[Raja Ventureshield]

You look like my friend Rakesh Shetty nice car and color. Enjoy it and have fun. Will be in Bombay mid next year.

[zon]

Congrats on the beautiful car. Enjoyed reading all about it, and seeing the pics.

[the infamous...]

great thread, indeed. congrats!

[7 4 7]

Originally Posted by SeanLee

congrats! looking forward to see the mod on your car.

Thanks ! No mods planned yet.

May change from runflats to tubeless

Originally Posted by Raja Ventureshield

You look like my friend Rakesh Shetty nice car and color. Enjoy it and have fun. Will be in Bombay mid next year.

Hey there .. thnx
& U r welcome to Mumbaaiiii my friend

Btw, Hope Rakesh Shetty looks like me

Originally Posted by zon

Congrats on the beautiful car. Enjoyed reading all about it, and seeing the pics.

Thanks a lot ZON !!!

Originally Posted by the infamous...

great thread, indeed. congrats!

Thanks, appreciate your comments SIR

[Kyter]

Mubarak ho!

[7 4 7]

Originally Posted by Kyter

Mubarak ho!

Thanks buddy

[m1kal]

Congrats!!!¡

[Can258]

Congrats look awesome ! Is the stock suspension for India higher than usual ? or let me put it this way, do different countries get different stock suspensions depending on their roads and etc. ?

[7 4 7]

Originally Posted by m1kal

Congrats!!!¡

Thanks

Originally Posted by Can258

Congrats look awesome ! Is the stock suspension for India higher than usual ? or let me put it this way, do different countries get different stock suspensions depending on their roads and etc. ?

The stock suspension is certainly not higher as the ground clearance stands @ 140 mm

But if you see after inputting the VIN No the many details & features mentioned of my car, here is a screen shot of one of the pages;



As highlighted in YELLOW ( POOR ROAD PACKAGE ) it is interesting to see the alterations done for the Indian conditions.

& I think this code S815A is for the modifications done in the suspension system.

So i guess the above answers your Q

[mark.L]

Congrats bud!!

Enjoy her in good health. Good to see an F30 from Bombay, my parents are from there. Lokhandwala, Andheri to be precise.

[7 4 7]

Originally Posted by mark.L

Congrats bud!!

Enjoy her in good health. Good to see an F30 from Bombay, my parents are from there. Lokhandwala, Andheri to be precise.

Thanks Mark !!!

Glad to know that you are from Mumbai as well

[AdiSinghV12]

Congrats once again bro! She surely does look hot in white!! Cheers!!

[7 4 7]

Originally Posted by AdiSinghV12

Congrats once again bro! She surely does look hot in white!! Cheers!!

Hi AdiSingh,

Thanks again !!!

Good to see you here

[AdiSinghV12]

Originally Posted by 7 4 7

Hi AdiSingh,

Thanks again !!!

Good to see you here

Yup! BTW, since we are on bimmerpost, I thought I'd tell you that she needs a set of spacers and a nice drop ahahhaaha!!

[7 4 7]

Originally Posted by AdiSinghV12

Yup! BTW, since we are on bimmerpost, I thought I'd tell you that she needs a set of spacers and a nice drop ahahhaaha!!

hahaha ...

But i tell you what i have already upgraded the tires (which has corrected the stance to an extent)

More on this soon

[jonnylin1]

what a great write up and story!

I'm glad you stuck for white! looks so good, white cars ftw.

[Eames]

Nice post!

Interesting to see the poor road package and the hot climate version

[Schm]

Originally Posted by 7 4 7

Thanks a lot Derek !!!

Yes indeed the roads are pretty challenging to drive because of traffic & too many vehicles on small roads but this is within city limits otherwise the highways are pretty much fantastic to drive on & some great stretches indeed.

The best part is that theres not much of a problem with the speed limits as there is almost zero surveillance of speed cams/ radar

My car came in as a CKD & assembled in BMW Plant at Chennai, India

Yes! I was just thinking about that when I was reading some articles about driving in India on Jalopnik.com. It must be fun to drive such a powerful car amongst crazy India traffic, rickshaws, ambassadors, etc, etc. And such lax speed enforcement much less rules of the road

[7 4 7]

Originally Posted by jonnylin1

what a great write up and story!

I'm glad you stuck for white! looks so good, white cars ftw.

Thanks !

It was my 1st Bimmer after all

Originally Posted by 3581512

Nice post!

Interesting to see the poor road package and the hot climate version

Yup ! Not really sure what modification they have done as the ground clearance stands at 140mm like globally available F30s

Originally Posted by Schm

Yes! I was just thinking about that when I was reading some articles about driving in India on Jalopnik.com. It must be fun to drive such a powerful car amongst crazy India traffic, rickshaws, ambassadors, etc, etc. And such lax speed enforcement much less rules of the road

Yup ! It surely is a task , there are -ves (bad roads in Mumbai) but +ves (not much of speed patrolling/cameras/radars)

+ ambassadors are a passe now, many global brands like GM,Hyundai, FIAT, BMW, Mercedes, AUDI, SKODA, VW & more have come & set up a base here some into full scale production & many assembling units too

[gds52]

Congrats man !!!
Nice options & color combo and a great write up. White looks hot.
With this price of 328i, you can buy Lime Rock Park limited edition M3 in US :-)
Mumbai roads with all those green mountains around are really cool for long drives.
Now im remembering my old road trip from Punjab to Goa via Mumbai when I was there.
What state is this registration number from, DN ?

[7 4 7]

Originally Posted by gds52

Congrats man !!!
Nice options & color combo and a great write up. White looks hot.
With this price of 328i, you can buy Lime Rock Park limited edition M3 in US :-)
Mumbai roads with all those green mountains around are really cool for long drives.
Now im remembering my old road trip from Punjab to Goa via Mumbai when I was there.
What state is this registration number from, DN ?

Thanks man !

I Agree regarding the inflated pricing of these beauties in India, in fact the prices in India have further gone up 25% on CBU's i.e. post 2013 budget

DN = Dadra & Nagar Haveli, it is an union territory in Gujarat

[gds52]

Originally Posted by 7 4 7

Thanks man !

I Agree regarding the inflated pricing of these beauties in India, in fact the prices in India have further gone up 25% on CBU's i.e. post 2013 budget

DN = Dadra & Nagar Haveli, it is an union territory in Gujarat

Oh yeah...It came to my mind after I posted.
Not been there, but I've heard there are nice scenic drives. Post some more pictures with your F30 on those roads :-)

And price, yeah its 100%+ custom duty.
My cousin bought his 320D e90 5-6 months back and got heavy discounts because of outgoing model.

Btw, how much warranty do you get in India, years and miles?