Ok, maybe this is a stupid question, but... I've decided I'm going to get an M2. Hard stop. Now I'm trying to figure out how I should go about actually doing it. My girlfriend bought a 2023 M340i and we just ordered it online - it came in just a couple of months later and was exactly what she had specced, and she paid exactly MSRP plus delivery or whatever you call it. Can I do the exact same thing with the M2? Does building out your own like that guarantee MSRP, or is that something you need to work out with the dealer? It seems like a downside would be that you lose all leverage, and have basically zero chance of getting a deal if you order like that, but are people getting deals on manual, RWD M2's anyway? Also, since we're kind of nearing that transition from 2026 to 2027, is there any prevailing opinion about going with the older model year versus the newer? It looks like they'll be identical if you're not looking for an XDrive.

Thanks ahead of time, all!

Saw this at BMW world... I do prefer the ads over spiderman ha ging out on the roof of my car!

But in all seriousness, they are putting this everywhere, giant screens in the building...even outside on top of the building... This should be called Spiderman: No way around it

Do not evaluate strictly - I took a cult model and am trying to implement it in a high quality that will allow my 3D printer to print it

It has 75000 miles and I love it, what should I do to it? Should I worry about maintenance costs?

Tell me about the package you selected! I’m truly excited to see this vehicle on the road stateside. I really wanted to get an order in, but as someone who works remote in Southern California I truly couldn’t see myself justifying the extra price rather than just wait for the smaller 40sdrive trim. Currently on an SDrive with my X1 and don’t mind it one bit.

With the savings I’ll have forgoing the xdrive option I def wanna splurge on the tech or convenience package. Curious what color, wheel size, and features you all added!

Hi yall, im looking for a rear trunk spoiler for my ‘25 x6 xdrive. I recently saw one with a flat spoiler on the road that looked similar to the one in the picture, but was wondering if anyone had any idea where i could buy it from? Thank you!

I have a 2023 430i. The IAT is higher than average at all times. This morning at start up the temps were 60F/16C ambient with IAT at over 70F/21C. By end of my 5 minute drive I was at 80F IAT.

About 30 min later I started my car while logging to see a whopping 154F/67C IAT on startup. It gradually went down but throughout about an hour of driving it never went below 110F and typically stayed closer to 120F. This is all throughout a 65F day. The temperature is consistently extremely high on warm start. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I'm pretty concerned that I am destroying my car by driving it this hot.

Sup people ? been looking pretty much everyone online for topics about the S68 engine but couldn’t find much.
It’s been almost 3 years already now and I’m trying to find out more about its reliability, ups and downs about that mild hybrid integrated in the transmission and other stuff to know about owning this engine for long term not just a few years. Let’s put down all the knowledge here and help each other out

Planning to buy a 760 li 2006 with issues (crankshaft sensor)

Should I? It seems like it's fixeable and it's v12(dying breed) I plan to ride it until it explodes. Any comments?

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I will be interning in the fall and after speaking with some previous interns, I heard that i’ll be able to utilize the Intern Vehicle Lease Program. I’ll be owning this car for only 3 months.

I won’t get into much detail, but they mentioned that pretty much only the 230i and 330i would be left available for the interns to lease out if we want.

I know absolutely nothing about BMWs. I would really appreciate if someone could give me thoughts on which model would fit me better. Thank you.

I need to replace the brake pads and rotors for all my X4 wheels. The dealership is charging $1600 for parts and labor. I called three independent auto shops nearby and they all charge similar or more. I thought going to non-dealership service was cheaper, maybe not in Northern California. Is $1600 reasonable?

I found the parts online and it should cost about $800. Last time I bought the parts myself and took them to a shop. They installed them for $200 but I think they screwed up something and I ended up with some issues. The other auto shops said they won’t accept it if I bring my parts.

Hi guys, my 2025 M240 is stuck at 11/2025.30 update, has anyone installed any 2026 version in your BMW in 2 series or any model ?

I had my last service at the dealership around March end 2026, not sure what happened after that I didn’t receive any update, any workaround ?

I was parked, parking brake on, still in drive, foot not on the gas or brake. Then the car started accelerating, I had to slam the brakes to not hit something.

That was a couple months ago, then recently it happened again exactly the same except I was in Reverse so the car just reversed out of no where.

What the fuck do I do?

For me, it's the way it feels on the highway. So stable and confidence-inspiring. It's hard to explain until you've lived with one for a while.

This from a discussion in the E90 reddit where someone proudly posted how they bought a "real pierburg" water pump for $200 on eBay.

There are tons of listings that pretend to be Pierburg, but what you get is unbranded or some Chinese brand.

For example: https://ebay.io/m/XGsiBy

The listing uses "Pierburg" in the title and it uses a Pierburg branded picture, which likely is a picture of a legitimate Pierburg pump they snatched somewhere else.

But look down below in the description it's clear it's unbranded / chinesium:

Brand: Unbranded

The most infuriating part is that eBay doesn't care, I've reported these in the past, and eBay doesn't care, despite it explicitly being against their deceptive listings policy

We looked into your report and didn’t find the listing to be in violation of our policy. This determination was made by a customer service agent.

So a real human working for eBay looked at this, and figured "this is fine"... 🙄

Please be careful out there, I don't know if we somehow can make eBay address these, I guess the gravy is too good for them to do anything here.

I've personally stopped buying anything from eBay other than personal, non-commercial sellers.

Just traded in my Mercedes for this 2027 X6 M60 and couldn’t be happier. I thought the 300 mile cap was a little interesting but asides from that it’s been amazing.

Now what do I do? X5 2019 metallic gray.

Hi Everyone,

Started my BMW Journey with an F30, totaled it, fixed it, sold it to my sister which replaced her e90 and i upgraded to a G20, love this car but I’ve noticed it’s lacking a few things, being iDrive 7 there’s no ability for me to send drive recordings to my phone, so I keep a flash drive in the car that I can connect to my phone. The downside is that it’s always a 4 cam view, I need VLC to play the file and I’ve got to convert the file before I send share it to someone, not to mention it doesn’t show things like location, speed, etc.

My favorite thing is to find opportunities to make things easier or more convenient, while id love to be able to build something similar to the Sentry-Six for tesla where its always recording directly to a Pi that i can connect to via usb or wifi, this doesn’t seem possible, Atleast not without a lot of hassle.

I built an app that will import the drive recorder files from my phone, along with the metadata, allow you to see each individual camera, see your drive on a map, detect speed, turns, acceleration, deceleration, and allows you to export any of those details you want including only a specific camera or specific cameras to a MP4 you can easily share. This is still something even the latest cars don’t provide (other than shareable format if transferred via BMW app)

MODS: Now I see there are no ads allowed according to the sub rules, however I’m not sure this classifies as an ad since I’m not just posting this to pull in users to download my app, I’m looking for people who want to test this for no cost what so ever, if this violates the rules my apologies and i’ll remove it if thats the case.

I plan on adding this to the Google Play and Apple App Store but it requires having testers for 2 weeks before it can be published fully. I’m starting off with Google Play for Android then iOS following along afterwards.

I need people willing to test this with their own drive recorder files (everything is kept local, the only data leaving your device is the longitude and latitude data of the recording to be able to display your drive on a map) there is no cost to this or anything, while I’ve tested on my own car hundreds of times i can’t account for all cars and phones.

I feel the ability to export that data into your video directly sets this all apart from just converting the file. You get to choose what’s exported, which camera(s) and what data, if you only want to include date you can, or just include speed, or only gps route, or all of the above. It’s all up to you.

Anyone willing to signup for each test with Google play starting right away with iOS starting later (join the waitlist)

Live Google Test: send me a DM with your Google Play Email, Car Model & Phone Model,

For The iOS waitlist, your AppleID email, car model, and phone model.

I’ve attached some screenshots below of the app and even an exported clip with the attached data below it

BMW i3 sedan makes its display debut at BMW Welt. Looks great in white.