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Gberg2119 wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2024 12:26 pm
D Griff wrote: Mon Jan 15, 2024 9:26 pm

It’s probably equipped with those logo brake caliper covers.
:lolol: I'll check for them when I go back to get my tire mounted.

Meanwhile I've discovered a massive issue. The cupholder space is rather shitty and :tits: trenta starbucks doesn't really don't fit. :doomed:
S bux in a brand new nearly collectible bmw :disgust: :disappoint:
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CaleDeRoo wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2024 9:42 pm
Gberg2119 wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2024 12:26 pm

:lolol: I'll check for them when I go back to get my tire mounted.

Meanwhile I've discovered a massive issue. The cupholder space is rather shitty and :tits: trenta starbucks doesn't really don't fit. :doomed:
She doesn't bring her own Stanley for them to fill up?
I thought about this but it's more of a height thing so I don't think it'll work. The console with the volume knob and defrosters juts out above the cupholder preventing taller items from fitting.

Hell, I even got a medium iced coffee the other day and the lid is touching the console. Makes for a :sweaty: proposition every time I take it out.
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max225 wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 9:33 am
Gberg2119 wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2024 12:26 pm

:lolol: I'll check for them when I go back to get my tire mounted.

Meanwhile I've discovered a massive issue. The cupholder space is rather shitty and :tits: trenta starbucks doesn't really don't fit. :doomed:
S bux in a brand new nearly collectible bmw :disgust: :disappoint:
:ohwell:

It was inevitable
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Gberg2119 wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 10:09 am
max225 wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 9:33 am

S bux in a brand new nearly collectible bmw :disgust: :disappoint:
:ohwell:

It was inevitable
BMW has some tough placement on the cup holders. The 3 I bought from D Griff can’t hold my coffee mug! It’s not that big. Especially compared the the gallon knockoff Stanley my wife has.

I just don’t ever drink in that car now. I literally put the. Up holder cover up there and that’s where my pens are shit are
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This whole Stanley cup fad is fking :disgust:
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Johnny_P wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:21 pm Earn it and burn it, Val.
max225 wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 5:35 pm Yes it's a cool car. But prepare the lube/sawdust.
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Desertbreh wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 11:34 am This whole Stanley cup fad is fking :disgust:
It pisses me off. Like how hard is it to fill the damn thing up.
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J-Ho-Fo-Show69 wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 11:30 am
Gberg2119 wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 10:09 am

:ohwell:

It was inevitable
BMW has some tough placement on the cup holders. The 3 I bought from D Griff can’t hold my coffee mug! It’s not that big. Especially compared the the gallon knockoff Stanley my wife has.

I just don’t ever drink in that car now. I literally put the. Up holder cover up there and that’s where my pens are shit are
It's crazy how they can barely fit a medium drink in them. The walls on the side and that piece above that sticks out over the cupholder is just :mindblown:

I think the shifter may even hit the bigger drinks in 3rd or 5th. I know for sure my hand hits them because as soon as it happened I told her to take the drink out and hold it the rest of the way. :lol:

I'll have to buy some chinesium cupholder on amazon that wedges between the seat and the center console for longer drives. :disappoint:
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Gberg2119 wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 12:25 pm
J-Ho-Fo-Show69 wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 11:30 am

BMW has some tough placement on the cup holders. The 3 I bought from D Griff can’t hold my coffee mug! It’s not that big. Especially compared the the gallon knockoff Stanley my wife has.

I just don’t ever drink in that car now. I literally put the. Up holder cover up there and that’s where my pens are shit are
It's crazy how they can barely fit a medium drink in them. The walls on the side and that piece above that sticks out over the cupholder is just :mindblown:

I think the shifter may even hit the bigger drinks in 3rd or 5th. I know for sure my hand hits them because as soon as it happened I told her to take the drink out and hold it the rest of the way. :lol:

I'll have to buy some chinesium cupholder on amazon that wedges between the seat and the center console for longer drives. :disappoint:
My knuckles hit any drink going into 1st and 3rd!

You’re coming up with solutions, while I just assumed to have no drinks like I’m driving 40 years ago….
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J-Ho-Fo-Show69 wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 2:31 pm
Gberg2119 wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 12:25 pm

It's crazy how they can barely fit a medium drink in them. The walls on the side and that piece above that sticks out over the cupholder is just :mindblown:

I think the shifter may even hit the bigger drinks in 3rd or 5th. I know for sure my hand hits them because as soon as it happened I told her to take the drink out and hold it the rest of the way. :lol:

I'll have to buy some chinesium cupholder on amazon that wedges between the seat and the center console for longer drives. :disappoint:
My knuckles hit any drink going into 1st and 3rd!

You’re coming up with solutions, while I just assumed to have no drinks like I’m driving 40 years ago….
And yet somehow your mother and father did not spontaneously combust despite not having a Stanley cup full of properly inonized water.
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J-Ho-Fo-Show69 wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 2:31 pm
Gberg2119 wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 12:25 pm

It's crazy how they can barely fit a medium drink in them. The walls on the side and that piece above that sticks out over the cupholder is just :mindblown:

I think the shifter may even hit the bigger drinks in 3rd or 5th. I know for sure my hand hits them because as soon as it happened I told her to take the drink out and hold it the rest of the way. :lol:

I'll have to buy some chinesium cupholder on amazon that wedges between the seat and the center console for longer drives. :disappoint:
My knuckles hit any drink going into 1st and 3rd!

You’re coming up with solutions, while I just assumed to have no drinks like I’m driving 40 years ago….
I even went back and looked at a straightpipes m3 video. The small cup they used looks yuuuuuge in the cup holder.

Even the cupholders in the door pocket are small AND tilted inward. Nothing like a big starbucks cup looking like it's about to tip over into the passenger footwell. I was all :howdareu:
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Gberg2119 wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2024 12:26 pm
D Griff wrote: Mon Jan 15, 2024 9:26 pm

It’s probably equipped with those logo brake caliper covers.
:lolol: I'll check for them when I go back to get my tire mounted.

Meanwhile I've discovered a massive issue. The cupholder space is rather shitty and :tits: trenta starbucks doesn't really don't fit. :doomed:
Germany, a country where you don't drink and drive, apparently.
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Pushed off my roof ppf replacement to next week because of the weather. Here’s the bubbles I’ve found.

New tire arrived at the :dillerman: . Going Saturday morning to get it mounted but because it’s not the bmw approved tire there’s paperwork to go through. I asked if there was a bmw approved all season for this car and of course he doesn’t know. I’m assuming there isn’t and if there was it’d be the Michelin AS4 but I’ve never seen one on tire rack with the bmw star spec. :ohwell:

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Maybe just heat those things up with a hair dryer and use a credit card to get them to stick? May save you a pointless trip to the detailer of doom.
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max225 wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 5:32 pm Maybe just heat those things up with a hair dryer and use a credit card to get them to stick? May save you a pointless trip to the detailer of doom.
Not a bad idea but it’s peeling up from the sides too. :eeyore: He’s going to redo the roof and touch up some parts where the film wraps around the panel. There’s a small little dot on the edge of the hood I can see while driving. Not a big :dill: but he’ll fix whatever else he sees.

The plan is to drop it in the morning and pick it up the next night so it fully cures in his shop for a day and a half.
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Desertbreh wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 11:34 am This whole Stanley cup fad is fking :disgust:
:thankyou:

And how/why are cups some kind of dumb over priced status symbol? Everyone talked about how bad the F30 cup holders were but I really had no issues.
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FWIW my friend waited over a year for his exclusive color S4 and his wife's Stanley scratched the CF trim immediately. So it's not just a BMW problem.
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D Griff wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2024 12:22 am
Desertbreh wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 11:34 am This whole Stanley cup fad is fking :disgust:
:thankyou:

And how/why are cups some kind of dumb over priced status symbol? Everyone talked about how bad the F30 cup holders were but I really had no issues.
You also drove that thing while you’re in sales with absolutely no voice or tone command for your phone…… :dafuq:

Sounds like you just put up with a lot of inconveniences because you like the car…. I happen to be doing the same.
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J-Ho-Fo-Show69 wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2024 8:05 am
D Griff wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2024 12:22 am

:thankyou:

And how/why are cups some kind of dumb over priced status symbol? Everyone talked about how bad the F30 cup holders were but I really had no issues.
You also drove that thing while you’re in sales with absolutely no voice or tone command for your phone…… :dafuq:

Sounds like you just put up with a lot of inconveniences because you like the car…. I happen to be doing the same.
Don't need all that when you have a sick earpiece


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CaleDeRoo wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2024 10:06 am
J-Ho-Fo-Show69 wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2024 8:05 am

You also drove that thing while you’re in sales with absolutely no voice or tone command for your phone…… :dafuq:

Sounds like you just put up with a lot of inconveniences because you like the car…. I happen to be doing the same.
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Earpieces and cell phone holders are a certain breed…..
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This is from the straight pipes review and that's a small cup. I'll take a picture on Saturday.

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I do not think you are entitled to big cupholders in your near 500 hp executive missile, but I will ask........do the automatic guys get :dedong: cupholders?
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D Griff wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2024 12:22 am
Desertbreh wrote: Wed Jan 17, 2024 11:34 am This whole Stanley cup fad is fking :disgust:
:thankyou:

And how/why are cups some kind of dumb over priced status symbol? Everyone talked about how bad the F30 cup holders were but I really had no issues.
I assume their proper place is holding a gallon of coffee in a full size truck with full size cupholders, yes? I haven't seen people actually toting them around until this frankly brilliant marketing scheme was hatched by the Stanley guys (or most likely gals).
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Johnny_P wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:21 pm Earn it and burn it, Val.
max225 wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 5:35 pm Yes it's a cool car. But prepare the lube/sawdust.
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Desertbreh wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2024 11:18 am I do not think you are entitled to big cupholders in your near 500 hp executive missile, but I will ask........do the automatic guys get :dedong: cupholders?
They look to be the same size but it's obviously less of an issue because they're not changing gears.

Here's pictures from a thread I found talking about the perfect travel mug because the cupholders suck. Notice the flat wireless charge pad in the back.

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Gberg2119 wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2024 12:20 pm
Desertbreh wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2024 11:18 am I do not think you are entitled to big cupholders in your near 500 hp executive missile, but I will ask........do the automatic guys get :dedong: cupholders?
They look to be the same size but it's obviously less of an issue because they're not changing gears.

Here's pictures from a thread I found talking about the perfect travel mug because the cupholders suck. Notice the flat wireless charge pad in the back.

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Got it. Man this situ is almost like being in Somalia with no food or water and surrounded by AK-47 wielding pirates. Much suffering, very 3rd world, wow.
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Gberg2119 wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2024 12:20 pm
Desertbreh wrote: Thu Jan 18, 2024 11:18 am I do not think you are entitled to big cupholders in your near 500 hp executive missile, but I will ask........do the automatic guys get :dedong: cupholders?
They look to be the same size but it's obviously less of an issue because they're not changing gears.

Here's pictures from a thread I found talking about the perfect travel mug because the cupholders suck. Notice the flat wireless charge pad in the back.

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Damn look at those buttons :sad:
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