I've gone Bavarian! 2015 428i Gran Coupé
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Nope, but you never can tell without getting underneath the car.
Latest fill up gave me 33.66MPG so I am getting about 10% better economy from Super compared to E10. Car had an oil change at a local trusted indy, I purchased the oil separately (£34 from Opie for 5L Petronas Syntium) and this was done for £89.20 including the filters and disposal so around £125 compared to the £198 BMW wanted. Other than that nothing else has gone wrong.
It’s not really. I have a pretty straight run through to work, 40mph single carriageway and it’s only 3 miles or so If I go direct, 4 if I drop off my laddie at his work, a mile in the other direction. Then I have a 45 mile round trip twice a week on motorway and dual carriageway With a little bit of town driving in the middle. I’ve been tracking the mileage since 11/07/21 when it was on 30,917 miles. Last fill up was 02/05/22 on 37,398 miles so likely around 9k miles a year.
Is still very enjoyable. Some good pace when needed and a nice snarl in Sport. Handling can be a bit fussy over some poor roads too but it has the M-Sport suspension so not surprising. I was considering a change a few months ago but now, I think, I will be keeping it as planned.How are you finding the car, now the honeymoon period is over?
Having come from a 2012 Ford Focus I have no complaints!
Everything is still working, no issues to report.
Brake Fluid changed at the insistence of the OBC. £41.40 including the Fluid!
Last fill up was a bit down on MPG, 29.57 when I usually get 31-33. Not sure why, but a thought in my mind that the fill might have been standard E10 put into the Super tank by accident at the petrol station. Average MPG across the whole ownership so far is 31.42mpg.
Brake Fluid changed at the insistence of the OBC. £41.40 including the Fluid!
Last fill up was a bit down on MPG, 29.57 when I usually get 31-33. Not sure why, but a thought in my mind that the fill might have been standard E10 put into the Super tank by accident at the petrol station. Average MPG across the whole ownership so far is 31.42mpg.
I know but mistakes happen. Might have been all down to me though.
Tracking on my fuelio app has seen a pretty consistent +10% better economy from Super compared to standard E10 Unleaded and that's across 8-10 fills.
So went to Newcastle from Central Scotland to see The Pretty Reckless in concert with my laddie. They were really good. Band was so tight, sound quality was great and what a voice she still has! Car was faultless, comfortable and easy to roll along on the speed limit on the cruise control. 46MPG too at an average of 56mph on the way back
I also had the car valeted by an old work colleague who has moved into that side. It was far from a full detail, there was no polisher involved, random orbital or otherwise but he did a cracking job of the wheels especially and it hasn't been that shiny since I bought it!
Noticed some stone chips on my drivers door edge and on the bonnet. Are the touch up kits any good? Which is the best one to use/try? Also I didn't realise quite how bad the wheels are around the rim. I've not been dragging them along kerbs or anything but they're quite pitted and scored in places.
New Tyres have entered my thoughts, debating ditching the Pirelli runflats but I cannot fault them. They're a bit noisy it's true but nothing massively intrusive and I'm considering a small boot spoiler and perhaps even a new 'diffuser' at the bottom too. There's really not much visual drama, M-Sport version or not.
Anyway, it's been faultless again since the last update, nothing has gone wrong and long may that continue.
I also had the car valeted by an old work colleague who has moved into that side. It was far from a full detail, there was no polisher involved, random orbital or otherwise but he did a cracking job of the wheels especially and it hasn't been that shiny since I bought it!
Noticed some stone chips on my drivers door edge and on the bonnet. Are the touch up kits any good? Which is the best one to use/try? Also I didn't realise quite how bad the wheels are around the rim. I've not been dragging them along kerbs or anything but they're quite pitted and scored in places.
New Tyres have entered my thoughts, debating ditching the Pirelli runflats but I cannot fault them. They're a bit noisy it's true but nothing massively intrusive and I'm considering a small boot spoiler and perhaps even a new 'diffuser' at the bottom too. There's really not much visual drama, M-Sport version or not.
Anyway, it's been faultless again since the last update, nothing has gone wrong and long may that continue.
I've had some recommendations from people on Facebook and there's quite a few very cheap ones on ebay too. I may just go for both from them.
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I've never been a fan of the black grilles. Not sure why really but I've seen loads of photos and am just not convinced.
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I must admit I wasn't quite 100% sold on it, thinking it was perhaps a bit too big, but now it's been on the car for a few days I really like it. Improves the look no end.
I will do. I have a friend who has a lift as I don't fancy crawling about under the car at the moment!Let me know how you get on with fitting it.
I also managed to snag one off the bay arriving sometime next week.
Mine is non-oem for £40 which will either be an absolute steal or a total waste of money lol
Never. It has two discrete ‘M’ badges on the side and that’s it.When are the MPower badges and grille slats being added?
There was a smaller lip version available. This is in the style of the M4 Spoiler.
Of course not. A lot of double sided tape!