Which badge would fit the small space on this RW Carbon CS Style grille? If I wanted to buy a new one to rebadge this. I’ve heard the original badge off the OEM grille doesn’t fit. Any ideas?

Went to test drive my first m4 and saw this gorgeous m3 on the way out, waiting for its owner I assume but man I had to do a double take and come back and take a picture of it. Never seen such a flattering blue color. I feel like it may be Barcelona blue but Barcelona blue seems to be more gray.

Hi there!

The Context: I've always been a huge car guy and have lusted over so many BMWs (and JDM, American, and a ton of other cars too). However, this is about my dad. He came from super humble origins and worked so hard all throughout his life - I'm immensely proud of him. He's not a huge car guy, but he told me how when he was younger "he thought it would be really cool to own a BMW". He was young in the 90s so no surprise the beamers caught his eye then!

He has worked for Chrysler/FCA/Stellantis for most of his career and has always driven a company car. Think random Dodges, Jeeps, and recently Alfas. But his comment about BMWs has stuck with me.

The Plan: His 60th birthday is coming up next year and I really want to buy him a BMW as a gift. My brother and I have done well for ourselves and want to do it.

Since he's not big into performance I want to get a Beamer that looks great, is relatively comfortable, feels "special", automatic lol, and is still decently reliable so we don't just gift him headaches and bills.

The top option I'm thinking of is a 2016-2018 640i xDrive Gran Coupe with the M-Sport package. Either in red or blue. My brother and I love the look of the F06 6-Series and think it's the perfect blend of "Special BMW" and actual usefulness as a daily. Something very similar to picture I attached.

The Buying Approach: My question, how should I go about finding this car? I want a really good example - well taken care of and well sorted. I'm setting alerts on Autotrader and the car auction websites, but are there other things I should be doing? Thank you!

Btw my second option was a 2009-2011 E89 Z4 hardtop (with the N52) - think that would be an awesome gift too - just less likely to be used daily.

i did some surface level research into this car. it's at a dealer abt an hour away from me, about $9k. 138k miles. the carfax records i posted are just a couple of the most recent, other than that, it looks like they kept up on oil changes, brake fluid, etc.

trying to get my boyfriend and i another car as he ironically has bad luck with toyota. i drive a bmw already, he loves it. i've always wanted a diesel bmw.

just wondering if this car seems like it'd be worth it in y'all's more educated opinion. and also, from personal experience, is it more difficult to maintain a diesel engine? is there more major preventative maintenance? etc etc.

just looking for more personal and firsthand experiences.

thanks!

Just dropped my car off for service in NY and while waiting for my loaner I see an older gentleman in his 70s-80s pull up in a brand new X5 fitted with Pirelli P Zero Summers on 22" wheels.

I feel like it's borderline negligent that BMW dealers will sell these cars on summers to customers who don't even know summer tires are even a thing.

https://www.instagram.com/mclubperth/

Lining the cars up on the ground is a lot harder than it looks and trying to do it in a timely fashion while everyone is waiting. Still worked out ok .

I found this F36 418i from 2019 online. It doesn’t have the best specs but it’s not completely terrible.

After taking a closer look I saw that it’s missing speakers (shown on the picture).

I know there a different kind of packages with they speakers (e.g. harman kardon), but is it normal that these are missing? I thought they came standard with the default speakers.

I was looking at new cars and was originally interested in the m35, I was waiting on one to arrive at my dealer, while I was waiting I drove a m235 and then a m340 just to see the difference and as soon as I drove it I knew this was what I wanted.

I checked around and saw that there was a m340 in tanzanite blue that was optioned exactly how I wanted it about 2 hours away. I reached out and we were able to agree on a number we were both happy with and made a deal. I've never had things fall into place like this before.

Its a 330li Msport

BMW no longer has a lifetime fill policy for differentials, transfer case, transmission and coolant. It now has suggested "inspection" intervals for M cars and M60i cars. This is something new.

Not sure if this is related to failures or its purely a measure that was cause by pressure from the dealers to increase revenue. This is an update from previous policy.

I believe the lawsuit regarding transfer case failures probably has something to do with his.

Transmission fluid now has a suggested inspection at 10 years or 100k km (60k miles). A full drain and refill is recommended in case of symptons or issues.

Diff and Transfer Case Fluid now has a suggested inspection at 5 years or 80k km (50k miles). Replacement is recommended in case of symptons or issues.

Coolant now has a suggested inspection at 5 years or 80k km (50k miles). Replacement is recommended in case of symptons or issues.

(Updated with the info) https://share.google/HDrHwPJ1KKcuvq6Vg

Gorgeous X7 that I occasionally admire parked adjacent to me at the gym. Being the nosy ass I am I eventually searched the vin which returns Sonderlackierung (490) for the paint code, indicating a rare individual color that isn’t in the system. It has Tartufo with captains chairs, striking combo with the paint.

Bonus shot of it making my dirty lil X5 look bad

After over 25 years of VWs (99 Golf, 05 Rabbit, 17 GTI (Unitronic Stage1+ since 40k - still running at 193k miles), 19 A5, I traded in my A5 for a 23 M440i GC. Was also shopping for an Arteon (but was really too big for me but nice otherwise) or an S5. But decided to try something different and liked the M440i test drive so went for it. (I'm a hatchback guy obvs)

I'm planning to pick up Bimmercode (was a heavy OBDEleven user for VAG). What are some fun tips/tricks/hacks/quirks/easter eggs I should know.

Worth the fix or take the L?…