31k miles in M3

30k miles now hit....

and there you go.............
Heres an up to date pic of my nephew Ben , mums nose and dads smile?

nearly 30k / door dent !!!!

Argggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Yep its true , some filthy swine has dented my pride and joy.
Looks suspiciously like a dropped ladder end from a window cleaner ...........but the chances of proving it .....none.........
Oh well , I guess that means I can get the small dent in the rear quarter done + the stone chips at the same time , in fact maybe after Xmas.

Car runs superb , mostly on Vpower , nearly at 30k ! which will tick over this weekend coming. Note the barely believable figures on the dash readout...
217 miles covered , estimated 205 left in tank! thats 422 miles! (Although in reality I would prob only get to 390 ish) , All motorway @ 85 mph. Definitely goes further on Vpower and feels better too.
Dunno if its my hearing either but the car seems to 'tick' less at idle these days , go figure.

J

29k miles in M3

been a while on an update ! Too much work to do...
Car now edging towards 30k! which is scary.
Due to being down south a lot , Im now running the car on VPower fuel most of the time. Definitely seems to run better , hesitation is reduced (although still there!)
Tyres doing really well and dont seem to be wearing too fast either....

27k miles in M3 E46

Yep another 1000 miles .....

Tyres supreme , especially as its now getting very wet and lots of standing water on the motorways.
Only thing that really annoys me now is the flatspot/stutter at low revs (<3k) when transitioning from small to med/large throttle positions.
The car appears to stutter just for a second then go OK. When cold its VERY noticeable. Although to be honest M3 's appear to be a bit temperamental when warming up....
Perhaps a coil pack etc ? dunno yet.

Phone Upgrade Time
Yep , 12 months have passed , so its time for a new phone.
So out with the D600 and in with the D900 , so far so good.
Only downside so far is that the power/usb cable is different so my additional chargers for the D600 are defunct.

J

26000 miles in M3

Car continously astounds me , a true all rounder that I dont know how I will ever replace.......

Tyres (235/265 Goodyear F1 combo) are now bedded in and for me at least I feel no less grip in the dry compared to Michelin PS2 , wet they are AWESOME.
3k miles on them so far and wear seems minimal which is a good sign.
Turn in and feel when 'leaning' on them in corners is good giving a high degree of confidence. Sadly the inbuilt understeer , whilst minimised is still there and can annoy on roundabouts when pushing on. (I guess you could argue thats an excuse to get the rear end out if you are a competent driver but for me I think it should hang on much longer....maybe 245's up front next)

Continues to return an average 28MPG general driving , this increases to 28MPG @ 85MPH. Previous experience shows computers to be optimistic , so I guess thats probably 25 MPG ish which is superb for a car with 300+ horses and I dont drive slowly sometimes !

Sun was out today , miss the bike badly , especially when stuck behind lines of traffic on loch lomond side ........

Enjoy