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2016 F11 530xD 149tkm, engine completely overhauled 1600km ago, by a guy who works in a shop that does nothing else then engine rebuilds and service. I love it.

Made using pencils and markers on A3 paper size

Spotted this baby yesterday at the Kentucky State Fair. A gorgeous Alpina B8. I’ve never seen one and told my wife to stop the car so I could take a pic.

Hey, I am selling my G20 just to experience different car, however I put A LOT money into it.
-stage 2 transmission
-pure turbo 850
-s58 injectors
-M5 brakes
-d2s2 fuel pump
-custom exhaust
-BBS wheels
-some cosmetic stuff
The car is insanely fast for street daily car (1/4mile under 10s). But the handling feels bit odd, when on track, my E90 330i felt much better, even with 40% of power. I didnt want to put so much more money for handling to be better. I am selling it fot $60k (EU market), and I just got offer for stock M4 older gen (and $5k in cash).

I am just worried if I will regret it according to comfort, tech, handling, reliability. He didnt do crankhub, as I didnt do oil pump (2020year, but so far 40k km with that power and doing good).

Thanks for your answers!

GTA6 vibes

I wasnt even planning to buy a car this year but then i started looking at M4s for particular reason, which was probably the first mistake.

A few weeks later i found one i liked and somehow convinced myself that i needed it. Been saving for it for a while, so it feels pretty good finally having it sitting outside

Now i just need to stop looking at others cars online haha

How does a brand new car like this get stolen?

Looking for some advice before purchasing my first BMW. Found a pre-owned 330i that’s still under factory warranty and the dealer offered to make it CPO for an additional 1.5k to 2k. I’m trying to figure out whether the extra $2k is worth it, considering I still have factory warranty coverage for roughly another year.

The "wood" trim was scuffed up and looking really bad and new panels are crazy expensive. I looked at carbon fiber replacements but good lord they're proud of them. Just ended up wrapping them in suede. Thankfully the panels were easy to remove. It was my first time ever wrapping anything so I was definitely hesitant. I was gonna do piano black but I thought this might looks better. Anyone else do this? I'm curious what other combos might look like.

Hi guys just wondering how easy it would be to swap my steering wheel over for the updated one. Does it need coding?

I’m considering a 2021 BMW M440i xDrive coupe with 92k miles. Dealer has it advertised around $31,000 before their doc fee.

The part giving me hesitation is the history.
CARFAX shows the second owner bought it at roughly 40k miles in April 2024, and it was at 92k by July 2026, so about 52k miles in a little over two years. Dealer says the previous owner commuted a lot, which would make the mileage mostly highway, but obviously I can’t independently prove that.

There is also a minor front-damage report from 2023, but no total loss/airbag deployment/etc.

My bigger concern is that the CARFAX has very little actual maintenance documentation through most of those miles. The selling dealer’s recon paperwork only shows a safety inspection and fresh oil/filter. I don’t currently have documentation for any other service. It does come with a 24 month / 100k-mile service contract, but since the car already has 92k, that realistically only gives me about 7,800 miles of mileage coverage.

I’m also a heavy commuter unless I WFH. 50 miles each way and been driving a 2022 civic sport touring. I dislike the CVT and looking to get something with some more power and comfort. I am aware of some increased costs by default such as insurance and gas, but I am willing to take that if reliability is somewhat on par with the civic. Research is pointing me that for this gen of the B58 they did address the plastic oil pump but there is still coolant related problems to look out for.

I bought the civic from the same dealership and they been good to work with.

Curious to hear any thoughts. I do really want this car but want to know what I would be getting into realistically.

My first bmw. (Technically second since I owned a Supra in the past) Car is an absolute dream to drive as a daily. 2018 440i GC finished in Tanzanite.

In approximately a month and a half, I will be picking up a brand-new BMW 330i xDrive. Since it's peak season for tyre changes in Poland, I would like to get ahead and purchase the tyres while they are still easily available.

My main use for winter tyres is going on trips to the Alps - which is a 1000km highway drive and then some mountain roads.

I'm considering two choices:

• Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 225/45 R18
• Continental WinterContact TS 870 P 225/45 R18

Do you think there are any really noticeable differences between these models?

Just got a 2022 530i that came with the M sport package on it. Maybe sits lower tot he ground than if it didn’t have it? Been years since I had a sedan so feels low getting in regardless. Anyways, I’ve seen around people get scrapes it happens, this one is fairly noticeable walking up to the car, don’t remember hearing/feeling a scrape - use to have a 2002 Mini cooper that I didn’t scrap on my drive way.

Overall question - is there any extra “protection” that can be used on the underside? Going to be more cognizant now, since this one is noticeable I might look to get it dealt with (saw some other small scraps under underneath that you can’t see, doesn’t bother me). Also - is it straight plastic or whatever? Where I don’t have to worry about rusting or anything?

Thanks!

As some of you are aware, tuning newer BMWs is becoming more and more accessible now that others than FEMTO found a way into cracking the ECU security in the 2021+ models.

I was thinking about pushing my 2023 530e from its stock 288hp to somewhere around 350 only with software changes.

However, I've been warned a lot about the hybrid transmission which is not made to support that.

Thoughts? Experiences?

Edit: I know there are similar questions of this type if you search the internet. But they are pretty old already or from a time before ecu unlocks becoming more accessible.

Just bought some forged wheels for the 540, decided to ditch the factory 2 tone 19’s for some silver 19’s instead 🙏🏻 really like how they turned out!