BMW and M Power Owners

IAmATeaf · 3 Apr 2020 at 15:55

ezekial said:
I really wish BMW would calm down with the grills... Looks good aside from that

Think it needs a nose ring

233 · 3 Apr 2020 at 17:39

IAmATeaf said:
@233 Are you sure the noise isn’t coming from the speakers?

nope . only really hear it when you open the window

been looking at 1.5t minis now

[TW]Fox · 3 Apr 2020 at 19:45

What happened to the taxis?

233 · 3 Apr 2020 at 19:51

[TW]Fox said:
What happened to the taxis?

95% of our business evaporated overnight, leaving it more or less dead in the water.

handed whats little left over to the missus to run on a much reduced scale and i've taken a role with a large courier firm

Smokey26 · 4 Apr 2020 at 18:07

Will Gill said:
The GTS flash is OTS

Meant the DME map. Id never run a generic map on a DCT car, they dont increase the clutch pressures, a custom map is a lot better, safer and usually more power.

Will Gill · 4 Apr 2020 at 20:18

The gts dct transmission flash specifically mentions maximising the clutch clamping force, isn't that what you are referring to?

muon · 5 Apr 2020 at 00:09

I haven't driven my car in 3 weeks. Shouldn't matter right to leave it for 2 months? Cars are left longer on the lot by dealers.

Dangerous Dave · 5 Apr 2020 at 07:33

muon said:
I haven't driven my car in 3 weeks. Shouldn't matter right to leave it for 2 months? Cars are left longer on the lot by dealers.

Likely the battery will need a charge, my wife’s Mini flashed up a low battery warning as it has done under 10 miles in a couple of months and sat for 6-7 weeks.

Dealers have similar issues not unusual to get in a show room car and see the low battery warning.

TomO · 5 Apr 2020 at 11:12

Will Gill said:
Carbon adds like 10hp per mod, surely?

Pure turbos, VRSF downpipes and charge pipes are all on order. Should be good for 700ish

apologies again for the misunderstanding x

have just seen pure are doing 15% off all Turbo upgrades if not too late to try and wangle that ?

Will Gill · 5 Apr 2020 at 11:22

TomO said:
have just seen pure are doing 15% off all Turbo upgrades if not too late to try and wangle that ?

Cheers matey

Bloody typical

I shall message CA and see if I can have a refund or additional equipment/toys to the same value, shan't set my hopes too high though. Although the shipping date is in May so maybe I'll get lucky

muon · 5 Apr 2020 at 15:41

Dangerous Dave said:
Likely the battery will need a charge, my wife’s Mini flashed up a low battery warning as it has done under 10 miles in a couple of months and sat for 6-7 weeks.

Dealers have similar issues not unusual to get in a show room car and see the low battery warning.

Ah that's no good. Will be near impossible to charge the battery due to where I park.

Simon · 7 Apr 2020 at 14:54

Anyone fancy a 9.5k mile M3 CSL?

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2004-bmw-e46-m3-csl

IAmATeaf · 8 Apr 2020 at 14:26

muon said:
Ah that's no good. Will be near impossible to charge the battery due to where I park.

My cars not been used for the last few weeks except to move it back and forth when it's bin day

Wonder if I'd get in trouble if I took it for a spin?

Smokey26 · 9 Apr 2020 at 20:04

Simon said:
Anyone fancy a 9.5k mile M3 CSL?

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2004-bmw-e46-m3-csl

Not when you could easily get a Gallardo for the same money.

Simon · 9 Apr 2020 at 20:56

Smokey26 said:
Not when you could easily get a Gallardo for the same money.

Quite. It wasn’t really a what else could you get type of post. Just a rare car for a collector.

tamzzy · 9 Apr 2020 at 23:17

less than 9 months old and already 20% off list. oof...

M135i xDrive 5 door (F40)
Alpine White
Cloth Seats

List Price OTR £36,770
Dealer contribution £4,775
Total invoice price £31,995
BMW Contribution £1,500
Customer deposit £1,100
47 monthly...... £375.38
Plus Final GFV... £15,192.20
3.9% APR Based on 8000 miles pa.

[TW]Fox · 10 Apr 2020 at 08:13

tamzzy said:
less than 9 months old and already 20% off list. oof...

That's pretty much always the minimum discount you can get?

tamzzy · 10 Apr 2020 at 11:26

[TW]Fox said:
That's pretty much always the minimum discount you can get?

Even on a new model?

Dis86 · 10 Apr 2020 at 12:35

tamzzy said:
Even on a new model?

Yup

mrk · 10 Apr 2020 at 22:46

Not a fan of black grilles, keep it chrome although on modern BMWs the grilles may as well be the entire front end they're that big so makes little difference I guess. In the olden days black grille slats meant it was a 4cyl engine whilst chrome reserved for the 6. Those were nice little touches. Now even a x20d has exhausts on each side and everything else with only the engine noise and boot badge (unless deleted) to tell you what it is. Not even the brakes will give it away since you can get the M Performance big brake option on even the lowest models as I saw not long ago on 2 cars around town lol.

Personally not a fan of carbon front end bits either as I have a carbon fibre air scoop for my intake at the moment. It's a small item that just sits in the brake duct but the amount of stone chips it picks up and gets its lacquer damaged by is just insane so can only imagine the state of everything else that is CF on the front end on a car that gets regularly on the motorways and fast winding roads. I did consider replacing it but at £200+ for a new one from Evolve.... I'll stick to the battle scarred one lol.