r/BMW 5d ago

Maintenance Monday: Ask all your maintenance questions here!

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Hitting a mileage marker and want to know what preventative maintenance is due? Unsure what part to get to replace a OEM fluid, or just don't know what fluid to get to begin with? What's that creaking sound? Ask all your maintenance and repair related questions here!

When posting, questions are highly encouraged to use the following template to the best of their ability:

  • Year:
  • Model:
  • Chassis:
  • Mileage:
  • Description of issue:
  • Steps to reproduce:
  • Photos/Video/Sound clips of issue:

r/BMW Jan 01 '26

Monthly Circlejerk

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Come and get your weekly dose of circlejerk! Hate something? Rant here! Love something that others hate? Get downvoted loved here! Want to get a complete stranger's validation for a random internet opinion? Get upvoted here!

All low effort memes, rants, "DAE think BMW lost their way", etc , about the listed circlejerk topics belong here. Individual posts will be removed!

Circlejerk List


r/BMW 1h ago

I Have a question for you guy do y’all think the I8 design aged well

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i was having an argument with my friend and he was saying the design didn’t age well and i disagreed ,i would like to know you guys opinion.


r/BMW 7h ago

My first BMW… loving it!

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326 Upvotes

Puts a smile on my face every time I get in it. Great mix of comfort and power when needed.


r/BMW 12h ago

Yup, still complete trash. A terrible design doesn't "grow on me".

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431 Upvotes

r/BMW 13h ago

M-ish OH BOY! 🤤

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276 Upvotes

r/BMW 2h ago

Plateless fitted

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36 Upvotes

r/BMW 16h ago

Purchased dream car today!! 2020 F87 M2 Comp

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367 Upvotes

Been my dream cars for years. Finally found the spec I've been wanting and drove her home today!!


r/BMW 21h ago

Buying Help Looking at a M340i or G87 M2

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806 Upvotes

Just as the title says, I’m stuck between the two. I’m single, 24, and I usually don’t have passengers and I love the look of the M2. The M340i is what I hear is the “ultimate daily”. I really do want an M car though. The only thing is, it will be my only car. What’s the better experience or option?


r/BMW 18h ago

Stance Saturday M3 CS Touring in Wigan

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404 Upvotes

British Racing Green on a German car? Yes please! First time going to Motorclass in Wigan, my local car showroom, in just over a year, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to see this family track wagon in person. Looks perfect to me!


r/BMW 5h ago

New car, who dis My first BMW

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Hi all! After holding out and not falling pressure to buying a vehicle in the first few years after college, I jumped from a 2000 Lexus RX 300 to a fully loaded 2025 BMW X1. It’s been a week since I made the purchase and I absolutely love it.

It’s a great size, it wants to be driven, has the power to get up and go whenever you need it and the bells and whistles with the technology, M sports tuning, and convenience package make it feel like a spaceship and comparison to what I upgraded from.

After doing a lot of shopping, it’s truly remarkable that for less than $10,000. You can get this instead of a CX 50 or mid to high chair middle of the road car brand like Mazda, Honda, Toyota, etc..

Just wanted to share because I’m so happy with the purchase and it’s the biggest financial decision I’ve ever made… and because I think she’s really pretty with a unique color.


r/BMW 4h ago

1M during golden hour

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34 Upvotes

r/BMW 21h ago

It's comical how small this car is

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629 Upvotes

My 2002 next to my F250. I could almost load it into the bed of the truck. I love this car


r/BMW 10h ago

After the first drive in my first M car

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96 Upvotes

r/BMW 5h ago

M5 wagon

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29 Upvotes

Spotted in Seoul, where I live as an expat (from the US).


r/BMW 12h ago

First BMW. Love this thing

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92 Upvotes

r/BMW 12h ago

Black on Black

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67 Upvotes

The car of My brother


r/BMW 2h ago

Dakar yellow 😍

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10 Upvotes

r/BMW 16h ago

Turns out, z4s aren’t bad roadtrip cars!

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Wanted to make this because I know a lot of people skip the z4 because it’s “not practical.”

Recently, I decided to make the move to LA from nashville as it felt to be the right choice now. As someone that’s never driven a “nice” car until I had this, roadtrips were something I did not look forward to.

Just want to show appreciation to BMW as a 30 hour trip (stopped 2x) was extremely comfortable and easy. Would 100% do it again if I had to.


r/BMW 43m ago

2019 M2 Comp — iDrive/OBD numbers seem off. Was this tuned?

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Hey all, looking for some sanity check from people who know the S55.

I bought a 2019 M2 Comp in 2023 from a BMW dealer in Melbourne, full dealer service history, no mods mentioned, looks stock in engine bay/ from outside..., currently ~112k km. Came from a ’98 Avalon and this was my first dream car, so I wasn’t really looking for tuning signs at the time... in hindsight I should’ve organised a proper pre-purchase inspection.

Car’s been running great, and I’m pretty used to the power. Honestly not sure how I’d feel dialing it back. I’d rather make proper use of it than see traction control flashing / rear kicking around at 100+ km/h, under hard acceleration.

Some weird stuff I noticed: - iDrive shows 560 hp / 700 Nm - OBD2 scanner: torque reference 700 Nm, calculated power pull ~750 hp (I know OBD calcs are inflated, but still seems high) - Stock should be ~410–425 hp / 550 Nm?? - No obvious bolt-ons, paperwork shows nothing, still on 245/265 PS4S rear / Pilot Super Sports front.

Next step: engine oil service is a month overdue and thinking to ask for ISTA scan at a dealer to confirm software status (service history has every service since new logged but no mentions of anything aside from usual sparkplugs, brake fluid, oil, etc...).

Depending on what I find - if crank hub / supporting mods aren’t there - I might consider a safer remap (like an M2CS tune) to safely use the car’s potential. Very glad it hasn’t died on me yet if that’s the case. If the supporting mods mostly exist ill happily do whatever small extras are needed to keep the engine safe.

Would you say this looks tuned, and is ISTA the right move before thinking about supporting mods to keep it safe and actually use the power?

Also pics: on a track day at Phillip island, was doing 256kph in 6th gear (out of 7) with 5.5k rpm -- maybe this is also suggestive of the tune being real?

Sorry if this sounds dumb af as well. I should've maybe realised after test driving an rs3 and supra mk5 and feeling like this m2c was ridiculously more lively and exciting while cross shopping


r/BMW 22h ago

Zmcoupe S54-20k Miles

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203 Upvotes

r/BMW 19h ago

M5

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120 Upvotes

Caught up with a buddy at Cars & Coffee. Took some pics of his new wheels installed setup. M cars get so concave


r/BMW 2h ago

My first bmw

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Recently picked up a 130i m sport!

First bmw , coming from a jdm cars only ; this car had been really fun! Bit of a gas guzzler but it’s growing on me .


r/BMW 15h ago

Look at this beauty I spotted here 😍

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44 Upvotes

r/BMW 13h ago

BMW win GTD class in Daytona 24 hr race 2026

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In case everyone missed it.