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

[Lozw86]

I quite like the front of them, certainly prefer it to the pre-facelift model

Yes you would expect electric seats to be standard (given that heated seats is standard) They are partly electric and partly manual. I am not too concerned becuase once I have my seat set up I rarely move it, and no one else is likely to drive the car

BMW are notorius for being a bit tight on the extras and spec. Overall I am very happy with the spec on this paticular car tho, it was a display room demo so is nicely kitted out

[VerySideways]

New addition to the family:

[2 GKC]

VerySideways said:

New addition to the family:

Beautiful car. Nasty little Reg plate though, put a proper size one on it sir!

[VerySideways]

2 GKC said:

Beautiful car. Nasty little Reg plate though, put a proper size one on it sir!

Why? It's 100% legal.

[Mike335i]

Lovely f31. Love the colour, looks great as a touring.

[VerySideways]

Mike335i said:

Lovely f31. Love the colour, looks great as a touring.

Thanks.
I was hesitant on the blue because they're EVERYWHERE but I really like it.
Probably more controversial is the oyster leather interior...

[pottman]

I posted some pics of my Oxford Green F80 M3 earlier in this thread (page 311), so I thought you might be interested in my latest acquisition.

[p1stonhead]

pottman said:

I posted some pics of my Oxford Green F80 M3 earlier in this thread (page 311), so I thought you might be interested in my latest acquisition.

Oh my. That colour is stunning on both of them.

The M3 is HUGE looking though!

[pottman]

p1stonhead said:

Oh my. That colour is stunning on both of them.

The M3 is HUGE looking though!

Thanks. Interestingly it's the M5 that won't fit in my garage, but the M3 will.

The M3 is 4681mm v M5 4784mm.

Edited by pottman on Sunday 12th March 10:02

[2 GKC]

VerySideways said:

2 GKC said:

Beautiful car. Nasty little Reg plate though, put a proper size one on it sir!

Why? It's 100% legal.

I presume, perhaps incorrectly, that it didn't leave the dealer like that though? Horses for courses but it just doesn't look right to me. As for oyster leather, that's spot on. Bugger to keep clean though!

[NiceCupOfTea]

e36 323 Convertible, had for a couple of years now. Couple of dings and bit of rust but a nice original car:



e46 330 Sport Touring, bought last month as family daily and enjoying ownership. Few niggles to be ironed out but can see it staying for a while:

[BullyB]

VerySideways said:

2 GKC said:

Beautiful car. Nasty little Reg plate though, put a proper size one on it sir!

Why? It's 100% legal.

The plate looks good

[RoverP6B]

pottman said:

I posted some pics of my Oxford Green F80 M3 earlier in this thread (page 311), so I thought you might be interested in my latest acquisition.

That really highlights what a bloody awful mess BMW's styling department has become. The F80 is easily the ugliest saloon BMW has ever made. The E39 is still utterly gorgeous.

[2 GKC]

RoverP6B said:

That really highlights what a bloody awful mess BMW's styling department has become. The F80 is easily the ugliest saloon BMW has ever made. The E39 is still utterly gorgeous.

Agree re E39 but I think the F80 is lovely. Surely E65 is what you meant to say was the ugliest ?

[RoverP6B]

Honestly, the E65 really isn't that bad, I quite like it and most of the Bangle-era stuff. The pre-facelift E90/91 is probably the weakest design of that era - but none of them come close to the grotesque and downright offensive eye-burning hideousness of what BMW are churning out now. The F80 is the very worst of them - and the E39 highlights exactly why. Even a base-spec F30 is too busy. There are too many lines, too many details, too many complex surfaces. The M3 treatment whacks the F-number up by 50 by making it commensurately uglier by adding even more fussy details in an effort to make it 'sporty'... which it isn't really, it's too heavy and turbo-laggy and twitchy on the limit, by all accounts... the E39 is so understated, it's got less going on visually than an F30 320d SE, nothing to distract from the fundamental beauty of that shape. It's an absolute masterpiece of design, and 30 years hence I'm convinced it will be rated right up with the Bentley S3 Continental and the Jag S1 XJ6 as one of the most beautiful saloons ever made. The F80s by then will all have been crashed (hardly harming their looks!) or been scrapped as a result of catastrophic engine/turbo/electronic failure (given the abysmal record of BMW turbo six reliability over the last decade)... and the simple old E39 will just keep on going, and will keep appreciating in value. At some point in the future, between this and inflation, the kids of today will be reminiscing about the days when you could get a decent E39 M5 for under £100,000...

[Amirhussain]

RoverP6B said:

pottman said:

I posted some pics of my Oxford Green F80 M3 earlier in this thread (page 311), so I thought you might be interested in my latest acquisition.

That really highlights what a bloody awful mess BMW's styling department has become. The F80 is easily the ugliest saloon BMW has ever made. The E39 is still utterly gorgeous.

Disagree. The F80 M3 looks the business.

[pottman]

Amirhussain said:

Disagree. The F80 M3 looks the business.

I think they both look great.

But then I would say that wouldn't I?

[IroningMan]

After many years of ultimately futile resistance I have been assimilated by the Borg:

[greg-i9el8]

[Wills2]

RoverP6B said:

That really highlights what a bloody awful mess BMW's styling department has become. The F80 is easily the ugliest saloon BMW has ever made. The E39 is still utterly gorgeous.

fk me you're still at it I see....