M140 Thread

[BIFCAIDS]

I keep looking at this because its very local to me:

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But I'm quite set on an auto estate. Has anyone driven a 140i and 340i, were they especially different to drive? My other thinking on hunting for a 340i is that I think a lot of the 140's have been given a hard time while a 340 might have had a gentler life?

You want an M-Sport+ minimum, I wanted an F31 340i in San Marino Blue. That's like trying to win the lottery, however when mine did pop up for sale it was such a good car I went for it and yeah Silvers boring and not really a colour I get enjoyment out of in terms of cleaning it etc but it does look great now.

 

[Robbie Corbett]

What does M-Sport+ do over M-Sport? I'm actually a bit lost with all the options!

Ideal would for me would be f31, glass roof, dynamic cruise, LED lights, heated/electric seats, not white, the optional exhaust. But finding anything with low miles, semi local seems to be the first hurdle!

I'm not a massive fan of silver but yours looks spot on

 

[Robbie Corbett]

@SOHROB are you alright with me asking 340i questions in your 140i thread?

 

[Robbie Corbett]

If you go on BabyBM you will find a lot of 140 owners are older and tend to look after their cars, i am not saying they don't drive them hard, but they do seem to look after their cars.

Something i never thought of before getting mine, heated seats are great in the winter, and electric seats are great if your missus drives the car, save loads of f**king about.

You can retro fit better Nav, and it's not too expensive.

Trouble is out of all the cars I dribble at on eBay the 140i seems to have the highest number of CAT N/S cars, like every other add is CAT S and most seem to have a remap. Ideally I just want a standard car which has been owned by David Attenborough and religiously serviced by BMW.... Then naturally I'll ruin it with a remap and some stupid modzzzzz etc 🤣

 

[SOHROB]

@SOHROB are you alright with me asking 340i questions in your 140i thread?

No problem at all 👍🏾

 

[BIFCAIDS]

What does M-Sport+ do over M-Sport? I'm actually a bit lost with all the options!

Ideal would for me would be f31, glass roof, dynamic cruise, LED lights, heated/electric seats, not white, the optional exhaust. But finding anything with low miles, semi local seems to be the first hurdle!

I'm not a massive fan of silver but yours looks spot on

M-Sport+ gives you the bigger brakes (370mm+painted), HK, Pro nav, LED headlights, privacy glass (but if they're all like mine theyre f**king dark) and 19's, I think thats it. Oh and the seats have a silver piping if they're black like mine for example.

 

[Flat Eric]

@BIFCAIDS cars looking nice mate.
are those wheels replicas or original CS wheels?

 

[BIFCAIDS]

@BIFCAIDS cars looking nice mate.
are those wheels replicas or original CS wheels?

Thanks buddy and replica's buddy, Im not 4.5k flush ha ha ha

 

[Flat Eric]

Thanks buddy and replica's buddy, Im not 4.5k flush ha ha ha

I've got the same on mine too, they look great although I've kerbed them twice now 🤣
And ye I agree, 4.5k for the originals is crazy.

 

[Robbie Corbett]

M-Sport+ gives you the bigger brakes (370mm+painted), HK, Pro nav, LED headlights, privacy glass (but if they're all like mine theyre f**king dark) and 19's, I think thats it. Oh and the seats have a silver piping if they're black like mine for example.

Sounds well worth it then!

 

[Robbie Corbett]

I've got the same on mine too, they look great although I've kerbed them twice now 🤣
And ye I agree, 4.5k for the originals is crazy.

They do certainly look the business! £4.5k is ridiculous though, 666m's are less. Quite like ARC-8's on these.

 

[BIFCAIDS]

They do certainly look the business! £4.5k is ridiculous though, 666m's are less. Quite like ARC-8's on these.

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666M's aren't forged are they? Hence the price difference. Few guys on F30post have put the regular M3/4 wheels on and they look epic.

 

[BIFCAIDS]

Anyway, no more 340 talk. B58's rule but its supposed to be about Sohrob's 140. I would put a diff on it before more power, wavetrac or quaife it needs one.

 

[SOHROB]

Big fan of your 340 💪
Busy day today!

XHP flashed today - need to drive steady for 50 miles
VRSF DP, new gasket, B58 tu plugs and mg flasher stage 2 all ready for fitting on Saturday

 

[Willo40]

Big fan of your 340 💪
Busy day today!

XHP flashed today - need to drive steady for 50 miles
VRSF DP, new gasket, B58 tu plugs and mg flasher stage 2 all ready for fitting on Saturday

I take my hat off to you, you don't f**k about do you.

 

[MLB]

Spending all that money on performance upgrades I would also ditch the (I'm assuming) 15k miles old run flats!

 

[BIFCAIDS]

Big fan of your 340 💪
Busy day today!

XHP flashed today - need to drive steady for 50 miles
VRSF DP, new gasket, B58 tu plugs and mg flasher stage 2 all ready for fitting on Saturday

The XHP is something I keep meaning to have done to mine.

 

[SOHROB]

Spending all that money on performance upgrades I would also ditch the (I'm assuming) 15k miles old run flats!

I think they have been replaced as they have loads of tread, I was going to ditch them straight away but aside from the fidgety ride they grip well. Will swap them out in a few months

 

[craig26283]

I have one of these too now, for just shy of a year now actually!

I love it!

 

[KitsonRis]

I was looking at these on eBay and BMW used approved last night….this can only end well.

 

[SOHROB]

Fitted the VRSF DP and B58TU plugs gapped at 0.22 and removed the PPF

loads of grunt now and a few chavvy pops and my favourite what only can be described as a thump on the upshifts on part throttle 😁still pretty quiet in comfort mode thanks to the stock valved back box and retaining the resonator

 

[SOHROB]

M performance underbody brace and ITG panel filter fitted today. Actually love this thing now, it’s becoming a weapon.

Got a B58 TU fuel pump waiting to go on which should get me a solid 460/470bhp 😁

 

[Robbie Corbett]

Do these have two cats? Has the down pipe removed a cat?

 

[SOHROB]

Do these have two cats? Has the down pipe removed a cat?

Just the one cat which fetch silly money, PPF also removed but stock resonator and back box so still quiet in comfort mode

 

[imprezaworks]

Lad popped into see me who I sold his first car too about 5 years ago, 1.2 white corsa.

Rocks up in his grey 3dr 140 auto. Sounded great. Was telling me yoof stories of cars he's played with. If true (guess they are) these are quick cars. 👍

 

[Willo40]

M performance underbody brace and ITG panel filter fitted today. Actually love this thing now, it’s becoming a weapon.

Got a B58 TU fuel pump waiting to go on which should get me a solid 460/470bhp 😁

Does it have a LSD? surely you are struggling to get the power down if it doesn't?

 

[Willo40]

Lad popped into see me who I sold his first car too about 5 years ago, 1.2 white corsa.

Rocks up in his grey 3dr 140 auto. Sounded great. Was telling me yoof stories of cars he's played with. If true (guess they are) these are quick cars. 👍

In a straight lined mapped they got pretty well.

 

[SOHROB]

Does it have a LSD? surely you are struggling to get the power down if it doesn't?

No LSD, hooks up pretty well in the dry. Got some Eagle F1 Supersports being fitted on Thursday which should help

 

[Willo40]

No LSD, hooks up pretty well in the dry. Got some Eagle F1 Supersports being fitted on Thursday which should help

This is a thing, i am not running your power, but about 370ish, and although it squirms it hooks up and goes, i have asym 5''s and they grip well, they arent as tail happy as people make out.

 

[MarkCup]

I couldn't agree more with this. I rarely found my car without the LSD lacking traction.

All the LSD did was give some predictability to the rear end if I really provoked it.

 

[MLB]

No, no, no, if you read babybmw.net you'll learn that these cars are totally undriveable without an LSD, they'll apparently kill you running stock power when it's below 15 degrees and there's rain forecast..

Great progress on the car, 460/470 sounds insane! Thread needs more Sunset Orange pics though

 

[Willo40]

No, no, no, if you read babybmw.net you'll learn that these cars are totally undriveable without an LSD, they'll apparently kill you running stock power when it's below 15 degrees and there's rain forecast..

Great progress on the car, 460/470 sounds insane! Thread needs more Sunset Orange pics though

I came on here to post exactly that, their is a thread on there at the moment about should someone map their M140 or not, and the amount of people saying it would be dangerous to map it without fitting better suspension etc is unbelievable, they make they try to kill you every time you drive them, i have driven mine in all weathers and even when pushing never felt like it was going to throw me into a hedge.

 

[MLB]

Yeah I've never had any issues either, even on MPSS in winter.. Leave all the nannies on and I find it quite tame to be honest.

 

[Sir Nancy Flowers]

Had my 140 about 18 months or so now. Its just such a good all round car. I use mine for business a lot and always visit customers at their homes (no im not a sex worker...) and very rarely do I get anyone making comment about it. Thats exactly what I wanted. Nothing worse than asking for someones business only to have a flash motor sat outside making you look like youre making a packet off them. I had 1 comment the other day with a chap who asked 'how fast is your Alpina M1 mate?'.

All that aside, its been brilliant. Bilsteins coming soon as well as XHP. Power is fine for the moment...

 

[KitsonRis]

I came on here to post exactly that, their is a thread on there at the moment about should someone map their M140 or not, and the amount of people saying it would be dangerous to map it without fitting better suspension etc is unbelievable, they make they try to kill you every time you drive them, i have driven mine in all weathers and even when pushing never felt like it was going to throw me into a hedge.

I drove mine through a flooded road once and didn't die. That was a funny trip - went to my friend's house, not been for a while and first time using this which had sat nav. I knew where they lived but there was a short cut they used and my sat nav was directing my what I thought was the same way....no it was not. It wanted to ake me along a dirt track lane as it was a farmer's road through a field. I decided to turn back when the vauge dirt marks ended in the middle of a field. Was also pouring with rain and most of the lanes I was on were about 1-2" deep of water. Car coped fine. Worst thing was I was no more than a mile from their house but it was the other side of a hill. Yes it was the worst SaNav ever - I had the ProNav so not sure if it was meant to be better? Didn't even recognise my address and that was build 10years before the car!
The only time I struggled was when it snowed . I just had to crawl out of my road on tick over. Was still on the original tyres which I think were Michelin MPSS

 

[Willo40]

I drove mine through a flooded road once and didn't die. That was a funny trip - went to my friend's house, not been for a while and first time using this which had sat nav. I knew where they lived but there was a short cut they used and my sat nav was directing my what I thought was the same way....no it was not. It wanted to ake me along a dirt track lane as it was a farmer's road through a field. I decided to turn back when the vauge dirt marks ended in the middle of a field. Was also pouring with rain and most of the lanes I was on were about 1-2" deep of water. Car coped fine. Worst thing was I was no more than a mile from their house but it was the other side of a hill. Yes it was the worst SaNav ever - I had the ProNav so not sure if it was meant to be better? Didn't even recognise my address and that was build 10years before the car!
The only time I struggled was when it snowed . I just had to crawl out of my road on tick over. Was still on the original tyres which I think were Michelin MPSS

Think Pronav is just the large screen mate, we hardly get snow here, we got a little bit last winter, i just put it in manual and started the car off in second, can also use Ecopro to limit the throttle response.

 

[Willo40]

Had my 140 about 18 months or so now. Its just such a good all round car. I use mine for business a lot and always visit customers at their homes (no im not a sex worker...) and very rarely do I get anyone making comment about it. Thats exactly what I wanted. Nothing worse than asking for someones business only to have a flash motor sat outside making you look like youre making a packet off them. I had 1 comment the other day with a chap who asked 'how fast is your Alpina M1 mate?'.

All that aside, its been brilliant. Bilsteins coming soon as well as XHP. Power is fine for the moment...

i know i am biased, but as a daily they are so good, comfy, quiet in comfort, and can cover ground really quickly when required, i get why people don't find them exciting, but i love mine.

i fancy XHP at some point, but you seem to get the most bang for you buck if the car is mapped with XHP.

Sorry OP for hijacking the thread, once you fit the uprated fuel pump yours will be a proper weapon.

 

[Sir Nancy Flowers]

i know i am biased, but as a daily they are so good, comfy, quiet in comfort, and can cover ground really quickly when required, i get why people don't find them exciting, but i love mine.

i fancy XHP at some point, but you seem to get the most bang for you buck if the car is mapped with XHP.

Sorry OP for hijacking the thread, once you fit the uprated fuel pump yours will be a proper weapon.

The only bit I could disagree with what youve said is the comfort part. Generally, theyre comfortable. The cabin is a great place to be. everything is where you'd expect it to be. I do find the dampers on the 140 a bit pants. It skips over bumps on a b road too much for my liking and feels quite scary at times. Bilsteins will solve this ive been told

 

[MarkCup]

I found my adaptive setup a good blend of soft and comfortable, and slightly less soft if the mood took me.

I've ridden twice in passive cars with Bilstein dampers and the transformation is HUGE!

 

[Sir Nancy Flowers]

I found my adaptive setup a good blend of soft and comfortable, and slightly less soft if the mood took me.

I've ridden twice in passive cars with Bilstein dampers and the transformation is HUGE!

Mark, if anyone is going to know the answer, its going to be you! How did the Bilsteins transform the car? Ive heard it makes it more 'compliant' down a B road but without making it wishy washy. Thoughts please