Some M Power inside :)

SS-89 · 4 Oct 2015 at 17:11

As some of you may know from the Meet we had a few months back I sold my E92 M3 and ordered a factory M4 for delivery in late September. Well I flew up to Edinburgh early afternoon yesterday to collect it!

So opinions on the car?...Average...I kid. To put it simply better than my old E92 M3 in nearly every department. Does it sound as good as the V8? Well in all honestly it sounds pretty awesome in Sports Plus with the flaps open but it's an entirely different sound, more rugged and meaty compared to the howl and scream of the V8. The engine itself is sublime, so much low end power accessible throughout the rev range (well up to 5.5k for now until I get to run in

).

I got up early today and spent most of the morning fitting the M performance Grilles, side gills, spoiler and diffuser.

All in all one happy bunny. Obligatory iPotato pics below and a video to show off the colour (Azurite black).

Car Spec:

Azurite Black Individual
Full Merino leather - Sakhir Orange
Carbon fibre interior trim with black chrome
19" 437M in Jet Black
Front Sliding Armrest
Smokers pack
M Head up Display
Sun Protection Glass
Reversing Camera
Harman Kardon surround sound
Surround Camera system
Speed limit display
Internet access
Adaptive LED's
Comfort access
5 Year Service package

Pics (click to enlarge):

You can see the blue fleck in Azurite Black quite clearly towards the end.

SS-89 · 4 Oct 2015 at 17:27

SDK^ said:
I bet the drive back was fun

We left at 3 and wanted to get back in good time! As a result the majority of the 410+ miles were motorway (A74,M6,M40) and rather dull. Although the first 20 miles were twisty back roads outside of edinburgh which was good fun

SS-89 · 4 Oct 2015 at 17:31

[TW]Fox;28642222 said:
Did you get it from Eastern? They had a really impressive M Power showroom.

Peter Vardy, also an M power dealer and frankly the best showroom I've ever been to. Really great service from them all round.

SS-89 · 4 Oct 2015 at 18:14

Joe T said:
Nice car.

Is the sound you're referring to the actual sound from outside the car, or what you hear inside from the speakers?

Outside, regardless the inside 'Active sound' isn't like the M5 (something like 98% is just engine induction noise being piped in from the engine bay http://www.motoringresearch.com/news/bmw-m3-m4-engine-noise-98-real-0513943059) and is actually quite a nice note!

SS-89 · 4 Oct 2015 at 18:31

SDK^ said:
^^ it's only an M car, if it was a Ferrari F12 then I would agree.

Agreed, in fact the e92 M3 stock exhaust was rubbish, it only came alive once modded.

SS-89 · 4 Oct 2015 at 20:40

shifty_uk said:
Not complaining, genuinely wondering; there must be a reason behind it given some of their other ranges and primary rivals have made the switch.

So we can do handbrake turns on the track

In all honesty I don't know but I think all M cars have a manual handbrake.

SS-89 · 4 Oct 2015 at 21:08

[TW]Fox;28643151 said:
No, they all have whatever handbrake the base model has - so the M5 has an electronic one, the M4 has a conventional one.

Ah in that case quite bizarre the 4 series didn't adopt an electric handbrake since it's fairly new.

SS-89 · 5 Oct 2015 at 07:45

mjt said:
Lovely. Doing it right with the red leather as well. Enjoy!

Surprised you ordered it in Scotland considering you live in London, but I guess you got a better deal up there?

Yep got a better deal.

SS-89 · 5 Oct 2015 at 09:51

panthro said:
Noice!

What made you go for the M4 over the M3?

I have no need for 4 doors and prefer the looks of the coupe over the M3

SS-89 · 6 Oct 2015 at 08:00

Voxination said:
Black with extra black. Watch out, you might get a job offer as a designer at Land Rover at this rate

Looking forward to seeing it mate, we can do extensive noise testing between the V8 and the turbo 6

Haha yep the job offers from jlr are lined up! Looking forward to the meet.