your #1 con or regret about your car?

tropicalypso · 02-26-2020, 04:00 PM

I wish I drove mine more

2011ninja · 02-27-2020, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by N1rve

Interior rattles galore. Interior not as nice as a Mercedes. M4 is fast, but C63 is still faster.

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Originally Posted by M3ILANA

Im not a fan of M3 rear. The bumper and trunk area is too large and too bulbous in proportion to the body. The tail lights aren't sleek at all also. On Sakhir Orange red tail lights merge with the body color and there is no contrast. Carbon fiber pieces helped a lot tho.
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Originally Posted by N1rve

Interior rattles galore. Interior not as nice as a Mercedes. M4 is fast, but C63 is still faster.

My F80 does not rattle at all.

Perhaps its the 18 inch rims and Continental DWS 06 at 33psi

Pretty darn compliant...

Had a run against a C63 maybe it was a rebadged C350 cause he got stomped

Sure did have the exhaust and the noise when he hit it...

Oh well

Jason60051 · 02-28-2020, 09:08 AM

That I didn't buy it sooner

Beemerm3 · 02-29-2020, 10:57 PM

I've noticed the fenders has the vents and dirt hits my door . So I have to clean it Everytime. I'm going to get akebono break pads to see it helps.

scourgem3 · 03-02-2020, 07:48 PM

Adding a rear diffuser renders the hands-free trunk release useless. 😞

dezzracer · 03-04-2020, 01:35 AM

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Originally Posted by EGbeater

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Originally Posted by cionide

I don't like how the DCT works. I feel like when driving normally, any time you floor it a bit to pass someone it expects that you will be accelerating to 300kph and just keeps it in low gears for too long after you finish passing.

I scanned through all ten pages of this thread (so far) to see if anyone else mentions this. Nope, I guess it's just me and this guy.

I'm sure some smartass is going to reply, "Your fault for buying the DCT if you wanted total control of the car's gearing" but here's the thing: if my wife's autotragic 2013 Mazda3 can figure out that I'm done passing and it can upshift to a cruising gear after one second, why can't BMW's DCT at 3x the sticker price?

After three decades of driving only manual-transmission cars for daily driving, track driving, and autocross, my ego / sense of self-worth isn't tied directly to being able to proclaim, "I only drive manual-transmission cars, I can heel and toe just like Randy Pobst, etc" anymore.

Also, I'm old and lazy. #GetOffMyLawn

You do have total control over your DCT. Use the paddles if you don't like the auto shift points. Your comparing a 2013 Mazda 3 to a BMW performance car built to be taken on a track? If you have your transmission set to sport or especially sport plus it's going to hold the gears after aggressive throttle input as it should. Put everything into efficient and comfort and it won't hold the gears in will drive around town and to Starbucks smooth as butter but still not as smoothly as your Mazda.

Danlnyc88 · 03-04-2020, 02:21 AM

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Originally Posted by sc0urge24

Adding a rear diffuser renders the hands-free trunk release useless. 😞

I have a Vorsteiner GTS-V diffuser on mine and the trunk release feature still works

Danlnyc88 · 03-04-2020, 02:23 AM

Going over a bumpy road while making a turn on 1st gear....it's so embarrassing when the car starts jerking

flipnkraut · 03-04-2020, 04:38 AM

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Originally Posted by EGbeater

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Originally Posted by cionide

I don't like how the DCT works. I feel like when driving normally, any time you floor it a bit to pass someone it expects that you will be accelerating to 300kph and just keeps it in low gears for too long after you finish passing.

I scanned through all ten pages of this thread (so far) to see if anyone else mentions this. Nope, I guess it's just me and this guy.

I'm sure some smartass is going to reply, "Your fault for buying the DCT if you wanted total control of the car's gearing" but here's the thing: if my wife's autotragic 2013 Mazda3 can figure out that I'm done passing and it can upshift to a cruising gear after one second, why can't BMW's DCT at 3x the sticker price?

After three decades of driving only manual-transmission cars for daily driving, track driving, and autocross, my ego / sense of self-worth isn't tied directly to being able to proclaim, "I only drive manual-transmission cars, I can heel and toe just like Randy Pobst, etc" anymore.

Also, I'm old and lazy. #GetOffMyLawn

Stop putting it in sport mode then.

SD ///M4 · 03-04-2020, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Danlnyc88

I have a Vorsteiner GTS-V diffuser on mine and the trunk release feature still works

But is it real carbon fiber? Just having a CF pattern on plastic doesn't make it real carbon fiber.

dm874 · 03-05-2020, 02:05 PM

Pebbles get stuck in the brake shield ALL the time, the squeak is annoying

Reddevils7 · 03-05-2020, 02:14 PM

the color. I love Austin yellow but it draws too much unnecessary attention, especially from 5-0.

BMWM3Wannabe · 03-10-2020, 11:35 AM

I can't stand that they do not have a forward camera to see how far from the curb you are. STUPID! '18 M4 ZCP.

$hah$ · 03-10-2020, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by tropicalypso

I wish I drove mine more

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Originally Posted by BMWM3Wannabe

I can't stand that they do not have a forward camera to see how far from the curb you are. STUPID! '18 M4 ZCP.

Agreed!

DML · 03-10-2020, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Reddevils7

the color. I love Austin yellow but it draws too much unnecessary attention, especially from 5-0.

These days a low profile couldn't hurt.

bimmer pleaser V2 · 03-10-2020, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Jason60051

That I didn't buy it sooner

That was a Porsche ad. "Buyers Remorse: why didn't I buy this sooner?"

Reddevils7 · 03-11-2020, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by BMWM3Wannabe

I can't stand that they do not have a forward camera to see how far from the curb you are. STUPID! '18 M4 ZCP.

use your side view cameras as you pull up. it has a line for the front of the vehicle that you can use to estimate the distance from the front bumper to the curb. I've tested and found the sensors to be pretty sensitive in picking up the curb as you pull up

BMWM3Wannabe · 03-11-2020, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Reddevils7

use your side view cameras as you pull up. it has a line for the front of the vehicle that you can use to estimate the distance from the front bumper to the curb. I've tested and found the sensors to be pretty sensitive in picking up the curb as you pull up

Tried it, don't like it.

Rokoz · 03-12-2020, 04:06 AM

My number one regret is that I didn't buy it sooner

Taco_Bueno · 03-12-2020, 06:39 PM

Biggest con imo is the inability to switch to the "overhead view" camera while in reverse

HyeM3 · 03-12-2020, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Taco_Bueno

Biggest con imo is the inability to switch to the "overhead view" camera while in reverse

You actually can, just press down on the iDrive knob and it will change view

brocurls · 03-12-2020, 10:27 PM

I've now had 2 people give me a brief honk and a middle finger in the last 2 days while I'm minding my own business...so confused

02-26-2020, 04:00 PM	#221
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Beemerm3 First Lieutenant 59 Rep 345 Posts Drives: 16' BMW m3 Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: Sacramento iTrader: (0)	I've noticed the fenders has the vents and dirt hits my door . So I have to clean it Everytime. I'm going to get akebono break pads to see it helps.
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scourgem3 Second Lieutenant 952 Rep 253 Posts Drives: Imola Red F80 Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: California iTrader: (0)	Adding a rear diffuser renders the hands-free trunk release useless. 😞
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03-04-2020, 02:23 AM	#228
Danlnyc88 Captain 441 Rep 624 Posts Drives: 2020 M4 Comp, 2017 Macan Turbo Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: Orange County iTrader: (1)	Going over a bumpy road while making a turn on 1st gear....it's so embarrassing when the car starts jerking
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dm874 Lieutenant 84 Rep 501 Posts Drives: 15' M4 Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Bucks County,PA iTrader: (0)	Pebbles get stuck in the brake shield ALL the time, the squeak is annoying
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Reddevils7 Captain 980 Rep 856 Posts Drives: F87 M2CS Join Date: May 2018 Location: USA iTrader: (0) Garage List 2010 E92 M3 [7.83] 2020 F87 M2CS [7.13]	the color. I love Austin yellow but it draws too much unnecessary attention, especially from 5-0. __________________ MY18 F82 M4 Austin Yellow / Black / DCT / MPE
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BMWM3Wannabe Enlisted Member 21 Rep 31 Posts Drives: F82 M4 ZCP, Ford Raptor Join Date: May 2019 Location: TX iTrader: (0)	I can't stand that they do not have a forward camera to see how far from the curb you are. STUPID! '18 M4 ZCP.
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03-12-2020, 10:27 PM	#242
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