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      09-24-2014, 05:04 PM   #45
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      09-24-2014, 06:00 PM   #46
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Awesome looking F31, and if the front was a little lowered it'd be perfrect.
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      09-24-2014, 07:25 PM   #47
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      09-24-2014, 08:46 PM   #48
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Congrats!!
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Great work! This thing is absolutely flawless.
It's only a month old

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Mean and aggressive! Nice!
Thank you... not often that diesel's are described as such

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Love wagons....Welcome
Thanks... don't need an SUV to commute

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I had a B8 S4 when it was first released (terrible experience-sold before 7,000 miles). Used to do a lot of the original vagcom coding with some of the guys on Audizine. Iiked some aspects of it, but I'm a BMW guy through and through. For your steering issue, I fear it actually could be something programmable, as my M3 seems to really have improved some of the gripes I had with some of the F models, my 5GT included. Your car is beautiful none the less.
Thanks... the steering is definitely better with the wider 245 tires up front. Still not Porsche like or even S2000 like but on par with the Audi which has 255 tires up front.

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Perfect daily. I'm such a sucker for wagons, especially BMWs. I wish they would offer an F81 or an F11 diesel here.

Your car is modded perfectly though. Love how it looks!
I have to hand it to BMW. They offer an MSport wagon and offer M Performance on top. I love to tinker and personalize my rides and this definitely fits the bill.

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Tastefully modded wagon! I like!
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congratulations man, sharp looking ride....welcome to the right side of the fence
Thank you... First month in a BMW and I'm already featured on BimmerPost. What more could I ask for

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Beautiful ride!
Thank you... VMR has done both Audi and BMW proud

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looking good
Thanks for at all the positive responses. I'm shocked really cause it's only been my first month with the car and the BMW family.

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Love everything about the F31, I have a soft spot for wagons...
My next car will have to be a diesel!
I am now a believer in diesels as I feel I've lost nothing over the gas engine and more than halved my fuel costs and saved time away from the gas station. To put it into context, I feel I've lost nothing over a 2.0L direct injection turbo 4 cyl. It's not like I was coming from a high revving, snarly V8.

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      09-24-2014, 08:51 PM   #49
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Describe your suspension upgrades please?
I'm just riding on H&R Sport springs. My car has the adaptive suspension and I didn't want to lose the functionality of the adjustable suspension from the click of a button from inside the car.

The ride is actually superb IMO. In Comfort mode I could actually see myself going on long road trips without sacrificing ride comfort and in Sport mode it's 80% comparable to the dampening that I had with KW V1's.
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      09-24-2014, 08:52 PM   #50
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OP does your car have Variable Sport Steering Option?
Yes I believe that it does. I doubt this has an effect on the actual amount of tactile feel that is lacking through the steering wheel. It probably has more to do with steering ratio at various speed ranges
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      09-24-2014, 08:58 PM   #51
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Yep. again the eps. Are you there Scott? I few posts ago you raped me bout going on and on about the eps but see? I aint the only one. Congrats on the car gorgeous. Its a shame you only now managed to look into bmw cause its surely not been its brightest time. If you jumped from an audi a4 10 years ago into an E46 THEN i promise you it would have blown you away the difference between the 2.
I hear ya, I test drove several E90's before I got the Audi B8 wagon pictured in my first post. The steering wheel in the E90 was talking to my finger tips, I could feel much more feedback from the frontend and chassis than the current generation F3x.

I suspect that through more iterations and software calibration that this will be a non-issue in future generations of the BMW EPS.

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      09-24-2014, 09:06 PM   #52
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Saw this and had to stop by and pay you some wagon-love. Gorgeous ride my friend. Don't you wish one of the M Performance add-ons was a bigger engine?

If they offered that, I'd be all over this one. As it stands tho, I'm praying to every last Norse God that the AMG Merc C wagon that just bowed today is coming over here...
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      09-24-2014, 09:10 PM   #53
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congrats on the new car, looks great!!
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      09-24-2014, 09:25 PM   #54
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Great looking wagon! Clean and

You should go check out the thread where a 328i F31 with jb4 and downpipe I think is making 4.8s 0-60! #sleeper. Hope the diesel treats you well. Welcome
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      09-24-2014, 09:34 PM   #55
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as much as I try, I just can't love the station wagon lines.... too much like a little bus. silly American I guess. it's the 335i sedan or 435i Gran Coupe for me.
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      09-24-2014, 10:31 PM   #56
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Wow, just gorgeous. Congrats buddy.
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      09-25-2014, 12:04 AM   #57
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Very nice. I'm shopping for a 328d wagon for my wife and hopefully your pics will seal the deal since she's not so fond of the wagon style.

I ran 255 squared on my f30 and the handling was very neutral. As for steering feel, my 02 Camry did better....
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      09-25-2014, 12:50 AM   #58
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Very nice. I'm shopping for a 328d wagon for my wife and hopefully your pics will seal the deal since she's not so fond of the wagon style.

I ran 255 squared on my f30 and the handling was very neutral. As for steering feel, my 02 Camry did better....
Yep, and my 1998 Isuzu Oasis (rebadged 1st gen Honda Odyssey) also has superior steering to today's options, as does our '99 Miata (of course).

Bunker, I'm with you as a former owner of an E90 335d with sport package. Drop that engine into the F31, and you'd have the ultimate sleeper/rocket. Gawd, did that engine pull. Like it better than the E9x M3's high-strung V-8, and I believe the d accelerated from 80 to 120 mph more quickly than the M3. Sure felt that way.

(My home state of Arizona has some excellent highways -- glass smooth and lightly patrolled -- one can access to test such theories. When I had my E9x M3, during one trip back from LA I got behind a Mercedes with consulate plates and we ripped through the nighttime AZ desert at 130 mph, nary a cop in sight. Who needs the autobahn and Germany's $9/gal gas?)

Anyway, I digress. F31sport, yours is a stellar and classy machine, and I hope you enjoy many happy miles dipping into that TD torque while smiling as you pass on the fuel stop for another day. Brilliant!
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      09-25-2014, 12:54 AM   #59
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Love it! I've always been partial to wagons.

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      09-25-2014, 11:20 AM   #60
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Very nice mate! I really like your "old" Audi also though. Very nice choices on both vehicles.
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      09-25-2014, 11:41 AM   #61
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This is an xDrive right? Wish they offered a RWD 328d wagon in NA.
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      09-25-2014, 11:51 AM   #62
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Congrats, looks really good.
Got my 335xd Touring //M Sport and drove about 6000 km since Aug 1st.
Suspensions were floating so I changed it and replaced it by Schnitzer Rennsportfahrwerk. Car is a little lowered and the handling is now fantastic. Even with the original 18" it sticks to the road. Ordered Breyton GTR wheels in 19" now, believe this will even more improve the handling. No understeering at all, and oversteering under wet circumstances if I really want it.
Really surprised about the x-Drive system
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      09-25-2014, 12:02 PM   #63
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love it.

i think someone asked about trading in the avant.

it's b/c there's no new options other than the ugly AR.

congrats on the new F31
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      09-25-2014, 12:14 PM   #64
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      09-25-2014, 12:28 PM   #65
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Bro - this wagon is HOT !!

I sold my X5M garage queen - leasing a 2012 S4 currently and commute 100 kms a day as well. Was thinking about this wagon.

How does it pull on the highway?

Is there a tune for this wagon?

What was the cost for the M performance side blades? Did you get the front splitter and rear diffuser as well?

Hoping to get the Yas Marina blue color but I hear BMW will not let one custom order an ///M specific color, so Estoril Blue with shadowline black on black will be the color!
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Oh my god!!! spectacular! I love it!!
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