07-19-2023, 10:20 AM | #45 | |
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07-19-2023, 10:50 AM | #46 |
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You were the one who asked for opinions. If you're not going to clarify what you want to know, what's the point?
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I hope I live so long to fully enjoy that. Imagine [Americans] committing robberies and shooting their guns out of the sky! Imagine eVTOL car jackings where they just toss you out at 500 feet! Soon to be in a reality near you! Can’t wait! Elon is going to need to invent bulletproof shields, but I guess he is working on that with the Cybertruck 1.0. Europe is so boring, idk maybe your migrants in France can try to burn the EVTOL from the ground. That would make them pretty, like the floating Asian lanterns. The future is bright! In all seriousness, looks like Minority Report got it right on the future of police vehicles. I’ve only had 1 cup of Java today so I may be a little off. |
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07-21-2023, 09:03 PM | #48 | |
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Things you're not getting but should: - Full leather interior (including dash) - this makes or breaks the interior. Nobody wants an M3/4 looking like a cheap 3 series on the inside. You will see, touch and regret the cheap plastics. Common regret on the forum for the few that didn't get full leather. Leather color is up to you, but black is literally the most unimaginative color for an M car interior. It will go decades though hiding all the imperfections and dirt/grime buildup though. - Executive package - for the HUD. A BMW is not a BMW without HUD. An M without this is poverty spec for most (you can turn it off if you don't like it, but regret in not having it...). - Laser lights - they are brighter and can be easily programmed to have anti-dazzle and variable light distribution (like in Europe). - M Drive Professional - because you're keeping it forever. You can never get it later. - M Carbon exterior package - makes the car look waaayyy better. - Better wheels - I wouldn't stress about this. You can always get better ones later. You'd said in a post that you don't care about re-sale value. I don't know if that also means you have a decent budget too. If you do, I'd spec M Performance carbon parts for the car to be that much more special. I'm surprised you're getting the drive recorder and not M Drive Professional. The drive recorder is useless - it is not a substitute for a dedicated dashcam. At all. By any stretch of your imagination. Have it by all means as a secondary source of recordings, but having two cars with it, I will tell you that it will let you down when you need it the most. For a car being kept 'forever', I'd get full-body PPF and a windshield protection film too.
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I don’t think the Exec package or carbon exterior package are must haves. Carbon is over done/played out, to me. And the HUD is annoying, again, for me.
Question, though, for the ones that do keep it forever…if you remove the standard seat backs and replace with the M alcantara seat backs, is that still considered ‘OEM’ even though it didn’t come equipped with those backs from the factory? Of course, it would be wise to keep the original seat backs protected for the future. |
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07-21-2023, 09:38 PM | #51 | |
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Spec how you like and that’s it. I don’t really see how some feature you get today u don’t use but might need in future ? Just get what u like today and that’s it. |
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07-21-2023, 09:49 PM | #52 | |
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Your second point speaks to me. Keep cars forever and replaced my seatbacks with the M Alcantara ones. It helps that they are OEM parts and not some cheap aftermarket ones. Also helps if you keep the original parts although I do that on all my cars and never go back to the parts. Just end up taking up space and as I get older the less and less I care. |
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07-21-2023, 10:15 PM | #53 | |
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The M4 I had for several years didn’t have full leather, and I have to admit I regretted not finding a car that had it. My G81 has full leather and it’s so much nicer for it. Laserlights just plain look better on and off. |
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There is no such thing as future proofing a "modern car"-
Idrive 8 will be outdated in a year unless I 8.5 can be updated... that is of course unless BMW doesn't get the bright idea of putting in I9 into an M3. Laser lights which everyone here talks up... are actually being moved away from by BMW in future models. Anything Carbon Fiber will also eventually peel.
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You cannot future proof cars. They get old, they break, they get outdated.. just enjoy it for what it is.
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