DCT's into OZ

aggie57 · 09-04-2008, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by neraij

hi androo,

nah for some reason im not receiving postcards

well i guess its not tat exciting.. lol well going in this weekend to get finances sorted out so all i have to do in a few weeks time is like take the car n go home :P

well ill check the mail again mayb i just chucked em out or something

CANT WAIT

neraij - sorry to be a pain but some of us here are having a hell of a time working out what you're saying at times!!

LuKe450 · 09-07-2008, 06:03 PM

He's too excited about his car arriving & this is having an effect on his typing

Collected my car from the 1st Service on Friday.

This car is just too silly to drive around town at anymore that 2,500rpm. Anyway, I managed to get it over a little more than that on the way home & OH SHIT....!

I'm now wondering how long the rear tyres are going to last on these things..

Androo · 09-07-2008, 09:58 PM

LOL sounds like your having fun there LuKe.

My baby is on the home stretch, it left Perth on Saturday and will arrive on Thursday

Hopefully it will be at dealers this weekend and i'll take some pics

LuKe450 · 09-07-2008, 10:11 PM

Cool!! Maybe we should postpone our M3Post Lunch until next Tuesday??

Aggie??

aggie57 · 09-07-2008, 10:23 PM

I'll be in the states next week, back on the 29th. But if you guys want to meet that's fine by me. We can all catch up properly in October and Androo will definitely have his car by then.

LuKe450 · 09-07-2008, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by aggie57

I'll be in the states next week, back on the 29th. But if you guys want to meet that's fine by me. We can all catch up properly in October and Androo will definitely have his car by then.

Tomorrow is a goer.

We can stalk Androo after you get back

aggie57 · 09-07-2008, 10:31 PM

OK

Androo · 09-07-2008, 10:36 PM

Sounds good!

neraij · 09-14-2008, 09:46 AM

any one else a bit annoyed at the fact that there is a facelift to the 3 series including the m3 coming out in 2009?

to think that you just bought a nice car n then suddenly being told theres a newer version coming out with different tail lights. very angry at bmw. the only good thing about the m3 is that the only changes are the taillights, which i think are ugly. and also the idrive system and a new color.

what is everyone elses opinion on this change?

Bdez · 09-14-2008, 04:44 PM

I’m not too worried about the tail lights but assuming the new idrive makes it to the new E92 then I am pretty annoyed. The new idrive seems to be a quantum leap and given its reported functionality and features such as onboard drive it will have some effect on the market value of existing vehicles especially given the criticism of the old system. The relatively limited number of OZ M3s delivered since October last year will always now be tagged as pre update. Given that the first DCTs only arrived in Australia around May/June, to then have a new idrive a few months later is pretty slack of BMW/BMWA imo. Perhaps BMWA will offer free upgrades

Nonetheless its still a great car and while the idrive situation is annoying the vehicles fundamentals haven’t changed – grin and bear it I think and just enjoy it.

LuKe450 · 09-14-2008, 05:24 PM

I was fairly certain the tail light upgrade was just on the sedan's.. Who is going to buy a M3 sedan anyway?

I'm not concerned about the new iDrive buttons etc etc.

MC444 · 09-14-2008, 07:29 PM

Have to admit i considered waiting for the new I drive when i first saw it,, but that only lasted about a minute or two. The interface is great and sure there are some great features but just like all computers and phones they are obselete as soon as they arrive here anyway.

I thought how much time i spend using the i drive on my 335 and really it made no sense end of the day you still have to push buttons and get to where you want.

As for the facelift i dont think anything else changes on the coupes anyway, look back at the E46 model life and the M3 remained the same look, it never got the new headlights etc as the regular upgrades, i was told BMW wanted to segregate all sectors of the models into sedan, coupe, convert M3

LuKe450 · 09-14-2008, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Androo

LOL sounds like your having fun there LuKe.

My baby is on the home stretch, it left Perth on Saturday and will arrive on Thursday

Hopefully it will be at dealers this weekend and i'll take some pics

tic tic tic..

Where is it / ETA ??

aggie57 · 09-14-2008, 08:34 PM

nice one Luke - who'll buy the Sedan?!

The option I really want is the new smartphone integration. Maybe I've been spoils with the phone integration in my Merc!

Androo · 09-14-2008, 08:38 PM

She's somewhere in Melbourne

Arrived Friday, so i'm guessing it will be at the dealers in the next couple of days.
On the tracking system both our cars had priority clearance so I hope i get it this weekend.

I can't believe my sales rep is taking two days off

, talk about selfish

Oh well won't be long now what's another few days to add to 9 months.

LuKe450 · 09-14-2008, 08:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aggie57

nice one Luke - who'll buy the Sedan?!

The option I really want is the new smartphone integration. Maybe I've been spoils with the phone integration in my Merc!

Oh........... hello aggie

Thought you'd like that one..

What are the smartphone intergration benefits? I have my HTC Diamond Touch synced via Blue Tooth automatically when I get into the car & my iPod connected permanently under the centre arm rest. Too easy!

The little womans Apple iPhone is also synced to my car.

LuKe450 · 09-14-2008, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Androo

Oh well won't be long now what's another few days to add to 9 months.

Too true.

I'm looking forward to seeing some pics of these M3's! Did you end up ordering a number plate or am I thinking about someone else?

Androo · 09-14-2008, 09:33 PM

Hey LuKe,

Yes I dropped the euro plates off last week we just got the standard size. My partner ordered the black ones, they look really nice.

Androo · 09-14-2008, 09:38 PM

I finally got to see ext Fox Red on the weekend, looks alot better than the photo's I've seen on here. I'm glad i went with that choice.

Then the guy took off in his car, man what a sweet sound!

LuKe450 · 09-14-2008, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Androo

I finally got to see ext Fox Red on the weekend, looks alot better than the photo's I've seen on here. I'm glad i went with that choice.

Then the guy took off in his car, man what a sweet sound!

My old man has a Black 08 335i Vert with Fox Red interior it is a real nice look.. just sounds crap compared to mine though. You can't beat that V8 rumble!!

aggie57 · 09-14-2008, 11:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LuKe450

Oh........... hello aggie

Thought you'd like that one..

What are the smartphone intergration benefits? I have my HTC Diamond Touch synced via Blue Tooth automatically when I get into the car & my iPod connected permanently under the centre arm rest. Too easy!

The little womans Apple iPhone is also synced to my car.

The only real advantage is that I can have my iPhone in the cradle and get full access to both the phone and music. Other than that it seems much as you'd get with that fancy double cable contraption.

I'll be looking out for some M3 sedans while I'm here let me tell you! Long trip but we've made it. Got a Ford Exploder as a rental. Same price as a full size sedan and the Buick Lacrosse they offered us was both dirty and bloody horrible!

neraij · 09-15-2008, 06:01 AM

finally my car has a more definite arrival date.. called my bmw today n they told me its arrived in melbourne docks on the 11th this month so like 2 weeks from then it should arrive in the show rooms. hopefully next week ill be able to pick it up..

but one major down side getting a knee arthroscopy on monday

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LuKe450 Second Lieutenant 12 Rep 255 Posts Drives: M3 DCT Join Date: May 2008 Location: Melbourne iTrader: (0)	He's too excited about his car arriving & this is having an effect on his typing Collected my car from the 1st Service on Friday. This car is just too silly to drive around town at anymore that 2,500rpm. Anyway, I managed to get it over a little more than that on the way home & OH SHIT....! I'm now wondering how long the rear tyres are going to last on these things..
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Androo Second Lieutenant 6 Rep 211 Posts Drives: M3 AW DCT Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Melbourne Australia iTrader: (0)	LOL sounds like your having fun there LuKe. My baby is on the home stretch, it left Perth on Saturday and will arrive on Thursday Hopefully it will be at dealers this weekend and i'll take some pics
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LuKe450 Second Lieutenant 12 Rep 255 Posts Drives: M3 DCT Join Date: May 2008 Location: Melbourne iTrader: (0)	Cool!! Maybe we should postpone our M3Post Lunch until next Tuesday?? Aggie??
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aggie57 First Lieutenant 19 Rep 354 Posts Drives: 2.0d X3, 2009 997 Carrera S Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia iTrader: (0)	I'll be in the states next week, back on the 29th. But if you guys want to meet that's fine by me. We can all catch up properly in October and Androo will definitely have his car by then.
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09-14-2008, 09:46 AM	#97
neraij New Member 0 Rep 20 Posts Drives: mini Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: melbourne iTrader: (0)	any one else a bit annoyed at the fact that there is a facelift to the 3 series including the m3 coming out in 2009? to think that you just bought a nice car n then suddenly being told theres a newer version coming out with different tail lights. very angry at bmw. the only good thing about the m3 is that the only changes are the taillights, which i think are ugly. and also the idrive system and a new color. what is everyone elses opinion on this change?
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Bdez Private First Class 3 Rep 165 Posts Drives: E92 M3 Jerez & Fox & X5 3.0d Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Brisbane iTrader: (0)	I’m not too worried about the tail lights but assuming the new idrive makes it to the new E92 then I am pretty annoyed. The new idrive seems to be a quantum leap and given its reported functionality and features such as onboard drive it will have some effect on the market value of existing vehicles especially given the criticism of the old system. The relatively limited number of OZ M3s delivered since October last year will always now be tagged as pre update. Given that the first DCTs only arrived in Australia around May/June, to then have a new idrive a few months later is pretty slack of BMW/BMWA imo. Perhaps BMWA will offer free upgrades Nonetheless its still a great car and while the idrive situation is annoying the vehicles fundamentals haven’t changed – grin and bear it I think and just enjoy it.
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LuKe450 Second Lieutenant 12 Rep 255 Posts Drives: M3 DCT Join Date: May 2008 Location: Melbourne iTrader: (0)	I was fairly certain the tail light upgrade was just on the sedan's.. Who is going to buy a M3 sedan anyway? I'm not concerned about the new iDrive buttons etc etc.
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MC444 Enlisted Member 4 Rep 48 Posts Drives: M6 GC SG Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sydney Australia iTrader: (0)	Have to admit i considered waiting for the new I drive when i first saw it,, but that only lasted about a minute or two. The interface is great and sure there are some great features but just like all computers and phones they are obselete as soon as they arrive here anyway. I thought how much time i spend using the i drive on my 335 and really it made no sense end of the day you still have to push buttons and get to where you want. As for the facelift i dont think anything else changes on the coupes anyway, look back at the E46 model life and the M3 remained the same look, it never got the new headlights etc as the regular upgrades, i was told BMW wanted to segregate all sectors of the models into sedan, coupe, convert M3
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aggie57 First Lieutenant 19 Rep 354 Posts Drives: 2.0d X3, 2009 997 Carrera S Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia iTrader: (0)	nice one Luke - who'll buy the Sedan?! The option I really want is the new smartphone integration. Maybe I've been spoils with the phone integration in my Merc!
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Androo Second Lieutenant 6 Rep 211 Posts Drives: M3 AW DCT Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Melbourne Australia iTrader: (0)	She's somewhere in Melbourne Arrived Friday, so i'm guessing it will be at the dealers in the next couple of days. On the tracking system both our cars had priority clearance so I hope i get it this weekend. I can't believe my sales rep is taking two days off, talk about selfish Oh well won't be long now what's another few days to add to 9 months.
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Androo Second Lieutenant 6 Rep 211 Posts Drives: M3 AW DCT Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Melbourne Australia iTrader: (0)	Hey LuKe, Yes I dropped the euro plates off last week we just got the standard size. My partner ordered the black ones, they look really nice.
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Androo Second Lieutenant 6 Rep 211 Posts Drives: M3 AW DCT Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Melbourne Australia iTrader: (0)	I finally got to see ext Fox Red on the weekend, looks alot better than the photo's I've seen on here. I'm glad i went with that choice. Then the guy took off in his car, man what a sweet sound!
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neraij New Member 0 Rep 20 Posts Drives: mini Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: melbourne iTrader: (0)	finally my car has a more definite arrival date.. called my bmw today n they told me its arrived in melbourne docks on the 11th this month so like 2 weeks from then it should arrive in the show rooms. hopefully next week ill be able to pick it up.. but one major down side getting a knee arthroscopy on monday
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