First weekend of driving my M3 Dakar! PLUS PICS

NYCMCBM3 · 09-01-2011, 07:06 AM

great color , have fun with her!!

SilverII · 09-01-2011, 07:13 AM

very bold color

kmarei · 09-01-2011, 08:27 AM

I'm not a fan of yellow in general
But your car looks really nice
Love the contrast between the yellow and the black trim
Any interior pics?
I like that yellow stripe on the seats
You should get the performance steering wheel, the older one with the yellow stripe

Here's a pic

luis_m3 · 09-01-2011, 08:33 AM

Nice ride dude... love the color and the wheels.

cmk227 · 09-01-2011, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by thepinkponce

Hi Everyone - Well I've had the car for around 2 months now, and I absolutely love it ... I've got a few better pictures now, which show the difference in the Dakar dependant on lighting and so on (especially compared to the earlier 3 photo's I posted) - These really show the colour at it's best IMO.

Hope you like them

Cheers!

Nice man. I luv your garage and car color. Congrats. :beer:

Pointerman · 09-01-2011, 09:45 AM

Looking good. You need a custom plate: BIGBIRD

DDS2015 · 09-01-2011, 09:48 AM

Congrats! Awesome car and awesome colour! I want to order an individual car one day.

Mr C · 09-01-2011, 09:58 AM

Nice color, now why didn't I think of that!

thepinkponce · 09-01-2011, 10:26 AM

Cheers for the comments everyone!

Quote:

Originally Posted by kmarei

Any interior pics?
I like that yellow stripe on the seats
You should get the performance steering wheel, the older one with the yellow stripe

I'll get some interior pics for you and post them up. The yellow stripe really sets the interior off. Sometimes plain black can be a little dull, but I like a contrasting interior / exterior but the yellow trim really sets it off.

As for the performance wheel - I actually seen that a few weeks back when searching the forum. I notice that people are quite into their mods, where I've not even scratched the surface yet - I did think that that steering wheel would be an ideal and discreet way to get involved

thepinkponce · 09-01-2011, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by cmk227

Nice man. I luv your garage and car color. Congrats. :beer:

Haha Cheers, although I regret to say that they aren't all my garages unfortunately! As much as I wish I could say they were!

Stainless 45 · 09-01-2011, 04:36 PM

Dakar and LSB are awesome colors and should have been standard choices on this car. Heads still turn to check out e46 M's wearing these colors. The current palette is bland and not very exclusive for such an awesome car. (Although I love my LeMans.)

OC3 · 09-01-2011, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by thepinkponce

What a car! I simply couldn\'t stop driving it. Got about about 7 loaves of bread and 14 pints of milk now I think

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The only problem with the yellow is the amount of black flies visible on the bumper LoL!

beeyooteeful!

smihalik · 09-01-2011, 05:24 PM

I hate yellow cars. All of them.

Except this one.

Something about it just works. Bold choice. I like it.

Asiarush · 09-01-2011, 05:38 PM

awesome color man, looks great

HBspeed · 09-01-2011, 05:39 PM

Congats!!! Gorgeous car.

Would be such a hard choice for me between this and Laguna Seca on the E92 M3.

thepinkponce · 09-02-2011, 06:08 AM

Cheers for the comments everyone!

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It's funny, because I never used to notice yellow cars before, but now I seem to notice the odd BRIGHT yellow SEAT or FIAT!

As requested, here's some interior shots - You can see how the yellow on the seats looks brighter in some shots, which is the same as with the paint work on the car.

Hope you like them

Thanks.

Stronghammer · 09-02-2011, 07:33 AM

Sweet ride. Miss the old front plate (kidding)

thepinkponce · 09-02-2011, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by rhird

Sweet ride. Miss the old front plate (kidding)

It makes me sick when I see how good the US cars look without the front plates! Although we haven't got the reflectors over here!

thepinkponce · 09-02-2011, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by SehrSchnell

Love the interior as well! Yeah, get the performance wheel with the yellow stripe!

Does anyone know any stockists for that wheel? Struggling to find it here in the UK. This was from the BMW UK website but it states that it's for trhe 1 Series!?

http://accessories.bmw.co.uk/interne...&absoluteNav=1

Cheers

kmarei · 09-02-2011, 11:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thepinkponce

Does anyone know any stockists for that wheel? Struggling to find it here in the UK. This was from the BMW UK website but it states that it's for trhe 1 Series!?

http://accessories.bmw.co.uk/interne...&absoluteNav=1

Cheers

if you want me to buy it for you from the US and ship it i don't mind
although i am pretty sure if you get the part number and order it from a UK dealer it will work

dpiette · 09-02-2011, 10:05 PM

Do the UK M3s have PDC in the front?

Beautiful color, by the way. I wish I had that here in the US.

thepinkponce · 09-03-2011, 05:20 AM

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if you want me to buy it for you from the US and ship it i don't mind
although i am pretty sure if you get the part number and order it from a UK dealer it will work

Cheers Kmarei, I'll bare that in mind!

Quote:

Do the UK M3s have PDC in the front?

Yeah we do! Front and rear here.

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Stainless 45 Captain 87 Rep 602 Posts Drives: Last of the V-8 Interceptors Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Long Island, NY iTrader: (1)	Dakar and LSB are awesome colors and should have been standard choices on this car. Heads still turn to check out e46 M's wearing these colors. The current palette is bland and not very exclusive for such an awesome car. (Although I love my LeMans.) __________________ Blue Thunder -2011 LeMans Blue e92 DCT, ZCP, European Delivery. BPM Stage II. Dinan 3.45 Rear. Borla/Encore Innovation Exhaust, LUX Angel Eyes, Forgestar F14's, Turner road armor. "Last of the V-8 Interceptors, a real piece of history..."
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thepinkponce Private 8 Rep 61 Posts Drives: E92 M-DCT M3 Dakar Edition Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: North East, UK iTrader: (0)	Cheers for the comments everyone! ... It's funny, because I never used to notice yellow cars before, but now I seem to notice the odd BRIGHT yellow SEAT or FIAT! As requested, here's some interior shots - You can see how the yellow on the seats looks brighter in some shots, which is the same as with the paint work on the car. Hope you like them Thanks. Last edited by thepinkponce; 09-02-2011 at 06:16 AM..
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