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Because of a little forgotten concept called personal freedom and taste?
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2017 BMW 530i, Sport Line,Alpine White, Canberra Beige Sensatec, 19 inch V-Spoke wheels, basic plain Jane build with no options whatsoever..... "Less is more".
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04-23-2020, 11:58 AM | #46 |
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Congrats OP! BSM really works on this car and that interior looks really good. Those seats looks great!
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04-23-2020, 02:12 PM | #48 |
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04-23-2020, 05:18 PM | #50 |
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Why select this over a 3 series?
Not all of us want a car that has gotten as large as the new 3 series has. As a current 2 series owner, my desire for next vehicle had following requirements. 1. 4 doors ( spousal request) 2. Lots of tech 3. Handling needs to be good. 4. AWD ( due to where I live). 5. similar size to my current car Let's see what is avail in US: Audi A4. For me, Too big,. Not a fan of the handling MB C class, CLA. (Had a 09 C Class previously). Nice but too big for my taste Lexus IS. Ummm. Nope. Yawn Acura ILX. Nope felt cheap. TLX.. too big Cadillac no thanks,. Not a fan of anything about them BMW 3 series. Too big. Tech is good though, handling is good, but I can feel the size 2 series GC. Checked the boxes for me. Looks will grow on me. I see it from the inside anyhow. And this is coming from someone that could be driving a P car, but chooses not to, because at the end of the day, this is a daily driver, aka grocery go getter. After spending a good part of an entire day in early March with my CA driving different versions of the 2GC and 3 series (including the M340), I ended up ordering a pretty much loaded M235GC in storm bay over black on that day. BMW really has done a great job with the handling. Normal driving, you would believe it's rwd.. only at excessive limits can you tell it's fwd based. And can we realistically drive our cars anywhere near their limits on city streets?.. no, we cannot legally. That's what track days are for! Now the wait for the factory to reopen, and get it built, and shipped over the pond. Hoping for July at this point. OP-. Enjoy your car! Let us all know how things are going after break in period. Last edited by Mykele; 04-23-2020 at 08:09 PM.. |
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04-23-2020, 10:54 PM | #51 |
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Every time I see BMW doing these red interiors I cringe at the red center console cover. If I owned an interior spec'd in this colorway, I would have a black console cover waiting to be swapped in upon delivery. I have two reasons that are admittedly related... A: the seats will actually pop more without the visual distraction of the red console cover. Let the seats have the glory. B: why the hell are we accenting the center console cover? This detail feels like it should be on a Honda Civic Type R. BMW should be classier than that. Less is more here BMW. Plus it would be easier and less expensive to just keep the black cover. On a positive note this is an easy fix for the end user to make. No offense intended towards this vehicle's owner.
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Hello there everybody! First of all thank you for all the compliments and feedback on the car, it is much appreciated.
It's been quite an intensive week for me at work but regardless I was able to finish the running in period two days back. Now having had the chance to drive the car with more intensity I can still comfortably say that BMW has been very successful in combatting the usual issues that come with FWD-bias cars regarding driving characteristics. Apart from the tail not going loose, I don't really find myself missing RWD/RWD-bias. As a daily this little car has for me the perfect mix of usability and fun driving characteristics which can be used to their full potential on public roads. The car feels really planted and easy to drive and of course feels very nimble doing so. Some of the "quirks" I have noticed so far, good and bad, consequential and inconsequential: The good:
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--------- All in all I can only recommend this car for anybody in the market for a car in this segment. That said you need to know what you want/need from a car. I have no need to haul a lot of gear or kids or whatever and this obviously is a requirement to be able to live with a car in this segment. For me this is strictly a daily car. As a hobby car I could have something like the M2C, which again I would not consider an option for me as a daily here in Finland. Value and price are something everybody need to consider on their own, but for me this hit the sweet spot. Last edited by hooumeri; 04-26-2020 at 05:17 PM.. |
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Since I pretty much want all the options, it became clear that outfitting a 228i makes little sense, when the price quickly climbs to the price of a similarly-configured M235i, which ends up actually being a better value, given the motorization difference and included features. Probably not coincidental! I'm confused about the Dynamic Dampener Control (Adaptive Suspension) option. I know it's tied to 18" wheels (not 19"), but as an option in the configurator, I cannot seem to find it. Many reviewers insist it's a worthy and important option to tick. Beyond that, I am still torn between Mineral Gray, Storm Bay, or Misano Blue. Last edited by Darex; 04-30-2020 at 02:46 PM.. |
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I ordered Dynamic Damper Control on mine, and it shows up as part of my build in "my Garage" on the owners portion of BMW website. Funny thing is that you cannot add it to a M235GC any longer when you build and price. ??? Unless it's now standard in the 235 and I will get a credit for the cost.. One look at Storm Bay sold me on it.. my current 2 is MG, and I almost went that route. Storm bay changes color depending on the lighting. Sometimes looks primer gray, it gets a light blue cast in other light. It will hide the dirt better than MG does as well. |
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