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

[DibblyDobbler]

MrBogSmith said:

Found a 1998 Z3M Roadster with 13,000 on the clock.

Here it is just having been detailed / with a ceramic coat.

Nice find!

[Ruskie]

[MrBogSmith]

DibblyDobbler said:

MrBogSmith said:

Found a 1998 Z3M Roadster with 13,000 on the clock.

Here it is just having been detailed / with a ceramic coat.

Nice find!

Thanks.

I was lucky to find it. It's like new.

Don't think I'll ever sell it.

[Doyliestag]

The lease came to an end so this

has been replaced by this

[iwantagta]

Couple of months back i posted about having a smash but can't find my original post - anywhos here is a photo.

After lengthy negotiations with insurers, buying incorrect colour bits on ebay, a 4 week hiatus due to a work trip, i finally have a working car back.

Only issue is my car had intermitent faults.
Kept on flashing up about tyre pressures, dsc faults and lots more.
Sometimes car wouldnt start and key would jam in centre lock.
Parked on a slope today on mates drive and wouldnt start at all.

Turns out someone (probably the scrap yard) had disconnected the battery but left the terminal resting against the battery so most times it was ok. But when you accelerated it came apart and threw errors.... Attaching the connection has miraculously fixed all the issues....

Things i've learnt.
1) never take insurers first offer - i ended up getting over double their initial and second offers.
2) Don't assume your cars colour code from what the person selling told you it was
3) Check your battery

[Jules Sunley]

iwantagta said:

Couple of months back i posted about having a smash but can't find my original post - anywhos here is a photo.

After lengthy negotiations with insurers, buying incorrect colour bits on ebay, a 4 week hiatus due to a work trip, i finally have a working car back.

Only issue is my car had intermitent faults.
Kept on flashing up about tyre pressures, dsc faults and lots more.
Sometimes car wouldnt start and key would jam in centre lock.
Parked on a slope today on mates drive and wouldnt start at all.

Turns out someone (probably the scrap yard) had disconnected the battery but left the terminal resting against the battery so most times it was ok. But when you accelerated it came apart and threw errors.... Attaching the connection has miraculously fixed all the issues....

Things i've learnt.
1) never take insurers first offer - i ended up getting over double their initial and second offers.
2) Don't assume your cars colour code from what the person selling told you it was
3) Check your battery

Glad you've resolved it. Just for reference for anyone else, colour code should be on the strut tower (at least has been on my BMWs)

[MUDGUTZ]

2006 530i M Sport. Over 200,000 miles. Hasn’t been washed since I bought it in November 2019, looks like a barn find. Burns a litre of oil every 2,000 miles, some odd issues described here but it runs pretty well and I’ve done over 75,000 in it.

[llewop]

Trailhead said:

llewop said:

HM-2 said:

llewop said:

Picked this up yesterday.

4-Series GC? I didn't even know they existed yet.

Launch was a week ago, I had hoped to pick it up then. But apparently they were not releasing any customer cars until after the launch so had to wait to this weekend.

Very nice. Any interior shots?

I never did get round to taking any interior shots. However, I had to replace it and the latest version has a different interior that might be interesting to see.




The screen from the dials right across the central display is all one widescreen and that little knuckle/toggle next to the iDrive controller... that is now the gear selector.

[BenS94]

After years of referring to myself as a "Ford man", having previously owned and enjoyed most of the 26 I've had, I've been disappointed of their offerings of late - the only other manufacturer that offers the same level of driver engagement for me is of course BMW.

My latest, BMW number 6 (car number 73), a Sapphire Black X3 M Sport 30d xDrive with Mocha Vernasca Leather.

[Jules Sunley]

BenS94 said:

After years of referring to myself as a "Ford man", having previously owned and enjoyed most of the 26 I've had, I've been disappointed of their offerings of late - the only other manufacturer that offers the same level of driver engagement for me is of course BMW.

My latest, BMW number 6 (car number 73), a Sapphire Black X3 M Sport 30d xDrive with Mocha Vernasca Leather.

Those grille stripes are truly awful, how to de-class a nice car

[BenS94]

Jules Sunley said:

BenS94 said:

After years of referring to myself as a "Ford man", having previously owned and enjoyed most of the 26 I've had, I've been disappointed of their offerings of late - the only other manufacturer that offers the same level of driver engagement for me is of course BMW.

My latest, BMW number 6 (car number 73), a Sapphire Black X3 M Sport 30d xDrive with Mocha Vernasca Leather.

Those grille stripes are truly awful, how to de-class a nice car

Your attitude is truly awful. Not your car is it? It's always been MY trademark on MY M Sport BMWs. Simple, and subtle enough but makes it stand out. Get back in your box.

[E63eeeeee...]

Surely you can't have only just discovered that quite a lot of people really don't like the grille stripes?

[BenS94]

E63eeeeee... said:

Surely you can't have only just discovered that quite a lot of people really don't like the grille stripes?

I know this, which to be quite honest, is all the more reason not to make comment I feel.

The size of the grille does it no favours.

[AAD44H]

BenS94 said:

Jules Sunley said:

BenS94 said:

After years of referring to myself as a "Ford man", having previously owned and enjoyed most of the 26 I've had, I've been disappointed of their offerings of late - the only other manufacturer that offers the same level of driver engagement for me is of course BMW.

My latest, BMW number 6 (car number 73), a Sapphire Black X3 M Sport 30d xDrive with Mocha Vernasca Leather.

Those grille stripes are truly awful, how to de-class a nice car

Your attitude is truly awful. Not your car is it? It's always been MY trademark on MY M Sport BMWs. Simple, and subtle enough but makes it stand out. Get back in your box.

I agree with both of you tbh! Not to my taste however, as Ben said, it is his car therefore he can do with it as he wishes!

[illmonkey]

E63eeeeee... said:

Surely you can't have only just discovered that quite a lot of people really don't like the grille stripes?

And they don’t need to have the stripes. I’m not a fan, but if Ben is, more power to him for having them. As it’s repeated time and time again, if we were all the same, life would
Be boring.

Don’t cast aspersions on him for doing what he wants to his car.

[BenS94]

illmonkey said:

E63eeeeee... said:

Surely you can't have only just discovered that quite a lot of people really don't like the grille stripes?

And they don’t need to have the stripes. I’m not a fan, but if Ben is, more power to him for having them. As it’s repeated time and time again, if we were all the same, life would
Be boring.

Don’t cast aspersions on him for doing what he wants to his car.

Things would probably also be said if they saw the tribute to my much missed gran on the car - without her, the purchase wouldn't have been possible. I understand if it's paint, wrap, or a metric tonne of stick on chrome all over the place, but it isn't. Subtle and easily removed.

[Jules Sunley]

BenS94 said:

Jules Sunley said:

BenS94 said:

After years of referring to myself as a "Ford man", having previously owned and enjoyed most of the 26 I've had, I've been disappointed of their offerings of late - the only other manufacturer that offers the same level of driver engagement for me is of course BMW.

My latest, BMW number 6 (car number 73), a Sapphire Black X3 M Sport 30d xDrive with Mocha Vernasca Leather.

Those grille stripes are truly awful, how to de-class a nice car

Your attitude is truly awful. Not your car is it? It's always been MY trademark on MY M Sport BMWs. Simple, and subtle enough but makes it stand out. Get back in your box.

If you post your car on an Internet forum then you are likely to get positive and negative comments. If you can't deal with that then maybe the internet isn't the right place for you. I couldn't care less what anyone thinks about my car but if they want to say they don't like something about it I'm not going to get offended and then look for other threads someone has posted on to comment there too....

[BenS94]

Jules Sunley said:

BenS94 said:

Jules Sunley said:

BenS94 said:

After years of referring to myself as a "Ford man", having previously owned and enjoyed most of the 26 I've had, I've been disappointed of their offerings of late - the only other manufacturer that offers the same level of driver engagement for me is of course BMW.

My latest, BMW number 6 (car number 73), a Sapphire Black X3 M Sport 30d xDrive with Mocha Vernasca Leather.

Those grille stripes are truly awful, how to de-class a nice car

Your attitude is truly awful. Not your car is it? It's always been MY trademark on MY M Sport BMWs. Simple, and subtle enough but makes it stand out. Get back in your box.

If you post your car on an Internet forum then you are likely to get positive and negative comments. If you can't deal with that then maybe the internet isn't the right place for you. I couldn't care less what anyone thinks about my car but if they want to say they don't like something about it I'm not going to get offended and then look for other threads someone has posted on to comment there too....

I'm part of the other thread. I have posted there numerous times before, I noticed an update - low and behold it was you, with yet another negative comment about someones car.

Stop trying to justify the fact you're bitter and negative towards everything around you and seek help.

[E63eeeeee...]

BenS94 said:

illmonkey said:

E63eeeeee... said:

Surely you can't have only just discovered that quite a lot of people really don't like the grille stripes?

And they don’t need to have the stripes. I’m not a fan, but if Ben is, more power to him for having them. As it’s repeated time and time again, if we were all the same, life would
Be boring.

Don’t cast aspersions on him for doing what he wants to his car.

Things would probably also be said if they saw the tribute to my much missed gran on the car - without her, the purchase wouldn't have been possible. I understand if it's paint, wrap, or a metric tonne of stick on chrome all over the place, but it isn't. Subtle and easily removed.

I actually think you'd get a very different response. Genuine personalisation, particularly if there's a story behind it, tends to be much better received on PH. I think the stripes are at the exact point where "overdone and cliched" overlap with "devaluing the M brand" which is why they're unusually provocative for some people.

[Jules Sunley]

BenS94 said:

I'm part of the other thread. I have posted there numerous times before, I noticed an update - low and behold it was you, with yet another negative comment about someones car.

Stop trying to justify the fact you're bitter and negative towards everything around you and seek help.

Oh dear. You OK hun?