M4 Convertible - Celebrating the F83 and its uniqueness

GrussGott · 12-01-2015, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Chowf83

Why is SmartTop a must? Is holding the button really a problem? My fob controls the top as well, but I need to hold the button. I think a fully automatic top may be dangerous if 1)something gets stuck or in the way that could hurt the mechanism or damage the paint, 2) My passangers long hair or digits may be caught 3) if it open automatically on the highway! Just my thoughts.

TheSasquatch · 12-05-2015, 10:55 AM

Any of you guys have little rattles in the cockpit? My biggest rattles / issues are with the speakers & speaker grilles. They vibrate when listening to music or running with the RPM's up at all. So I had the local dealer address the rear passenger speaker (sounded blown BAD) and - when they put the back of the car back-together, now there's a fairly noticeable vibration / buzzing noise back there. And the speaker grilles all still vibrate after the things they've tried (bulletin on putting-in baffling foam).

I'll have to post some pics of my F83. Black / Black, the black rims, and 30% tint and clearbra (otherwise stock).

TheSasquatch · 12-05-2015, 11:10 AM

Here's a quickie..

mgcyr · 12-05-2015, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by TheSasquatch

Here's a quickie..

Identical to mine.

GrussGott · 12-05-2015, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by TheSasquatch

Any of you guys have little rattles in the cockpit? My biggest rattles / issues are with the speakers & speaker grilles. They vibrate when listening to music or running with the RPM's up at all.

Friend? Lemme tell you about a good ole boy named parky1215. He's got you covered.

TheSasquatch · 12-06-2015, 11:53 AM

Thanks Gruss! Good info. Most frustrating part is that the dealer took the car in and applied felt tape around the speaker areas and created a NEW (worse) vibration in the rear area. I'll have to decide whether I want to venture-into applying his fixes are keep monkey'ing with the dealership.

Food for thought -- a guy who can't handle vibrations / rattles in a nice car should NEVER own a convertible.

JCN83 · 05-18-2016, 12:52 PM

There's a good chance that I'm a total moron and I'm missing something (like a dedicated section of the forum to them) but I feel like I never see any convertibles on here.

Are the numbers on verts just that small?

ciaranob · 05-18-2016, 02:36 PM

Whole bunch of us here (GrussGott, F83 etc.) - search related topics like the rear seat access issue or general threads on verts and you'll find plenty of us lurking around

Alexander///M · 05-18-2016, 02:39 PM

I drive an E93 M3 and about to drive a F83 M4, I have no regrets and I love driving with the top down in sunny Florida!

The girls I take for a ride love it too

mkoesel · 05-18-2016, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by JCN83

There's a good chance that I'm a total moron and I'm missing something (like a dedicated section of the forum to them) but I feel like I never see any convertibles on here.

Are the numbers on verts just that small?

Certainly the minority, but as ciaranob notes, there are nevertheless quite a few. Another member who has one is captainaudio, and he'd drive circles around most of us with it on the track.

I've merged your thread with the main F83 thread so you can hang out with some fellow owners.

Tobes · 05-18-2016, 07:16 PM

SO F83 here. You are right, we kind of blend in. Has not really been top-down weather up here lately....although you cannot tell from this picture.

hlothery · 05-18-2016, 08:05 PM

Newbie here. Was under tremendous pressure to stop riding motorcycles (best friend, wife, family). Several recent deaths close to us. Gave my wife my 2014 E350 and we compromised on a sports car for me, if I sold the bike. Had the green light for a 911. Went to drive the M4 Convertible and never looked back, didn't even go to Porsche dealer. Top down rides in the twisties to Luckenbach and the Twisted Sisters have been even more fun than on the bike. Love this car!

JCN83 · 05-19-2016, 03:45 PM

Hah, so this is where all 4 convertible owners live!

I can't believe there aren't more of you guys. Best looking convertible out there!

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Originally Posted by mkoesel

Certainly the minority, but as ciaranob notes, there are nevertheless quite a few. Another member who has one is captainaudio, and he'd drive circles around most of us with it on the track.

I've merged your thread with the main F83 thread so you can hang out with some fellow owners.

Golfster · 05-19-2016, 06:20 PM

F83 owner here, too.

Dr. Who · 05-19-2016, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Tobes

SO F83 here. You are right, we kind of blend in. Has not really been top-down weather up here lately....although you cannot tell from this picture.

Wow!

"Bee-Ute-If-Full"!

-JLT- · 05-19-2016, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by JCN83

Hah, so this is where all 4 convertible owners live!

I can't believe there aren't more of you guys. Best looking convertible out there!

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Originally Posted by mkoesel

Certainly the minority, but as ciaranob notes, there are nevertheless quite a few. Another member who has one is captainaudio, and he'd drive circles around most of us with it on the track.

I've merged your thread with the main F83 thread so you can hang out with some fellow owners.

I'm a future F83 owner, does that count?

captainaudio · 05-20-2016, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by mkoesel

Another member who has one is captainaudio, .

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KnightedBMW · 05-20-2016, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by captainaudio

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Boca Hotel...nice!

captainaudio · 05-20-2016, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by KnightedBMW

Boca Hotel...nice!

We stayed there at the Commodore Club every winter for years.

CA

KnightedBMW · 05-20-2016, 10:22 AM

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We stayed there at the Commodore Club every winter for years.

CA

Not a bad spot. Bout 15 minutes from me. The beach club is pretty nice.

GrussGott · 05-20-2016, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by ciaranob

Whole bunch of us here (GrussGott, F83 etc.) - search related topics like the rear seat access issue or general threads on verts and you'll find plenty of us lurking around

here!

Start at the top of the Santa Cruz mountains:

road course it down and ... ocean.

repeat as needed.

captainaudio · 05-20-2016, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by GrussGott

here!

Start at the top of the Santa Cruz mountains:

road course it down and ... ocean.

repeat as needed.

12-05-2015, 10:55 AM	#134
TheSasquatch Been Around 8 Rep 58 Posts Drives: 2015 M4 Blk / Blk Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Utah iTrader: (0)	Any of you guys have little rattles in the cockpit? My biggest rattles / issues are with the speakers & speaker grilles. They vibrate when listening to music or running with the RPM's up at all. So I had the local dealer address the rear passenger speaker (sounded blown BAD) and - when they put the back of the car back-together, now there's a fairly noticeable vibration / buzzing noise back there. And the speaker grilles all still vibrate after the things they've tried (bulletin on putting-in baffling foam). I'll have to post some pics of my F83. Black / Black, the black rims, and 30% tint and clearbra (otherwise stock). __________________ 2015 M4 Convertible (F83) Blk/Blk 2011 M3 Blk/Blk Comp Pkg 2007 750Li Blk/Blk 2004 545i Slvr/Blk 2006 K12S (Spt/Tour Bike)
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12-05-2015, 11:10 AM	#135
TheSasquatch Been Around 8 Rep 58 Posts Drives: 2015 M4 Blk / Blk Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Utah iTrader: (0)	Here's a quickie.. Attached Images __________________ 2015 M4 Convertible (F83) Blk/Blk 2011 M3 Blk/Blk Comp Pkg 2007 750Li Blk/Blk 2004 545i Slvr/Blk 2006 K12S (Spt/Tour Bike)
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12-06-2015, 11:53 AM	#138
TheSasquatch Been Around 8 Rep 58 Posts Drives: 2015 M4 Blk / Blk Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Utah iTrader: (0)	Thanks Gruss! Good info. Most frustrating part is that the dealer took the car in and applied felt tape around the speaker areas and created a NEW (worse) vibration in the rear area. I'll have to decide whether I want to venture-into applying his fixes are keep monkey'ing with the dealership. Food for thought -- a guy who can't handle vibrations / rattles in a nice car should NEVER own a convertible. __________________ 2015 M4 Convertible (F83) Blk/Blk 2011 M3 Blk/Blk Comp Pkg 2007 750Li Blk/Blk 2004 545i Slvr/Blk 2006 K12S (Spt/Tour Bike)
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05-18-2016, 12:52 PM	#139
JCN83 Private First Class 30 Rep 173 Posts Drives: 2013 M3 Join Date: May 2008 Location: USA iTrader: (0)	No Convertibles? There's a good chance that I'm a total moron and I'm missing something (like a dedicated section of the forum to them) but I feel like I never see any convertibles on here. Are the numbers on verts just that small? __________________ 2019 GT3 RS
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05-18-2016, 02:36 PM	#140
ciaranob Major 748 Rep 1,478 Posts Drives: M4 Convertible Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Houston, TX iTrader: (0)	Whole bunch of us here (GrussGott, F83 etc.) - search related topics like the rear seat access issue or general threads on verts and you'll find plenty of us lurking around __________________ Individual M4 Convertible ED Sept 2014
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05-18-2016, 02:39 PM	#141
Alexander///M Private First Class 33 Rep 105 Posts Drives: 2016 M4 Convertible YMB Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Orlando iTrader: (0)	I drive an E93 M3 and about to drive a F83 M4, I have no regrets and I love driving with the top down in sunny Florida! The girls I take for a ride love it too
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05-18-2016, 07:16 PM	#143
Tobes Second Lieutenant 95 Rep 237 Posts Drives: 2016 F83 M4 SO/BL Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Washington DC iTrader: (1)	SO F83 here. You are right, we kind of blend in. Has not really been top-down weather up here lately....although you cannot tell from this picture. Attached Images __________________ 2016 ///M4 F83, SO/black, DCT, EXEC, Driver Assistance+, LED, BLK 19"s, M Adaptive susp (Basically everything but the Carbon Brakes)
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05-18-2016, 08:05 PM	#144
hlothery Seeking mental floss 482 Rep 806 Posts Drives: 2022 Mercedes EQS 450+ Join Date: May 2016 Location: San Antonio, Tx iTrader: (0)	Newbie here. Was under tremendous pressure to stop riding motorcycles (best friend, wife, family). Several recent deaths close to us. Gave my wife my 2014 E350 and we compromised on a sports car for me, if I sold the bike. Had the green light for a 911. Went to drive the M4 Convertible and never looked back, didn't even go to Porsche dealer. Top down rides in the twisties to Luckenbach and the Twisted Sisters have been even more fun than on the bike. Love this car!
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05-19-2016, 06:20 PM	#146
Golfster Lieutenant 307 Rep 511 Posts Drives: DD: Macan GTS, W/E: 992S Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: NorCal iTrader: (0)	F83 owner here, too.
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