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Still have expansion tanks and radiator end caps to worry about!
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Eric Keller of EAG passed away from a motorcycle accident a couple days ago. What a bummer, I know a lot of people don't like their style or business model but the guy was extremely good for the BMW community and he had a huge amount of knowledge and influence.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted: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. Part of me wants to wait and see if they update the Model 3 or S. The 3 is fairly fugly although I love driving it. But I also love my broken old manual BMW and it only cost me $8k when I bought it so
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Brake fluid is pretty easy, especially if you get a power bleeder, which is totally worth it.
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BlackMK4 posted:Brake fluid is pretty easy, especially if you get a power bleeder, which is totally worth it. Yeah the Motiv is like $65 or something, and OEM brake fluid is even pretty cheap from the dealer. I think I did my F30 in like 40 minutes, and it has extra bleed spots on the bigger brakes. The problem was taking out the CDV, that's how I learned brake fluid tasted bad. Still annoyed that both of mine went fine and the problem one was my Dad's car. 
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I was going to do my brake fluid myself, but when I was getting my car inspected, the place I was at said it was 140 bucks, so I just did that. But now I do have to do something to my car. The fourth wheel speed sensor went out, the one I should have replaced when the front two died. I was lazy and thought "I'll just wait until the other one goes to replace it" and here I am. If it isn't the consequences of my own (in)actions.
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:Eeeh I might take a crack at most of this myself except for the brake fluid which i'd be too afraid to gently caress up. If you do the intake manifold take a whole lot of pictures and mark all the various harnesses and make a list of what's been disconnected. Yes, they only plug in to the correct point. Yes, you will hate yourself when you forgot to connect something that's deep in the underside of the manifold like the knock sensor. Hell if you wanna do it I'd be willing to take a shot with ya at some point.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:If you do the intake manifold take a whole lot of pictures and mark all the various harnesses and make a list of what's been disconnected. Yes, they only plug in to the correct point. Yes, you will hate yourself when you forgot to connect something that's deep in the underside of the manifold like the knock sensor. Or a vacuum hose and it runs like poo poo! 
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:Eeeh I might take a crack at most of this myself except for the brake fluid which i'd be too afraid to gently caress up. I don't want to go Tesla chat here but I don't see how you could go from a BMW to a Tesla, especially yours. The model3 is a blast to drive but I'd recommend you see if you can find someone to let you go on a long drive with one. That screen gets more annoying the longer I engage with it. I legitimately almost bought an M3P instead of my M340i but backed out because of said screen. It also doesn't help that when I first took out the Tesla, the "salesperson" or whatever the gently caress the people at the Tesla store in Dedham MA are scratched that Piano black center console with his badge. That straight line performance though...holy poo poo.
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Things happened.  
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I highly approve of your colour choice. Is that a matching interior I can see?
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kronix posted:I don't want to go Tesla chat here but I don't see how you could go from a BMW to a Tesla, especially yours. The model3 is a blast to drive but I'd recommend you see if you can find someone to let you go on a long drive with one. That screen gets more annoying the longer I engage with it. My real problems with the model 3 are the lack of sound deadening and that it looks kinda dumb.
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AirRaid posted:I highly approve of your colour choice. Is that a matching interior I can see? It is but the awful app won't let me upload the image.
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KillHour posted:Things happened. Hell yeah! How’s the color in person?
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KillHour posted:Things happened. I've seen darker ones in person and haven't been as put off by the grill, but now I see these pictures again and I'm not sure. How's it look in person?
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The color distracts you from the grille pretty effectively. It's actually really cool because in artificial light it's yellow but in the sun it's acid green. The CF roof looks insane in direct sun too.
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It’s official. I don’t care about the grill anymore.
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ngl, thinking about this as a dadcar at some point.
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GentlemanofLeisure posted:Do a burnout.
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GentlemanofLeisure posted:Do a burnout.
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After the break in
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What sort of out the door pricing can you expect for a new M3 right now? I ditched the m340 due to some Bullshit
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There's an amg mercedes of some sort around where I live that's wrapped in a color similar to that. It is amazing and really sticks out. Good choice on the color. I don't personally mind the grill nearly as much in person as in photos. I'd probably be looking at getting a similar one if I didn't really want a convertible so bad.
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:I rented one for a weekend and drove it around Oregon and Washington (I posted about this in the "review rental cars" thread.) I honestly am fine with the screen. I really dislike not having physical controls but otherwise I don't have a big problem with it. I spend a lot of time fumbling with my AVIN unit as it is. Yeah the lack of sound deadening does kinda suck. The screen and the fact that it eats through range at fairly typical Mass Turnpike speeds was the final straw. I’m not a speed freak but I want to be able to cruise at 80 MPH on the highways here because that’s the speed of the middle lane without traffic. On my 10 mile test drive of the M3P I ate through like 30 miles of range. To be fair I spent most of that ride giving the poor Tesla guy a series of mini heart attacks. The real kicker for me is my local BMW dealership has been exceedingly good about taking care of me if I have even minor issues with the car. We’re talking about comping a water pump out of warranty and putting me in a loaner 330 wagon for 2 weeks because a part they thought they had wasn’t in instead of making me come back for my car. What can I say, I’m a fanboy. kronix fucked around with this message at 17:59 on Sep 5, 2021 |
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kronix posted:Yeah the lack of sound deadening does kinda suck. I get the range anxiety as well but it isn't a dealbreaker for me at all. The one thing that is kind of a dealbreaker is that they no longer offer the Model 3 with a sunroof. I'm that guy who has the sunroof open 3 seasons a year, I love having it for rural cruising. It is tempting to put a 3 stage intake on the 328, fix it up, and try to own it through another 50k or so miles. I'm only putting about 8k miles/year on it as it is. I'm definitely satisfied with the car even though it doesn't have the Tesla acceleration. My biggest problems with it are the frequent expensive repairs, and the fact it's an ICE car in a warming world. I am guessing it would cost me about $10-15k in maintenance, including the paintwork, to own it another 5 years.
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:What sort of out the door pricing can you expect for a new M3 right now? I ditched the m340 due to some Bullshit In my neck of the woods (SoCal) most dealers have a few thousand markup, but every now and then you can find one for MSRP. This one is marked at MSRP but who knows if they'll try to jack up the price when you walk in: https://www.crevierbmw.com/inventory/new-2021-bmw-m3-sdn-rear-wheel-drive-sedan-wbs53ay02mfl57943/
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:What sort of out the door pricing can you expect for a new M3 right now? I ditched the m340 due to some Bullshit I'm curious: what's the bullshit?
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:What sort of out the door pricing can you expect for a new M3 right now? I ditched the m340 due to some Bullshit MSRP + $500 for a broker to find you an allocation if you want it in a reasonable time.
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Residency Evil posted:I'm curious: what's the bullshit? They were playing games with me. We agreed to a price but they tried some "ah ha but we didn't negotiate the Market Adjustment yet!" and it was within $10k of the handful of M3's they had on the lot.
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:They were playing games with me. We agreed to a price but they tried some "ah ha but we didn't negotiate the Market Adjustment yet!" and it was within $10k of the handful of M3's they had on the lot. lmfao on a 3-series? Get hosed. Car dealers are miserable.
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:What sort of out the door pricing can you expect for a new M3 right now? I ditched the m340 due to some Bullshit My dealer didn't pull any market adjustment shenanigans despite putting my order in when market was pretty hosed in June. A decent spec M3/4 base will be in the high 70s, a couple Gs more for the comp and a few more for xDrive. Mine (base) was specced to 81k but I opted for the seats (which I am thankful for insisting on every time I get in it) and the upgraded leather interior, which helps with the absurd interior but I probably wouldn't miss.
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Mine is the opposite. I have all the tech options checked and none of the visual stuff (except the extended leather and CF steering wheel) and it was a hair under 90k.
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Oh I had more than just those, but those were the pricier options that realty added to the cost.
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After repeatedly saying I would never consider the new M3/M4 due to the grill... the interior, body shaping and overall 'style' is winning me over. (I still dislike that off center sensor in the front). Great looking cars!
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The assisted driving system is really good. Can plow through 8 hours of driving like it's 3. Practically drives itself and literally drives itself in slow traffic.
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It's about that time again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WieBN931vos
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