[Alpina_B3_Lux]

Originally Posted by doughboy

Thanks Marcel - Nice R8!

Thank you! I'm very pleased with it. Lots of fun and still an excellent daily driver. I even do the grocery shopping with it regularly, although people often look at me with bewilderment when I put the bags where normal cars have the engine...

Originally Posted by doughboy

I still needed to tick the family car box - that gets the wife's approval - so a two fancy door coupe was never going to get signed off in our house!

That's why you need to make it a package deal - a 2-door for you and a "pampers bomber" (as we call them) for your wife!

Originally Posted by doughboy

I've also read all of Andrews write ups on the M6's he had. Personally I think the M6 Gran coupe looks better than the 2 door, it just seems "right" somehow. The blue is a real eye catcher, richer, deeper and not as saturated in "real life" as it looks in sunny photos.

I agree, the GC is a real eye-catcher. Palmnuts hasn't written much about his last 5 cars or so (probably also due to other projects), right now he's considering changing his AMG GT-S for another one with a different suspension...

Originally Posted by doughboy

Coming from an E63 Wagon size is not an issue! Althought the M6 GC is (suprisingly) 100mm longer and wider than the E63!! Although the low driving position will make it "feel" bigger still.

I've gone for surround-view camera's though to save the wheels from my terrible parking skills!

Ah yeah that's always an issue, and I think in particular with the GC as you don't see much where it ends, really. So not you to blame really, just that modern cars are not built with good visibility in mind...!

[windymissile]

Originally Posted by doughboy

That would be some hatch door! Still got a good boot though, with free folding seats!! hoorah! at last a BMW with no-cost option folding rear seats!! Shame the car costs 100grand!

Used prices? You mean the horrific depreciation?

Exactly! That 12/18 months is suicidal!

WM

[doughboy]

Originally Posted by windymissile

Exactly! That 12/18 months is suicidal!

WM

It shows the "real" new price of the car is about £70grand, not 100. So it loses a much more "reasonable" £15-20K in yr1-1.5, not 45-50K!

That ties up with the broker discounts of £25k+ available, before negotiation. Some guys have been getting 40K off list on stock cars. A whole 335i off in discount!

No one pays 100K for one, or if they do they're daft.

But some dealer are advertising 6 month old ones for 10grand more than you can pick up a new one for from a broker! Are they daft too?

[windymissile]

Originally Posted by doughboy

It shows the "real" new price of the car is about £70grand, not 100. So it loses a much more "reasonable" £15-20K in yr1-1.5, not 45-50K!

That ties up with the broker discounts of £25k+ available, before negotiation. Some guys have been getting 40K off list on stock cars. A whole 335i off in discount!

No one pays 100K for one, or if they do they're daft.

But some dealer are advertising 6 month old ones for 10grand more than you can pick up a new one for from a broker! Are they daft too?

I would imagine no one has paid full list for one since they were launched. And if people are silly enough to pay 10k more than you can get a new one for, then they deserve to be parted with their "hard earned".
I have been a in a massive dilemma of what to replace my 335i with, and I believe in 18 months this could be the answer.
Just out of interest, what is the engine code? Is it the S63?

WM

[doughboy]

Yes, it's the S63

[windymissile]

Originally Posted by doughboy

Yes, it's the S63

Any plans for tuning?


WM

[doughboy]

Hmm, funny you should say that....

Apparently they all make north of 600bhp standard anyway due to "conservative" BMW figures.

BMS stage 1 tuner gives about +50bhp

DMS remap is 720bhp, 588lbft (800nm), for £2000. But that includes unlimited free next day call outs for up to 3 years to your home/office to reload and unload the map as you wish (before / after service or warranty work etc) which is pretty neat.

Best get the 1200mile run in service done first though...

[windymissile]

Seen your thread on PH. Those interior pics are stunning. It's a great combo. This is it for me in about 18 months if depreciation goes the way it's planned. Can't imagine it's going to be easy to find one though. They are few and far between.
I guess by then the tuning will have developed and I will stick a JB4 on. This thing would be an animal on Meth.

WM

[doughboy]

Thanks matey.

Somebody on PH had figures from BMW of only 280 odd M6 GC in the UK full stop, that's pretty rare in my book.

I still wake up in a cold sweat about the colours, but hey you only live once and there's no saleability risk with a lease!

BMS do a JB4 beta upgrade for it already. Hmm....

[doughboy]

Ho ho ho. Look what Santa brought round the other day!

What a motor, what a colour, gob smacked isn't the word.

Already done the first few mods, iND gloss black grills and side markers. And carbon tail pipe slip ons, to replace the standard chrome tips. (Not on in the photos).

Enjoy....

[Alen E90]

Wow OMG what a beauty SMB really is!! Is that Sakhir Orange interior? Congrats and enjoy!

[prime300]

Woow really amazing! Congrats mate

[doughboy]

The interior as Aragon Brown. it's a new colour for the LCI cars (July 15 on). none in the UK yet as far as I know.

Sakhir orange is actually bright red, too much for me, but this brown has a tinge of orange and it goes beautifully with the blue.

[Alen E90]

Oh alright I didn't know about this interior color till now. Nevertheless it's a Sickkk interior color!

Btw are you going to keep the stock wheels?

[doughboy]

Absolutely, the wheels are incredible , they really make the car IMO.

They are also unique to the M6 GC, even he M6 cope doesn't have them.

[Alen E90]

Yes that's true. Can't wait to see your car once the chrome tips are removed!

[gangzoom]

Looks really good!! Your love it am sure....So what's next on the list

[DanTheManc]

Lovely. Merry Christmas indeed!

More detailed pics of the interior please.

[richk84]

Originally Posted by doughboy

Absolutely, the wheels are incredible , they really make the car IMO.

They are also unique to the M6 GC, even he M6 cope doesn't have them.

+1 the best BMW wheels in the entire range. They 100% make the car and I don't think another car could pull them off. Maybe a M6 coupe, but that's it.

[Sbm007]

Just wow! Was never a fan of the way the older M6 looked from the back and the front, but BMW really outdone themselves. This one is

[AlwynMike]

Nice one Mike

Enjoy

[terryd5150]

Beautiful car!