camelsac2002

Whilst in for detailing, the guys at Motech slipped on a pair of their 20" wheels. Very nice - but pricey and probably not suitable for our lunarscape roads!

It's strange how a 20mm drop and spacers can change a car's appearence. Definitely worth it imho!

I thought you might like the look, post detail! Just ordered a load of Gtechniq stuff to maintain the coating which I'm sure you would approve of!😂

Thanks mate! Future plans - my Remus rear silencer will go on - again, it was from the 4 series which shares the same chassis etc but it will need different link pipes due to the shorter bodyshell dimensions. Some subtle black body parts at some point just to give the car some "border" if you know what I mean - very subtle side skirts, front spoiler and possibly boot spoiler. Nothing to stand out but just enough to give it an OEM+ look. Imho, the sides just need those subtle black side skirts as it just looks slightly "unfinished." Some circuit boards to change the DRLs to yellow will also go on at some point as well. Yup! Very tuneable engine! Stock, the car delivers 374 BHP and 500 Nm torque. A panel filter, turbo back exhaust and a remap plus octane booster can yield 500 BHP and 775 Nm! 0-60 time drops to 3.3 seconds. The turbo is larger than the one on the F series cars so can give more boost pressure. The crank and conrods are forged already so reliability isn't an issue. These engines are very underrated and seem to get overshadowed by the RS3 yet with both cars tuned to the same power and given that the M240i weighs a full 210kgs more, the 240 will outperform the RS3. The better launch control helps but that aside and the fact it has a torque converter gearbox instead of DSG, which could ordinarily be a handicap, it's a serious weapon when tuned. As much as 800bhp is feasible with a standard block and internals I think but there is one out there running 1500 bhp. I ticked the M Technology box so it has extra oil coolers for the engine and gearbox plus the bigger brakes and calipers - a snip at £315. I also ticked the electronic damper upgrade too - a must on our roads! To say I'm pleased with it is an understatement - I'm looking forward to giving it a proper workout once run in - already, it feels more nimble than my 4 series.

Another update. So after just a week of ownership, the car was handed over to the guys at Motech Performance. It turns out that the springs from my M440i ARE compatible with the new car as they weigh pretty much the same so those were fitted along with my spacers. If you compare the pics below with the pics further back in my post, you can probably see the difference. It definitely improves the stance and makes it a bit more aggressive looking. Next, the car went through a full detail program lasting nearly a week. The car was prewashed, washed, decontammed then all the silver badges were removed so that the whole car could be machine polished. Next, it was treated to a G Technic Crystal Serum Ultra ceramic coating as well as the glass cleaned and treated along with the wheels. All the badges were then replaced with black ones to tie in with the black door mirrors, exterior trim and boot spoiler and a set of carbon fibre arch guards were fitted to keep the stones away from the sides of the car. I'm rather pleased with the results. Whilst the wheels were off, they put a set of their own 20" wheels on which did look rather nice - but not nice enough for me to want to fork out for them, given how expensive a month it's been! Plus I don't think 20" wheels and UK roads are good bedfellows! I'll try and get a pic of them and post it here. They have done a video on it for their YouTube channel as they've not had a 2025 model through let alone one in Fire Red - most seem to be Grey or Blue - the video should be up in a week or two. The beauty of the coating is that whilst on my way home from work in the storm today, the water was sheeting off the car beautifully - I almost didn't need the wipers! Anyway - hope you like the pics! PS - they also changed the silver engine start button for a red one to tie in with the red interior accents.

Thanks Becs! I'm rather pleased with it!

Thankyou sir! Apparently, there's not many in this colour - and I couldn't resist those seats in that colour combo so that was another box that got ticked!

Pick up day! Now got to run it in.

Hi all! Another update! The car is finally "in country" after weeks of travelling. From what I can gather on one social media group, one ship carrying cars from Mexico had to circumvent two hurricanes in the Caribbean and also had to divert via Cuba - then on reaching Rhode Island, the dockers went on strike so I wouldn't be surprised if my car was on this ship. Interestingly, when I went to see the sales exec who's been dealing with my order last Thursday, he told me that some cars get delayed for spot checks and weighing - unsurprisingly coming from a country that is a major exporter of the white powder derived from coca leaves!🤣 Collection day will be Sat November 23rd and I'm feeling just a little bit excited! There has been some work to do on the M440i to get it ready for trade in, notably remove the Remus rear silencer as with some new connecting pipes, it fits the M240i so that will be going on at some point - albeit with possibly some new tailpipe trims as I don't think chrome will suit the new car like it did the old one. The lowering springs are off and will be going up for sale once I've given them a clean. The car is a not so lovely shade of brown at the moment thanks to various agricultral and construction vehicles depositing their cr#p on the roads recently so the car will get a good wash before being handed over. I've also had to get the car MoT'd so I could carry on driving it so a new set of tyres had to be fitted as they were shown up as an advisory. Whilst I could've tried eking them out for a bit longer, I had a trip to York in the offing and I didn't want to chance potentially driving in pouring rain with barely legal tyres so a set of Goodyear Eagle F1 asymetric 5s were fitted. I looked at mid range tyres then looked at the crossover cost point between mid range and premium tyres - the Goodyears were just a few quid different to some mid range tyres so they went on. Then nightmare - on the way home from work one afternoon, one of those construction vehicles I mentioned earlier kicked up a stone and chipped the windscreen! The crack was irreparable but what concerned me the most was the potential weeks and weeks of waiting I could have had like I did the last time it happened. Thankfully, Autoglass came up trumps - rang them on the Wednesday - three days and one and a half hours later, windscreen replaced! Plus my wallet relieved of £115 excess! Bummer!😂 Although the 4 series and 240 share the same 3 series chassis, Eibach springs are engineered to the weight of the vehicle they are going on so as the 240 is around 100kgs lighter than the 440, they won't be suitable. The spacers fit so they will be going on at some point too - possibly in December when I lose the car for a week for a full detail and ceramic coating. I'll be interested to see how the car handles once run in - 100kgs lighter plus 245 tryes up front against the 225 tyres on the 440 should make things more fun. I already have some subtle cosmetic mods in store for it and I am starting to get these bits together now. Nothing flash - just a few things to make it look a bit OEM+. So everything is finally coming together and I shall post some pics post collection. Best wishes to you all, Camel. Oh - one afternote - turns out when I updated my insurance details, Admiral have to give me back £43! Which means at today's prices, I can have a pint to celebrate!🤣

I have them on my M440i. Mpg dropped from 50 to about 47.🤣

Hi all. So - an update! I've had an email from the dealership and the car is somewhere at sea! So whilst )ct 24th was the expected delivery, sometime in November is more realistic - as I expected to be honest. The good news is that because my M440i shares the same chassis and running gear as the M240i, my wheel spacers and Remus back box will fit! Just as well as the back box is around £2400! I will just need to buy new joining pipes and I feel the chrome tailpipes won't suit the car so I may change them to black chrome with carbon or plain carbon. I've already been on the look out for some other things but I want to try and keep it subtle like my 440 - sort of OEM+ if you like. So some mild tint film for the revrse lights will be going on and some circuit boards to change the front DRLs to yellow. Some subtle black or carbon body parts will go on as well as some black badges to tie it all in and the deletion of the xDrive badge on the rear. I'm in two minds as to lowering it. It will certainly reduce the arch to wheel gap and in conjunction with the spacers, will improve the stance significantly, making it look a little more squat. The spec - I developed Tourette's when I specced it and ticked a lot of boxes so I've added a link to the configurator to show how my car will look. The car is already booked in at Motech in Wellingborough for a full clean and ceramic coat which will take around a week - but worth it imo - especially as they were doing a discount so win win! Here's the link to the spec for anyone interested. You can click on each package to see what's included. If you click on the part that says "Add more extras", it will show the other options. https://configure.bmw.co.uk/en_GB/configid/3fdk75ag

Hi mate. Hope you are well! I don't know how long it's been tbh! Too long! Health both physically and mentally have meant I haven't been sociable anything close to nearly enough! Although it's been over 4 1/2 years since my bone marrow transplant, this year has been the worst health wise. Lots of side issues and hospital appointments as a result. One or two things I can handle but everything came at once - neuropathy, fatigue, graft versus host disease - got a bit much but I'm well on the way to getting on top of it now. As for the car, I loaded it with extras and wrestled a good discount out of the dealership. More on the car in my other post.

As I have alluded to in another post, I mentioned that my BMW M440i was going to be gone in the not too distant future and that I would reveal what the new wheels were going to be..... After much soul searching, I decided that the Cayman GTS 4.0.......wouldn't be it. I came very close! But decided that even though it's a more practical Porsche than most others, I couldn't really use it as an everyday work hack as well as long distance cruiser - even with a manual gearbox! So sticking with what I know best, I've ordered.....an M240i. In the same red as the one in the pic. Because I haggled hard and got over £8k off, my new car, with discount, has gone from nearly £60k to a little under £52k. Coupled with a decent trade in, my cost to change will be about £19k - less than when I went from my mk7 R to my M440i. All I have to do now is wait until chuffing November to get it! Oh the pain.....!🤣

Hi mate. Funnily enough, I'm in the middle of building a Technic BMW M1000 RR motorbike! I have two more projects waiting in the sidelines as I had to buy them before they went out of production. Once they go out of prod, prices skyrocket! So I have a remote controlled Volvo dump truck and a Liebherr crawler crane waiting their turn! All the best, Camel.

Hi Becs! Thanks for your kind words. Yes, things have been a little tough but I'm soldiering on! I had a wobble towards the end of last year but doing better now. Some physical side effects have caused me a few issues which in turn, affected me mentally but I'm getting help from my consultant to combat the pain. I still have the BM - but not for much longer...... All will be revealed in another post! Anyway! Hope you are well! All the best, Camel.

Hi mate! Still have the BM although it's looking a little different to when I bought it with the addition of some subtle body mods, Remus exhaust and I changed the DRL circuit boards so I now have yellow DRL a la M4 CSL.

Hi all. Yes, yes - I know - I haven't been here in ages! Tbh, I've felt quite bad about it as I always liked coming here for a friendly chat as an ex R owner but various things have precluded me from posting - namely health (physical and mental) work, hospital appointments - many of them and coupled with my mental health, a period of just giving up. Work became a drag although I don't know why because I have a good employer and I really lost interest in pretty much everything plus I ditched my medication briefly as I just lost interest in everything - thankfully, there were no side effects from that. So I've slapped myself around the face and dared to enter this hallowed territory again! I hope I haven't outstayed my "residence" here and hope to reconnect with everyone here again! All the best, Camel.

Then, of course, if considering the M2 - standard exhaust or M Performance exhaust. Some come with the M Perf as an option ticked when new.

I had a similar dilemma when moving from my mk7 R. I did consider the M2 due to its looks and size - two doors and a manual - win win imo. Ultimately, I bought my G22 M440i. It just managed to fit my budget and is a far better daily car than the M2 for my needs. That said, you're considering an M2 manual and an M4 convertible so a different comparison. On the basis of those two cars, I'd go for the M2 without question! It looks better imo - shorter and more squat. On top of that, with the roof down on the M4, I think you'll instantly compromise handling as you lose body shell rigidity. Further, convertibles have to have more strengthening in them which adds weight - something you don't really want! The M2 will be more nimble and more fun imo. Just remember that both these cars bring M cost maintenance bills and the M2 can swap ends quite readily if you're not on top of your game when pressing on - there's quite a few videos of M2 drivers losing it! On that basis, do your homework as some of those M2s might well have visited a hedge or a ditch!

Imho, I'd have it painted to match the rest of the car. Yours must have been one of the last F series 440s before the G series came out.

Robbing bar stewards! Whilst my disability isn't blatantly obvious, (you should see the looks I get when parking a BMW in a disabled bay - until I put my blue badge on the dash!) and it causes some minor issues, it does have its advantages in that I don't pay VED.

Both mine fell out fairly close together. Went on eBay and got replacements from Phoenix wing mirrors. Much cheaper, just as good and a perfect fit. They come ready fitted with strong 3M tape and very easy to fit. They also have the separate dotted wide angle part. Currently £11.99 and quick service too. Can't recommend them enough.

The rear Pirelli run flats on my Beemer are nearing their limit, hence some more tail out shenanigans from the rear biased XDrive on the car. So I'm having them changed in a week. I'm moving away from runflats as I think normal tyres will be more comfortable, even though the ride from the adaptive dampers is not an issue. I've read and watched plenty of reviews on performance tyres and instead of going the ubiquitous PS4S route, I'm going to fit a full set of the relatively new Continental Contisport 7s. Tested on a Supra, they were judged as better than the current PS4S tyres overall so I thought I'd give them a try - genuinely looking forward to see how they perform! Here's the review that tipped it for me - I also considered the new Goodyears and Bridgestones but the Contis appeal more - as a bonus, they're cheaper than the Michelins, coming in at a shade under £700 for a full set!

Great looking car! I'm a convert to Munich motors too!

Looking forward to seeing this! Something very different! Good luck with it!