[E92nate]

I'm proud of you!! Well done!

[Uptempo80]

Looks great!! Congrats on the purchase!

[WULFFZA]

Nice
I am sure many of us here have built the same car on the configurator. Absolutely stunning combo. Agree on the wheel design - I prefer the style of the 18s, but if they were just a little bigger..

I am living vicariously through all these F30 and F10 M5 deliveries..

[WRXXX]

I just hate how BMW is slapping M badges all over. Anyhow that's the direction they are going so might as well accept.

Anyways, nice car! The F30 is definately growing on me.

[E46M54325Ci]

Originally Posted by WRXXX

I just hate how BMW is slapping M badges all over. Anyhow that's the direction they are going so might as well accept.

Anyways, nice car! The F30 is definately growing on me.

yea unfortunately the folks in marketing are taking over.

[lukeb817]

Thanks again for all of nice comments! I'm very pleased with the configuration, the alpine white/coral red combo is fantastic. Time will drag on very slowly waiting for the car to return to the US, I'm already getting anxious.

Originally Posted by chotam

Holy low res pictures

Yes, unfortunately, the delivery photos were all taken with my BlackBerry; I really didn't want to deal with carrying around a camera during the delivery process. I used my Samsung tablet for all of the pics after I left the Welt.

Originally Posted by kgroschi

Why do you have EU spec tachometer? I mean that red line that I personally do not like. I am worried now that if I do EU delivery, that I get this tachometer.

Didn't even notice.

Originally Posted by omer

Where do you order the red M performance brakes????

Your CA can add them to your order, several of the M Performace accessories are available for installation at the VPC after the car arrives at the port (M brakes, black grilles, exhaust, etc). I was able to get the brakes at invoice price and avoided the labor charge that would otherwise have to be paid if purchased later and installed by the dealer.

Originally Posted by James T. Kirk

Good for you for going with the MT!
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Originally Posted by Imola.ZHP

Thank goodness there are some real MT drivers left...

Congrats on the car, I would have built mine the same way if I were fortunate enough to be able to afford one...

I wouldn't have it any other way! I've never owned a car with an automatic, and I intend to keep it that way as long as manual transmissions are still manufactured. I just enjoy the higher level of engagement and control, some people complain about clutching and rowing the gears in traffic, but it has never bothered me.

[Cfichman]

so amazing. so excited for my white msport. too bad i didnt get nav :-/ i love the extended cluster and didn't realize that was standard until it was too late....

[ATX78703]

looks awesome - i concur about the 18's; they really look good.

[LV]

Looks Great! Congratulations on your new ride. Hope it gives you immense joy for many years.

[Imola.ZHP]

Originally Posted by lukeb817

I wouldn't have it any other way! I've never owned a car with an automatic, and I intend to keep it that way as long as manual transmissions are still manufactured. I just enjoy the higher level of engagement and control, some people complain about clutching and rowing the gears in traffic, but it has never bothered me.

I've only owned one auto-tragic vehicle, a Nissan Titan, I think I had it for 14 months before I was tired of it (and got tired of taking it to the dealership all of the time for warranty problems)... I couldn't agree more about being confused as to why people gripe about clutching in traffic, I've been driving MT cars since I was 16, so for the majority of 15 years now, and it has never bothered me. I've been in plenty of stop and go traffic too...

Excited to see performance brakes on it as well, and hoping someone makes some brackets for those to fit on e46's soon. I'm not sure about you going with 19's though, I honestly regret my 19's on my e46 ZHP. They look amazing, but the roads here are just not nice enough for such a small sidewall tires... In less than a year my $2250 wheel and tire combo looks like crap, in part to a few curb issues on my part, but I'm pretty sure two of them are bent and a few scuffs are not my fault. Maybe the roads are better in your neck of the woods, but I would be weary, in the mean-time those 18's look great IMO...

[kwsw]

Congrats on the new car enjoy

[tyler9595]

Originally Posted by lukeb817

Thanks! Funny thing about the 18in M Sport wheels...I always liked the design in the renderings on the configurator, but as more people posted real photos, I started having my doubts, because in some photos they seem "small." Now, after seeing them in reality at different angles and lighting conditions, I really like them.

I agree. The wheels look great. I'm sure the car will ride wonderfully. I'm surprised how big the wheel wells look on the F30.

[kenneymac]

When you did European Delivery, did they give you a full tank of gas?

[JWKC]

So nice

[babybeamer]

Luke b817,

Beautiful car. I am looking at ordering the same interior with a black exterior. Planned upgrades are:

-Red M Performance brakes
-Black kidney grilles
-Match-painted reflectors
-VMR 710 matte black, 19in (use the stock wheels for winter tires)

The question is what summer tires should I use for the 19" VMRs and winter tires for the stock 18" rims? I plan on selling the run flats if I can't convince the dealer to ship with winters and give me a credit. If I order next week the production run will be September with expected delivery early November.. so it is borderline for snow up here in Toronto.

Thanks for any input.

[lukeb817]

Originally Posted by kenneymac

When you did European Delivery, did they give you a full tank of gas?

No, it was approximately 1/4 tank at delivery.

Originally Posted by babybeamer

Luke b817,

Beautiful car. I am looking at ordering the same interior with a black exterior. Planned upgrades are:

-Red M Performance brakes
-Black kidney grilles
-Match-painted reflectors
-VMR 710 matte black, 19in (use the stock wheels for winter tires)

The question is what summer tires should I use for the 19" VMRs and winter tires for the stock 18" rims? I plan on selling the run flats if I can't convince the dealer to ship with winters and give me a credit. If I order next week the production run will be September with expected delivery early November.. so it is borderline for snow up here in Toronto.

Thanks for any input.

That will be a mean looking configuration, very nice. I'm considering the Bridgestone Blizzaks for the winter tires--still trying to decide what to do for the new 19in summers, and I will try to sell the OEM 18in tires.

[CERF04ZHP]

Originally Posted by neilol

F30 is really starting to grow on me.

[AF30]

Congrats on your new car. Thanks for sharing

[midnight express]

perfect combo, white, red and manual

[the infamous...]

sux u cut ur trip short... congrats tho, sexy combo!

[lukeb817]

Originally Posted by the infamous...

sux u cut ur trip short... congrats tho, sexy combo!

Thanks! Yeah, I still get a biting twinge of regret for cutting it short whenever I look back at the photos, I don't recommend others do a short ED trip. The car just hit the port in Brunswick, GA on Saturday afternoon...now I can't track it easily anymore, just have to wait until I get the call that it's ready for me to pick it up. The whole ED ordering/delivery/re-deliver process and the resulting anticipation have been fun, but now I'm getting impatient...bordering on annoyed. I just want to drive the car again. It's been more than a month and a half since I sold my old car and I'm getting tired of driving a borrowed vehicle. (although, I did spend a couple of weeks with the Mini Cooper S that my dad uses as a dinghy car to tow behind his motorhome, that was fun...but now I'm back to driving a borrowed Tundra)