12-31-2022, 02:05 PM | #155 |
Private
44
Rep 93
Posts |
|
Appreciate
4
|
12-31-2022, 02:20 PM | #156 | |
________
4160
Rep 2,301
Posts |
Quote:
I maintain you should strongly consider winters instead. The fact your Lexus skated has nothing to do with it being RWD. It’s tires. You’ll find your M3 bad during winter and will blame it on the fact it’s RWD… Put the wheel set in the beater budget. |
|
Appreciate
1
wtwo318044.50 |
12-31-2022, 03:00 PM | #158 | |
Major General
18045
Rep 5,496
Posts
Drives: 23 X7 40i; 23 M3; 24 cooper s
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: IL
|
Quote:
As for the m3, I'm getting the 1000m frozen gold wheels put on, and I'd like to run those wheels as long as possible (all year in fact). If I get a separate winter setup my time with then would be limited. So summer/all season switch off with a 3rd car with proper winter tires for those few really bad days would be my preference. I know... I'm difficult....
__________________
2023 BMW X7 xDrive40i
2023 BMW M3 6MT 2024 Mini Cooper S Convertible '20 BMW m340i... '20 BMW X5 40i... '16 Infiniti Q50 RS 400... '10 Lexus RX 350... '08 Lexus IS 350... '00 Nissan Maxima... '93 Nissan Maxima |
|
Appreciate
2
________4160.00 StradaRedlands4980.50 |
12-31-2022, 03:39 PM | #159 |
Major General
18045
Rep 5,496
Posts
Drives: 23 X7 40i; 23 M3; 24 cooper s
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: IL
|
One caveat - I think more winter tire availability will be coming for the M3 tire sizes in the future - so I may do the summer/winter setup eventually.
__________________
2023 BMW X7 xDrive40i
2023 BMW M3 6MT 2024 Mini Cooper S Convertible '20 BMW m340i... '20 BMW X5 40i... '16 Infiniti Q50 RS 400... '10 Lexus RX 350... '08 Lexus IS 350... '00 Nissan Maxima... '93 Nissan Maxima |
Appreciate
1
________4160.00 |
12-31-2022, 06:17 PM | #160 | |
________
4160
Rep 2,301
Posts |
Quote:
How many years to recover the wheels you’ll buy for the winters (especially considering you’ll recoup at least half the amount paid for the wheels when you sell them). I know I know you want to ride in style in the 1000M. I have a similar dilema and live in a warm place, I was caught off guard in my Michelin PS4S in November by snow in my 19” wheels… almost didn’t make it home that day… Just came back from skiing with my 17” E46 wheels wearing Hakkapeliitta R2. They don’t look anywhere near as good… but oh well, I’m driving the same fun car and doing donuts in the snow. Your Life May Vary. |
|
Appreciate
1
wtwo318044.50 |
12-31-2022, 06:41 PM | #161 | |
Major General
18045
Rep 5,496
Posts
Drives: 23 X7 40i; 23 M3; 24 cooper s
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: IL
|
Quote:
You're going to smack me when I tell you that I'm planning to do PCD in February and will be driving 800 miles home... in February... on summer tires. My plan is, check the weather patterns obsessively through the day and at the first sight of snow on the ground to just call it a day and find the nearest hotel to stay at for the night. Will also only be driving during day time hours... so this 800 mile trip will take me 3-4 days. My wife hates me to top it all off I'm targeting the week of the 13th. So valentines day will be spent with my buddy traveling with me to SC to pick up the car if I'm able to secure that week for PCD. In case you guys had any doubts about this car being a bucket list car for me...
__________________
2023 BMW X7 xDrive40i
2023 BMW M3 6MT 2024 Mini Cooper S Convertible '20 BMW m340i... '20 BMW X5 40i... '16 Infiniti Q50 RS 400... '10 Lexus RX 350... '08 Lexus IS 350... '00 Nissan Maxima... '93 Nissan Maxima |
|
Appreciate
1
StradaRedlands4980.50 |
12-31-2022, 07:01 PM | #162 | |
________
4160
Rep 2,301
Posts |
Quote:
My recommendations are exactly to prevent you from making your bucket list ver be the reason you kick the bucket. |
|
Appreciate
1
wtwo318044.50 |
01-01-2023, 04:18 PM | #163 | ||
Major General
5115
Rep 6,321
Posts
Drives: 2018 340i M Sport
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Chicago, Edgewater (via Texas & Tennessee)
iTrader: (0)
Garage List 2018 BMW 340i M Sport [8.58]
2020 BMW M340i xDrive [9.00] 2018 BMW 340i M Sport [7.38] 2006 BMW 330i Sport [5.83] 2004 BMW 330i ZHP [7.13] 2000 BMW 328i [6.17] |
Quote:
Quote:
That’s a fairly big risk driving M3 performance tires 800 miles in the winter. Even if you don’t have snow the low temperatures could be a problem for the tires. Good on you for doing PCD!!
__________________
www.bmwcca.org member #388003 - Use me as a referral & you could win a one day ///M Driving School!! ___________________________________________ |
||
Appreciate
2
wtwo318044.50 StradaRedlands4980.50 |
01-01-2023, 04:38 PM | #164 | |
Major General
18045
Rep 5,496
Posts
Drives: 23 X7 40i; 23 M3; 24 cooper s
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: IL
|
Quote:
I'm pretty excited - they just reached out for a date of Jan 19 (which I'll likely have to delay till 1st or 2nd week of February, but at this point it's becoming a reality after 11 months of waiting.
__________________
2023 BMW X7 xDrive40i
2023 BMW M3 6MT 2024 Mini Cooper S Convertible '20 BMW m340i... '20 BMW X5 40i... '16 Infiniti Q50 RS 400... '10 Lexus RX 350... '08 Lexus IS 350... '00 Nissan Maxima... '93 Nissan Maxima |
|
Appreciate
0
|
01-01-2023, 04:42 PM | #165 | |
________
4160
Rep 2,301
Posts |
Quote:
|
|
Appreciate
1
PhaceN52174.50 |
01-01-2023, 06:49 PM | #166 | |
Major General
5115
Rep 6,321
Posts
Drives: 2018 340i M Sport
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Chicago, Edgewater (via Texas & Tennessee)
iTrader: (0)
Garage List 2018 BMW 340i M Sport [8.58]
2020 BMW M340i xDrive [9.00] 2018 BMW 340i M Sport [7.38] 2006 BMW 330i Sport [5.83] 2004 BMW 330i ZHP [7.13] 2000 BMW 328i [6.17] |
Quote:
__________________
www.bmwcca.org member #388003 - Use me as a referral & you could win a one day ///M Driving School!! ___________________________________________ |
|
Appreciate
1
________4160.00 |
01-02-2023, 12:40 AM | #168 | |
OPN DIFF
478
Rep 1,910
Posts
Drives: 10' E90 M3 6MT LB
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Pacific Ocean
|
Quote:
__________________
'10 LB E90 slicktop/speed cloth/6MT ex. '06 330i 6MT & '10 n54 6MT Msport Autocross vids https://www.youtube.com/user/tigermack https://www.instagram.com/tigermack |
|
Appreciate
2
StradaRedlands4980.50 stein_325i25104.50 |
01-02-2023, 02:12 AM | #169 |
Brigadier General
4981
Rep 3,046
Posts
Drives: 2006 BMW 330i MT
Join Date: Dec 2021
Location: SoCal
iTrader: (2)
Garage List 2006 BMW 330i [8.21]
2009 BMW 328i Touri ... [7.90] 2013 BMW X5 35i [7.63] 2011 BMW 528i [8.75] 2006 Mazda3 [5.50] |
Great photos, especially that first one!!! The Mazda3 has been a really good car! GT trim w/ MT is pretty unique. The only things other than regular maintenance was fuel pump which needed the tank to get dropped and was a pain, and the sunroof is broken and won't open. Other than those things, it's only been oil changes, shocks, brakes, valve cover gasket, O2 sensors, and a CV axle!
|
Appreciate
1
tigermack477.50 |
01-12-2023, 10:01 AM | #170 |
Private First Class
255
Rep 123
Posts |
Ok I'm gonna jump in on this discussion. I've got an Alpina B8 on the way and want a "beater" that I can park at Publix and not worry about Grandpa backing into it, or a soccer mom's kid ramming a grocery cart into the side of my expensive car. $25k was also my budget goal. My oldest will be 16 in 4 years, I can just give her the car.
I've looked at a bunch compacts - Honda, Toyota, Kia, Subaru. The CVT is a dealbreaker, it sucks. From what I could skim over in these pages no one has suggested a Kia, but it was decent and didn't have a CVT if you get the GT. I'm in Florida, so used cars right now are suspect since most of the state flooded last year. I imagine there are more than a few cars out there with unnoticed damage that will come to light in the future. So I'm sticking to new. |
Appreciate
2
wtwo318044.50 StradaRedlands4980.50 |
01-12-2023, 10:10 AM | #171 | |
Major General
18045
Rep 5,496
Posts
Drives: 23 X7 40i; 23 M3; 24 cooper s
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: IL
|
Quote:
__________________
2023 BMW X7 xDrive40i
2023 BMW M3 6MT 2024 Mini Cooper S Convertible '20 BMW m340i... '20 BMW X5 40i... '16 Infiniti Q50 RS 400... '10 Lexus RX 350... '08 Lexus IS 350... '00 Nissan Maxima... '93 Nissan Maxima |
|
Appreciate
0
|
01-12-2023, 12:11 PM | #172 |
Colonel
1148
Rep 2,877
Posts
Drives: Anything
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: SoCal
|
Both. Go out and rent an Altima for a day is all you need to experience a CVT
__________________
|
01-12-2023, 12:12 PM | #173 |
Major General
18045
Rep 5,496
Posts
Drives: 23 X7 40i; 23 M3; 24 cooper s
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: IL
|
Trust me I know they're bad...
__________________
2023 BMW X7 xDrive40i
2023 BMW M3 6MT 2024 Mini Cooper S Convertible '20 BMW m340i... '20 BMW X5 40i... '16 Infiniti Q50 RS 400... '10 Lexus RX 350... '08 Lexus IS 350... '00 Nissan Maxima... '93 Nissan Maxima |
Appreciate
0
|
01-12-2023, 12:23 PM | #175 |
Private First Class
255
Rep 123
Posts |
I'm now looking at a Mazda 3. Thanks all - for whatever reason blind spot warning is elusive in these lower price points, even with the upgraded tech packages. Looks like the 3 might fit the bill! Slightly bigger engine than the Kia too. *bonus* LOL
|
Appreciate
4
|
01-12-2023, 12:39 PM | #176 |
Get off my lawn
938
Rep 1,160
Posts |
Has been a tremendous winter driver and has never left me stranded in a blizzard, ice storm, or long trip. Getting a bit old now however and is not the cheapest on running costs. Might recommend something JDM - Civic Si? Used Lexus/Acura? |
Appreciate
2
wtwo318044.50 StradaRedlands4980.50 |
Post Reply |
Bookmarks |
|
|