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When the top threads in the forum are about color pronunciation and individual as a business practice, that's an indicator of the lack of problems with these cars.
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I've driven nothing but BMWs for nearly 20 years now. All have been ///M cars except for a 135i thrown in the mix, and the M4 I have now just *feels* much better. I cannot really describe it, but it's the first BMW I've owned where I don't worry about it. It just feels like an absolute tank.
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For peace of mind, as long as your M3/M4 is still under warranty you can purchase an extended warranty from the dealer for up to three years I believe. I'm seriously considering doing this for my car, just buying the power train plan. Will I need the warranty? Most likely not, but seeing as I won't be spending a ton of money modding this car as I usually do with my vehicles (it's fast enough as it is), I might dump what would be modding money into a warranty. I won't be messing with a tune on this car. |
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It's something like pre Oct-December 2016 production are the ones reporting crank hub issues. Some were due to money shifting or kickdown. There are even a very rare few allegedly that just spun for no reason/daily driving. Cant remember off the top of my head but I'm sure there are others outside the range that have also been effected. Dont sweat it though and buy a F8x with confidence. This is much less of a problem than the E9x rod bearing issues.
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I have had my 2017 MY for a year and no issues. It was a Jan 2017 production which I bought brand new from the dealership.
I went with the 2017 because I figured any teething issues would have been worked out by then. With my earlier BMW 2005 (325i) the only major issue was the air conditioning which was a whopping 3000 to repair because it had developed a leak. I eventually sold it.
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I 100000% agree. With these performance cars there isnt any telling how crazy the previous owner treated the car once it's been stripped of all the mods. If I were in the market for one of these used, I'd for sure buy some extended warranty on it, look for CPO or buy from someone older that's never driven in the rain.
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I was considering a CPO M3 and ended up leasing a new one. You can get a base one with a selling price in the mid 60's and leasing deals are actually pretty good now. When you consider repair probability and reduction of BMW CPO to 5 years after inservice date it seems like a no brainer.
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Overrev is always a concern when I buy an MT car. Part of the reason I can't make up my mind, MT vs DCT...maybe I just wait for the "right" car regardless of trans, especially since I do love rowing my own gears...
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I also don't know of many cars at the time having a carbon fiber driveshaft. Both of these features are high reliability risk to me. Wasn't the v8 in the e92 similar to the v10 in the m5 at the time? I thought I read that somewhere that the engines were similar minus 2 cylinders.
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Next will be starting threads about where all the water from Bmw dealers goes (Think of the Mayor of Quahog Family Epsiode). Since having the option to paint your car any color is a “scam”.
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Why would the carbon driveshaft be a reliability issue? Should be better than steel should it not?
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Does that sound more reliable than steel?
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I can tell you my carbon fiber bikes are much stronger than steel but if you hit the tubes at the wrong angle they do break...but for its intended purpose it's fantastic.
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Risk aversion did play into my lease decision.
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