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      06-03-2014, 03:29 PM   #89
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You'll think twice if you hear the price... believe me!
True, I heard this before ... It might be all I can afford if I go there is a nicely equipped Kia Forte

Here, an M3 on average would be $70k to $75K, how much that translates to in that part of the world?
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Congrats again on the car. I wonder if the Dubai police will get one to put next to their Lamborghini and Bugatti
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True, I heard this before ... It might be all I can afford if I go there is a nicely equipped Kia Forte

Here, an M3 on average would be $70k to $75K, how much that translates to in that part of the world?
The price of my car is 410k AED, that's 111k USD. Yup, whereas a base 991 GT3 is 490k AED here and hence very similar to the US price of 130k USD.

In terms of specs, I've got pretty much everything apart from heated seats (duh), adaptive suspension (mistake in the order), M Drivers Package (not available yet) and ceramics (not needed). With these 4 items added, it would be 463k AED, or 127k USD.

Simple: BMWs are very expensive in Dubai as compared to the US. Such is life... I want them regardless!
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The price of my car is 410k AED, that's 111k USD. Yup, whereas a base 991 GT3 is 490k AED here and hence very similar to the US price of 130k USD.

In terms of specs, I've got pretty much everything apart from heated seats (duh), adaptive suspension (mistake in the order), M Drivers Package (not available yet) and ceramics (not needed). With these 4 items added, it would be 463k AED, or 127k USD.

Simple: BMWs are very expensive in Dubai as compared to the US. Such is life... I want them regardless!
Well, there is now an online article in which you ARE described as a "wealthy man" who bought the car "for your wife" (with some surprise there), albeit also the concession that you must "really love your wife".

http://www.autoevolution.com/news/se...ife-82027.html
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Well, there is now an online article in which you ARE described as a "wealthy man" who bought the car "for your wife" (with some surprise there), albeit also the concession that you must "really love your wife".

http://www.autoevolution.com/news/se...ife-82027.html
Thanks for pointing that article out. I hadn't seen it.

As most articles, the facts aren't 100% correct. Here the facts:
- Yes, I bought the car for my wife as her daily driver. Partially because I really like it and partially because she likes fast saloons.
- Yes, I have recently realized one of my dreams and took delivery of my 458 Speciale (see: http://www.crankandpiston.com/journa...iale-journals/), surprisingly the first one in Dubai as well. A car that I ordered more than 18 months ago.
- I'm a real BMW-fan and am the happy owner of a 1M. Which I'll probably never sell, because it's so much fun to drive. And looks amazing!

And what's not true:
- I didn't "convince the dealership to give me one of the two cars they had", this was my car from the beginning, the one that I ordered and down-paid last year already. It (to my surprise!) arrived as early as April, as 1 of the first. I expected it around July, to be honest.
- I'm not a car collector. I use them. A lot. Drive them as hard as I can, safely. Because I believe that where they're made for. I don't see the point spending so much money on such cars and not trying to utilize their full potential.

I want to believe I'm not a (typical) 'wealthy' man, just a petrol-head coming from a simple background, with a very good and very demanding job, who realizes that he is very lucky to be able to fulfill some of his childhood dreams by owning cars that he couldn't even dream of when he was a kid. Actually, I'm happy that I had to earn every penny to buy these cars myself, because that only makes me appreciate them even more.
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Thanks for pointing that article out. I hadn't seen it.

As most articles, the facts aren't 100% correct. Here the facts:
- Yes, I bought the car for my wife as her daily driver. Partially because I really like it and partially because she likes fast saloons.
- Yes, I have recently realized one of my dreams and took delivery of my 458 Speciale (see: http://www.crankandpiston.com/journa...iale-journals/), surprisingly the first one in Dubai as well. A car that I ordered more than 18 months ago.
- I'm a real BMW-fan and am the happy owner of a 1M. Which I'll probably never sell, because it's so much fun to drive. And looks amazing!

And what's not true:
- I didn't "convince the dealership to give me one of the two cars they had", this was my car from the beginning, the one that I ordered and down-paid last year already. It (to my surprise!) arrived as early as April, as 1 of the first. I expected it around July, to be honest.
- I'm not a car collector. I use them. A lot. Drive them as hard as I can, safely. Because I believe that where they're made for. I don't see the point spending so much money on such cars and not trying to utilize their full potential.

I want to believe I'm not a (typical) 'wealthy' man, just a petrol-head coming from a simple background, with a very good and very demanding job, who realizes that he is very lucky to be able to fulfill some of his childhood dreams by owning cars that he couldn't even dream of when he was a kid. Actually, I'm happy that I had to earn every penny to buy these cars myself, because that only makes me appreciate them even more.
No worries - you don't (or shouldn't) have to justify your success and love of cars in this of all forums. Anyone who is shopping this car should be able to afford it (or hello-there-credit-crisis-cruch of 2015.....).

Mostly I posted the link because:

(1) It is always funny to read an article of which you know something about the actual event to see how it gets pitched;
(2) I thought you might want to know; and
(3) I thought it was a fantastic example of extremely lazy 'journalism'. Essentially just rephrasing a few comments from your initial post; no efforts to contact you or anyone - just cut and paste with some wild speculation thrown in.

I'm not a journalist (not much respect for that profession either) but even they have standards and that sort of article falls sooooo far below those standards I have some sympathy when they bemoan the spread of online 'journalists' posing as the real thing.

(OT, but impressed that you got the first Speciale in Dubai. I mean, in a town where even the police drive a Veyron......)

Anyway, enjoy the ride in good health. Seriously jealous over here (not that I have even got off my ass to actually order the damn thing yet....though I did just get a call from the good folks at BMW Canada looking to set up a test drive, so that was something that will move this process along)

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Thanks for pointing that article out. I hadn't seen it.

As most articles, the facts aren't 100% correct. Here the facts:
- Yes, I bought the car for my wife as her daily driver. Partially because I really like it and partially because she likes fast saloons.
- Yes, I have recently realized one of my dreams and took delivery of my 458 Speciale (see: http://www.crankandpiston.com/journa...iale-journals/), surprisingly the first one in Dubai as well. A car that I ordered more than 18 months ago.
- I'm a real BMW-fan and am the happy owner of a 1M. Which I'll probably never sell, because it's so much fun to drive. And looks amazing!

And what's not true:
- I didn't "convince the dealership to give me one of the two cars they had", this was my car from the beginning, the one that I ordered and down-paid last year already. It (to my surprise!) arrived as early as April, as 1 of the first. I expected it around July, to be honest.
- I'm not a car collector. I use them. A lot. Drive them as hard as I can, safely. Because I believe that where they're made for. I don't see the point spending so much money on such cars and not trying to utilize their full potential.

I want to believe I'm not a (typical) 'wealthy' man, just a petrol-head coming from a simple background, with a very good and very demanding job, who realizes that he is very lucky to be able to fulfill some of his childhood dreams by owning cars that he couldn't even dream of when he was a kid. Actually, I'm happy that I had to earn every penny to buy these cars myself, because that only makes me appreciate them even more.
Are you going to ask them to take the article down? I don't see how they can post that without your consent or at least informing you that they were going to do that. It seems like poor journalism to me, especially because they used your photo without your permission. Just goes to show how easy it is for any site to pose as a "news" outlet on the internet just by taking someone else's post and rewording it (and heck half of it wasn't even true).
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I might have missed, but your M3 was DCT, correct? How does it compare to your 458 in terms of shift times and response times?
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I might have missed, but your M3 was DCT, correct? How does it compare to your 458 in terms of shift times and response times?
Yeah, it's DCT. My wife, even though she drives manual, prefers that in traffic. And I'm fine with it too, I've got the manual in the 1M already.

It's difficult to compare the shift and response times, because both are too short for a human being to register. The gearbox in the Speciale is quite different (faster / more 'abrupt' in Race-mode) than the Italia. Due to the running in requirements, I haven't revved the M3 yet, which, IMHO, shows the true nature of a DCT. At normal driving, both are very smooth.
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Yeah, it's DCT. My wife, even though she drives manual, prefers that in traffic. And I'm fine with it too, I've got the manual in the 1M already.

It's difficult to compare the shift and response times, because both are too short for a human being to register. The gearbox in the Speciale is quite different (faster / more 'abrupt' in Race-mode) than the Italia. Due to the running in requirements, I haven't revved the M3 yet, which, IMHO, shows the true nature of a DCT. At normal driving, both are very smooth.
When you start revving it, please share your thoughts on the DCT shifts compared to your Speciale and the engineless GT3.
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Congrats on your car of course (and congrats on getting it early). Everyone appreciates the time you've taken to share your experience and feedback, like UAE as well. Enjoy your car!

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Yeah, it's DCT. My wife, even though she drives manual, prefers that in traffic. And I'm fine with it too, I've got the manual in the 1M already.

It's difficult to compare the shift and response times, because both are too short for a human being to register. The gearbox in the Speciale is quite different (faster / more 'abrupt' in Race-mode) than the Italia. Due to the running in requirements, I haven't revved the M3 yet, which, IMHO, shows the true nature of a DCT. At normal driving, both are very smooth.

Saw this car today driving around and it's definitely a nice color combination...congrats
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What is your take on the 'creaking' that UAE brought to our attention?
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Thanks!
I haven't read the thread but hopefully it's just the door seals. My E60 M5 cracked liked crazy from 0 miles until I began to apply Vinylex to the door seals each month. That solved it entirely and made me feel a whole lot better in the process.
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It's the second one that has been publicized on the forum by the owner.

I would love to see that AY F80 so if you know the owner personally please encourage them to sign up and post pictures. Understandably, though, they may not be at liberty to do so since they either got the dealership to break the embargo illegitimately or worked out a deal with BMW NA which could very well have a hush clause of some type.
He is on the board, and posted lots of pics & review:
http://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=994012
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Congrats on the m3. Not sure if this the second delivery. I know of someone in NA that has taken delivery of a f80 m3 in Austin yellow few weeks back. There might others out there as well.
LOL - I wonder who that could be?
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