G87 M2
 

I figured an official thread might as well be started. Sixteen months until SOP begins, allegedly December 2022.

New spy photos attached below. It appears that the recently leaked front bumper cover may be legit.

so you get squares or triangles :)

It appears so. A very lackluster design team at BMW these days. Oh well, at least it will not have the beaver teeth. Grateful for that!


BMWBLOG recent post re spy pics: https://www.bmwblog.com/2021/07/23/n...leaked-photos/

That last pic! Those hips! This will sell a ton if it’s not 70k.

Right… it has potential. The new M240 did not see a significant price increase. The same is currently expected for the G87. Fingers crossed…

Latest round of spy photos. No clue what is up with that X vehicle following it (kidneys).

Hopefully both the 2 and SUV indicate they are giving up on the vertical kidneys…

I think they are going back to the Bangle-era idea of trying to give each series a unique look/identitiy. So its possible the 2 gets to retain normal kidneys while the 4 series gets the buck teeth... and the 7 series becomes one giant grille

The X in the background is a current gen X5 - looks like an X5M LCI test car.

I always have trouble differentiating the front of G01 X3 from G05 X5. That is about the change with the X3 LCI.

Tumbleweeds… we have not seen much regarding the G87 lately. G42 production was originally scheduled to begin this month, August. Allegedly that has not happened and from my understanding the ordering guides have not even been released to centers as of yet. My center source also informed me that there is currently only twelve allocations in the entire country for the new M240.

Wow. My son now has his learner’s permit. Gulp. And he keeps asking for me to take him out in the 2. Um, no. The Mazda or nothing, buddy.

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When my son had his learner’s permit (15) he attended the two day teen school at the performance center. They were mostly in M235s or F30 335s. I highly recommend this school for any teen driver. FYI, paying parents receive 15% off if they are a BMW CCA member.

I was about 17 when my dad started having me do deliveries (in a 4 ton flatbed). By 18 I was driving one of our 2000 gallon delivery trucks https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...7711ed55_b.jpg
Like this - just nicer - it was almost 40 years ago after all - lol

I also drove our new-ish Mercedes 300SD and Ford Country Squire wagon as well. I remember one time my dad's partner had me go to the bank driving his R107 Mercedes... now - THAT was nice!!!

For a current example - I am working with my 16 year old niece to let her drive the 997... with me along... both to let her know what driving a stick feels like - as well as show her a bit of confidence on how she is doing and that I trust her....

YMMV as always....

There is also the Tire Rack Street Survival School. They are hosted by a variety of clubs (BMWCCA, PCA, SCCA, etc). There's one coming up next month at Atlanta Motor Speedway. I've been meaning to get both of my kids to one.

https://streetsurvival.org/

That is pretty awesome. The truck. :D

They livery is fantastic!

I've been trying to get my 17yo daughter to try driving the Camaro, but she's still afraid of it (and me, I guess).

Great ideas, guys. And very viable for us where we live. (Except Kevin’s suggestion, LOL.)

Right now my son is toggling between the Mazda and the ex’s Tesla. Quite the toggle!

Of course, he’s pushing both of us for the BMW and the Porsche!

I’ve been slowly introducing K1 to driving. She’s still 15, so it’s only parking lots at this point. I miss having a big driveway and/or school campus; that made it a lot easier when I was that age.

So far she’s only been allowed to drive the sticks; the Porsche is ironically a lot easier to learn on than the BMW, so it’s been mostly Porsche time.

Still need to figure out what the long term solution is for when she gets a license. Probably not a Blackwing?

how is the e46 working out for you guys?

My daughter turns 15 in Jan and can get her permit then. We’ve been toying with buying something with a stick to teach her on. But realistically, she will never drive a stick car — everything will be an EV and won’t need any shifting…. But I’ll keep looking…

One Tesla tip…. Create a driver profile for the kid. Tesla now saves almost all settings in each drivers profile. Then set acceleration mode to chill while the kid is learning. It reduces acceleration speeds by 20-30% - so still faster than most other cars, but less risky for someone learning…

Looking back at how I learned to drive…. I started driving when I was 6 — we had a ranch and I could drive an automatic ‘56 Chevy pickup we kept at the ranch as long as an adult was with me and we didn’t leave the ranch. When I was 7, I leaned to drive stick on a ‘69 Ford pickup we also kept at the ranch. But we sold the ranch a couple years later… Then when I got my permit at 15 1/2, my grandmother insisted I visit her at their summer house so I could learn to drive. They had a ‘67 Beetle that we’d spend a good couple hours in each day, and by the end of the week, I could do hill starts. She even let me drive her ‘83 Supra (also stick) by the end of the week…

Checking FB marketplace a few times a day for a long time until the right cars at the right asking prices showed up worked for me.

Great! Still need to do bushings. And we discovered that one of the headlight housings needs replacement due to a non-stellar bulb replacement under previous ownership that melted the housing enough to prevent proper seating of a new bulb, so I'm probably going to add projectors.

She's loving driving it. She added a bluetooth module, fixed a flat, replaced cabin air filter, engine air filter, windshield washer pump, replaced headliner, and watched me change oil and oil filter. Couldn't be much happier with how it's worked out so far.

Awesome, that mirrors my experience too even down to the melted headlight housing. I took mine out, trimmed the melted area off and was able to get the bulb receptacle to seat properly. You can get "off road" 65watt low beam/high beam halogens that brighten things up measurably if you don't want to spend the $$ on projectors.

Great tip. Thank you!

This is so awesome!

I wasn't saying go out and learn to drive using a gas truck - LOL.....

Just that my parents trusted me (and both my brothers as they came to the same age) to drive all the family vehicles as well the smaller work delivery trucks. Back then you could drive a 2000 gallon fuel delivery truck without having to get a CDL... that is not the case today - but back then was ok. I didn't just go out and start driving though - I did a couple of deliveries with my dad riding shotgun - and that was more about knowing how to work the tank valves and pumps than actually drive the thing - lol

I say that as my father trusted us kids with this stuff - we knew when to goof off - but that did not happen when it shouldn't. :)

Looks like Porsche in ATL has a one-day version for those with a full license--16 to 24.

We'll figure out what we're going to do soon. It's working well enough that I don't feel like it needs to be done today.

So much for the M2 content. LOL

There is none right now anyway so these stories are cool in it’s place. =)

Um, uh, whoops? :eeps:

While we are waiting for G87 content here is the G42 buyers guide.

Some interesting options.

https://f87.bimmerpost.com/forums/at...3&d=1629922358

240 is xDrive only?

Portimao Blue looks hot

I heard somewhere the rwd version is coming after launch at some point. But still no stick for non G87’s.

Nice… thanks! I have been wanting to see this.


You would think so, but it is just okay in person.

My source has stated the same as above.

At launch they are offering RWD 230 and AWD M240, and will release the other two combos later.

2023 G87 M2 spied at the Nürburgring https://youtu.be/T1EbbVsve_g

Build your own G42 configurator is online

https://www.bmwusa.com/build-your-ow...series/2/coupe

I went through the BMW web page for selecting the model car to select for the configurator tool...

Damn - It just shows how messed up these cars have gotten... For most cars, the kidney grills are WAY oversize or look like meat graters or have chamfered corners... Either way - they are just ugly....

Apparently there is an emerging problem that the grills (at least on the F22/F23s) allow rocks to hit the radiator. (I am hoping they have more protection for the mega grill cars.) Some 2 owners are adding screening behind the grill to try to preempt the problem.

There is a ‘17 F85 X5 M at a local euro independent shop that is owned by a former BMW technician and most of the BMW technicians that were at our local BMW Center now work there. lol Anyways a rock flew up at highway speed and bam it needs a new engine at 40,000 miles. The cost to replace, over $50k for a new S63 with labor.

From the tech working on it. “drained liquid cooled intercoolers connected to radiator”

OMG.

Right… used S63 going in it for $25k.