Show Me Your BMW!!!!!!!!!

[Timbergiant]

Winter is the best time of year to buy a convertible, apparently.

[VerySideways]

The family bus, an F11 535i:

[cerb4.5lee]

Timbergiant said:

Winter is the best time of year to buy a convertible, apparently.

That's a very nice rare car in convertible form and I haven't seen one yet out on the road, enjoy it.

[cerb4.5lee]

VerySideways said:

The family bus, an F11 535i:

I do like a touring and its good to see its not the default 2.0d model, I would love a 535i myself, enjoy.

[VerySideways]

cerb4.5lee said:

I do like a touring and its good to see its not the default 2.0d model, I would love a 535i myself, enjoy.

Took me 8 months to find it.
Only 3 came up for sale in that period, PHer Jobbo bought the first and the second was a manual - which I don't think suits the car at all.

[RoverP6B]

Every time I see an F11 it reminds me what an utterly miserable month I had in one. Truly wretched, awful car, and no, that wasn't all down to the 2-litre diesel engine by any means - the only good things about it were the 8-speed ZF automatic gearbox and the astonishingly powerful windscreen washers. In every other respect, I was enormously relieved to step back to the E39, which is a vastly better car in almost every way.

[VerySideways]

RoverP6B said:

Every time I see an F11 it reminds me what an utterly miserable month I had in one. Truly wretched, awful car, and no, that wasn't all down to the 2-litre diesel engine by any means - the only good things about it were the 8-speed ZF automatic gearbox and the astonishingly powerful windscreen washers. In every other respect, I was enormously relieved to step back to the E39, which is a vastly better car in almost every way.

Different strokes, different folks.
This is the best BMW wagon i've had since my E34 540i (and i've had quite a few!).

[patrick80]

Bought a bmw m3 e46 ess the other day. Fantastic car producing 500+ bhp. The car is hugely faster than the standard e46 having owned the standard model in previous years. I wanted one which still kept the same standard body as I think the car looks good enough without tampering with it!

Edited by patrick80 on Thursday 5th November 18:35

[ATM]

cerb4.5lee said:

Timbergiant said:

Winter is the best time of year to buy a convertible, apparently.

That's a very nice rare car in convertible form and I haven't seen one yet out on the road, enjoy it.

Back window looks a bit small. Can you see anything out the back in your rear view mirror?

[Timbergiant]

Not too bad really, I've driven much worse.

[OddCat]

E92 330i Highline in Atlantis Blue

[AB]

Timbergiant said:

Winter is the best time of year to buy a convertible, apparently.

I didn't even know that these existed until now. Looks great, lovely colour. I think one of these could be a realistic swap for my 4 series when the time comes; what's the standard spec like on them? The 4 series swayed me with Pro Nav, heated seats etc.

[AB]

OddCat said:

E92 330i Highline in Atlantis Blue

I've never seen another in this colour. I think I like it.

[patrick80]

patrick80 said:

Bought a bmw m3 e46 ess the other day. Fantastic car producing 500+ bhp. The car is hugely faster than the standard e46 having owned the standard model in previous years. I wanted one which still kept the same standard body as I think the car looks good enough without tampering with it!

Edited by patrick80 on Thursday 5th November 18:35

Here's a pic of my supercharged m3: http://msportdriver.com/share/general/15

Edited by patrick80 on Saturday 7th November 15:04

[OddCat]

AB said:

I've never seen another in this colour. I think I like it.

It is rare I think. Was a car built by BMW as a showroom special for Christmas 2009. As far as I can tell Atlantis Blue wasn't even in the brochure as one if the individual range of special colours. In the flesh it is amazing. Is a little more green / turquoise. More pics below....

[Timbergiant]

AB said:

Timbergiant said:

Winter is the best time of year to buy a convertible, apparently.

I didn't even know that these existed until now. Looks great, lovely colour. I think one of these could be a realistic swap for my 4 series when the time comes; what's the standard spec like on them? The 4 series swayed me with Pro Nav, heated seats etc.

Compared to my 4 it's a nice comfortable car, not as nice a place to be toy wise but I'm sure a few options would fix that, ride is very smooth, considering it's meant to be a sports car and the reputation for bumpiness BMWs have.
De-badged and get rid of the terrible contrasting mirrors and you could easily sneak about unnoticed in a superb little rocket.

[ATM]

Timbergiant said:

AB said:

Timbergiant said:

Winter is the best time of year to buy a convertible, apparently.

I didn't even know that these existed until now. Looks great, lovely colour. I think one of these could be a realistic swap for my 4 series when the time comes; what's the standard spec like on them? The 4 series swayed me with Pro Nav, heated seats etc.

Compared to my 4 it's a nice comfortable car, not as nice a place to be toy wise but I'm sure a few options would fix that, ride is very smooth, considering it's meant to be a sports car and the reputation for bumpiness BMWs have.
De-badged and get rid of the terrible contrasting mirrors and you could easily sneak about unnoticed in a superb little rocket.

They've finally launched the 225d also. I'm sure they will be offering this in the soft top version.

Quick pic after a trip to the 3 quid european car wash. They gave the wheels a right good scrubbing. Best I've seen them since I put them on. I really need to swap over to my winter setup today. I was getting wheel spin in 3rd with moderate throttle and some sliding around wakey wakey moments as well.

[RoverP6B]

Those wheels wouldn't look so out-of-place on a Mitsubishi Evo.

Incidentally, why an LS1 swap rather than an M62?

[aka_kerrly]

RoverP6B said:

Incidentally, why an LS1 swap rather than an M62?

Could be the LS1 makes more power as standard, no doubt consumables and rebuild costs are substantially lower and the range of aftermarket parts is enormous.

[ATM]

aka_kerrly said:

RoverP6B said:

Incidentally, why an LS1 swap rather than an M62?

Could be the LS1 makes more power as standard, no doubt consumables and rebuild costs are substantially lower and the range of aftermarket parts is enormous.

Exactly this. It's a nice feeling pressing the loud pedal when you know the clutch is OEM and can handle 500 bhp. If something lets go on the engine then parts are relatively cheap. You can buy a full headgasket set for peanuts. It's all very agricultural with a single cam and pushrods. It's a lot less refined than my other v8 but that's why it's more fun. I keep thinking about a bigger engine. 400 bhp is great but 500 sounds a lot better.