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The car looks great bro. I'm happy for you. The G8X is such a great car.
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Thanks dude! I may be coming down to LA again in a few months - will keep you posted.
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11-22-2022, 05:46 PM | #26 |
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Very nice! I remember you deciding if you should go up to the M. Did you say your payments were only $40 more? Did I read that correctly?!?? I'm also going to be ordering a G80. Like you said the M340 is plenty fast and you'll never use all the power often but that's not the point lol
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My 2023 Aventurin Red M4 has already been built and is sitting on the lot somewhere in Bremerhaven waiting for a ship... I'm hoping the delays in shipping get resolved soon. It would be nice to have my M4 for Christmas, but I'm not holding my breath.
I didn't wait for the mod bug to hit... I knew what I wanted to do before I ordered the car. I am planning on getting some after-market wheels, probably Apex VS-5RS Forged, soon after I get the car. I will be going 20x10/20x11 from the standard 19"/20". I'll switch the rear tires (285/30-20) to the front and get either 295/30-20 or 305/30-20 new tires for the rear. Still trying to decide which color to get for the new wheels. I'm leaning towards the Anthracite with Satin Bronze a close second choice. I need to figure out how to photoshop both of those options into a pic of an M4 in Aventurin Red, so I can decide. I didn't order the external Carbon Fiber package, because I wanted to have more CF than that package offered. But, I didn't want to pay the BMW prices for the additional parts... I ordered a set of H & R Sport Lowering springs and already have those. Those will get also installed shortly after I get the car. I also ordered some Sequential Turn signal inserts for the Mirrors. I have those on my Estoril Blue 2018 440i and get many compliments. I love my 440i and will have over 102k miles, in 5 1/2 years, when I trade it in for my new M4. It has been so much fun to drive, obviously by the mileage accrued. Over the last 50k miles, I have averaged 29.5 MPG. I'm sure that won't be true of the M4, even under the best conditions. Oh well, there's always a cost for fun... I was torn between the Tanzanite Blue and the Aventurin Red when I ordered my M4, I decided on the Aventurin Red because there are fewer M4's in that color. I really wanted to get Laguna Seca Blue, but it was not available as an Individual Color choice for the M4. Anyway, I hope you enjoy your new ride. I know that I am going to enjoy mine when it gets here. |
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Congrats, I remember reading your initial post on the M440. I know exactly what you mean about the brakes, and glad to hear the M4 is a bit different. It's about my only gripe with the G22. We'll be doing the same upgrade in the next year or so.
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I HAVE been shopping wheels but haven't decided on which ones to get yet. I'd like to keep the OEM spacing and whatnot, but it seems like every aftermarket option I look at and like ends up being wider and more aggressive. Which isn't necessarily bad, just not quite what I want. I've got my eye on these Vivid Racing D05s (which half of you are probably sick of hearing me mention and are screaming at your monitor "just get them already!!!!") at 20x10 and 20x11 vs the OEM 19x9.5 and 20x9.5 (I think that's the OEM size, I'll have to double check). I also haven't decided on a square setup potentially.
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Tanzanite/Tartufo -- gorgeous color combo! Congrats!
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Congrats on the new toy Norcalathlete. It is spectacular. Enjoy it
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Congrats and I can mirror most of the things you said. The seatbelt butler omission kind of threw me I guess because I was so used to it in the G22. I guess I get it, but that and the rear cupholders like the vert has would have been nice.
The break in period is a bitch... Enjoy!
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Thanks for the first post. That really useful for me!
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Congrats on the upgrade! I came from an American V8 back to BMW when I got my M4 and have no regrets at all. Positives for both cars and that V8 sound is the best, but the M4 is much more "me." Enjoy in good health!
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Congrats on the M4! I recognize all those spots off 35.
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NorCalAthlete Congrats on your new M4. I'm at Steven's Creek BMW once or twice a week buying parts. But the cars on the lot are priced much higher than other BMW dealerships. So I've never once thought to buy a car there.
If you don't mind me asking, who's your CA... ? And how do you like Silicon Valley Garage... ? I usually go to a nice place in Fremont. But alway open to perhaps better shops!
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Great details, I enjoyed reading the post, enjoy your ride
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As for SVG - fantastic customer service, close and easy to get to, and highly reasonable pricing so far from what I've seen. Good enough for me. I do have to bring my car back in a couple weeks for reinspection to see how the PPF settled and I can see a couple spots they'll have to redo, but that can happen anywhere. From what I've heard from 3 shops now is the GXX fronts have a design that just makes it difficult with lots of weird little angles. They do roll the edges and whatnot as much as possible, which is good too. Quote:
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I agree completely with your comments about braking. My '22 540i exhibits the same behavior under light braking. Impossible to be smooth with it. I can see the transmission is downshifting, which appears to be part of the cause. I have other BMWs with ZF automatics, but not this particular transmission. Ultimately, not a desirable behavior.
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Hah! Yeah it was getting dark so I didn't hit all of them but IYKYK. More pics will be coming from 35, Mt Tam, Mt Hamilton, Monterey, etc...plus probably just some random ones like in front of Google, Meta, Zoom, Adobe, Cisco, Roku, Netflix, Microsoft, I dunno. There are tons of photo opp sites around the bay area. I'm debating on getting a drone for some shots - Crystal Springs reservoir has some great looks but you can't quite get your car close enough for the shot from the ground.
I'll also be doing some highway 1 cruising and of course Alice's here and there. You should come to the meetup on the 3rd!
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