06-17-2018, 04:22 PM | #1 |
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M2C at Caffeine and Carburetors
BMW was featured today at the Caffeine and Carburetors event in New Canaan. An M2C showed up. Thought some might enjoy a couple of quick phone pics.
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06-17-2018, 05:06 PM | #2 |
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06-17-2018, 05:35 PM | #3 |
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I can't tell if it's white or " silver " but will guess the latter
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06-17-2018, 05:50 PM | #5 |
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06-17-2018, 06:09 PM | #6 | |
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Yep. Hockenheim Silver. I liked it very much. It has almost a grey tone to it.
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06-17-2018, 10:03 PM | #9 |
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Found this on Instagram. I guess it's from the same event:
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06-17-2018, 10:13 PM | #10 |
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I don't beyond the one shot of the rear above. There is another thread under the pictures section of this forum that has an short video from the same event. Link to video below.
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This videos been on one of the M2 owners groups and obviously a lot of people having been giving shit without realising it a cold start.. but I guess we have to wait for the reviews to hear it warm!
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06-18-2018, 07:50 AM | #14 |
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yeah that does not sound the... best....
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I was most surprised that HS took a very gray look for me. In all the pics I've seen it looked white. In person, it definitely did not seem white. It was lighter than, but really took the appearance of, nardo gray. You see the metal flakes in the sun, but standing away from it, the appearance was a pale gray. |
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I was also at the show. Very cool and surprising that BMW decided to bring the car there (I think this is the first time it's been seen in the US?).
The car looked very different to me than the BMW press pictures that make it look white and the grill look huge. The color changes quite a bit in the sun, but is definitely a silver/grey and not white. The front fascia looks much better in person than in photos, and I actually thought the orange stitching looked good too. Overall, looking forward to reviews of the car in the next few months. |
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Agreed with everyone on the sound, but I think the S55 sounds much better with a simple midpipe. Check out this F80 M3 with an Active Autowerke midpipe and an otherwise stock exhaust. I know this is an M3, but I'm hopeful that we can get something similar for the M2C.
I think it sounds much, much better than the raspy lawnmower stock S55 sound. According to Active Autowerke's dyno, it also added 18 WHP and 30 LB FT of torque and shaved off a few pounds. I think part of the gain is because M3 and M4 S55 applications have secondary cats (AFTER the O2 sensor, so no CEL issue ) that the midpipe eliminates. I'm assuming the M2C will have the same. You can probably have a custom muffler shop make something similar if you want to save some money, too. Seems like the perfect first mod because it checks off multiple boxes: Add 18 horsepower/30 lb-ft, make the car sound great, and lose a few pounds. |
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