Double Compliance - VonMayr and Rowanbuds

[vonmayr]

A beautiful Bavarian spring afternoon in Fussen saw two M3's at the famed Neuschwanstein photo spot - RowanBuds Le Mans Blue and vonmayr Sakhir Orange
Both are dirty from hard use in wet weather....


For your viewing pleasure, I present the following image.
M3's ROCK!

[SakhirM4]

[pikkagtr]

Very nice! M3s FTW definitely

[RowanBuds]

So great to meet you both today, Robert. Enjoy the rest of the (post break-in) kilometers!

[Bluex]

Awesome!

[vonmayr]

Originally Posted by RowanBuds

So great to meet you both today, Robert. Enjoy the rest of the (post break-in) kilometers!

Likewise! Enjoy your trip - I think Iceland sounds awesome.
Nice meeting you and seeing your fine looking machine.

Tomorrow is the first full speed run!

[OneRib]

Nice long distance connection. Amazing that the schedules worked out like they did. Did either of you guys find out who owned the SS M3 that was in the hotel parking lot?

[vonmayr]

Originally Posted by OneRib

Nice long distance connection. Amazing that the schedules worked out like they did. Did either of you guys find out who owned the SS M3 that was in the hotel parking lot?

BCH on the other forum. I met him - name is Paul and the car was beautiful with CS seats and black 19s. There was also an ED AY M4 in the castle parking lot with 2 kids seats in the back - didnt gat a chance to meet them and find out who they were.

[DocWeatherington]

Originally Posted by vonmayr

Likewise! Enjoy your trip - I think Iceland sounds awesome.
Nice meeting you and seeing your fine looking machine.

Tomorrow is the first full speed run!

What Iceland Trip?

RowanBuds

[DocWeatherington]

Originally Posted by vonmayr

BCH on the other forum. I met him - name is Paul and the car was beautiful with CS seats and black 19s. There was also an ED AY M4 in the castle parking lot with 2 kids seats in the back - didnt gat a chance to meet them and find out who they were.

That sounds miserable M4, 2 small kids lol... $20 bucks says the wife denied the Autobahn experience

[OneRib]

Originally Posted by DocWeatherington

That sounds miserable M4, 2 small kids lol... $20 bucks says the wife denied the Autobahn experience

Maybe not, it was an M4 not M3. Depends on the car seat brand.

Recaros=No limit Autobahn fun
Graco= Stay under 110
Britax= Don't go over 70 and stay in the right lane!

[OneRib]

Originally Posted by vonmayr

BCH on the other forum. I met him - name is Paul and the car was beautiful with CS seats and black 19s. There was also an ED AY M4 in the castle parking lot with 2 kids seats in the back - didnt gat a chance to meet them and find out who they were.

Nice! The M3/4 appear to have a higher % of EDs compared to other BMWs.
May be skewed by spending most of my time on this board, but also looks this way from the other sites ED delivery camera.

Did you get a similar vibe?

[///M///]

Originally Posted by OneRib

Nice! The M3/4 appear to have a higher % of EDs compared to other BMWs.
May be skewed by spending most of my time on this board, but also looks this way from the other sites ED delivery camera.

Did you get a similar vibe?

I agree though I am basing it off the numerous ED threads I have read on Bimmerpost

[Bluex]

Originally Posted by OneRib

Maybe not, it was an M4 not M3. Depends on the car seat brand.

Recaros=No limit Autobahn fun
Graco= Stay under 110
Britax= Don't go over 70 and stay in the right lane!

Lol....I agree with this wise observation

Never know though. While we didn't bring our two (15 and 9), I can assure you if we did my wife wouldn't have cared what speed we were going on the autobahn.....as long as the conditions were safe to do so.

Then again a guy with recaro baby seats could just be dreaming and well reigned in by a less than enthusiastic partner

Btw, love how you guys were able to meet up!

My wife had a friend who was taking an ed for her S3 at the same time we were over there, but we never got to meeting up. We were 3 sheets to the wind when she called.

[RowanBuds]

Originally Posted by DocWeatherington

What Iceland Trip?

RowanBuds

Dropping car off in Zurich this coming Tuesday. Then train to A'dam, then flying to Iceland for (at least) 3 days. Pending icelandair pilots strike.

Definitely have some good video. Unfortunately the Grossglockner was closed on the only day I could've done it, but such is weather. The hope to drive Grimsel/Furka/Susten also was hampered by the trip being in May instead of August, although I did drive the Fernpass yesterday and the Gotthard today.


vonmayr, how'd the autobahn treat you today? I went North, then West, then South en route to Vaduz and got in somewhere over 70kM of autobahn myself. Found the limiter, but didn't think enough to see if it existed in 6th, not 7th. Didn't want to run the rpms too high under 1,000 miles. Wow this car is a beast, huh?

Sadly, I'm having issues finding the gopro footage from our run out to Neuschwanstein. The 4GB gopro file break up is really messing with me - I'll put in the time to decipher my 200 video files once back stateside. Not a good use of vacation time.

[RowanBuds]

In case anyone is still questionable, the CCB's are fucking fantastic! Gotthard and Fern passes completed, as well as a highly spirited run into Lauterbrunnen and I had nothing but confidence in the brakes. Also - the complaints of these things in the wet!! WTF?? Drove in Bavarian downpours for around 750km and the brakes never once gave me pause. Reliable, positive, consistent, and worth it!

[vonmayr]

Originally Posted by RowanBuds

vonmayr, how'd the autobahn treat you today? I went North, then West, then South en route to Vaduz and got in somewhere over 70kM of autobahn myself. Found the limiter, but didn't think enough to see if it existed in 6th, not 7th. Didn't want to run the rpms too high under 1,000 miles. Wow this car is a beast, huh?

Sadly, I'm having issues finding the gopro footage from our run out to Neuschwanstein. The 4GB gopro file break up is really messing with me - I'll put in the time to decipher my 200 video files once back stateside. Not a good use of vacation time.

Well, awesome doesn't quite cover it but will have to do. The A7 North had pretty light traffic and we had her up to 262 KMP (158 indicated) multiple times. Inflated the tires to the correct level before heading out of Fussen. I burned off the 40 liters of petrol that I put in over the 124 miles we drove today. She gets thirsty when she's pushed. Hit the limiter at just shy of 6K RPM. She was squirming a little bit over 140 MPH - when I put the suspension into sport+ instead of comfort that cleared right up.
Obviously take your time with the Gopro.

:

[DocWeatherington]

Originally Posted by RowanBuds

Dropping car off in Zurich this coming Tuesday. Then train to A'dam, then flying to Iceland for (at least) 3 days. Pending icelandair pilots strike.

Definitely have some good video. Unfortunately the Grossglockner was closed on the only day I could've done it, but such is weather. The hope to drive Grimsel/Furka/Susten also was hampered by the trip being in May instead of August, although I did drive the Fernpass yesterday and the Gotthard today.


vonmayr, how'd the autobahn treat you today? I went North, then West, then South en route to Vaduz and got in somewhere over 70kM of autobahn myself. Found the limiter, but didn't think enough to see if it existed in 6th, not 7th. Didn't want to run the rpms too high under 1,000 miles. Wow this car is a beast, huh?

Sadly, I'm having issues finding the gopro footage from our run out to Neuschwanstein. The 4GB gopro file break up is really messing with me - I'll put in the time to decipher my 200 video files once back stateside. Not a good use of vacation time.

Haha, go big or go home.. Might was well do a stop in Ice Land lol.

[RowanBuds]

Got the dreaded rock-in-heatshield today, vonmayr. Cleared up after a few tries of bending it back, but difficult to get in there - especially after a mountain run. Just a little bit hot.

I do have something else to report on CCB though- after the heat shield incident and some really hard braking the pedal got mushy. I really didn't expect that. After two pumps of the pedal the feel came back, so I'm left to presume the fluid at fault. This mushy feel, then two/three pumps and feel returned was repeatable (maybe 5 times). I'll be posting a thread sometime before US redelivery to ask other CCB owners if they've had this issue. I have the whole run on video too - about 4.5 km. Hard braking up and down hill.

After parking for petrol and a failed car washing attempt the pedal feel was back to normal. The squishy pedal was very disconcerting as the brakes have been rock solid thus far and it first occurred entering a low 2nd gear turn coming down from high 3rd. One of those moments.

[funk74]

Originally Posted by RowanBuds

Got the dreaded rock-in-heatshield today, vonmayr. Cleared up after a few tries of bending it back, but difficult to get in there - especially after a mountain run. Just a little bit hot.

I do have something else to report on CCB though- after the heat shield incident and some really hard braking the pedal got mushy. I really didn't expect that. After two pumps of the pedal the feel came back, so I'm left to presume the fluid at fault. This mushy feel, then two/three pumps and feel returned was repeatable (maybe 5 times). I'll be posting a thread sometime before US redelivery to ask other CCB owners if they've had this issue. I have the whole run on video too - about 4.5 km. Hard braking up and down hill.

After parking for petrol and a failed car washing attempt the pedal feel was back to normal. The squishy pedal was very disconcerting as the brakes have been rock solid thus far and it first occurred entering a low 2nd gear turn coming down from high 3rd. One of those moments.

Guess it's a good thing you weren't on the ring tracking her and find out then in the middle of traffic.

My opinion would be if I spent $8000 on brakes, they better work each and every time perfectly even if I didn't work perfectly. I mean people are depending their lives on those things to work properly.

[Xtabi]

Nice pic!

[RowanBuds]

Originally Posted by OneRib

Nice! The M3/4 appear to have a higher % of EDs compared to other BMWs.
May be skewed by spending most of my time on this board, but also looks this way from the other sites ED delivery camera.

Did you get a similar vibe?

There's an ED camera?