u/chathobark_

Not meant to flame, I feel that I have basically gotten over the beaver teeth and I would own a M50.

BUT, the flimsy door island is a dealbreaker. For the wife and I, vent control, lock/unlock, and especially seat memory are high traffic buttons. I hope that other owners can share their feelings and maybe talk me into not caring about this.

I am looking for genuine inputs on if people think this is OK for a car that gets well into the $70k range. I don’t feel that it is. I imagine picking up non-car family members and them genuinely telling me they think my car I just spent $70k+ on is falling apart.

Yes, if I grab it and shake, it feels insanely cheap, but even during NORMAL USE, it just feels like it’s going to cave right in or break right off.

I can appreciate if BMW did this to give it a “give” as if it is a normal button press, but it’s really an issue IMO.

How do you all deal with this? just not ever lock/unlock, change vent speed, or use seat memory?

Traveled to Europe for the first time at an age old enough to enjoy cars

The cars I saw have been on my mind since leaving. Some of the models I saw in person include (colors pictured are the colors I saw them in):

1. G80 gen M3 touring
2. G20 Alpina B3GT sedan in Daytona violet
3. G30 gen M550d touring (quad turbo diesel)
4. G80 gen M3 CS touring
5. G20 gen Alpina D3S (diesel wagon)
6. F30 Alpina D3biturbo (diesel wagon)

People who have never seen, sat in, or driven these in person have no idea what they're missing

People either mentally deny or don't realize that the Alpina 3 series' have the S58 from the M cars... with more power than the M3s, and STELLAR looks.

The purple one in the 5th and 6th pic has 529hp/ 538lb-ft and doesn't have ugly beaver teeth. It would be my forever car and I'd certainly choose it over the m3. But it would be hard to choose between G8X wagon (which actually looks stellar)

"Classy but fast", and "wagons" are apparently two things BMW thinks Americans don't want. But I would buy all 6 cars on this list, emphasis on FAST DIESEL WAGONS