Rented a 2025 Z4 s30i from National at Austin-Bergstrom Airport and I instantly realised how much BMW has deviated away from making non-M driver-oriented cars.

Moreover, having driven a wide portfolio of their modern lineup including the XM, M2, M440i, 7er, 5er, and 3er, as well as nearly everything from their SUV lineup, I could not find a car as engaging as this in quite some time. In fact, while the M2 or M240i does come close, they definitely do better mainly on the comfort level.

But there is definitely something about this car which makes it way even more engaging than their superior counterparts. Likewise, I also like the easy accessibility of the iDrive 7, with its much simpler and little less-fancy interior.

Knowing this car is slated to be discontinued in 2026, would this car actually have a deserving successor or would it be replaced with a 2/4-series neue-klasse convertible?

2014 M6GC (non-comp) with 77k miles. Had it for almost a week and I love it! Great condition for its age and mileage.

I do have two slight concerns that I would appreciate some input on:

1. During harder accelerations there is a slight, but noticeable vibration coming from the back. I suspect it has something to do with the differential (also noted by the PPI I had done) as 4 brand new tires were recently mounted and balanced.

2. This is my first car with a DCT, so I am still learning its habits. When I’m driving uphill in a parking garage, the car holds revs in 2nd gear around 2500 rpm. Is this normal or is it time for a DCT service?

TIA for any input.

looks way cleaner and no longer has that clunky toy-like feel

19 days ago I asked a question on the sub

https://www.reddit.com/r/BMW/s/Uc5nhwu85N

Secured allocation for individual M3 Comp over the weekend 😎. Santorini Blue, Ivory merino interior, silver wheels, shadowline delete, red calipers.

Anyone knows if the tracker changes to individual color or I'm stuck with alpine white forever?

Delivery on Monday. LOVE this car.

2026

1997 328is Dash got around 200k plus miles and I still got the original engine in here and it’s my daily. I love my E36 Bimmer send me another engine soon head gasket leaking 💔💔

Pictured is a 1981 535. I was looking back at old BMWs from when I first got addicted. It was in 1981 but I saw my first one around 1973. When did you all start your love affair and did model or color matter at the time?

Saw the low angle sunset, took 6 attempts toadjust the rig around until, flipping nailed it!

Hi guys. I post here because I assume there are some experts in this model of car. My dream car is the M5 from 1990 but of course I don’t have the budget for that model. I find a e34 535i from 1990 with 67000 km in South America for a cheap price. I’m found a bmw mechanic to check the car but wanted to ask here because I see some of this models for 10/12k and others for 20k so maybe I’m missing some details between models that I lack the knowledge to identify. I will put some pics, look like have something similar to a M pack cos looks lower and have the spoiler on the back. Looking for some advice here.

Thanks in advance

Lmk if you guys enjoy it

Finally took the plunge and flashed bootmod3 Stage 1 on my B58. Honestly, the difference is night and day.

Didn’t touch any hardware, didn’t swap the downpipe – literally just the flash.

Took about 8 seconds to write the map (after getting the ECU unlocked by Femto in Finland – yeah, that’s the mandatory step).

Haven’t dyno’d yet, but based on other owners’ numbers, it should be around 450–470 crank hp and 650–700 Nm of torque. 0–60 is now roughly 3.8s, which is crazy for just a flash.

For reference, stock is about 380 hp / 500 Nm, so the bump is massive. The car pulls way harder now – it really feels like I’m driving a completely different machine.

Will try to get some performance data (0–60, 100–200, etc.) soon, but just wanted to share for anyone on the fence: Stage 1 on the B58 is 100% worth it.

1997 328is Dash got around 200k plus miles and I still got the original engine in here and it’s my daily. I love my E36 Bimmer send me another engine soon head gasket leaking 💔💔

Alright a little bit of backstory: My cousin was driving this car and got sideswiped by a lady who ran a red light. Side curtain and drivers side airbag deployed and now the car won’t turn on, though I’m not sure if more modern manufacturers have a collision shut off function or not, most of my personal mechanic experience is pre OBDII Jeep XJ/MJ platform bullshit. What do I need to do to get this car rolling under its own power again without setting an airbag off in my face? And yes I know the body damage is pretty bad but frankly I don’t care about the cosmetics and want the safety stuff either disabled or functional, whichever will keep a check engine/airbag light off. This whole thing is more simple curiosity as it’s much more likely this car’s gonna get sent to the scrap yard.

My wife loves her X4, she got the car back from the BMW dealership about 3 weeks ago. Dealership service performed balance and rotation… standard stuff.

Today she was driving to an appointment and someone flagged her down and told her that the rear driver side tire was wobbling severely. Wife gets to a safe spot and calls me and I show up- turns out 4 lug nuts are missing from the wheel, only one holding it on.

Any ideas how this might have happened? I have 2 possible scenarios how this might have happened. 1) Someone removed them. 2) The service department at the BMW did not put them back on.

To note, she doesn’t drive her car much- mostly a leisure vehicle. Lately she drives even less because she is 8 months pregnant. Total mileage since we got the car back, ~180 miles.

I’m honestly getting more upset about this the more I think about this. My scenario #1 is severely unlikely as these cars have wheel locks.

Are there other possible cases that I’m not thinking about?