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Unlucky, as nice as more power would be there will be a strong market for a warrantied standard car when you come to sell.. If you want faster buy an M3 etc. I hear you re running costs, mine's (touch wood) been reliable. but £505 tax, mpg between 17 and 23 do make you think.. Then I start it...

That is lovely, that engine is a peach too. I'd want the grills back silver and the wheels a factory finish, don't forget the little M badges for near the centre caps, they're missing. Also, proper BMW mats aren't cheap at around £90 but they're worth every penny, they match the interior...

Love that.

Like that, Dave White leather is pretty cool.

The M3 looks pretty good with the roof down, still sounds mint as its a V8 and will be quick enough! If I lived over there i think it would be my choice.

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Yeah. I never poured money into cars, just into women.. Worth every penny.

I can just picture that in Max Power with Jakki Degg sprawled across it. Anyone good with Photoshop?

I don't know much about bikes but that looks mint.. Prefer it to the full fairing sports bikes. Guy at work just picked up a new Multistrada??? (I think it is) it's a right bit of kit.

I'm off for an XFR next, I feel a bit inadequate at the minute not been in the 500 club.!

That's great. Your only issue now is you'll never want anything that isn't a V8! Big engines and an auto box make for properly relaxed driving, you don't have anything to prove. I like how the E63 and CLS63 are cheaper than the C's, I prefer the bigger cars too.

Bit of a nod to another thread on about the old days.. I was thinking about when I first joined here in Oct 2005 looking for a 172 Cup. Here's a few pics of it from ~10 years back. IIRC I was the first to retrofit oem xenons to a Cup.. Hah (only in 2nd pic there) Got a brand new Clio...

No bother. Put two fingers in and nip the ends they'll probably wiggle a bit, if you gently pull them towards you and down you'll feel them locate.

If you look at where the bulb goes you'll see the 2 cut off ends of the rings facing you, the LED shines into these edges and the light travels through the rings. The edges have a little ledge on them that sit into a grove on the inner headlight, it's very easy to knock them and cause them to...

That's really nice. Only thing I'd change are the spacers.

An A45 or similar might give better MPG on a run than a C63 but if you're using all its performance it wont be much better at all! If you want the performance you use the fuel one way or another.. Tax savings, really? 55k budget and you want to save £250 a year on road tax?

Still like this car, I've just found this video of a mate driving my old S60 2.4 T5.. How does yours compare? I always thought it went well for just a remap..

I'd forgotten about that dickhead

Not sure of the wheel hate, I think they're the nicest ones going for the F.

Awesome car.. My next engine, in an XF though.!

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It'd have to be the M3 for me.. Special engine that you've not bad before, the cars really useable and they're just cool. My 550 is for keeps for the foreseeable but next car is either E92 M3 or an XFR.. Leaning towards the XF though. I like big cars.

Trying to see what's not right with the M3 mirrors.. You've painted the triangular base plate that fixes to the car, that's normally gloss black to match the window surrounds. Look weird as is!

Looks lovely, and tbh it'll feel more than adequate with them power figures.

It's not even all the LCI's... The LCI 197hp is the old engine, the LCI 204hp is the all ally one that is identical in every way to the LCI 330d lump.. They must of had a batch of the old engines to use up !

Yeah, and still get flattened

If your aircon compressor is anything like mine on my 550i then it won't have a clutch. It's engaged all the time weather the aircon is switched on or off so is constantly turning. That could explain why the noise doesn't change if it's switched on or off.

No idea, but I wouldn't fancy kerbing one!

It's the Edition 50, made from Titanium so it's each.

Yes yes.. That's so perfect even down to the colour! The wheels and stripes make the cars. As a road car I'd say they're better than the M's, although wasn't there an Autocar vid where the diesel beat the M3 round their lest track?