Let’s journey to Maldives to eat some Tartufo! Particular person Maldives Blue II G80 M3

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I received right into a nasty accident on the finish of June which compelled me to bid farewell to my previous Dakar Yellow G80 M3. Lengthy story quick – 800whp and RWD with DSC off whereas making an attempt to flee from automotive thieves in a plateless Dodge Charger makes for a nasty time. The drivers facet entrance was utterly caved in and there was vital harm to the structural parts, suspension, and so forth. on prime of harm to the precise S58, so it simply wasn’t salvageable.

In consequence, I made a decision to go along with one thing much less shouty and extra relaxed/stylish this time round. Specs as follows:

2025 G80 M3 w/ 6MTIndividual Maldives Blue II Metallic on Tartufo full interiorExecutive PackageParking Help Package19/20″ M Twin-Spoke Silver Cast 825M WheelsCarbon Fiber trimDrive RecorderGalvanic controlsM Carbon Bucket SeatsM Drive ProfessionalM Shadowline Lights

Big due to Bens at BMW of Rockville for getting every thing authorised! The Tartufo buckets require the CA to place in a particular request to ensure that it to be thought-about and authorised/denied and Bens was in a position to do it. There are a number of different CA’s on the market that may do it so make sure you ask earlier than being informed “no” by your CA just because they can not put it in by means of their regular means.

The silver 825M’s look completely at residence with the Maldives Blue paint. One of the simplest ways to explain the paint is that it appears like Atlantis Blue however a bit much less saturated/much less intense hue. It does change color a bit relying on the solar/lighting situation. The metallic flakes throughout look splendid and total, I would not change a factor on this construct.

Ideas on pre-LCI vs. LCI: The headlight DRL’s are much less iconic vs. the pre-LCI however they nonetheless look good, I might be proud of both tbh. I additionally desire the graphics of iDrive 7 however do like the big display screen of iDrive 8.5. For instance, I really feel just like the previous iDrive 7 heads up show had a greater rev counter that appeared higher/was bigger vs. the brand new one. If I may use the graphics of iDrive 7 on the bigger display screen of iDrive 8/8.5 – that’d be heaven. The galvanic controls provided on the LCI are an absolute should – they look and feel nice. The sound system can be improved to the purpose the place I do not really feel like I must code within the B&W sound profile from BimmerCode to make it sound first rate. I do recall needing to dial within the 6-8 band EQ (I overlook what number of there have been) to make it sound first rate, no such points on the ’25 because it sounds nice out the field; simply altering the inbuilt EQ to my music preferences has left me very pleased. It is also good that there’s M tri-colour stitching on the shift boot leather-based in addition to the seatbelt, as my previous ’22 didn’t have these (maybe as a consequence of being a 6MT or components shortages). I personally am not the most important fan of plastering the M tri-colour on every thing nevertheless it’s there now whereas it wasn’t earlier than – simply an remark. I additionally completely love the brand new steering wheel because it appears a lot sleeker than earlier than.

I’ve additionally observed sure buttons/switches are a bit tighter/extra taut. The indicator stalk, buttons in all places, and so forth. all really feel a lot tighter and higher than my 2022. Perhaps my ’22 G80 was a Friday afternoon automotive? Both method, I’m 100% having fun with the LCI G80, however ought to iterate that nobody ought to improve to the LCI except they’re compelled to as each the pre-LCI and LCI are each nice. The one con: there’s nowhere to mount my mobile phone. I’ll ultimately tune this G80 and wish to preserve an eye fixed out for automotive knowledge displayed on the bootmod3 app, so I want a mount, however there would not look like any good mounts for the LCI but.

Take pleasure in some pics All images shot on a Canon EOS R8 with both a Sigma Artwork EF 24-70mm f/2.8 or a Sigma Artwork EF 50mm f/1.4.

First off: the final shot I took of my previous Dakar Yellow G80:

Then the primary of the brand new Maldives Blue II G80!