u/3gnarek

Just pure curiosity and wanting to see how much other 212 owners drive across the country/world 🙂

This would also be a good place to note any major services you did at certain mileages so we could inform eachother on what things are more prone to failure than others.

I have ~83,500 miles and I drive about 2,000 miles a month. (Bought the car in August 25’ with 66k miles)

for my 3.5 V6 the services that were important around the 80k mile mark were the upper timing covers, cam sensor o-rings, and the rear PCV cover.

My general service intervals -
Oil change: 5k miles
Cabin + Air filter: 10k miles
Trans Service: 40k miles
Diff Service: 40k
Spark Plugs: 60k miles

Quick facts: 22, 6’4 (~194cm), 265lbs
Car: 2017 BMW 230i coupe 6SPD
Miles: 56,000
Owners: 2
Accidents: 0

Hello all, this is uncharted territory as I never actually thought I would consider owning a Beemer.

Without going too deep into detail, I understand this is not an M2, or even a M235i.

I am not looking for any more power over like 320ish give or take which I know is definitely possible for a B48 car. I want to go with the 4 cylinder for the dynamics as from what I can see it is lighter than it’s 6 cylinder versions and it’s like the car i want to model it after (the M2 racing with the B48).

The car would probably receive a custom tune,remain catted, and the rest would be cooling and suspension/braking, potentially with weight reduction as well.

What I would love some insight on:

Will I fit? Are B48’s as solid as I read online (any tips would be great)? How do you like your F22? Also any general advice lol.

I prefer my car to feel like if I had just bought it in 2016. This engine bay detail i had gotten certainly helped keep that freshness to the car’s appearance (even tho I hardly need to pop the hood open).

I had the engine bay detailed mainly because I recently addressed a few oil leaks which were the upper timing covers & oil filter housing (very common) and they left some gunky residue which does not suit my fancy.

I do have the engine cover btw but to show off more engine I had taken it off for the video lol.

My pals who detail cars used a steam gun device, a pressure washer, and some good ol soapy brushes.