BMW and M Power Owners

J1nxy said:
Slightly different angle which shows the difference better, I really like the change

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Looks great, I think it's a good improvement definitely, but hope you don't mind me saying this - every time I see your car those numberplates drive me insane, the lettering is so not straight, OCD perhaps but it'd make a big difference with better quality plates :)
 
mrk said:
The E46 M3 doesn't feel super fast off the mark I'll admit when you're behind the wheel, as a passenger it's another story though. I've driven the f30 330D recently and off the mark that felt quicker but once the M3 gets to +4500RPM everything changes as you found :p

It is definitely a strong engine that absolutely loves to live in the 2nd half of the rev range and it sounds so good getting there. And to top it off, there isn't another car that sounds the same as an E46 M3 (loads of cars with v8s that sound similar, that burble, same goes for IL6s, v6s etc) and it saddens me a bit when I see on forums and other sites where people rip out the BMW exhaust and replace it with one that gives a deeper exhaust note :o
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The one thing that surprised me was how loud it is. The car is completely standard but it's really noticeable, even around 3-4k. I can see why people go for a deeper sounding exhaust as it is quite raspy.

What a peach of an engine, must be absolutely epic on track. DO WANT.

I was thinking that if I had the space I'd keep the current car and get an M3, but then I thought, in what scenario would I think "I don't want to drive the M3"??? In snow both cars would be equally as useless.
 
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The worst part is when you're on a nice country twisty road and are in the rev /zone/, it's perfect, the road is clear, the weather is great... And then some Fiat or something pulls out of a side road ahead and you have to drop the revs ;(

Can't a man enjoy a road in peace? :p
 
Stormster said:
Looks great, I think it's a good improvement definitely, but hope you don't mind me saying this - every time I see your car those numberplates drive me insane, the lettering is so not straight, OCD perhaps but it'd make a big difference with better quality plates :)
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Lettering I think is ok, I've never noticed it being off from standing in front or walking towards it and I'm a nightmare for noticing stuff like that, I think its that it mounts straight to the bumper so has a slight curvature to it...but now I'll be checking it in the morning and getting them to sort if it is wrong ;)
 
[TW]Fox;27807543 said:
The 6 Series is so amazing :(

Though I don't think the grilles are an improvement :p
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Tough :p ;) I like them and they are growing on me the more I look at it and the fact they cost me nought helps...better than the all black ones...
 
It bugs me that LED front indicators aren't standard on the 6 series, they look so much better with them :(


So it's time to buy a warranty for the M3, the prices I've been quoted are as follows (all prices include BMW Emergency Service):

Fully comprehensive with £0 excess - £1209
Fully comprehensive with £100 excess - £920
Fully comprehensive with £350 excess - £760

Named comp with £0 excess - £969
Named comp with £100 excess - £777
Named comp with £250 excess - £649.01

Driveline with £0 excess - £750
Driveline with £100 excess - £613.01
Driveline with £250 excess - £521

Naturally the best cover will be the full comprehensive one, where I'd probably go for the £350 excess as on such a new car I hope it will be unlikely that I'll need to claim more than once per year, so I still work out £100 better off. However looking at what the named component warranty covers it seems to be quite comprehensive? Basically I want to protect myself against throttle actuators failing, and the whole engine going bang, but whilst I'm paying a lot of money to do that, I might as well pay just that little bit more to get everything else covered too.

People only ever seem to go for the fully comprehensive warranty, is there a reason nobody seems to elect for the named component?
 
Voxination said:
It bugs me that LED front indicators aren't standard on the 6 series, they look so much better with them :(


So it's time to buy a warranty for the M3, the prices I've been quoted are as follows (all prices include BMW Emergency Service):

Fully comprehensive with £0 excess - £1209
Fully comprehensive with £100 excess - £920
Fully comprehensive with £350 excess - £760

Named comp with £0 excess - £969
Named comp with £100 excess - £777
Named comp with £250 excess - £649.01

Driveline with £0 excess - £750
Driveline with £100 excess - £613.01
Driveline with £250 excess - £521

Naturally the best cover will be the full comprehensive one, where I'd probably go for the £350 excess as on such a new car I hope it will be unlikely that I'll need to claim more than once per year, so I still work out £100 better off. However looking at what the named component warranty covers it seems to be quite comprehensive? Basically I want to protect myself against throttle actuators failing, and the whole engine going bang, but whilst I'm paying a lot of money to do that, I might as well pay just that little bit more to get everything else covered too.

People only ever seem to go for the fully comprehensive warranty, is there a reason nobody seems to elect for the named component?
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I looked at replacing the bulbs with the LED ones but they are stupid money and and absolute ball ache to do as its a light out/bumper off job...particularly annoying when the manual states they are LED...

Was your car not an AUC car? No brainier Fully Comp probably with the £100 excess...it covers (almost) everything that the original warranty does so to me always made most sense, makes taking it to a dealer much simpler...x & y is broke please fix it, here is £100...not we'll have to check its covered etc etc
 
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Car wasn't AUC so no extended warranty by default sadly.

By them mentioning "lubricated" a lot it seems they're hinting at covering pretty much everything mechanical in the car, but only certain electrical components.

Fully comp definitely looks to be the way to go then, no "Sorry sir the warranty doesn't cover that, that will be £lol please", and as Dangerous Dave says there is no mention of iDrive, air con or light units in the named component, all which could be very expensive. Thanks for that, was a good spot, didn't even think of those things!
 
How do you spend that much money on an E92 and not end up with an AUC one? You can usually get 2 years of cover on them so that's 2500 quid of value.

Anyway people don't bother with named component as its hardly any cheaper so what's the point?
 
opstrat said:
quick question.

Anyone know roughly how to tell OEM CSL alloys to replicas?
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Yes, if you see them fitted to a car that isn't an M3, they are replicas.

Otherwise usually the reps are not concave enough and if you take the wheels off they are not stamped with BMW part numbers.
 
my e92 330i just passed MOT with an advisory:

both front brake hoses slightly deteriorated. Don't think these are covered under FC warranty.

Need to do a bit of work this year, the above, rear shock absorbers, and hopefully under warranty a head gasket oil leak and headlight washer thing pops up but doesn't go fully down into the bumper again.

how much do we reckon for the brakes and suspension? a BMW price?

my uncle owns a garage so if i get parts i could prob get cheap labour.


maybe get the stone chips on the bonnet done too.
 
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