Ditching the 530 oil burner for an M4

[pjagger69]

Hi all. Introduction - I’m Paul. I’m a recovering diesel addict. 12 years hooked to the heavy oil.

Recently I took the sensible 5 seat saloon in to Barons in Bedford for a rear bumper fix after Amazon delivery knobber did a hit & run, and mistakenly waited in the showroom while they detailed the inside & brought it round for me to drive home.

Sakir Orange M4 comp pack caught my eye, haunted my dreams for 2 weeks, and ends up on the drive next Wednesday after failing to talk myself out of it. Insurance increase of £38.15 for the remaining 6 months.

See you out and about.

Paul.

[cerb4.5lee]

Very nice enjoy.

[Smuler]

That's one helluva recovery, from a bad addiction.
Roll on next Wednesday

[cosworth330]

That looks great, I have a Sakhir M3. Just love the colour. You will certainly get a lot attention in that car.

[jimbooo]

nice purchase. Ive been to barons a few times in the past month and had a good nose around that one as I'm due to change mine around feb time and want another M4.

Congrats on getting off the heavy stuff. lol

[AyBee]

If you're going to do something, do it properly

[Owlwood]

Very nice. Personally, think that's the best colour.

Look forward to more pics when it arrives.

[pattyg]

Don't let them "detail" the M4!

[Wills2]

Very nice.

[tenmantaylor]

Congrats, Paul. Looks a beauty!

I'm also called Paul and just ditched my 330d e92 for an e92 M3. Previous (and first!) car was also a diesel.

I miss the torque shove in lazy everyday driving but the high end buzz and sound of a V8 more than make up for this! (understatement!).

[Tony B2]

tenmantaylor said:

Congrats, Paul. Looks a beauty!

I'm also called Paul and just ditched my 330d e92 for an e92 M3. Previous (and first!) car was also a diesel.

I miss the torque shove in lazy everyday driving but the high end buzz and sound of a V8 more than make up for this! (understatement!).

Absolutely!

(Be accused of thread hijacking, though....;-).....)

[PTF]

pjagger69 said:

Hi all. Introduction - I’m Paul. I’m a recovering diesel addict. 12 years hooked to the heavy oil.

Recently I took the sensible 5 seat saloon in to Barons in Bedford for a rear bumper fix after Amazon delivery knobber did a hit & run, and mistakenly waited in the showroom while they detailed the inside & brought it round for me to drive home.

Sakir Orange M4 comp pack caught my eye, haunted my dreams for 2 weeks, and ends up on the drive next Wednesday after failing to talk myself out of it. Insurance increase of £38.15 for the remaining 6 months.

See you out and about.

Paul.

Nice!

What's going on with the shut line along the bonnet?

[evilmiyagi]

Theres a double catch on the bonnet, looks like its only been closed on one side... given its in the dealer its probably had a trickle charger on there

I've just chopped my A5 3.0 V6 TDi in for an F83 M4 in Sapphire Black Simply Lovleh!

[PorkInsider]

Looks great!

I went from F30 330d to M4 CP, so similar change in terms of the drive.

You'll be surprised (or not) at how 'torquey' the M4 is. The x30d is renowned for how well it pulls but in all honesty the M4 feels every bit as flexible and strong at the bottom end.

[Wills2]

PorkInsider said:

Looks great!

I went from F30 330d to M4 CP, so similar change in terms of the drive.

You'll be surprised (or not) at how 'torquey' the M4 is. The x30d is renowned for how well it pulls but in all honesty the M4 feels every bit as flexible and strong at the bottom end.

That's because they make just about the same amount of torque 560nm vs 550nm starting at similar points 1500 rpm vs 1850 rpm the joy of the S55 is that the peak value lasts x 2.5 longer.

The power train is also much more direct.

[pjagger69]

PTF said:

Nice!

What's going on with the shut line along the bonnet?

Bonnet wasn't shut. They'd had the conditioner connected to the battery and closed it with only one of the bonnet catches actually closing.

[JMBMWM5]

Who did you deal with?, Karl Haxton?, I used to deal there till they got silly with there prices, dumped em.
Nice car though, enjoy.

[pjagger69]

So 750 miles in, all between 1 and 69.9mph of course, and never, ever seeing how fast you can get to that speed on a straight bit of road, I've decided those Muppets in the BMW M design office, with their degrees and countless decades of experience, don't know anything about painting plastic bits, or how wide the front and rear track should be. Roll on first service, launch control and some tinkering at GAD tuning in January.

So, the following have occurred:

Painted engine cover trim bit to match the bodywork.
12mm front and 15mm rear wheel spacers, yet to be fitted.

[pjagger69]

Added the wheel spacers yesterday.

30mm wider at the back and 24 at the front:

[anonymous-user]

Hard to tell from the photos- if any of the wheels are proud of the bodywork, you might find yourself getting tugged (the bad tugged).