Just bought an M6 Gran Coupe

[Pvapour]

Excuse my laziness but are these alot more reliable now than the e60 v10 days?

[Stever]

Pvapour said:

Excuse my laziness but are these alot more reliable now than the e60 v10 days?

I believe so. However I bought my car from an independent dealer outside the BMW network and as there is a lot more tech involved I have still taken out the BMW warranty as a safety net. I had bills approaching £10K with my E63 M6 all covered without quibble

[MKA29]

Stever said:

I believe so. However I bought my car from an independent dealer outside the BMW network and as there is a lot more tech involved I have still taken out the BMW warranty as a safety net. I had bills approaching £10K with my E63 M6 all covered without quibble

I had a BMW salesman say they won't provide warranty on a car if not bought from their own network??

[Pvapour]

MKA29 said:

Stever said:

I believe so. However I bought my car from an independent dealer outside the BMW network and as there is a lot more tech involved I have still taken out the BMW warranty as a safety net. I had bills approaching £10K with my E63 M6 all covered without quibble

I had a BMW salesman say they won't provide warranty on a car if not bought from their own network??

Thanks, interested to hear on this to..

M5 London said:

pjv997 said:

Only managed to take a couple of pictures on the weekend, but here she is

Congratulations !

I must admit it looks identical to my Imperial Blue / Silverstone Leather M6 GC.

Enjoy it !

Any interior shots? Only thing that puts me off with bmw (and most german manufacturers tbh) is no light exterior with cream or ivory interior, volvo, jag, lexus do it so why not zee germans? Yet a8 and 7ers you can get with this combo, (don't want that size car though.)

Cant stand dull grey or black interiors or the shouty, leary bright oranges or reds (except on the old sl55) but dark exteriors are a pain to wash and get stoopid hot when you live in hot climes..

[pjv997]

Pvapour said:

Any interior shots? Only thing that puts me off with bmw (and most german manufacturers tbh) is no light exterior with cream or ivory interior, volvo, jag, lexus do it so why not zee germans? Yet a8 and 7ers you can get with this combo, (don't want that size car though.)

Cant stand dull grey or black interiors or the shouty, leary bright oranges or reds (except on the old sl55) but dark exteriors are a pain to wash and get stoopid hot when you live in hot climes..

I don't have any pictures of the interior, but just taken a minute to check on BMW used approved and three of the first four cars that come up when I search with my post-code all have a light interior (Silverstone).

My car has individual Opal White which has contrasting stitching and looks a bit better IMO but looks like it will be more difficult to keep clean.

My prior M5 was Silverstone exterior and interior - I see that some of the M6s are similar colour combo, so you can get light exterior and interior

[Pvapour]

pjv997 said:

Pvapour said:

Any interior shots? Only thing that puts me off with bmw (and most german manufacturers tbh) is no light exterior with cream or ivory interior, volvo, jag, lexus do it so why not zee germans? Yet a8 and 7ers you can get with this combo, (don't want that size car though.)

Cant stand dull grey or black interiors or the shouty, leary bright oranges or reds (except on the old sl55) but dark exteriors are a pain to wash and get stoopid hot when you live in hot climes..

I don't have any pictures of the interior, but just taken a minute to check on BMW used approved and three of the first four cars that come up when I search with my post-code all have a light interior (Silverstone).

My car has individual Opal White which has contrasting stitching and looks a bit better IMO but looks like it will be more difficult to keep clean.

My prior M5 was Silverstone exterior and interior - I see that some of the M6s are similar colour combo, so you can get light exterior and interior

I assumed from the swathes of Black on Black I must admit..

Will take a look then

[Stever]

MKA29 said:

I had a BMW salesman say they won't provide warranty on a car if not bought from their own network??

That's utter nonsense. I bought my last M6 private and the GC from an independent, both were accepted without quibble. However, it does need to have been fully serviced and it helps if this is Full Main Dealer BMWSH. I also think the charge is slightly higher in the first year and if you bought and paid for it today the warranty wouldn't start until the 24th June (and would run to 23rd June 2019) for obvious reasons.

I bought and paid for mine on 23rd May so today I can let my breath out even though the independent dealer would theoretically be on the hook for the first 6 months and did give me a 12 month warranty but the claim limit on that was £1,000 per claim which we all know doesn't go very far on these cars. The emergency service is IMO well worth adding too.

You can get a quote online https://www.bmw-warranty.co.uk/BMW-car/Index?gclid...

[Stever]

Pvapour said:

Any interior shots? Only thing that puts me off with bmw (and most german manufacturers tbh) is no light exterior with cream or ivory interior, volvo, jag, lexus do it so why not zee germans? Yet a8 and 7ers you can get with this combo, (don't want that size car though.)

Cant stand dull grey or black interiors or the shouty, leary bright oranges or reds (except on the old sl55) but dark exteriors are a pain to wash and get stoopid hot when you live in hot climes..

Like you I don't like dark interiors, I love my lairy red one. My mate has silverstone in his Alpina and calls it the gentlemans club interior whereas he refers to mine as the Raymond Revue Bar interior

Plenty of light ones arouind e.g. https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

[MKA29]

Stever said:

That's utter nonsense. I bought my last M6 private and the GC from an independent, both were accepted without quibble. However, it does need to have been fully serviced and it helps if this is Full Main Dealer BMWSH. I also think the charge is slightly higher in the first year and if you bought and paid for it today the warranty wouldn't start until the 24th June (and would run to 23rd June 2019) for obvious reasons.

I bought and paid for mine on 23rd May so today I can let my breath out even though the independent dealer would theoretically be on the hook for the first 6 months and did give me a 12 month warranty but the claim limit on that was £1,000 per claim which we all know doesn't go very far on these cars. The emergency service is IMO well worth adding too.

You can get a quote online https://www.bmw-warranty.co.uk/BMW-car/Index?gclid...

Excellent thanks, very useful post

I certainly won't be going back to that garage..

[Elysium]

MKA29 said:

Stever said:

That's utter nonsense. I bought my last M6 private and the GC from an independent, both were accepted without quibble. However, it does need to have been fully serviced and it helps if this is Full Main Dealer BMWSH. I also think the charge is slightly higher in the first year and if you bought and paid for it today the warranty wouldn't start until the 24th June (and would run to 23rd June 2019) for obvious reasons.

I bought and paid for mine on 23rd May so today I can let my breath out even though the independent dealer would theoretically be on the hook for the first 6 months and did give me a 12 month warranty but the claim limit on that was £1,000 per claim which we all know doesn't go very far on these cars. The emergency service is IMO well worth adding too.

You can get a quote online https://www.bmw-warranty.co.uk/BMW-car/Index?gclid...

Excellent thanks, very useful post

I certainly won't be going back to that garage..

There are three warranties:

Manufacturers - 3 years from new
Approved Used - only available on cars bought from BMW dealers (I think this is what your dealer meant)
Insured Warranty - available on all cars

I bought my M5 from an indepenent dealer at 2.5 years old and I had no problem getting the insured warranty when the manufacturers one ran out.

[turboman786]

I bought one of these yesterday and am pleased today it's an absolute machine !!

San Marino blue

White (NOT sure of the actual name of the colour ) FULL leather with piano black

HK

LCI wheels

I've cone from a 640d GC and the cars are worlds apart in pretty much all respects.

I'll due a full review with pics once the car is cleaned up and presentable

[Stever]

Excellent choice sir

I'm about 4 months into mine and absolutely love it

[XMT]

someone post some pictures , I need my fix! lol

[Stever]

XMT said:

someone post some pictures , I need my fix! lol

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Here you go

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[Pvapour]

Are cooled and massage seats possible? Anyone have them?

May seem a strange comparison but I’m weighing it up against an xjr, love the look of both, power wise nothing in it (not concerned about 10ths of seconds) but questioning comfort, noise (cabin)and toys level between them

(exhaust is modifiable so not bothered)

[Stever]

I have cooled seats in mine, seems quite a rare option, only tried it once so far as it's not been that hot but over the next few months we're going to have a stonking summer! Ok maybe not It is very pleasant.

Massage no you'll have to get the wife doing that

[RichardM5]

I have ventilated and massage seats.

The cooling effect is not great, but the air movement helps quite a bit when it's hot. You can get them coded to blow significantly colder.

The massage seats do help on a long journey, the left and right side of the base move up and down alternately. I suspect that they make the seats a little harder then standard, but I've not done a back to back comparison.

[vkcs22]

Anyone fitted any after market rear spoilers or m performance one?

[RichardM5]

vkcs22 said:

Anyone fitted any after market rear spoilers or m performance one?

Yes. I have the M-Performance rear spoiler and diffuser.

Winter wheels were fitted when this was taken and uploading the picture seems to mess with the colour for some reason.

[obaluba]

I've had mine since October 17' now and its fantastic. I think its such a complete car, which apart from transporting the dog particularly well, does everything!

Few photos of mine as it is now:









Added a couple of carbon bits to the interior too which work well i think.