She's here !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[satinghostrider]

Originally Posted by Mista_Vanquish

I am going to start a thread in the main forum titled "Never make a thread referencing your new car when you don't have PICS!". I think these type posts should be removed on SIGHT!!!

+1,000,000. Shit sucks when you are surfing on GPRS and only hoping the pics would load cause you dont mind waiting for them. Sons of Bitches.

[booforty]

Where is she? Can't see any pics?

[footie]

Here's some photos of it before I actually collected it.




At the weekend I will give it a good wash and post some high quality photos.

[monsta]

Oh no!! your steering wheel is on the wrong side hurry take it back and get it properly installed, jk

Congrats she looks beautiful!!

[UltimateBMW]

Nice Footie! Car looks great.

[BIGNTASTIE]

congratss

[SHADY1]

OOOH and yes you do need a better camera

[footie]

Originally Posted by SHADY1

OOOH and yes you do need a better camera

Those photos were taken with my new iphone 3G, yeah a sad git for changing his phone so he can try out that 1/4mile acceleration programme you can get for it.

Once it's run-in you can expect data to follow, A.S.A.P.

[JW-Tuning]

congratz.

[Jack28]

Congrats footie, She's a beauty!!!

[T Bone]

Originally Posted by footie

Those photos were taken with my new iphone 3G, yeah a sad git for changing his phone so he can try out that 1/4mile acceleration programme you can get for it.

Once it's run-in you can expect data to follow, A.S.A.P.

Fox Red.....should go nicely with your pink pants

[footie]

Originally Posted by T Bone

Fox Red.....should go nicely with your pink pants

Actually I picked it so it would hide the skid marks when I drove around in the middle of the night stark naked.

[choopy]

boooo no pics!!

[Flying_Dutchman]

Enjoy Footie - SSII is rocking. And rather convenient in your and mine climate zone - it does not look dirty too quickly.

[T Bone]

Originally Posted by footie

Actually I picked it so it would hide the skid marks when I drove around in the middle of the night stark naked.

Red Skid marks???

[e90330msport]

1200 mile run in service in 100% free in UK, have a word!!!!

[footie]

Originally Posted by e90330msport

1200 mile run in service in 100% free in UK, have a word!!!!

Will check again but I would love someone to provide some evidence in the form of a bill head showing the 1200 mile service and the zero charge, at the minute it's his word against mine.

I might try BMW GB and see what they come back with.

[footie]

Back to first impressions of the car and the gearbox.

The Car
With the 18" alloys on the light paint finish the thing looks very aggressive, I didn't go for Shadowline and I'm glad for that as I think it will be a bugger to keep shinny. The Fox Red looks much better than I thought is would with the SSII, it's not red enough to clash with the blue tint in the silver.

The steering, is much better than the S5. I prefer the normal setup over sport but this might be down to being use to the overly light Audi system. Brakes feel strong and progressive but do squeak, this might be normal and I didn't order the racing pads if you want to know. Compared to the S5 the dash/interior is spartan though it doesn't feel any less luxurious or less well made. Small touches I like are the seat belt which come to meet you, the light on the door trim, the feel of the steering wheel and the way the auto wiper system works, much better than any other I have had. i-Drive isn't the best when compared to Audi's MMI but over time I will get use to it's quirkiness.

I briefly touched on the ride quality before but I need to say again how good EDC + 18" rubber is, it's WWAAYYYYY better than I could have hoped for, better than the brother's X6, my S5, the previous M3 and all the other 3 series models when equipped with sports suspension. In fact I would reckon it's as good as a non-sports suspension 3 series.

Seats are comfy but sit to high and there isn't the lateral support expected of this kind of car and it's cornering ability, both Mercedes and Audi have it licked on this.

Sound system isn't as good as the Audi's B&O system, the quality is all there but the sound stage isn't as well placed. Of the two surround modes I prefer concert best.

Now the Gearbox
Blown away is the best description of how I feel at the moment. It's better than the auto in the X6 which is probably as good as automatics get, the thing is always in the right gear and when in D3 the kick down suits almost every occasion. The only thing I would say at the moment is D2 is better for keeping the revs below that 5500rpm mark. The thing is much better than the old DSG when it comes to reversing, the crawl mode is a dream. One thing I would say is that on little throttle you will feel the shifts ever so slightly, something I never noticed in the DSG, but with remotely any decent amount of throttle the shifts are ultra smooth and go by without being noticed. The same applies for the S2 and S3 modes, buttery smooth and a total dream to use. I haven't really tried the higher manual modes because there isn't really any point, what with only 5500rpm at my disposal.

I love the way that the gearbox gets to 7th gear hellish quick, it's perfect for normal driving. Around town there is the odd clunk, but not near as bad as it would be working a manual in similar conditions, though it's the one area where the auto still rules supreme. In normal driving I just don't like either sport or sportplus throttle mapping, it's too hard to drive smoothly in traffic, it's great for the open road but not when you are starting and stopping all the time.

This weekend I intend to take a long drive by myself to get properly acquainted, if you know what I mean.

Can't wait for the first service to be done, man this break in period is a bummer.

[T Bone]

Originally Posted by footie

Now the Gearbox
Blown away is the best description of how I feel at the moment. It's better than the auto in the X6 which is probably as good as automatics get, the thing is always in the right gear and when in D3 the kick down suits almost every occasion. The only thing I would say at the moment is D2 is better for keeping the revs below that 5500rpm mark. The thing is much better than the old DSG when it comes to reversing, the crawl mode is a dream. One thing I would say is that on little throttle you will feel the shifts ever so slightly, something I never noticed in the DSG, but with remotely any decent amount of throttle the shifts are ultra smooth and go by without being noticed. The same applies for the S2 and S3 modes, buttery smooth and a total dream to use. I haven't really tried the higher manual modes because there isn't really any point, what with only 5500rpm at my disposal.

Congrats again mate....have you had a chance to feel the surge yet?

You can't go back.

[footie]

Originally Posted by T Bone

Congrats again mate....have you had a chance to feel the surge yet?

You can't go back.

Yeah, I did when I got the test drive a couple of months ago but when you can only rev to 5500 at the moment you can't really experience it fully, so it will still be another month or so before this will happen. One thing you can experience is the dip on down shift and here is one area I don;t feel BMW have got it just right and might be part of the problem on extreme downshifts. It does no rev match anything like right, S5 is awful with S4 only a little better.

I am looking forward to seeing how the Porsche cope with this exercise.

[360 FORGED]

Originally Posted by footie

Here's some photos of it before I actually collected it.




At the weekend I will give it a good wash and post some high quality photos.

looookkkkkssss wicked!!!! congrats

[footie]

Here's a couple more photos until I do some Hi-Q ones.