M3 Touring latest

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Cogito Ergo Sum

132 posts

69 months

Friday 3rd March 2023
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liner33 said:
I didn't notice the rev limiter increase on mine , the internet does lie though, no more power

Certainly feels like my engine loosened up a bit after about 3000 miles though
That’s because it doesn’t raise the rev limit either. All 5 of my G82’s have felt exactly the same post RIS and haven’t started to fully loosen up until north of 4k as you say.

My third was by far the fastest!

jm doc

2,791 posts

232 months

Friday 3rd March 2023
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Cogito Ergo Sum said:
liner33 said:
I didn't notice the rev limiter increase on mine , the internet does lie though, no more power

Certainly feels like my engine loosened up a bit after about 3000 miles though
That’s because it doesn’t raise the rev limit either. All 5 of my G82’s have felt exactly the same post RIS and haven’t started to fully loosen up until north of 4k as you say.

My third was by far the fastest!
My F90 M5C didn't loosen up until after 6-8k when it really started to motor.

chimera40v8

48 posts

14 months

Saturday 4th March 2023
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Wheelspinning said:
What a strange post.
I don't have my allocated one as it hasn't turned up at the dealers yet.
Neither has the other 2 they were allocated.
No big issue for me, strange its an issue for others.
I spoke with my dealer yesterday - there's still changing dates for some specifications and paints, both the stock Individual options and the "proper" Individual ones. When I ordered mine it was expected to be the third car they got, but its now going to be the first assuming its not held up in their distribution chain, so there's definitely delays and a bit of unpredictability.

Mak77

16 posts

56 months

Saturday 4th March 2023
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Picking mine up tomorrow, it arrived a few weeks early. Not an individual paint though.

chimera40v8

48 posts

14 months

Saturday 4th March 2023
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Mak77 said:
Picking mine up tomorrow, it arrived a few weeks early. Not an individual paint though.
Nice one! What spec did you go for and where about are you based?

Mak77

16 posts

56 months

Sunday 5th March 2023
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Tanzanite blue, carbon pack (exterior only), double spoke bicolour alloys, black callipers 👍

steakandchips

212 posts

162 months

Sunday 5th March 2023
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catfood12 said:
I'm still here. Still loving it at 2k miles now. I understood it was a different map at RIS, as that's what the Internet said. All they did was raise the rev limiter. I've not gone sulky or anything as I stated something that was wrong. I'm more miffed now at just spending £160 on genuine rubber mats!

It's a great package, I had a brisk drive back from the west country today, licence compromising speeds come up very quickly indeed. Country road overtakes are laugh inducing.
Hey Catfood, good to have you back and glad the car is agreeing with you. Please keep us up to date on how you’re getting on.

chimera40v8

48 posts

14 months

Sunday 5th March 2023
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Mak77 said:
Tanzanite blue, carbon pack (exterior only), double spoke bicolour alloys, black callipers ??
Good to see another blue car out there. What’s your first impressions of it?

WY86

1,332 posts

27 months

Sunday 5th March 2023
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Where has CosmoMike gone…. He was all over this thread a few months ago? Gone very quite now??

Jalpine754

50 posts

33 months

Sunday 5th March 2023
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chimera40v8 said:
catfood12 said:
Happy New Car day anyone?....scratchchin
Is it just the one car delivered on this thread so far?

Mine has been assembled now and should be here by the end of March apparently.
Mine expected last week, held up in ‘storage at Southampton’ - response from logistics awaited……

Jalpine754

50 posts

33 months

Monday 6th March 2023
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chimera40v8 said:
catfood12 said:
Happy New Car day anyone?....scratchchin
Is it just the one car delivered on this thread so far?

Mine has been assembled now and should be here by the end of March apparently.

catfood12

1,418 posts

142 months

Monday 6th March 2023
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Caddyshack said:
What is the process for this analysis - how much do you send off? What company and do they tell you what or if anything to worry about?
I use The Oil Lab, www.theoillab.co.uk.

I use the bronze package, you send them £39 and they send you a sample bottle and return tube to send the sample back in. They also give you a length of tube and syringe that can be used to extract the oil. I took the oil filter off my M3 and emptied the oil left in the bowl into the sample bottle.

They give you a report as previously posted, and a general guide to results. It is most useful to see comparative reports. I have a couple of large generators, and we sample the oil each change and it's a good indicator for contamination etc.

I wasn't expecting to see any problems with my report, but was expecting to see much more material in the oil from running in. Although I see others' comments about not properly loosening up until 8K miles or so. I'll do an oil change about 10K and see what that's like.



chimera40v8

48 posts

14 months

Monday 6th March 2023
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Jalpine754 said:
Mine expected last week, held up in ‘storage at Southampton’ - response from logistics awaited……
That sucks... Someone else has had similar on the Facebook group, but there's has been there for about 3 weeks now.

Looks like mine is still there too - it all seemed to be going really smoothly and quickly from assembly to reaching the UK and now nothing.

Edited by chimera40v8 on Monday 6th March 09:29

liner33

10,690 posts

202 months

Monday 6th March 2023
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chimera40v8 said:
Jalpine754 said:
Mine expected last week, held up in ‘storage at Southampton’ - response from logistics awaited……
That sucks... Someone else has had similar on the Facebook group, but there's has been there for about 3 weeks now.

Looks like mine is still there too - it all seemed to be going really smoothly and quickly from assembly to reaching the UK and now nothing.

Edited by chimera40v8 on Monday 6th March 09:29
Could arrive any day apparently its all down to the transport companies and the dealer rarely gets advance notice, hopefully wont be long for you

chimera40v8

48 posts

14 months

Monday 6th March 2023
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liner33 said:
Could arrive any day apparently its all down to the transport companies and the dealer rarely gets advance notice, hopefully wont be long for you
Thanks for the info. Comms from the dealer hasn't been great and I have a few things to try and get lined up... have got alloys to go on the car & need to get it booked-in for PPF as well as planning a couple of trips and booking-in the run-in service which all relies on me getting a handover date!

MarkM2

155 posts

189 months

Monday 6th March 2023
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Lad round the corner has had one a few weeks (he's a BMW Motorsport factory driver / Aston F1 dev, so not your ordinary punter) - they look SO good from the back. I keep extending my dog walk to take in his driveway at the moment haha.

Jalpine754

50 posts

33 months

Monday 6th March 2023
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liner33 said:
chimera40v8 said:
Jalpine754 said:
Mine expected last week, held up in ‘storage at Southampton’ - response from logistics awaited……
That sucks... Someone else has had similar on the Facebook group, but there's has been there for about 3 weeks now.

Looks like mine is still there too - it all seemed to be going really smoothly and quickly from assembly to reaching the UK and now nothing.

Edited by chimera40v8 on Monday 6th March 09:29
Could arrive any day apparently its all down to the transport companies and the dealer rarely gets advance notice, hopefully wont be long for you
Arrived at the dealer today……had a lovely video to showing it off. Looking forward to seeing it in the flesh and running it in!

Caddyshack

10,809 posts

206 months

Tuesday 7th March 2023
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catfood12 said:
Caddyshack said:
What is the process for this analysis - how much do you send off? What company and do they tell you what or if anything to worry about?
I use The Oil Lab, www.theoillab.co.uk.

I use the bronze package, you send them £39 and they send you a sample bottle and return tube to send the sample back in. They also give you a length of tube and syringe that can be used to extract the oil. I took the oil filter off my M3 and emptied the oil left in the bowl into the sample bottle.

They give you a report as previously posted, and a general guide to results. It is most useful to see comparative reports. I have a couple of large generators, and we sample the oil each change and it's a good indicator for contamination etc.

I wasn't expecting to see any problems with my report, but was expecting to see much more material in the oil from running in. Although I see others' comments about not properly loosening up until 8K miles or so. I'll do an oil change about 10K and see what that's like.
Thank you for this. I think it would benefit on my boxster as they have potential problems plus I have a £20k+ Cosworth engine I would like to keep an eye on.

chimera40v8

48 posts

14 months

Wednesday 8th March 2023
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Jalpine754 said:
Arrived at the dealer today……had a lovely video to showing it off. Looking forward to seeing it in the flesh and running it in!
That's good news, they seem to be trickling through steadily now. You'll have to post some pictures when you get it, there's hardly any on this thread.

As expected, the cars for sale by flippers aren't going anywhere fast... I just don't think there's a big enough market for that on this car.

chimera40v8

48 posts

14 months

Wednesday 8th March 2023
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liner33 said:
Could arrive any day apparently its all down to the transport companies and the dealer rarely gets advance notice, hopefully wont be long for you
You were right, mine has apparently been delivered to the dealer today.