Navin

3 hours ago, Matth5 said:

I wouldn't trust the CBS past warranty regardless. The CBS pushes my M4 to about 25 000km or 2 year oil change intervals. I wonder how the rod bearings would look if it hits 100 000km and has only had 4 oil changes including the running on one at about 2500km?

Supposedly it takes into account how you drive and has a sensor that can measure the oil quality... but this is the same company that says transmission oil should never be changed so I can't comfortably trust it. 

It bothers me that BMW is so shady with maintenance policies. 

Agree, mine is currently showing 26 000km. No way I'd leave it that long. The DCT fluid that came out of my old 135i was all I needed to see to convince me not to trust what bmw says.

I've gotten so dependent on the driver assist crawl function on our Auckland on-ramps and in roundabout traffic, great feature 

Nope it's NZ New, this is the message I've always gotten

lol hopefully the remote upgrades actually come through with this new system....I still had to head to the dealer to get updates that had been available overseas for 1 year+ for my idrive 7. 

Great choice, used to know Scott through the Honda scene a few years ago. His attention to detail is second to none. 

Interesting that nz cars get the OPF too

Awesome! They seem to have exceeded everyone's expectations from all the reviews I've watched so far, would love to see one in the flesh

Yeah used to get my plugs and brakes for my old 135i from rockauto, great prices. much cheaper shipping too at the time

Redline Performance used to be my go to for them

31 minutes ago, Herbmiester said:

The body changes on the M4 make it a much easier car to look at. In fact I quite like the M4.

Agree, I'm a fan of the M3 and the M4. Certainly wouldn't say no to one

Certainly sounds good!

I want one so bad

Fantastic engines, daily drove my 135i with a n55 for 3+ years and had zero issues. Economy wise the 135i only had a 50l tank and I never got over 400km to a tank around town (Auckland traffic), on the open road I managed to get 500+. I expect economy to be quite a bit worse in a much heavier chassis.  Never even leaked a drop of oil. Regular maintenance is key along with an alloy charge pipe. I actually think it'll be fine in an E70 chassis. Best to test drive and see I guess?

@M3AN driving past my place in the M3 while I was washing the cars this afternoon. Looked and sounded great👍.Been a while since I've seen it around

Agree, sounds like every n54/n55 I've heard

2 hours ago, callumb said:

I have emailed and FB messaged BMW NZ. Called AKL City BMW who didn't know and said they'd email them to me - that was yesterday. And just now emailed sales at continental where I bought the car.

It's the first car I've owned that's covered by a manufacturers warranty - seems important to know what my options/obligations are for servicing?!

You'd think that sort of information would be readily available.. apparently not.

They just expect everyone to pay their ridiculous prices, would love to know this too for the future when my service plan expires.

I swore by that Pro-ma stuff with my Evo and GSR back in the day. Worked amazing but you needed to add it in every couple of oil changes. However as said above, direct injection injectors are really noisy and can sound like lifter tick. Are you sure it's not just that? 

Agree. although this time wasn't as bad as my 135i, that came back with massive swirls/scratches that took me bloody ages to fix up. Will give it a light buff tomorrow and ring them to see it they can put a note in the system to never wash it when it's in. 

Forgot the ask the dealer to skip the 'complimentary wash' when it went in for its Service today.. Kicking myself now. Once again got the car back looking worse than when I dropped it off! Honestly makes you wonder how a 'premium' brand can't even wash cars right.. 

1 hour ago, GorGasm said:

Gloss black wheels are the worst colour to keep clean.  Gun metal would hide the dirt the best.

Change to a ceramic brake pad for less dust.

Don't mind cleaning them more often but I've found on previous cars that powder coated wheels just make the cleaning process much easier.  Brake dust just used to hose off after track days etc. These wheels are a nightmare.

And yep will be switching to some decent Ceramics when the current pads are done, usually go for Ferodo's so hopefully they're available for this car.

47 minutes ago, hunter said:

Any washes etc in between application and that photo Navin?

Nope none, there's probably a thin layer of dust/pollen that doesn't show in the photo but still pretty darn clean in general. 

The wheels are another story to keep clean. Considering just getting them powder coated gloss black

These ceramic sprays have certainly impressed me. 4 weeks after application on mine, I used the Mother's CMX this time and the car still looks great

 I used a no brand alloy one from China and it was perfectly fine, no issues in 3+ years. There's heaps on the market so just choose one that looks to be well made I guess. FTP which is a Taiwanese brand is a popular choice. 

Great looking car! Before any mods be sure to upgrade your charge pipe

Whoa did they really come with a DCT or is it just a sport auto with the DCT style shifter?