F80 M3 Comp settings

[richyd]

Hi - Can anyone help me with this..? I’m new to M-cars having cashed out a loss on a 992 to part fund the house build last month. The M3 really hit me as a performance bargain, with 4 doors and proper rear seats, but enough fun to fulfil most of what I’d been asking of the 992. It’s a cracking car and I was lucky enough to find an April 2018 Comp with 3500 miles in the click.! So, dodgy BMW finance deal signed, I was able to exit the Porsche, bank a load of cash, and drive away in a virtually new car for £25k less than its original sticker price...!

Anyway - back on topic.

When I start up the car every time, the settings are configured with engine - comfort, suspension - sport and steering - Sport.

How do I change these settings so they all default to comfort on start up every time...? it’s a faff to prod a bunch of buttons to get the steering and suspension back to comfort whilst I negotiate my street, which wouldn’t look out of place in Mogadishu...

Once warm, I have set up M1 button to my preferred settings, but I’d like the standard start-up settings to all be comfort.....

Any instructions/tips gratefully received!

[gizard]

richyd said:

When I start up the car every time, the settings are configured with engine - comfort, suspension - sport and steering - Sport.

How do I change these settings so they all default to comfort on start up every time...? it’s a faff to prod a bunch of buttons to get the steering and suspension back to comfort whilst I negotiate my street, which wouldn’t look out of place in Mogadishu...

Once warm, I have set up M1 button to my preferred settings, but I’d like the standard start-up settings to all be comfort.....

Any instructions/tips gratefully received!

You can't - change the power on settings, at least I never could and asked multiple times with my 2016 F80 M3 - so what I did was set the m1 button to comfort across the board and then m2 to medium aggressive - then if I wanted more just use the buttons.

[margerison]

Is this something that is saved per key? Have you got another key to see if it does the same or use the idrive to save the settings for the key you're using?

[Smuler]

I’ve read lots of threads asking this and the answer was you can’t change these defaults.

As above, use a M button for your softer settings.

[Terminator X]

Perhaps O/T but the M5 starts always with everything in comfort, doesn't matter how the car was setup when ignition turned off. Weird that other M's are different.

TX.

[DeanR32]

I must say, this is something that irks me too. Would love everything in comfort for the missus when she drives it. In fact, there’s a few little things that wind me up about this car.

Great when conditions are warm and dry though

[richyd]

Thanks guys. So it looks like M1 button is comfort across the board then, with M2 button for the more aggressive setup.

Took it out for a blast on the empty roads last night. Finding the car a little on-off compared to the Porsche, finding it’s more like a point and shoot car at the mo. Think I need to get used to that lighter rear end! 😳

[PorkInsider]

Yep - definitely can't change the defaults, even with coding apps.

I had my M1 set as MDM, Sport+ throttle, manual shift (level 2), comfort steering, comfort suspension.

Then M2 everything softest setting with DSC on and autobox.

[9k rpm]

There is no way of changing the start settings. Even via coding it can’t be changed.
You can code off start-stop though which is handy.
It’s very annoying but I have now built the habit of setting steering and dampers to comfort as soon as I get the ignition on.