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KillHour posted:Someone on Bimmerpost had their M3 come off the same ship, go through the VPC and get onto a truck to their dealer in like 2 hours or something crazy like that. Mine still says at the port so I'm hoping they just didn't get to it yet and it's not because it has damage that needs repairing or something. I would avoid driving yourself nuts checking it every 5 minutes. Just assume it will take a few days at minimum. Your dealer should be able to tell you what the estimated dealer arrival date is.
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kill me now posted:I would avoid driving yourself nuts checking it every 5 minutes. Just assume it will take a few days at minimum. Your dealer should be able to tell you what the estimated dealer arrival date is. I was told by both my broker and BMW Genius that there won't be an ETA until the car is released for transport, so that's basically right before it gets there. Seems completely useless to me, but what do I know? I'd call the dealer, but the broker said not to.
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:I will send Steven Cho STRAIGHT to your house Did they end up adding on an ADM? I was debating between going through them vs BMW Portland and would prefer Kuni just because of location. Plus, they seemed to be not-assholes from when I was looking at a used M340 there. kill me now posted:For my region right now the percentages of G20's are as follows for vehicles in any state from order bank to inventory This was super interesting. Thanks for sharing. And yeah, I should really just suck it up and order.
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KillHour posted:I was told by both my broker and BMW Genius that there won't be an ETA until the car is released for transport, so that's basically right before it gets there. Seems completely useless to me, but what do I know? Wait, your lease broker is making you pick up the car from the dealership? They aren’t bringing it to you directly?
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kill me now posted:Wait, your lease broker is making you pick up the car from the dealership? They aren’t bringing it to you directly? I live about 7 hours away from the dealership. The broker said I'd have to pay to have the car transported if I wanted it delivered here.
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Good news: it's at the dealership! Bad news: I still have to wait a week to go there 
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That’s a whole week for some dipshit salesman to sell it out from under you!
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AirRaid posted:That’s a whole week for some dipshit salesman to sell it out from under you! No jury in the world would convict me for what would happen after that.
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 I took delivery Saturday. I'm convinced that the front end looks worse in photos since so many people are filming and shooting with go pros and smartphones, which usually have a wide (24mm or wider) focal length that can distort the front end and make it appear more bulbous and exaggerated than it really is. At a more portrait-friendly focal length it looks more normal. The clutch and shifter are fine? Seemed to be a lot of complaints about BMW shifters earlier in the thread that had me worried. I'm not sure if the G80 changed things up, but the clutch feel, despite being a little light, is good? The shifter, though not as mechanical as the C7, feels perfectly fine. Moving into gear requires a good amount of force and the feedback is more notchy and satisfying than I was expecting. Carbon buckets are the bees knees. I'm 5'11" and 190lbs and they fit really well. Do recommend. Blame Pyrrhus fucked around with this message at 19:01 on Aug 30, 2021 |
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I didn't get the buckets because I'm both a lard rear end and ridiculously tall in the torso (6'3" with a 31" inseam) but I'm jealous of people who can pull it off. Enjoy! Shifter was fine but not nearly as notchy or direct as my focus so I feel like why bother having two manual cars where the faster one feels worse, you know?
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KillHour posted:I didn't get the buckets because I'm both a lard rear end and ridiculously tall in the torso (6'3" with a 31" inseam) but I'm jealous of people who can pull it off. Enjoy! I feel that. I kind of wish I had gotten the ZF auto, but my other 2 cars are utility vehicles and last time I went with an 8-speed auto for my "fun" car (my first GS with an 8L90 auto, similar to the ZF in a lot of respects) I missed having 3 pedals. The interior is glorious in it's orange-ness and I also recommend it to any prospective BMW orders. 
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I ended up with the blue on yellow but the orange was a close second. Good job. Those seats really are cool...
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Man the carbon buckets are loving cool Congrats!
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Residency Evil posted:Seats look awesome. Have you done any longer mileage in them? Any issues? No long distances yet, I never really drive anywhere. They honestly "feel" like any other car seat, completely adjustable and very comfortable. When I ordered, the dealer didn't have any m3s in stock but did have an m8 with these same seats (and a really great black/red/blue color that we don't get on the m3), so I got to try them out before ordering.
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KillHour posted:Those seats really are cool...  amazing!Still not over the front end despite seeing several of these in person but hey at least you don't have to look at it when you're sitting in the car 
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Those seats are amazing and you definitely made the right call on them. They are the kind of thing that become mythic lore in ten years time after the next generation comes out. Everyone will want them even when people who had them say they didn't fit right. these were the option M Performance seats for the E9X M cars. I think they were 3-4 grand or so when they were release. If another set ever comes back in stock? Be prepared to skip some house payments
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They were loving poo poo and I once sold one for £500 and now I’m very angry about it.
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Somewhat Heroic posted:Those seats are amazing and you definitely made the right call on them. They are the kind of thing that become mythic lore in ten years time after the next generation comes out. Everyone will want them even when people who had them say they didn't fit right. This is why I'm curious about the BMW buckets. The secret with the Porsche buckets (at least, IME) is that they: 1. Look incredibly cool 2. Are incredibly comfortable seats once you get in to them (I did a 10 hour drive without problems) BUT: 1. Your wife/girlfriend will hate them. 2. They're still not a real track seat. 3. Getting in/out is just enough of a pain in the rear end that it'll become an excuse for you not to take the car.
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Blame Pyrrhus posted:I took delivery Saturday. Congrats, enjoy it in good health!
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rscott posted:If they don't come in red why would you even buy them They do. 
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kimcicle posted:Congrats, enjoy it in good health! Thanks  rscott posted:If they don't come in red why would you even buy them Because they come in orange which is wonderful!
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Bape Culture posted:They were loving poo poo and I once sold one for £500 and now I’m very angry about it. This brought a tear of joy to my eye
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M340's are going for ~$70k out the door with the Dealer Price Adjustment now At some point you just gotta embrace the buckteeth and go M3
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:M340's are going for ~$70k out the door with the Dealer Price Adjustment now Ahahahahahaha suckers
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:M340's are going for ~$70k out the door with the Dealer Price Adjustment now Jesus gently caress lol
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Good loving lord a frozen edition e92 just went for $84k on BaT In my news, rip to my loving sunroof cover fabric, hopefully I wont need to take the whole thing apart to try and re upholstery adhesive it
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Yeah but it is not every day that you get a collab car between BMW and Disney for real that is worth the price though. It is basically brand new, and being the 6MT (even though it is Not A Great gearbox) will hold value into the future. Brand new it was 80 grand. Considering inflation and all I say it was a good buy.
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Somewhat Heroic posted:for real that is worth the price though. It is basically brand new, and being the 6MT (even though it is Not A Great gearbox) will hold value into the future. Brand new it was 80 grand. Considering inflation and all I say it was a good buy. I think that's a good perspective. The holding costs (fees, maintenance, cost of capital) are non-trivial for something that was only driven 7-8k miles
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got off on a technicality posted:cost of capital My dude I think you misunderstand capital if you think someone who bought this and drove it >10k miles had to give any thought to the "cost of capital" for it. Though I agree it's not an outrageous price for the car itself given condition and options and rarity. I'll edit instead of double posting. Did the VRSF charge pipes and J pipe on the Comp this weekend.  The carbon brace is even lighter than you imagine.  What the gently caress BMW.  Whatever. Came with new, not-stupid hardware.  2 hours hood up to cooling system bleed, being VERY careful. (not counting a beer and locktite run) [Even if it takes 30 minutes, having the DME bleed both pumps simultaneously is so much better than the "cross fingers" approach I've always had to take.] These things are easier to work on than m20s or s52s lol. The packaging is annoying sometimes but not "gently caress YOU" impossible like the older cars. Thanks, modern CAD/CAM! However, this has caused me to do the research necessary to realize my car has a factory locked DME (8/19 build). Ugh. Mileage count: 9667. Crunchy Black fucked around with this message at 16:24 on Sep 2, 2021 |
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Trying to decide whether to pour more money into my E92 328i. I've owned it for about 2 years now, it's a rare one: 6MT, xDrive, M-Sport, Le Mans Blue, basically all the stuff I wanted with this car. But it's getting up there in miles: 105k. And I love this thing, but it guzzles gas, and I continue to feel bad about not driving an electric car. I've put probably 3k into it over my ownership so far. Right now it needs an intake manifold gasket (I think,) brake fluid, ground strap. It also needs a ton of paintwork, probably 2.5k worth. Realistically I am looking at putting another 4-5k over the next couple years of my ownership for a 10 year old BMW with 105k miles... My other option is just to drive this thing into the ground and sell it sometime next year and put that money into a different car. I feel like I could sell it off in its current state for like 9k. Depending on job stuff I would probably buy a Tesla.
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:My other option is just to drive this thing into the ground and sell it sometime next year and put that money into a different car. This is probably the smart option right?
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Yeah I'd drive it more in to the ground solely due to the paintwork. The rest is pretty straightforward stuff to take care of. Intake manifold gasket is technically DIYable if you're so inclined and the parts are cheap. Taking off the intake mainfold is a slog but it's not technically hard and you can do it in your driveway with the hood open. Good news is that you get access to the brake fluid reservoir at the same time, and you can clean the throttle body and poo poo too while you're at it. I suppose the downside is that you have to disconnect the fuel rail so there's gonna be some gasoline spill, it's a big slog, and you need to be careful about dropping poo poo in the intakes.
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The irresponsible answer is that if you're taking off the intake manifold, you should just swap in a three stage intake and tune it, since you're doing half the work anyway.
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Sounds like the perfect candidate for a track car. Strip the interior, cage it, and go racing. Buy the Tesla anyways. There's always room for one more car in your life right?
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Diametunim posted:Sounds like the perfect candidate for a track car. Strip the interior, cage it, and go racing. Buy the Tesla anyways. There's always room for one more car in your life right? brother man lives in  so no, there is not
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:I've put probably 3k into it over my ownership so far. Right now it needs an intake manifold gasket (I think,) brake fluid, ground strap. It also needs a ton of paintwork, probably 2.5k worth. Realistically I am looking at putting another 4-5k over the next couple years of my ownership for a 10 year old BMW with 105k miles...
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