mtecnic Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Title is the topic. Post your car and what part of the state you're from if you've got one.Taking delivery of mine in a few weeks.Located in Oshkosh. F80 M3 - Sakhir Orange - 6MT - Carbon Fiber Roof - HK Sound - 19s with Black I'll be calling her Scarlett. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasnt m3 Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 You'll probably be the first/only one on here. mtecnic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suspenceful Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 You'll probably be the first/only one on here. This. Please post pictures upon arrival. mtecnic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Nice color choice=) mtecnic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungCR Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 Yes! Props on having good taste in ordering a car and not buying a bland black/grey F80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassE Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 Off Topic: Congrates on the purchase! I'm local, hope to see it around this summer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_love_cars Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 I don't really like the new M3/4 at all, however, that's pure subjectivity. What I will say is that I love the color choice and will echo Chris' thoughts above - unique color choice that I applaud and would still have beer with you as a result of making that decision, despite my disdain for an M car that doesn't have a high revving NA motor. I had a black 135 before the one I have now, and I get way more compliments on the color now than I ever did with "yet another black bmw". I'm sure you will be very pleased looking at your car and knowing you weren't a crowd-follower. I would be interested to see this in person at a meet sometime. YoungCR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtecnic Posted March 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Wow, active little community here! Well I would love to meet up with anyone from here. Delivery should be early to mid April. @i_love_cars: I had a high revving NA e92 M3 in which the motor blew up and windowed the block. For the long term, i'll settle with a high-ish revving inline 6 with the turbos. I was lucky under warranty by 2 months so I didn't have to foot the $32K bill. You could say my love for high revving NA cars has died off like the lost love of a girlfriend who cheated on you. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsbimmer1 Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Wow, active little community here!Well I would love to meet up with anyone from here. Delivery should be early to mid April.@i_love_cars: I had a high revving NA e92 M3 in which the motor blew up and windowed the block. For the long term, i'll settle with a high-ish revving inline 6 with the turbos. I was lucky under warranty by 2 months so I didn't have to foot the $32K bill. You could say my love for high revving NA cars has died off like the lost love of a girlfriend who cheated on you.Cheers!Best rebuttal ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassE Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Well I would love to meet up with anyone from here. Delivery should be early to mid April.Once the weather is nice again, some Oshkosh locals do a weekly/bi-weekly at Mahoneys for food/drinks on Thursday nights. I'll let you know when we start those again - or search "Throttle Thursdays" on FB. mtecnic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_love_cars Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Wow, active little community here! Well I would love to meet up with anyone from here. Delivery should be early to mid April. @i_love_cars: I had a high revving NA e92 M3 in which the motor blew up and windowed the block. For the long term, i'll settle with a high-ish revving inline 6 with the turbos. I was lucky under warranty by 2 months so I didn't have to foot the $32K bill. You could say my love for high revving NA cars has died off like the lost love of a girlfriend who cheated on you. Cheers! bahahahahah "like the lost love of a girlfriend who cheated on you" , love it. I will say there is something to be said about the fact that the e92 has a unique motor and that makes it much more expensive to fix. The newer M cars that share motors with other BMWs means more parts available, more likelihood of issues being worked out due to greater volume of cars to sample problems from, and lower hours to do repairs as processes become more standardized. mtecnic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtecnic Posted March 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 bahahahahah "like the lost love of a girlfriend who cheated on you" , love it. I will say there is something to be said about the fact that the e92 has a unique motor and that makes it much more expensive to fix. The newer M cars that share motors with other BMWs means more parts available, more likelihood of issues being worked out due to greater volume of cars to sample problems from, and lower hours to do repairs as processes become more standardized. The lost love analogy seems to hit home with car guys. Where did you get the impression that this gen M3 shares a motor with anything? I'd be curious to read that. My reference: http://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=893611 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_love_cars Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 let me try and dig it up for you - the information is in the BMW engine papers that most people will never look at. Give me some time. All technologies in the M3/4 are generic and not M specific, including the ones marketed as ///M. For example, your article highlights in bold font the twin wire arc sprayed cylinder liners - these were already used in N20 engines in 2011 for the F10 320i and is pretty much standard BMW by now. It was marketed as something special for the S55. It's not. Another one is the turbo dual mono scrolls - same tech as the N55. BMW never implemented the hybrid turbocharger that they patented in 2013 in the S55. The S55 was an updated N55 design. I'm not saying that there aren't some things in the S55 that are better than other BMW cars (I suspect the rotating assembly in the S55 can handle more than the N55), but all in all, many things that will break on that car will be cheaper to fix than an e92 M3 because i bet you dollars to donuts the next 3/4 series cars will have everything the current M4 has because it's all generic. The e92 was unique. I've yet to see anything on the S55 that screams "i'm a unique M car". mtecnic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtecnic Posted March 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 let me try and dig it up for you - the information is in the BMW engine papers that most people will never look at. Give me some time. All technologies in the M3/4 are generic and not M specific, including the ones marketed as ///M. For example, your article highlights in bold font the twin wire arc sprayed cylinder liners - these were already used in M20 engines in 2011 for the F10 320i and is pretty much standard BMW by now. It was marketed as something special for the S55. It's not. Another one is the turbo dual mono scrolls - same tech as the N55. BMW never implemented the hybrid turbocharger that they patented in 2013 in the S55. The S55 was an updated N55 design. I'm not saying that there aren't some things in the S55 that are better than other BMW cars (I suspect the rotating assembly in the S55 can handle more than the N55), but all in all, many things that will break on that car will be cheaper to fix than an e92 M3 because i bet you dollars to donuts the next 3/4 series cars will have everything the current M4 has because it's all generic. The e92 was unique. I've yet to see anything on the S55 that screams "i'm a unique M car". I can certainly agree on all the points you made of pieces not called the engine The e92 s65 is just a chopped version of the S85 from the m5. So i guess its not real unique either. We should probably stop or all the hairs will be split, hahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc43089 Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 I would venture to say that is not a bad thing to share some parts with other models, maintenance and performance modifications will cost less and be more available. mtecnic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtecnic Posted April 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2015 I picked it up Friday! 310 miles on and in one tank of gas Here's the pic: patsbimmer1 and jc43089 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsbimmer1 Posted April 13, 2015 Report Share Posted April 13, 2015 That's a good looking car! mtecnic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan... Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Beautiful color! Any plans for mods? Other than lowering it a little bit I think it looks great as-is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtecnic Posted May 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 Beautiful color! Any plans for mods? Other than lowering it a little bit I think it looks great as-is. This I believe will be its final state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc43089 Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 Wow that looks good! mtecnic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_love_cars Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 not that i'm biased or anything towards red/orange with black/carbon accents as a color scheme or anything buuuuuuuut yes, more of that. What you have there is, IMO, the only way to setup a sakhir orange car. mtecnic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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