standard on many models (with a different 4 pot caliper looks to be the same as the ones used on JCW Minis, probably due to the old blue calipers having a common problem snapping bleed nipples off)

The E92 M3 has 360mm discs with single piston calipers on the front.

I did find that info, still it's a lot for 10mm extra disc.

Egon · 31 Mar 2019 at 08:56

IAmATeaf said:
I think that might be correct as thinking back I think they quoted me for discs and pads all round.

That adds up then. Cheers

texasjohn · 31 Mar 2019 at 10:01

[TW]Fox said:
For whatever reason BMW have seen fit to equip cars fitted with M Sport Plus package with absolutely insanely over specified brakes which are as good as those you'll find on far more exotic machinery.

All that matters now is looks and they look proper wicked innit.

Absolutely. I found it somewhat amusing to read, a few posts back, that these discs are bigger than those fitted to the E9x M3!

My previous car was a 340i Touring. Fitted with the 'standard' brakes and I didn't find it lacking at all.

rare · 31 Mar 2019 at 16:04

Purchased a 330Ci this weekend. It’s my third, though the last one I had was back in 2015...

FlapR · 31 Mar 2019 at 17:05

rare said:
Purchased a 330Ci this weekend. It’s my third, though the last one I had was back in 2015...

Was looking at that one on autotrader the other day, really nice example.

rare · 31 Mar 2019 at 17:22

FlapR said:
Was looking at that one on autotrader the other day, really nice example.

Indeed! A few minor jobs to do as you would expect, but overall a really nice car. Not that many pre facelift 330Ci’s in this kind of condition left out there.

shadow_boxer · 1 Apr 2019 at 00:17

Looks like a lovely example that.

Gona be sad to see her go after over 10 years together!

texasjohn · 1 Apr 2019 at 07:46

Both the 330Ci above are just lovely. I prefer the facelift but wine red is one of my favourite colours, so it's a tie.

nas · 1 Apr 2019 at 10:58

This may have been covered before, but is the “exhaust inspection” reference to the MOT?

Showing on iDrive as due.

Thanks

ElliotHand · 2 Apr 2019 at 16:15

So I have a convertible Z4M that I bought used from a main dealer about 7 years ago for a bargain £16k (was cheapest in UK at the time in the main dealer network).

Now I have a 1 year old baby I'm begrudgingly considering selling it as it's getting used less and less, just scanned used prices and looks like it'll fetch somewhere between £13-£17k according to Autotrader adverts.

Don't really have a point to the post, just thought I'd reminisce and let everyone know what fantastic cars these are. The later models of Z4 never came in a proper M version which I think helped to hold mine's value, that and it shared a number of components with the M3 CSL. Reviews were fairly mixed in comparison to a Boxter with the Z4M being less composed but goodness me the car is so much more fun. A real pocket rocket / hot rod (0-60 in 4.8s) that's very happy to step out in a controllable way with it's long track.

The other thing that's incredible is the practicality, numerous times I've used it to go to golf and the flared rear arches means you can take 2 sets of golf clubs in it which you'd have no chance in an F-type / Boxter.

I'm now struggling to find something I want to replace it with and although finding faster cars is relatively easy I've been struggling to find one that's able to put as much of a smile on my face....

[TW]Fox · 2 Apr 2019 at 16:41

nas said:
This may have been covered before, but is the “exhaust inspection” reference to the MOT?

Showing on iDrive as due.

Thanks

What car is this?

Dangerous Dave · 2 Apr 2019 at 16:54

nas said:
This may have been covered before, but is the “exhaust inspection” reference to the MOT?

Showing on iDrive as due.

Thanks

It's for the european exhaust emissions test it was likely incorrectly enabled during the PDI.

ChrisD. · 4 Apr 2019 at 09:56

The insurance on the M140 is due next month. BMW Insurance are coming in far cheaper than any of the comparison sites I've tried, with a smaller excess and better cover. Does anyone here use them? Any feedback?

Dangerous Dave · 4 Apr 2019 at 10:43

ChrisD. said:
The insurance on the M140 is due next month. BMW Insurance are coming in far cheaper than any of the comparison sites I've tried, with a smaller excess and better cover. Does anyone here use them? Any feedback?

Mine was the same can't give much feed back as I just switched in the last week. It was £100 cheaper than any quote I could get, I assume it must be tied into the underwriter getting a discount at BMW bodyshops.

ChrisD. · 4 Apr 2019 at 10:45

I'll see what LV can do first as they insure my FD2 and they do multi-car discount, but if that fails it looks like the best option.

nas · 4 Apr 2019 at 13:24

[TW]Fox said:
What car is this?

2012 325i E92

iwrox · 5 Apr 2019 at 17:27

ChrisD. said:
The insurance on the M140 is due next month. BMW Insurance are coming in far cheaper than any of the comparison sites I've tried, with a smaller excess and better cover. Does anyone here use them? Any feedback?

They came in by far the cheapest for us as well on our 140. Hopefully they remain competitive at renewal!

Havana_UK · 5 Apr 2019 at 17:29

I need to renew the M3 in a few days, insurance is coming in silly expensive since I moved postcodes so might give BMW a try.

BennyC · 5 Apr 2019 at 20:21

£200 dearer for me.