What have you done with or to your M3 today?

[ItsGary]

Got my new oil filler cap, my old one had a very minuscule leak, replaced before it got bad.

$23.52 cad from BMW themselves

Curious about one thing, I was reading they changed the cap logo design to remove the "BMW recommends Castrol" since they no longer have the partnership but I was given the one with the text. No big deal, but they did revise the part number for the filler cap two other times.

[ItsGary]

This car is really nice.

[Scharbag]

Found out that a dry hot day with stop and go traffic will cause the oil temp to rise a bit...

Usually the oil hangs out just below 100C.

[Helmsman]

Originally Posted by Scharbag

Found out that a dry hot day with stop and go traffic sill cause the oil temp to rise a bit...

Usually the oil hangs out just below 100C.

Does that after some proper drifting in MDM mode...

[rks68rt]

Had the blower motor wiring recall done on the 2011 this week. BMW escalated it for me due to it being type 1 and blower stopped working.

[The-Traveler]

Added some m4 style double slit, carbon grilles. Was unsure when ordering but it totally transforms the look of the car. People are staring a lot more because I believe everyone is subconsciously used to seeing chrome and this catches their attention. I don't like or recommend the racing colour stuff, I think it cheapens the look. IMHO

[Iyzmi]

Originally Posted by The-Traveler

Added some m4 style double slit, carbon grilles. Was unsure when ordering but it totally transforms the look of the car. People are staring a lot more because I believe everyone is subconsciously used to seeing chrome and this catches their attention. I don't like or recommend the racing colour stuff, I think it cheapens the look. IMHO

Personally I don't think the double slat grilles look any better or worse than the standard gloss black or black chrome grilles everyone uses. I do agree about the M color grille stripes though, I think they look kinda cheesy.

[FMLYSDN]

Originally Posted by Iyzmi

Personally I don't think the double slat grilles look any better or worse than the standard gloss black or black chrome grilles everyone uses. I do agree about the M color grille stripes though, I think they look kinda cheesy.

M Stripes on grills....overplayed

[EJT86]

Originally Posted by FMLYSDN

M Stripes on grills....overplayed

Can’t remember the last time I saw them one a REAL M car

[PACarGuy]

Originally Posted by EJT86

Can’t remember the last time I saw them one a REAL M car

I saw one just the other day on an AW E93. Not a huge fan either.

As for the double slit grills, I am torn. One the one hand they do update the look a bit to the F8X standard, but on the other I think they look a bit out of place on the E9X since it's from a different gen and removes some of the originality.

[EJT86]

Originally Posted by PACarGuy

I saw one just the other day on an AW E93. Not a huge fan either.

As for the double slit grills, I am torn. One the one hand they do update the look a bit to the F8X standard, but on the other I think they look a bit out of place on the E9X since it's from a different gen and removes some of the originality.

On the M color grills I see them at least twice a day on non M cars one time I counted a total of 7 non Ms with them in one day lol

On the double slat I think it may be more that you’re so used to the original look so it seems a lil out of place, others who haven’t seen it everyday might look at it a lil diff if they notice it

[PACarGuy]

Originally Posted by EJT86

On the M color grills I see them at least twice a day on non M cars one time I counted a total of 7 non Ms with them in one day lol

Originally Posted by EJT86

On the double slat I think it may be more that you’re so used to the original look so it seems a lil out of place, others who haven’t seen it everyday might look at it a lil diff if they notice it

Yeah, could be. Likely those unfamiliar with the M would look at it and think it's an M4.

[Iyzmi]

Originally Posted by PACarGuy

Yeah, could be. Likely those unfamiliar with the M would look at it and think it's an M4.

lol, nobody is going to confuse it with an M4 just because of the practically unnoticeable change of the double slat grille design. The people who confuse an E9x M with an F8x M would be confused regardless of grille style.

[PACarGuy]

Originally Posted by Iyzmi

The people who confuse an E9x M with an F8x M would be confused regardless of grille style.

That was my point.

[ItsGary]

Originally Posted by EJT86

Can't remember the last time I saw them one a REAL M car

Ignore second the gauge picture

[E92_TYLER]

Originally Posted by ItsGary

Ignore second the gauge picture

For the RPM shift light right?

[The-Traveler]

Originally Posted by Iyzmi

Personally I don't think the double slat grilles look any better or worse than the standard gloss black or black chrome grilles everyone uses. I do agree about the M color grille stripes though, I think they look kinda cheesy.

I find the double slat grilles to look better on the e9x than he original ones because they pop out more at the top and the gaps between each pair breaks up that part of the car enough that your eyes are drawn to it a bit more, than if it there were no gaps. In addition it adds more noticeable elements of symmetry which I can't show in pictures very well, but it does complement the lines very well.

The key here, is you must buy the double slats like I've done with minimal gaps between them. If you get the ones with fewer pairs of lines, the gaps between them is significantly greater and makes the whole car look cheap.

[330ciprem]

Found out that different keys have different driver settings!

As in - the screen layout (split-screen), saved radio settings, saved EQ....all change based on which key you are using!

[ItsGary]

Originally Posted by E92_TYLER

For the RPM shift light right?

Yeah I meant to just post the one picture of my kidney grill

[Bomiz]

another pic

IMG_20180515_164737 by Bomiz, on Flickr

[GORDON.M3]

Originally Posted by The-Traveler

Added some m4 style double slit, carbon grilles. Was unsure when ordering but it totally transforms the look of the car. People are staring a lot more because I believe everyone is subconsciously used to seeing chrome and this catches their attention. I don't like or recommend the racing colour stuff, I think it cheapens the look. IMHO

The OEM black gloss grills looked better...

[ItsGary]

Originally Posted by Scharbag

Found out that a dry hot day with stop and go traffic will cause the oil temp to rise a bit...

Usually the oil hangs out just below 100C.

I remember when my mileage was in the 5 digit mark