aand ordered.

kolosy · 10-09-2015, 01:37 PM

340i M-Sport
Black Sapphire / Black Dacota / Aluminum Hexagon
Cold Weather
Driver Assistance
M-Sport
Technology
Adaptive-M
400M + Summer tires (hemmed and hawed on this one, but ended up wanting the staggered wheels and higher speed limiter)
6MT
Black Kidney Grilles

I excite!

Now to wait 8-10 weeks

Thanks for all the input in deciding x-drive vs not.

X2 Monstah · 10-09-2015, 01:45 PM

Congrats! Sounds beautiful.

GreatAvalon · 10-09-2015, 05:13 PM

Congrats!

Cool, so you went RWD. What are you going to do for the winters?

DrifterX · 10-09-2015, 08:00 PM

Congratulations! I'm sure it'll be worth the wait.

All he needs are winter tires for winter and he'll be golden.

GreatAvalon · 10-09-2015, 08:20 PM

Does he need all 4 to be blizzaks or can he run just the back to help get going? I'm going through the same thing...xdrive vs. RWD

Do you DD your RWD in the winter up there?

ynguldyn · 10-09-2015, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by GreatAvalon

Does he need all 4 to be blizzaks or can he run just the back to help get going? I'm going through the same thing...xdrive vs. RWD

Do you DD your RWD in the winter up there?

NEVER EVER MIX SUMMER AND WINTER TIRES.

(Apologies for the caps, but this deserves them.)

GreatAvalon · 10-09-2015, 08:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ynguldyn

NEVER EVER MIX SUMMER AND WINTER TIRES.

(Apologies for the caps, but this deserves them.)

Ah, rookie question I see. My bad

Thanks for the help

ynguldyn · 10-09-2015, 09:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GreatAvalon

Ah, rookie question I see. My bad

Not just that. It's a very dangerous question.

Front winter, rear summer: car goes tail first under braking.

Front summer, rear winter: car drives straight. Always. Even in turns.

GreatAvalon · 10-09-2015, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by ynguldyn

Not just that. It's a very dangerous question.

Front winter, rear summer: car goes tail first under braking.

Front summer, rear winter: car drives straight. Always. Even in turns.

Not good!

DrifterX · 10-10-2015, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GreatAvalon

Does he need all 4 to be blizzaks or can he run just the back to help get going? I'm going through the same thing...xdrive vs. RWD

Do you DD your RWD in the winter up there?

As others have said, never mix up tire types. You NEED all 4 tires to be winter tires, even if you had AWD. Grip of the front tires are critical for both turning and braking, no matter what drive train.

My old car was RWD and didn't have ANY traction control because it was such an old car. I drove it daily during the last 4 winters without problems. Unfortunately I never got a chance to drive the F36 in winter

GreatAvalon · 10-10-2015, 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrifterX

As others have said, never mix up tire types. You NEED all 4 tires to be winter tires, even if you had AWD. Grip of the front tires are critical for both turning and braking, no matter what drive train.

My old car was RWD and didn't have ANY traction control because it was such an old car. I drove it daily during the last 4 winters without problems. Unfortunately I never got a chance to drive the F36 in winter

Thanks! And sorry to hear about your car, at least they are standing behind it.

AcMilan714 · 10-10-2015, 02:57 PM

Congrats. Sounds amazing

kolosy · 10-10-2015, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GreatAvalon

Congrats!

Cool, so you went RWD. What are you going to do for the winters?

yup. i have an older set of dunlop winter sport m3s lying around. start with those, and then maybe downgrade the 400Ms to winter wheels and buy something shiny next summer

DocB · 10-10-2015, 04:08 PM

Nice build. Have you seen the Ash Grain trim? Looks really rich with Black Dakota interior. Just saying.

erichighley · 10-10-2015, 08:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kolosy

340i M-Sport
Black Sapphire / Black Dacota / Aluminum Hexagon
Cold Weather
Driver Assistance
M-Sport
Technology
Adaptive-M
400M + Summer tires (hemmed and hawed on this one, but ended up wanting the staggered wheels and higher speed limiter)
6MT
Black Kidney Grilles

I excite!

Now to wait 8-10 weeks

Thanks for all the input in deciding x-drive vs not.

Sounds like a great build. Saw the new taillights today on a 340 and they looked awesome...enjoy!

kolosy · 10-10-2015, 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DocB

Nice build. Have you seen the Ash Grain trim? Looks really rich with Black Dakota interior. Just saying.

i think so.. i just think all the wood trims are more luxury than sport, prefer the aluminum for sport.

that said, i'm disappointed that full leather is only an option on the m3. i'd have paid up for that one.

DocB · 10-10-2015, 08:42 PM

Agreed I was one of the last to get the leather dashboard on my 435GC

BMW335iOn18s · 10-11-2015, 02:54 PM

Glad to see proper BMW enthusiasts still ordering rwd cars with 6mt. Thanks for helping keep the best iterations of these cars in demand! The longer we can keep the take rate for manuals above 10%, the better off enthusiasts as a whole will be. Please post pics and a review when it arrives! Maybe even a video of the rev matching!

kolosy · 10-11-2015, 04:06 PM

is it really down to 10%? scary. Though, the fact that a 435 GC can't be ordered in stick points that way, I guess.

Will do - curious about the rev-matching myself.

mike@x-ph.com · 10-12-2015, 02:46 PM

Congrats !!

Ecks · 10-12-2015, 02:53 PM

Sounds like the one I just bought.

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