BMW and M Power Owners

Minstadave · 19 Apr 2015 at 12:14

mjt said:
Come off it, even my S3 under steers like a pig and that's without a heavy diesel lump in front of the front axle!

Don't speak sense on here

My old A3 on the same chassis was the same.

Leeroy Jenkins · 19 Apr 2015 at 13:13

Ghosteh said:
So got my car on Monday, thought I'd upload a picture or two.

428i M Sport with Sport Auto transmission.

So nice to drive, such a step up from my old 320d e90!

Lovely car i really do love the design of the 4 series. One of BMW's best designs since the E46 3 series i think.

Stormster · 19 Apr 2015 at 17:32

Any good sources for 1 series coupe buying guides and stuff I need to really be looking for spec wise?

mrk · 19 Apr 2015 at 17:56

lucarocks92 said:
Lovely car i really do love the design of the 4 series. One of BMW's best designs since the E46 3 series i think.

Have you left out the 6 series? How could you!

But yes, the 4 series styling has grown on me quite a bit, though mostly only from the front and the side profiles. The back I'm still a bit hmmm about.

[TW]Fox · 19 Apr 2015 at 18:01

lucarocks92 said:
Lovely car i really do love the design of the 4 series. One of BMW's best designs since the E46 3 series i think.

Sadly the built in 'deliberate omissions to give us something for the facelift' ruin it for me.

The M4 is a fantastic looking thing, mind.

xs2man · 19 Apr 2015 at 18:17

mrk said:
Have you left out the 6 series? How could you!

The 6 series is probably the ugliest premium motor on the road though... :confused:

[TW]Fox · 19 Apr 2015 at 18:18

xs2man said:
The 6 series is probably the ugliest premium motor on the road though...

Except for the bit where it quite obviously isn't :confused:

Leeroy Jenkins · 20 Apr 2015 at 14:37

mrk said:
Have you left out the 6 series? How could you!

But yes, the 4 series styling has grown on me quite a bit, though mostly only from the front and the side profiles. The back I'm still a bit hmmm about.

xs2man said:
The 6 series is probably the ugliest premium motor on the road though...

[TW]Fox;27934169 said:
Except for the bit where it quite obviously isn't

Which 6 series are we talking about current or last gen?

Blackhawk47 · 20 Apr 2015 at 14:49

[TW]Fox;27934169 said:
Except for the bit where it quite obviously isn't

I like the new model but the previous one was pretty dopey looking from the front. Each to their own I guess.

xs2man · 20 Apr 2015 at 17:37

lucarocks92 said:
Which 6 series are we talking about current or last gen?

I personally don't like either. The front ends are just rank...

That being said, I aint a huge fan of the front end on my F11 either, and also dislike the F30. But it is MUCH nicer than the 6.

[TW]Fox · 20 Apr 2015 at 17:39

So a 10 year old one and a random picture of one in a matt brown paint finish we probably don't even get in the UK?

Take a look at an M Sport GranCoupe and it looks great. I'd post a pic but I can't be bothered to go through all that re-hosting faff.

Jez · 20 Apr 2015 at 17:41

^^ They both look very nice to me, the best of the range within each generation :confused:

Basher · 20 Apr 2015 at 17:52

[TW]Fox;27938195 said:
So a 10 year old one and a random picture of one in a matt brown paint finish we probably don't even get in the UK?

Take a look at an M Sport GranCoupe and it looks great. I'd post a pic but I can't be bothered to go through all that re-hosting faff.

The front end of the 'new' 6 still looks pretty awful.

The back looks great, though.

mrk · 20 Apr 2015 at 17:57

Old 6 in M-Sport looks amazing still, so muscular, so "I don't give a crap, I'm a 6 series get out of my way" - So right.

The new one just adds a dash of sleek to the whole mix.

Howard · 20 Apr 2015 at 18:02

I think the old one has a lovely side profile but the front and back ends look awful. The new one is a much, much sleeker design. This is a fact and therefore you're all wrong if you think differently, so stop arguing.

MoRT489 · 20 Apr 2015 at 18:07

I'm just holding off on a 2012 AUC X3 as the dealer has just sent me a video showing some fairly serious stone chips on the bonnet. My concen is that stone chips void the anti-corrosion warranty which will affect resale value of the car or worse could result in a costly repair for me down the road. Thoughts? Will a touch up by the AUC centre be sufficient? Is this actually something to be concerned about?

[TW]Fox · 20 Apr 2015 at 18:09

If you can spot the stone chips in the video it sounds fairly awful.

Blackhawk47 · 20 Apr 2015 at 18:26

Basher said:
The front end of the 'new' 6 still looks pretty awful.

It looks like a BMW. It is a pretty standard 'look' across the whole range of cars.

Basher · 20 Apr 2015 at 18:43

Blackhawk47 said:
It looks like a BMW. It is a pretty standard 'look' across the whole range of cars.

To some degree, yes. But the front of every other BMW looks better than the front of the 6.

xs2man · 20 Apr 2015 at 18:45

[TW]Fox;27938195 said:
So a 10 year old one and a random picture of one in a matt brown paint finish we probably don't even get in the UK?

Take a look at an M Sport GranCoupe and it looks great. I'd post a pic but I can't be bothered to go through all that re-hosting faff.

Oh, I didn't realise the M-Sport GranCoupe had a different front end?

Oh. It doesn't (bumper aside). Still looks rank. Grill is too low and squashed, and the lights are terrible. Although, that being said, it is nicer than the older one, that looks like Snoopy on smack.

The only BMW ever to beat it (out the factory), in the rank looking list, is the old 7 series...