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Cojawfee posted:If they do bring the M5 wagon to the US, are you going to put in an order? It's one thing to say it would be cool and you would, like, totally buy one. But it's another thing to actually buy it. People always say they want a specific type of car and that they would totally buy it, but the manufacturers try to sell them and no one buys them. No of course not, I would do what I've always done and buy one used in 10 years.
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BMW should bring in CPO wagons from Europe.
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Jun 28, 2023 03:16
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I'm generally fine with the bmw infotainment system but this stupid widget is Android gingerbread levels of pointless a e s t h e t I c 
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Jun 28, 2023 04:03
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A friend who's also BMW's lead driver drove up Pike's Peak in the Exhibition class for BMW in their XM Red Label... didn't go quite how they planned https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuwiYNNeP88&t=17435s
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Jun 28, 2023 04:11
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:this was kind of both at the same time, really - margins on CUVs are better and the sedan market was shrinking That gauge is hard when the 1100sqft small house you grew up in was worth a million dollars when you were 12. I’d love to buy one but there is no way I would be making the kind of money that would be needed to afforded it by the time it makes it here. I also would probably have done dumb poo poo on the way there of like E91 manual M3 build shenanigans as that would be cheaper than what an M5 Touring will cost new in ‘25. I’d consider a 340/540 touring, but also wish to god they would revive the third pedal, if I am losing the third pedal and just going for wagon hauler and a lot less sport more just muscle, the E class wagon is right there, an E400-450 is a great car.
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Jun 28, 2023 04:46
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e91 + 986, imo I can't imagine buying a new bmw due to the opacity re: DIY. P sure this is my boomer hill.
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Jun 28, 2023 05:34
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Are newer BMWs difficult to work on because of a lack of documentation or online guides? I currently own an e46 and every nut and bolt has been documented 10 times online in text and video form which is part of what makes owning older BMWs so nice.
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Jun 28, 2023 05:38
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The N54/N55 are really well documented on forums, the B58 is getting there I think. Maintenance is still reasonably straightforward, but 2020+ (I think?) is when the ECUs need a bench unlock to tune them, and that's in ... Finland? Russia? There's definitely more limitations on the enthusiast side in addition to the loss of the third pedal.
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Jun 28, 2023 12:19
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You can bench unlock late 19+ build S55 ECUs domestically. Idk about the _58 variants.
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Jun 28, 2023 12:54
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MrOnBicycle posted:- the CPO older BMWs hidden away in the back look so much better than the new cars Was at my local dealership ordering the roof rack the other day and thought the exact same thing. I had a 3-year expired $100 off parts/lifestyle accessories coupon I forgot about and they honored it, which was super cool of them.
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https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a44359795/2024-bmw-x1-m35i-specs/quote:turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-four with 312 hp and 295 pound-feet of torque. 
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Jun 28, 2023 14:59
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Why is an m35i a turbo four? God drat it BMW.
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Jun 28, 2023 15:23
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Probably because its fwd. I never see X1 or X2's around my area. edit oh i was wrong phosdex fucked around with this message at 18:31 on Jun 28, 2023 |
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Jun 28, 2023 18:09
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Actually - "A seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission and all-wheel drive are standard, and the M35i also gains a limited-slip differential. Adaptive dampers are standard equipment, and BMW's M compound brakes are optional." I see the very infrequent X1 but almost never the X2.
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Jun 28, 2023 18:23
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bmw make the m van
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Jun 28, 2023 18:23
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Why won't BMW sell a ute?
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They barely publish the towing capacity of their largest cars, I doubt they want the optics of selling something designed to do actual work edit vvv:   that poorly bent roll bar made from square tubing 
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Cojawfee posted:Why won't BMW sell a ute? https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/classic-cars/news/a30952/bmw-secret-e30-m3-pickup-truck/ They did also dumb I can’t just upload an image in the app anymore so you are forced to click. E: I suppose technically they never sold it, but they did make one.
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Alarbus posted:The N54/N55 are really well documented on forums, the B58 is getting there I think. Maintenance is still reasonably straightforward, but 2020+ (I think?) is when the ECUs need a bench unlock to tune them, and that's in ... Finland? Russia? There's definitely more limitations on the enthusiast side in addition to the loss of the third pedal. lol there be sketchy poo poo with those ecus going through a group of about twenty russians to be unlocked Alarbus posted:Why is an m35i a turbo four? God drat it BMW. The B48 is really, really good. I look forward to building something stupid once control over everything on them is more figured out. They've got weird stuff like ECU controlled oil pump, ECU controlled vacuum pump in the motor, etc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P8TcvJwPlk (B48 swapped E46 with 8HP auto) BlackMK4 fucked around with this message at 19:37 on Jun 28, 2023 |
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phosdex posted:Probably because its fwd. I never see X1 or X2's around my area. It is on their fwd based platform though, so you're half right. I believe shared with various Minis?
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Is a supercharged E46 a bad idea? https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/d/pacific-bmw-330i-e46-manual-low-miles/7637888775.html
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Mahatma-Squid posted:It is on their fwd based platform though, so you're half right. I believe shared with various Minis? Transverse mounted power plant = FWD [biased] 
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blk posted:Is a supercharged E46 a bad idea? https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/d/pacific-bmw-330i-e46-manual-low-miles/7637888775.html If they didn't do anything with the rear subframe I'd be worried about that.
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Biased but I think that looks like a fantastic idea. I paid more for my e46 with the same miles and it’s bone stock.
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Bulky Bartokomous posted:Biased but I think that looks like a fantastic idea. I paid more for my e46 with the same miles and it’s bone stock. *taps the "mods don't add value" sign*
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I would much rather have a bone stock one (especially if it is well-ish maintained)
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TheBacon posted:I would much rather have a bone stock one (especially if it is well-ish maintained) I would pay more for a bone stock, well maintained one.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:*taps the "mods don't add value" sign*
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It depends on what mods we are talking about. If it's a gigantic wing, Update on my e46: $1700 replace oil pan gasket $900 replace adaptive xenon control switch unit $900 Accessory belt tensioner, AC belt tensioner, and belts Bulky Bartokomous fucked around with this message at 23:28 on Jun 29, 2023 |
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depends, but you generally only hear it from the people lowballing pricing on something that they've got no interest in buying in the first place
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:mod sass is illegal kgj 
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XM (and iX) are piling up on the dealer lots because turns out no one wants these ugly rear end junkers.
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Friend of mine drove the XM Red Label at Pike's Peak for BMW the other day... he's an amazing driver and still had an oopsie with that 3-ton hog.
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Throatwarbler posted:XM (and iX) are piling up on the dealer lots because turns out no one wants these ugly rear end junkers. I'm one of the mad people that want one, but I'm not insane enough to pay the $150 grand the dealers want for premium electric.
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Ether Frenzy posted:Friend of mine drove the XM Red Label at Pike's Peak for BMW the other day... he's an amazing driver and still had an oopsie with that 3-ton hog. Forgot if this got posted further up or not here if people wanna see the carnage. Hope your bud’s doing alright. https://www.thedrive.com/news/the-bmw-xm-rolled-three-corners-into-its-pikes-peak-record-attempt
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Yeah, he walked out of it unscathed luckily, he'd been setting really good times in the qualifying so I'm curious what happened that resulted in such a quick ending to the day but I didn't really want to bring it up when I texted him after seeing the footage - he's shown me incredible car control skills on the track, so the fact he got out of shape so quickly is definitely a testament to why tall heavy SUVs that are quick maybe aren't actually race cars. Interesting unrelated fact - he holds the Guinness record for longest continuous dual drift, they drifted for 8 hours and 235 miles in a circle.
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After dealing with fatigued alloy threads pulling out on 25+ year old Nissan's, I thought that moving to the comparatively modern and young E92 would mean at least 10 years before I'd have to perform the sacred rites and pray before torquing up any bolt seated in the block or head. But no, today the bottom bolt on the power steering belt tensioner pulled the thread out way short of the target torque. After performing a short-lived surrender cobra, I checked the part diagram again and fortunately it turns out that the thread is in a small removable mount rather than the block itself! But of course, the engine has to be lifted up a few cm (or the subframe dropped accordingly) to allow the mounting bolts to be extracted. Time to replace the engine mounts as well I guess, as it requires most of the same work. A quick sense check - according to this thread the torque for the belt tensioner mounting bolts is 40Nm which seems slightly high for an M8 bolt into alloy. The thread quotes the standard torque for the bolt type from the TIS rather than a specific torque. Does this figure sound right?
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I'm a weird guy and bored so I made a spreadsheet of BMW chassis size's and here is my thesis: 3 Series: E30, E81, F22, E36, E46 Tweener: E92, F30, F32 5 Series: G20, E34, E39, E28, E60 6 series: E24, G22 If anyone is curious those are all listed in length order with the E24 and G22 pulled out from in between the E34 and the E39.
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Bulky Bartokomous posted:I'm a weird guy and bored so I made a spreadsheet of BMW chassis size's and here is my thesis: The F20 is now the same size as the E30 was. Cars done grown.
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harperdc posted:The F20 is now the same size as the E30 was. Cars done grown. It's wild. I have a 2 car garage built in the 90s and it used to fit my 2 e46 cars tight but manageable. Anytime we have had to rent a car or park someones car who is visiting in our garage along side my e46 M3 it's an ordeal to get it in there. Even small sedans have grown a lot.
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