BMW and M Power Owners

Basher said:
I had the 35i with DCT.

Damn babies!
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I feel your pain, I sold mine because I thought I needed to free up some money for a house move, which wasn't necessary at all. Then I thought about buying another one until the wife got pregnant.

Myshra said:
Still can't believe you sold your e89s you terrible people, my 35i is still roaring but with the exhaust rattle that a lot of N54s seem to end up with, BMW are suggesting it is a very expensive fix for a noise which goes away inside 30s on startup so i'm going to leave it for now.

35i/iS have silver grills, iS have more options by default / power / msport kit et al. It's a bit of a chunky car and does roll a bit when pushed (I switched to standard tyres which helped a lot with my day to day driving) but for cruising about everywhere I just love it, especially the cockpit. Only thing i really wish I got on mine was the DCT but I'll settle for being able to row my own with a heated steering wheel. That is an option which is now going on all my cars, I can't go back.
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iS has got silver wing mirrors too.
 
[TW]Fox;29187353 said:
The 1M is a perfect illustration of how irrational and ridiculous car values can get. There is nothing about it that should make it worth £40k for a 5 year old car now the M2 is here, offers pretty much exactly the same thing, and is that price new.

There is no longer anything unique, special or particularly noteworthy about the 1M.

It's a small, turbocharged, 3 litre 6 cylinder coupe with a trick diff and bags of power. So, the same as an M2 then.
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Limited edition m8.
 
[TW]Fox;29228351 said:
Staggered they are still worth so much, 8 grand for an 11 year old pre facelift E60.

That's what I paid for my E39 530i - when it was less than 5 years old! :eek:

Madness.

Still, if that's what they are worth its what they are worth and it's a good spec.
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Surely some of that is to do with inflation?
 
Heard a good one today whilst getting the airbag recall done on my M3.
Some guy was in with his 65 plate M4 convertible. Sounded like he'd had numerous problems with it including the roof motors replaced, front and rear light units replaced, exhaust replaced and was in today getting the brakes checked.
I said to him if he's considered rejecting the car and he said "rejections not really an option because I paid loads extra to put all the M Performance kit on it and it's putting out over 500bhp".
I felt like replying "Really? So how much extra carbon fibre do you need to get over 500bhp?" :D Of course I didn't but I just nodded and said "ok".
 
SS-89 said:
That sounds like two separate points, as in he's put the full m perf kit (which if dealer installed is betalinked therefore not possible to remove and resell) and he might have a tune on it which would basically screw him out of being able to return it. Though I wasn't there so maybe he did think the carbon adds power :p.
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Just realised I didn't mention; he had the M Perf spoiler on with some carbon fibre interior and that was it. Not even the M Perf exhaust.
 
I think if he'd had a tune on his car he would have mentioned it rather than just say he's paid for the M Performance parts. Definitely a stock exhaust too as he'd just had it replaced because "it made a really horrible rattling noise". had it since December and done 1500 miles in it (allegedly). Think he was just trying to show off to a random stranger. Always find it very sad when people are like that. Not many people are stupid enough to tune their car before the running in period!
 
An M4 GTS followed me on the way to work this morning, and turned into the BMW HQ in Farnborough. One word, wow. It has so much more road presence than the vanilla F80 M4. Can't wait to see it go round a track at some point.
 
mrk said:
Coileeeez.

Been owned by a brapster that. The convertible has lower suspension than the coupe by default and each E46 M3 has individual spring rates based on the spec it left the factory at. Changing these to aftermarket just messes up the geo surely.
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No. They are colour coded based on SMG/manual and sat nav/no sat nav.

Swapping them round will not mess up the geometry because there's hardly any difference in the spring rates.
 
alx said:
Seen this Z4 35i, quite tempted - AT link

It's been reduced it in a price a bit over the past week, just black is a pain to keep clean :(
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Looks like a nice car, but personally I'd want to stick a warranty on it, and it's on the threshold of the lower priced warranty. Black isn't too much of a pain to keep clean, but it's bad for showing up swirl marks in the paint.
 
I need a new car, but can't decide if I should buy a later model 3 series touring (2010-2011) or spend more money on a higher mileage F11 5 series (most likely SE spec as that's all I can afford). The main requirements are: touring model, pro-nav CIC iDrive, heated seats, auto gearbox (sports auto if F11), xenons. I don't have more than £15k max and I'd prefer it to be under 100k miles.
Edit - it has to be 6 cylinders.
 
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Cheers, will have a look. Seems like they changed from 6 cylinders to 4 cylinders at the end of 2011?
I would prefer sports auto, but yes I suppose it shouldn't be a deal breaker. I really hate the non sports auto gear stick :p
 
Sam said:
Have you seen an M2 in the flesh? really does look good. Im not a massive fan on the look of the cayman/s, GTS is better however i do LOVE the GT4.



To be fair 2 series are ten a penny but the M2 will defiantly get some looks, BMW have done a great job...
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Yep, sat in one and revved the engine too, sounded pretty much the same as the M3/4. The 981 is a much better place to be in and it definitely looks better. I'd rather an F30 M3.
 
I was having terrible problems with the rattling parcel shelf on my E46. I was looking at removing it and insulating the edges, or using some kind of expanding foam until I researched the "tennis ball mod". I can quite honestly say that this is the best "mod" I have ever done to my car. The rattling and squeaking from the parcel shelf has completely gone. As long as you don't look under the parcel shelf you'd never know :p
 
dale1uk said:
I know, its more than I'd be willing to pay. If I was wanting it I'd need them to drop the price and do a good deal on my part ex.

In your opinion what is it worth? The main spec is as follows:

2010 325d Touring M Sport
Automatic
79k miles
Full service history
Xenons with high beam assist and adaptive headlights
Profesional Nav
Panoramic roof
Heated leather

There aren't many good spec LCI Tourings available within my budget (ideally up to £12k but could increase that slightly if the right car came up). The main options that are a must for me are the xenons, Pro Nav, and heated leather.
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Personally, I was looking for exactly the same car as you, but decided to up my budget and look for an F10 525d Touring, which start at around £15k.

I wouldn't want to pay more than £12k for an LCI E91, but the car above only has 20k miles until you're unable to warranty it through BMW.
 
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