Prospective Buyers for M2 - What Spec

[monaco1981]

Good idea. I may well do the same, but have manual down for the moment.

spartridge said:

Long Beach Blue
Visibility package
Sun protection package
MDCT
Comfort access
Electric seats
Harmon Kardon

All provisional prior to August 2016 delivery.

May drop the MDCT depending on reviews of the car when the Journos get them. White with motorsport stripes would be interesting colour option but in reality I'd never go for this...

[AOK]

Hi there. If you had an early M2 coming which you were planning on enjoying for a few months but then needed to sell at the tail end of 2016, how would you say the following spec would fair in terms of re-salebility?

- Mineral Grey
- 6 Speed Manual
- Sun Protection Glass
- Lumbar Support
- Heated Seats
- Harman Kardon soundsystem

I'd appreciate and welcome and thoughts on this spec. Anything that should be re-thought / added?

[TuonoPants]

Spec finalised, just have to wait until October 2016 to see it

Long Beach Blue
Manual

Z0C Visibility package
Z0D Sun protection package
248 Steering wheel heating
3AG Reversing Assist camera
430 Ext. mirrors - folding, auto dimming
465 Split-folding rear seats
488 Lumbar support, driver and front pass.
494 Seat heating, front
674 Harman Kardon - Hi-Fi

[andrewturner]

I thought folding rear bench was standard kn BMW coupes. Is it the split which is the option?

Might need to add this to my spec.

[aeropilot]

andrewturner said:

I thought folding rear bench was standard kn BMW coupes. Is it the split which is the option?

Might need to add this to my spec.

Blimey, I would expect split folding rear seats to be standard in the M2, even in the M235 as well, as they were standard fit in my E82 135i....

[TuonoPants]

andrewturner said:

I thought folding rear bench was standard kn BMW coupes. Is it the split which is the option?

Might need to add this to my spec.

It's in the price list as "through loading system" which I need sometimes so I stuck it on the order, no idea if it adds the fold or the split or both.

[monaco1981]

Through load is the gap in the arm rest for skis

TuonoPants said:

andrewturner said:

I thought folding rear bench was standard kn BMW coupes. Is it the split which is the option?

Might need to add this to my spec.

It's in the price list as "through loading system" which I need sometimes so I stuck it on the order, no idea if it adds the fold or the split or both.

[Goatex]

monaco1981 said:

Through load is the gap in the arm rest for skis

TuonoPants said:

andrewturner said:

I thought folding rear bench was standard kn BMW coupes. Is it the split which is the option?

Might need to add this to my spec.

It's in the price list as "through loading system" which I need sometimes so I stuck it on the order, no idea if it adds the fold or the split or both.

Assuming it's the same as the 1 series then the through load is 40:20:40 rather than the standard 60:40 but what is not clear from its description is that it also includes a rear arm rest with built in cup holders - you do not get an armrest without through load so if you carry folk in the back often then it is also worth considering.

[thatsprettyshady]

Here's mine:

M2
Long beach blue
DCT -2MK
Sun protection glass - Z0D
Visibility package - Z0C
Reverse camera - 3AG
Lumber support - 488
Seat heating - 494
Comfort access - 322
Folding mirrors - 430
Elec seats - 459
Enhanced bluetooth - 6NS
HK sound - 674

I'd say a "safe" spec, thinking of ditching the elec seats though, does anyone know is the manual seats are lower?

[david hockney]

AOK said:

Hi there. If you had an early M2 coming which you were planning on enjoying for a few months but then needed to sell at the tail end of 2016, how would you say the following spec would fair in terms of re-salebility?

- Mineral Grey
- 6 Speed Manual
- Sun Protection Glass
- Lumbar Support
- Heated Seats
- Harman Kardon soundsystem

I'd appreciate and welcome and thoughts on this spec. Anything that should be re-thought / added?

I'd say that's a safe bet- mineral grey is conservative and looks great imho.
Lumbar and heated seats a must for me......
Personally one of my pet hates is sun protection glass- it looks chav and is totally unnecessary unless
maybe to a resident in Australia or the Middle East....but for some reason many folk choose it these days.

[aeropilot]

david hockney said:

Personally one of my pet hates is sun protection glass- it looks chav and is totally unnecessary unless
maybe to a resident in Australia or the Middle East....but for some reason many folk choose it these days.

I'm with you on that one

[Driver101]

The sun protection glass isn't that dark. I think it looks good on the car, working better with white.

[cerb4.5lee]

Driver101 said:

The sun protection glass isn't that dark. I think it looks good on the car, working better with white.

I think it looks good too and much like a gearbox choice it just proves how we all like different things, which is only a good thing really.

[undred orse]

Sun protection is a must for me.Seems I'm alone in ordering a sunroof.

[cerb4.5lee]

undred orse said:

Sun protection is a must for me.Seems I'm alone in ordering a sunroof.

Agree on both counts and with me being a little old school I get a little excited nowadays when I do occasionally see a car with a sunroof, so if I had the chance to spec a new car I too would go for a sunroof

[Inverted]

Think im decided on my spec but the two options im not sure on are reverse camera and comfort access.

Never owned a car with a reverse camera (only standard parking sensors which I never really trust anyway) So my reasoning is the M2 isnt really a big car and ive owned enough cars and never managed to reverse into anything so far. So isnt it a bit of a waste of money. (For me anyway)

Similar with comfort access, ok its a 'nice to have' i guess. but again never owned a car with it and never found it a problem to have to press a button on the fob.
One question I do have... If you dont spec comfort access do you still get a starter button and dont actually need to put the key in anywhere? (I had a new shape 1 series a few years ago and sure it was like that?)

...Think i might have saved myself 700 quid there

[TuonoPants]

The standard car comes with keyless start and a button, you just need the key in your pocket for the car to start. Comfort access means that you don't need to press the button on the remote to unlock the doors.

I've gone for the reversing camera as my current car has it an Mrs Pants has come to rely on it and it costs less than a bumper respray.

[Inverted]

TuonoPants said:

The standard car comes with keyless start and a button, you just need the key in your pocket for the car to start. Comfort access means that you don't need to press the button on the remote to unlock the doors.

I've gone for the reversing camera as my current car has it an Mrs Pants has come to rely on it and it costs less than a bumper respray.

Thanks for that. As I thought regarding the keyless start. Dont think Ill bother with it.

Luckily ill be the only one driving so dont need to worry about that.... May go for the camera but leave comfort.

Is there still security/theft concerns associated with comfort access? Or have a I made that up?

[AOK]

Inverted said:

Is there still security/theft concerns associated with comfort access? Or have a I made that up?

The security concerns were with remote locking at large (not the comfort access aspect). Only the older style keys (E generation cars) were affected and the F generation (with keyless go system) is supposed to be immune from that particular spate of crime.

Of course, the thieves will catch up eventually I'm sure. And if they really want it, they'll just lift it off the ground onto a low loader.

[Alpinestars]

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