[ookoshi]

Yikes, I bought a 2015 M235i off of Carvana a couple of weeks ago as well, and after I had purchased the car, I started reading this forum and got worried based on a couple of the stories here. I had my mechanic inspect it the day after Carvana delivered it and he couldn't find anything wrong with it. The computer apparently keeps track of previous OBD codes that have been thrown even if they've been cleared out since then, and there wasn't anything of note. So, I ended up getting really lucky.

I also got to chat with the original owner too. He owner bought the 7 year platinum extended service contract, and it still had 6 months left. His service contract was left in the car when they delivered it, and it contained his contact info, so I called him up to get the service contract transferred over (original owner has to do it in writing). Had a good chat about the car. He kept it stock, never tracked it, only put 29k miles on it in 6+ years. It was his daily but he didn't drive it much.

Even without that service contract though, the fact that Carvana gives you 7 days to return the car and a warranty for 100 days/4k miles is still good peace of mind.

I've put like 600 miles on it over the past 8 days. My wife is happy because anytime there's an errand to run I'm like, "No problem I'll do it!"

[Unicorn123]

LOL. I expect you will be running lots of errands!

Well bought and congratulations. Welcome to the forum and all the best as you enjoy your new chariot. It looks great!

[TwoTonic]

Nice!

I also bought mine through Carvana and had an excellent experience.

[Edslittleworld]

Crazy! Carvana is offering me KBB Private Party price for my 2017 M240i. Times are good.

[Vitacura]

Very nice, Congrats! Did it come with the CCA grille badge or was it your addition? Looking good!

[MikeT]

Congrats! Very nice. 29k is fantastically low. I thought my 2015 was low at 41k.

[TwoTonic]

Originally Posted by MikeT

Congrats! Very nice. 29k is fantastically low. I thought my 2015 was low at 41k.

My 2014 has 19k… I need to drive it more.

[ookoshi]

Originally Posted by Vitacura

Very nice, Congrats! Did it come with the CCA grille badge or was it your addition? Looking good!

It came with the badge. I had actually just joined the CCA before the car got delivered, and it was an unexpected bonus.

[overcoil]

a little off topic. so the M235 is a 155 mph car. any of our German members ( state of mind ) think the car is absolutely scary at 155 ?

[MarcoZandrini]

Originally Posted by ookoshi

It came with the badge. I had actually just joined the CCA before the car got delivered, and it was an unexpected bonus.

Good on you for joining the BMWCCA.

[MikeT]

Originally Posted by ScottSinger

a little off topic. so the M235 is a 155 mph car. any of our German members ( state of mind ) think the car is absolutely scary at 155 ?

Can't say about 155, but I've cruised the autobahn in the 130-140 range. It's a natural in that range, handling tightly and purring like a kitten. (This was during ED; break-in period be damned).

[overcoil]

Originally Posted by MikeT

Can't say about 155, but I've cruised the autobahn in the 130-140 range. It's a natural in that range, handling tightly and purring like a kitten. (This was during ED; break-in period be damned).

I think I noticed a significant difference between the 130's and the 150's.
Actually a difference between 130 and anything over 140.
110 -120 seemed to be the range where the engine was purring and the aero and suspension in either Comfort or Sport melded into an impressive cruise.

Always impressed me that the M235/240 was capable of such impressive speed.
But I don't drive all that many different cars and not sure how fast a V6 Camry or even the big SUV"S are, read somewhere a Police Ford F150 is the fastest police vehicle sold presently (Dodge Charger Police pkg ?)

[dradernh]

Originally Posted by ScottSinger

a little off topic. so the M235 is a 155 mph car. any of our German members ( state of mind ) think the car is absolutely scary at 155 ?

If you haven't driven that fast on public roads before, I think it would be wise to be "scared" at 155 MPH, or at anything over ~125 MPH. That's my take after that being the fastest I've gone on American highways and after years of going to the track (where two of my cars, including my M240i, have maxed-out at 139 MPH).

I don't think 155 MPH is much of an issue on a track with other well-behaved drivers, a smooth and swept surface, and generally excellent sightlines. Public roads in America are another matter.

In my experience, so is the autobahn, which I found to be overrated as a high-speed driving experience. That was due to my ignorance of the autobahn's speed limits around cities and how frequently slower drivers use the left-hand lane when passing a slower right-hand lane vehicle (e.g., a car moving at 70 MPH passing a truck limited to the right-hand lane and 56 MPH while you're closing on them 50-70 MPH faster).

My 2¢, of course!

[morphomeman]

European divided highways are all governed by the simple rule that the left lane is for passing. So yes, if one truck is going at 80 k/h and another is coming up behind it at 90 k/h, the second truck has the right to pass the first, regardless of whether a Ferrari is coming up in the left lane at 150 k/h. The driver of the Ferrari is obliged to slow down to accommodate the passing truck.
The rule is simple and pretty much everyone follows it. Left lane slow-pokes are much rarer in Europe, and similarly for right-lane speedsters.
In Germany, there are no speed limits on certain stretches of the Autobahn. As the roads become more congested, these stretches have become fewer and fewer, but they are still to be found, which makes Germany the only country that I know of where one can legally travel at 200 k/h or more on a public road. I have done it and it can be quite exhilarating.
It is well known that having no speed limits leads to more collisions and more fatalities. But the Germans cling to this tradition in the way that Americans cling to their guns, despite the overwhelming evidence that rampant gun ownership leads to rampant killings.

[Ajowhan]

Originally Posted by morphomeman

European divided highways are all governed by the simple rule that the left lane is for passing. So yes, if one truck is going at 80 k/h and another is coming up behind it at 90 k/h, the second truck has the right to pass the first, regardless of whether a Ferrari is coming up in the left lane at 150 k/h. The driver of the Ferrari is obliged to slow down to accommodate the passing truck.
The rule is simple and pretty much everyone follows it. Left lane slow-pokes are much rarer in Europe, and similarly for right-lane speedsters.
In Germany, there are no speed limits on certain stretches of the Autobahn. As the roads become more congested, these stretches have become fewer and fewer, but they are still to be found, which makes Germany the only country that I know of where one can legally travel at 200 k/h or more on a public road. I have done it and it can be quite exhilarating.
It is well known that having no speed limits leads to more collisions and more fatalities. But the Germans cling to this tradition in the way that Americans cling to their guns, despite the overwhelming evidence that rampant gun ownership leads to rampant killings.

I remember reading that no speed limits lead to more fatalities but not more collisions. Apparently people pay more attention driving at high speed than at speed limit.

https://www.german-way.com/travel-an...5%20fatalities).

Looks like US interstate is more deadly than Autobahn per billion km travelled

[Bobh59]

Originally Posted by morphomeman

despite the overwhelming evidence that rampant gun ownership leads to rampant killings.

More like overwhelming opinion.....

[Ron Jeffries]

do the math

[harma24]

Originally Posted by morphomeman

and similarly for right-lane speedsters.

Maybe if all the left lane slow-pokes got out of the left lane people wouldn't have to pass them in the right lane. Personally, I've started thinking that people traveling in the left lane and passing on the right is just a hold-over from British colonial rule (even though that ended more than 100 years before the car was invented).

Then again, I do love Slow Vehicle Lanes. I use them to pass all the slow vehicles in the left lanes!

[Phiberoptik]

Congrats man. The M235i is the perfect grocery getter!

[jonegeta]

Nice! Welcome to the family