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Picked up this guy today Immediately took it to the body shop guy I know, and had the spoiler and front lip added I feel like I'm 19 all over again  
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Nov 14, 2020 07:07
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M badge with 3 digit number sigh bmw you idiots pls stop Great looking beemer tho. How it handles?
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Nov 14, 2020 12:33
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I think a debadge would improve the look even more. It's great looking but I have a hard time with the grille surround on these newer BMWs.
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Nov 14, 2020 12:54
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I love it. I’m possibly going to order an M240 Monday. And it needs the front spoiler badly. Who makes it?
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Nov 14, 2020 17:31
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I've come to terms with the M240/M335, etc once I realized they were designed to compete with Audis S4/S5 and so on. Similarly named and tough to let one of your main competitors just walk away with a big portion of the market.
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Nov 14, 2020 17:35
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Same thing with the *53/45 AMGs.
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Nov 14, 2020 17:38
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It’s my first “performance” car. And I also had trepidation regarding the fake M status This thing is no slouch , it handles and pulls like a rocketship , I would 100% say it’s worthy of the badge Sure it’s not an M3 , but it’s veryyyy close Lip I bought off eBay , it’s not real Caron how never because I don’t want to pay for real carbon and have it all dinged up Was about 160$ cdn from overseas , if you search m340 lip you’ll see a bunch of them for sale all similar pricing
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Nov 14, 2020 17:41
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lol that grille looks like a stick on diamond plate trim piece from Autozone
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Nov 14, 2020 19:10
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the color match between the hood and fascia is weird, like even weirder than normal plastic/metal differences also nthing the big lol at the grille, and also the fact that the color is pretty much a dead copy of Audi Nardo Grey. edit: i bet it is pretty fun to drive though so congrats!! KYOON GRIFFEY JR fucked around with this message at 19:35 on Nov 14, 2020 |
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Nov 14, 2020 19:19
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:the color match between the hood and fascia is weird, like even weirder than normal plastic/metal differences it is a hoot I find the grill not as insulting as the new new 2021's though, even in person those are a sight to behold Funny enough that's what I thought of the color since my friend had a Nardo Grey S4 Nardo is more flat, this is metallic and depending on the light can be the grey you see there, or almost black grey, and in direct sunlight you will see gold shining through from the metallic flakes It's actually a pretty cool color !
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Nov 14, 2020 21:56
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MrOnBicycle posted:I think a debadge would improve the look even more. It's great looking but I have a hard time with the grille surround on these newer BMWs. This spec has the blacked out package, it's even worse with the chrome surround, which I would have instantly deleted had it not been done from the factory
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Nov 14, 2020 21:57
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Blue On Blue posted:Picked up this guy today Congrats I have a 2020 in Portimao and I love the poo poo out of it.
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Nov 14, 2020 23:05
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flightless greeb posted:I've come to terms with the M240/M335, etc once I realized they were designed to compete with Audis S4/S5 and so on. Similarly named and tough to let one of your main competitors just walk away with a big portion of the market. It makes sense to package all the Msport goodies on the big engined cars and go right at Audi. The S4/S5 always were slightly sportier that the top trim 3 series. I’m all about BMW bringing more performance to more mainstream cars. Erulisse posted:M badge with 3 digit number All the M340s come with an improved version of xdrive and a real limited slip out back. I came from an F30 335i and the m340i is a pretty big step up. The steering isn’t 100% perfect, I’m sure that’s where the M is going to differentiate itself. Best analogy I can come up with is the M340i is to M3 as Mustang GT is to GT350.
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Nov 14, 2020 23:13
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Huh I dont know anything about Mustangs so I feel like that analogy is teaching me about the GT350 a lot lol
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Nov 15, 2020 00:37
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Not an “analogy” so much as “formula every car maker is attempting to follow down to the last three cent nut” At this point just feeling lucky every time a car come out that is not another SUV
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Nov 15, 2020 01:00
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Blue On Blue posted:This spec has the blacked out package, it's even worse with the chrome surround, which I would have instantly deleted had it not been done from the factory Yeah chrome would suck. It kinda reminds me of the pre-facelift mustache E90s where people would "black out" part of it. I wonder how it would look in the same colour as the rest of the car.
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Nov 15, 2020 07:53
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I got to see the new M3/M4 in person a few weeks ago. The yellow and green ones that have been making the circuit. Could not open it up or sit in but got nice and close. Those new carbon seats look real great. In some ways they work better in person than in pics. The M3 is big enough that with the mew thinner seats I might consider one when the lease on my M5C is up...
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Nov 15, 2020 22:44
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Ultimate Mango posted:I got to see the new M3/M4 in person a few weeks ago. The yellow and green ones that have been making the circuit. Could not open it up or sit in but got nice and close. Those new carbon seats look real great. In some ways they work better in person than in pics. How’d it... you know... look?
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Nov 15, 2020 23:56
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Ultimate Mango posted:I got to see the new M3/M4 in person a few weeks ago. The yellow and green ones that have been making the circuit. Could not open it up or sit in but got nice and close. Those new carbon seats look real great. In some ways they work better in person than in pics. The seats look crazy, like I was afraid to try and sit in it even though the sales guy offered, because I probably wouldn't be able to get out easily
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Nov 16, 2020 03:48
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Residency Evil posted:How’d it... you know... look? I preferred the 3 to the 4, it seemed to be more cohesive in general and the darker green paint was nice. It was not as horrific a shitshow as I expected. Would have preferred vertical snoot slats. M3 with the weird optional trapezoidal exhaust tip placement might actually be cool. Blue On Blue posted:The seats look crazy, like I was afraid to try and sit in it even though the sales guy offered, because I probably wouldn't be able to get out easily They looked like an evolution of the seats in the M5, in a very good way. And I’m 6’4”.
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Nov 16, 2020 04:05
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Blue On Blue posted:Picked up this guy today I think it looks good. Are you going to change your user name to Grey on Gray?
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Nov 16, 2020 18:13
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Somewhat Heroic posted:I think it looks good. Are you going to change your user name to Grey on Gray? Grey on White technically ! or cream?
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Nov 17, 2020 00:56
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Dating a girl who really wants a Mini and is interested in learning to drive MT as well. Were any of them reasonably reliable or are they all garbage packaging nightmares?
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Nov 19, 2020 21:57
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blk posted:Dating a girl who really wants a Mini and is interested in learning to drive MT as well. Were any of them reasonably reliable or are they all garbage packaging nightmares? The most reliable by far are the current generation with the B38/B48 engines, which by all counts are solid reliable cars. Aside from the very early first gen models with exploding Rover gearboxes and failing power steering pumps, first gen models and second gen One/Cooper models are ok. The second generation Cooper S (R56) with the N14 engine is an eldritch nightmare of problems that are both numerous and expensive to fix. The LCI models with the N18 engine are substantially better in this regard, but frankly I would avoid them like the plague, no matter how tempting. Source: used to own a second generation Cooper S.
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Nov 19, 2020 22:07
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https://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/cto/d/poughkeepsie-2006-bmw-x5-30i-e53-6mt/7233860491.html Goons, should I buy this?
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Nov 20, 2020 00:29
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The new one is great. I bought my wife a f56 dct S and I bloody love driving it
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Nov 20, 2020 00:32
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i own every Bionicle posted:https://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/cto/d/poughkeepsie-2006-bmw-x5-30i-e53-6mt/7233860491.html If you have to ask AI, the answer is yes. In this case though.... yes.
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Nov 20, 2020 01:02
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i own every Bionicle posted:https://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/cto/d/poughkeepsie-2006-bmw-x5-30i-e53-6mt/7233860491.html What the gently caress they made a 6MT X5?! HOLY poo poo
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Nov 20, 2020 01:11
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That manual 6 speed X5 seller should not only be rewarded for putting in some actual effort into their sales post (hard to find these days except BAT), including good quality pics, but also because they are a bit of a smartass.
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Nov 20, 2020 01:45
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If the guy in the Bay Area drops his price to $6k, I'll probably pick up the 6mt x5. Even though we just bought my wife a used 2018 x5 :V
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Nov 20, 2020 02:48
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jink posted:What the gently caress they made a 6MT X5?! HOLY poo poo Yeah, but no V8 version 
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Nov 20, 2020 03:11
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BlackMK4 posted:Yeah, but no V8 version If they did there is a 0% chance it would still be roadworthy. Those things are rolling Exxon Valdez with as much oil as the V8 E53’s just pissed out.
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Nov 20, 2020 03:13
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m62 isn't exactly the best BMW engine but nowhere near the disaster that the top mounted turbo models are
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Nov 20, 2020 05:09
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A manual X5. I'm green from envy
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Nov 20, 2020 11:43
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Data Graham posted:Not an “analogy” so much as “formula every car maker is attempting to follow down to the last three cent nut” The problem for me in that even the base F80 M3 isn't practical enough, I could've had one for not much more than I paid for my M340. I drive the poo poo out of my cars all year long up here in Boston and live on top of a giant hill so AWD is nice to have (yeah I run winters too). Having something in the BMW lineup that pops and burbles and goes real fast in sport mode and doesn't have my in-laws asking from the backseat if it's broken every time we hit a stiff bump is a nice compromise. I'd like to hit the track once or twice a year and everything I've owned in the past decade is too fast for me to use 100% of anyway so trading a little comfort is fine. That said, the new M3 might tilt the balance back, we'll see.
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Nov 20, 2020 14:18
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Nov 20, 2020 14:33
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kronix posted:I'd like to hit the track once or twice a year and everything I've owned in the past decade is too fast for me to use 100% of anyway so trading a little comfort is fine. The M340 will do just fine on track. Bring it out and have some fun.
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Nov 20, 2020 16:18
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SlapActionJackson posted:The M340 will do just fine on track. Bring it out and have some fun. I definitely will be next spring/summer. I've done it with my last 3 cars and I'm looking forward to seeing how it compares to my F30 335i.
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kronix posted:The problem for me in that even the base F80 M3 isn't practical enough, I could've had one for not much more than I paid for my M340. I drive the poo poo out of my cars all year long up here in Boston and live on top of a giant hill so AWD is nice to have (yeah I run winters too). I fully plan to track my M340 as well, at least a couple times just for funzies
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