Official Texas M3 Chat Thread

DevJ · 06-28-2010, 10:58 AM

My neighbor just got a Fountain 42

leboeuf45 · 06-28-2010, 01:53 PM

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My neighbor just got a Fountain 42

i need one of those

DevJ · 06-28-2010, 02:32 PM

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i need one of those

It's beautiful. I'll try to get a pic later

leboeuf45 · 06-29-2010, 09:29 AM

@ devj its funny your two cars are an is350 and a e92, I had a is350 befor my M.

ploo · 07-01-2010, 12:22 AM

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Dad has one and I used it with remote desktop so he can get on my emr system at the hospital! It's nice. It's a fancy gadget lol. If you don't have a macbook pro I'd recommend that you should get store credit to purchase a macbook pro!

whoops, i hijacked the wrong thread cus i was tired, so i'm moving the discussion here. in short i got a very expensive ipad as a gift and am wondering if it's useful enough to keep or if i should trade it in for a macbook pro or something...

are the latest macbooks powerful enough to do photo editing effortlessly? i'm ready to get more serious with postprocessing and photography in general, it might be time to get a mac. can i use multitouch in windows on a mbp?

again sorry for hijacking the other thread

DevJ · 07-01-2010, 12:45 PM

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@ devj its funny your two cars are an is350 and a e92, I had a is350 befor my M.

IS350 is a great car

Just got my extended warranty to last till 125K miles!

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whoops, i hijacked the wrong thread cus i was tired, so i'm moving the discussion here. in short i got a very expensive ipad as a gift and am wondering if it's useful enough to keep or if i should trade it in for a macbook pro or something...

are the latest macbooks powerful enough to do photo editing effortlessly? i'm ready to get more serious with postprocessing and photography in general, it might be time to get a mac. can i use multitouch in windows on a mbp?

again sorry for hijacking the other thread

Definitely poweful enough to do photo editing. Get yourself a nice macbook pro! Also, check out the apple education discount, it'll save you a few hundred bucks if they're still running promotions!

spicoli024 · 07-03-2010, 10:54 AM

Check out this deal I stumbled across this morning. Probably a scam but if not, you could flip this and have an easy $20K to play with...

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...aptcha=success

ploo · 07-04-2010, 06:46 AM

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Check out this deal I stumbled across this morning. Probably a scam but if not, you could flip this and have an easy $20K to play with...

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...aptcha=success

i'm sure it's a scam, but i always wondered how they'd pull this kind of shit off. who writes a check for 25,000, or even 5,000 without being to able to see what they're paying for? i signed, picked up the key, and drove off!

ploo · 07-04-2010, 06:54 AM

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IS350 is a great car

Just got my extended warranty to last till 125K miles!

Definitely poweful enough to do photo editing. Get yourself a nice macbook pro! Also, check out the apple education discount, it'll save you a few hundred bucks if they're still running promotions!

unfortunately, i can't call myself a student anymore, but i'll see if i can work something out. i always use the education discount when possible...are the iMacs any good? like the 27" quad core - are laptop i5/i7 CPUs different from the ones used in desktops? i'm a total noob when it comes to macs but photoshop and lightroom are just more intuitive on a mac...

if macbook pro, why i do i have to get the top of the line 15" AND pay an extra 150 bones to get the anti-glare screen? fucking steve jobs!

is there a good site to get the real dig on macs e.g. heat issues, type of screen panel (TN vs S-IPA etc), battery life, etc?

calintexas · 07-04-2010, 09:59 AM

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i'm sure it's a scam, but i always wondered how they'd pull this kind of shit off. who writes a check for 25,000, or even 5,000 without being to able to see what they're paying for? i signed, picked up the key, and drove off!

You mean you wouldn't wire the money to the seller who happens to be vacationing in beautiful Nigeria?

Amazingly, I still see reports in the paper where someone has sent money to Nigeria (or some other third world place) for some crazy reason or another (usually it's received and oversize check and needed to send some of the money back).

Blake · 07-04-2010, 07:35 PM

herro guise

gasman · 07-04-2010, 10:40 PM

Looking to get rid of my Remus race exhaust. Anyone wanna swap out their OEM muffler? Unfortunately I gave my OEM away 2 years ago.

leboeuf45 · 07-05-2010, 10:03 PM

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Looking to get rid of my Remus race exhaust. Anyone wanna swap out their OEM muffler? Unfortunately I gave my OEM away 2 years ago.

im down what does it entail?

gasman · 07-06-2010, 08:41 AM

Probably easiest if we meet at a specified muffler shop either in SA or Austin or somewhere in between and do the swap. The Remus Race is just a bolt on. It requires cutting off your OEM. The trick is to get your OEM back on my car. I doubt its too hard of a job.

DevJ · 07-06-2010, 08:53 AM

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Probably easiest if we meet at a specified muffler shop either in SA or Austin or somewhere in between and do the swap. The Remus Race is just a bolt on. It requires cutting off your OEM. The trick is to get your OEM back on my car. I doubt its too hard of a job.

Why don't you take his oem exhaust and connecting pipes? That way he can have your old oem connecting pipes + remus exhaust. I think that would be the easiest

leboeuf45 · 07-06-2010, 09:06 AM

yea that may be the easiest, devj have you heard the remus race? compared to the stock how would you compare the sound level? The M is my fiances daily and i dont want it to be unbearable.

gasman · 07-06-2010, 09:33 AM

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Why don't you take his oem exhaust and connecting pipes? That way he can have your old oem connecting pipes + remus exhaust. I think that would be the easiest

That does sound the easiest.

gasman · 07-06-2010, 09:34 AM

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yea that may be the easiest, devj have you heard the remus race? compared to the stock how would you compare the sound level? The M is my fiances daily and i dont want it to be unbearable.

Best thing is to hear it. Check your PM. Call me and we can meet up.

DevJ · 07-06-2010, 10:45 AM

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yea that may be the easiest, devj have you heard the remus race? compared to the stock how would you compare the sound level? The M is my fiances daily and i dont want it to be unbearable.

I've heard the remus race in person before, it sounds really good! I like it a lot, I was even about to place my order on it but I changed my mind at the last minute and wanted the eisenmann. You'll love it! I hope your girl likes loud cars because it's quite a few dBs louder than oem! Does she make long drives ? It drones a bit, but once again, sound is subjective!

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That does sound the easiest.

For sure!

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Best thing is to hear it. Check your PM. Call me and we can meet up.

Definitely. Once you hear it in person, you can decide for yourself!

Golgothar · 07-07-2010, 03:06 PM

Hard to beat the sound and performance bump you get from Remus Race for the price imo. I personally liked the sound allot as it's a very F-1 sounding exhaust to me.

Always puzzled about the dreaded "drone" comments as every aftermarket e9x exhaust i've ever heard including my Dinan drones allot more than oem to me.

calintexas · 07-12-2010, 03:46 PM

I had to go to California for a while because of family. I took a day off while I was there and drove the Stage 5 route of the 2010 Tour of California. About 80 miles of the 118 mile stage was in the foothills of the Sierras. Much of which was very good pavement, and all of which was lightly traveled the day I drove it. More pictures and comments are posted here: http://www.dfwautoclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5412 if you are interested.

calintexas · 07-12-2010, 04:29 PM

Before the trip to California, my wife and I took a weekend trip to Fredericksburg with (hold on....) a small Dallas Region Mercedes Benz Club group. The tour was more about the stops than the driving. Anyway, we stayed at the Hanger Hotel in Fredericksburg which is quite nice (but not inexpensive). Among the stops was the Mandola Estate Winery near Driftwood which has beautiful grounds. Yes, we took the M3. It attracted much more attention when we stopped than the MB's.

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gasman Member 36 Rep 505 Posts Drives: 08 RR Sport SC, 08 AW/FR M3 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: San Antonio, TX iTrader: (0)	Probably easiest if we meet at a specified muffler shop either in SA or Austin or somewhere in between and do the swap. The Remus Race is just a bolt on. It requires cutting off your OEM. The trick is to get your OEM back on my car. I doubt its too hard of a job. __________________
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