GTI is gone....

[CALL_911]

Long live the 340xi.

Just picked up a CPO 2016 340xi with 31k miles on it. Has a 6MT, black on saddle brown, no M-sport or anything like that. I'll post pics in a bit

[FoMoJo]

Is that the 3.0 I6 turbo?

[Eye of the Tiger]

So I guess you won't be bringing back a Ute from Australia.

[CALL_911]

Is that the 3.0 I6 turbo?

Yes

So I guess you won't be bringing back a Ute from Australia.

In my dreams

[FoMoJo]

Yes

Seems almost perfect, congratulations.

[BimmerM3]

[12,000 RPM]

Congrats bro you did the right thing 

[Eye of the Tiger]

Yeah, so, pics of shins.

[MexicoCityM3]

 



Most excellent.

Congrats.

The 40i has the B58 engine which is BMW's best.

[CALL_911]

I'll get better ones eventually

[Eye of the Tiger]

nice shins

[CALL_911]

Initial impressions:
-Steering is not as good as my GTI's, but the thing is plenty nimble.
-Jesus christ it's fast
-Best sound system I've heard in a car
-The damn thing defaults to "comfort mode" every time I shut it off, which I don't want
-The shifter is very slick, but I'm not perfectly smooth between 1-2 yet. Plus I can't seem to shut off the auto-rev matching feature.

I like it a lot, but it's definitely way more serious of a machine than my GTI was.

[68_427]

If you're not going to be smooth between 1-2 you might as well rev it out every single time

[12,000 RPM]

You can prob just start in 2nd

[r0tor]

Nice

[SJ_GTI]

Long live the 340xi.

Just picked up a CPO 2016 340xi with 31k miles on it. Has a 6MT, black on saddle brown, no M-sport or anything like that. I'll post pics in a bit

Basically you bought a unicorn? 

Shame about not having the M-sport package, I think the seats and suspension upgrades are worth it.

[CALL_911]

You can prob just start in 2nd

That's what I've been doing

[Eye of the Tiger]

Dakota isn't perfectly smooth from 1-2, but if I started in 2nd the clutch would take a permanent vacation. 

[veeman]

Congratulations!  Looks great.  Love you got the manual.

[2o6]

Nice!

[68_427]

Basically you bought a unicorn? 

Shame about not having the M-sport package, I think the seats and suspension upgrades are worth it.

Pretty sure x drives don't get the suspension anyways

[2o6]

Pretty sure x drives don't get the suspension anyways

I'm pretty sure I've driven an X-drive M-sport F30, but I could be mistaken. I don't think you can get a MT x drive M sport, though.

[cawimmer430]

 

[SJ_GTI]

Pretty sure x drives don't get the suspension anyways

I think you might be right now that i think about it.

[r0tor]

Pretty sure x drives don't get the suspension anyways

There was a track handling package for the xdrives

[CaminoRacer]

There was a track handling package for the xdrives

The chance of finding one is probably pretty slim though

[Laconian]

Is there a way you can override the "comfort mode" default? On the BMWs I've rented this always pissed me off - just drove home the point that Beemers are for poseurs

[r0tor]

The chance of finding one is probably pretty slim though

I cross shopped them with the Giulia and found they existed but were a bit of a drive.

[Xer0]

Nice, congrats!

[68_427]

Is there a way you can override the "comfort mode" default? On the BMWs I've rented this always pissed me off - just drove home the point that Beemers are for poseurs

Probably with something like a JB4