[SoCalRob]

Originally Posted by King_Slayer

IDK maybe I'm crazy but this is an annoyance to me.

To me too. And it would be so easy for BMW to fix. This design decision seems especially bone-headed. -scr

[doug_999]

Originally Posted by King_Slayer

There should be a small place to grasp the door in the middle of it and not all the way to the front of the door where the speakers are. You have no control opening the door like this and good luck if you catch a gust of wind as your opening it. This makes it harder when opening the door in tight spots like parking spots and trying to avoid hitting anything. IDK maybe I'm crazy but this is an annoyance to me.

Interesting - I was trying to figure out how that door was getting out of hand when I open it in my garage (going to ding my wife's car sooner rather than later).

I have to add one more thing to the list....
What is with all the dings and dongs when starting this thing up? It goes crazy when I first start the car - why?

[Destroya]

Originally Posted by doug_999

Interesting - I was trying to figure out how that door was getting out of hand when I open it in my garage (going to ding my wife's car sooner rather than later).

I have to add one more thing to the list....
What is with all the dings and dongs when starting this thing up? It goes crazy when I first start the car - why?

And not even with starting up. I popped the hood when it was parked in the garage and all hell broke loose.

[King_Slayer]

Originally Posted by doug_999

Interesting - I was trying to figure out how that door was getting out of hand when I open it in my garage (going to ding my wife's car sooner rather than later).

I have to add one more thing to the list....
What is with all the dings and dongs when starting this thing up? It goes crazy when I first start the car - why?

Ya you just have more control with the door if you can hold it in the center from the part where the window buttons are.

Hmmmm haven't payed attention to the start up bells but will next time I start er up.

[MZWIE]

Any form of socialized medicine is despicable. I have known cases in Sweden where the person had cancer, but because they were already 70+ they were refused care.

[johnnydad]

Originally Posted by e34m5

Any form of socialized medicine is despicable. I have known cases in Sweden where the person had cancer, but because they were already 70+ they were refused care.

Many cases? What sort of cancer and at what stage?

[Franzino]

The dash light, rear parking sensors, lack of temp gauge I already knew about and don't bother me that much. The HK audio also sounds better in my MY17 then in the MY16 I test drove....ASD is something that needs some testing if I want it off or on... The automatic rev matching when downshifting is something I don't need on the street and would be nice if I could turn if off, but not also not a big deal.

But.....and a big but! After driving my manual M2 for 1.500km I have come to the conclusion that the feel and travel lengt of the M2 clutch is the worst I have ever experienced in any BMW I have driven or any sporty car...and I have driven a lot of fast "manual" cars in my 20 years of driving.

In my opinion the clutch is the biggest downside of the M2... There are other small downsides, but nothing this noticeable or worth complaining about.

Going to do the UCP clutch mod and hope for some improvement. NO don't mention the clutch stop fitting. That feature is only useful for the end of the clutch travel (when pushing down the clutch)... I have zero problem with that! My problem is with the beginning of the clutch (the last piece of clutch travel when the pedal is at his highest point and fully engaged or almost engaged).

[Drop the hammer]

Update, solved the issue of hitting the idrive touch pad but unslecting it as an option. Thanks for that suggestion.
Solved my shoulder issue reaching for the seatbelt, I ordered a seatbelt positioner from a 2010 Dodge Challenger and drilled the holes bigger to fit the M2 head rest.

[reddemon]

after reversing in the lot with a obstacle/wall behind, the reverse beeping stays on unless i move forward a little.
is there a way around this?
damn annoying.

[Prodigy.]

Originally Posted by reddemon

after reversing in the lot with a obstacle/wall behind, the reverse beeping stays on unless i move forward a little.
is there a way around this?
damn annoying.

Here is the fix mate:
http://f87.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1345311

[SteveVai]

Originally Posted by F1zbo

For me the crooked/disaligned drivers seat is annoying as hell.

Also the parking sensor beep that continues after going from R to D is annoying.

Apart from that, nothing too bad. Pretth well designed product.

Haven't even noticed it.

[Volki_M2]

The impossibility of tilt the front headrests...

[Franzino]

Originally Posted by Franzino

The dash light, rear parking sensors, lack of temp gauge I already knew about and don't bother me that much. The HK audio also sounds better in my MY17 then in the MY16 I test drove....ASD is something that needs some testing if I want it off or on... The automatic rev matching when downshifting is something I don't need on the street and would be nice if I could turn if off, but not also not a big deal.

But.....and a big but! After driving my manual M2 for 1.500km I have come to the conclusion that the feel and travel lengt of the M2 clutch is the worst I have ever experienced in any BMW I have driven or any sporty car...and I have driven a lot of fast "manual" cars in my 20 years of driving.

In my opinion the clutch is the biggest downside of the M2... There are other small downsides, but nothing this noticeable or worth complaining about.

Going to do the UCP clutch mod and hope for some improvement. NO don't mention the clutch stop fitting. That feature is only useful for the end of the clutch travel (when pushing down the clutch)... I have zero problem with that! My problem is with the beginning of the clutch (the last piece of clutch travel when the pedal is at his highest point and fully engaged or almost engaged).

I got somewhat used to it after driving the M2 for 2.500km and I can certainly live with it, but for me it was the only thing they could actually improve on the car…..and I did improve it on my car! After 3.500km I fitted the UCP replacement clutch pedal and it made everything I did not like about the standard M2 clutch go away. This modification is cheap and gives a night and day difference on how the M2 clutch feels. I love it and love my M2 even more

[DETRoadster]

I just found a new annoyance. I drove off this morning to fill up with gas on my way to work. A quick 3 block drive so I didnt buckle my seatbelt out of pure laziness. The seatbelt chime came on and in a flash of brilliance I just cranked up the radio to drown it out. Nope. The seatbelt chime gets louder as you turn the radio up. Damn you BMW engineers! Foiled again by your attempts to keep me safe! Now where did I leave the number of that guy who does coding...

[D CHOI]

Originally Posted by DETRoadster

I just found a new annoyance. I drove off this morning to fill up with gas on my way to work. A quick 3 block drive so I didnt buckle my seatbelt out of pure laziness. The seatbelt chime came on and in a flash of brilliance I just cranked up the radio to drown it out. Nope. The seatbelt chime gets louder as you turn the radio up. Damn you BMW engineers! Foiled again by your attempts to keep me safe! Now where did I leave the number of that guy who does coding...

The chime gets louder as you turn up radio...

[ChrisK]

My number 1 complaint is.... I cant drive my M2 in this crap weather!

[Cibbersicks]

So I've covered 850miles in the M2 and I've discovered a couple of things that bug me.

Instrument cluster lighting - what the hell is with that?! My other half has an F21 118d and the cluster is lit perfectly. Anything between 6-7pm I can't read the damn thing! I've turned to putting the side lights on in the day and dipped beam at night.

Pulling up to junctions and driving in traffic sometimes there is a jolt from the transmission. It feels like backlash in the gearbox or differential. It only happens at low revs when changing from 2nd to 1st (manual) is this something I should mention at the first service or is it 'normal'?

The brake pedal makes a clunk upon returning when you release the pedal. It's when it touched the top of its travel. Anything I can do about this? Anyone else with a manual experiencing this?

Excessive steaming of the rear windscreen - it's not terrible but without the AC running it seems to steam up easily at the back. The 118d does it a little too. I like to have the rear window heater running to keep it clear.

[963mw]

Hey guys,

Sometimes on long drives in the M2, I get this pain (sorta like a cramp) in my left leg calf area (used to happen daily when I first got it) but now it's not as often but occurs sometimes.

When I let my friend drive my M2 for around 45 minutes, he started complaining that his left leg was hurting, so we swap again.

I never experienced this in my F32, and it has the same seat design as the M2 and I have an extremely similar driving position in the M2 as I did in the 435i.

Has anyone else experienced this?

We're both 6'2.

[OG///M]

Originally Posted by 963mw

Hey guys,

Sometimes on long drives in the M2, I get this pain (sorta like a cramp) in my left leg calf area (used to happen daily when I first got it) but now it's not as often but occurs sometimes.

When I let my friend drive my M2 for around 45 minutes, he started complaining that his left leg was hurting, so we swap again.

I never experienced this in my F32, and it has the same seat design as the M2 and I have an extremely similar driving position in the M2 as I did in the 435i.

Has anyone else experienced this?

We're both 6'2.

Longest trip I've had in mine was 9hrs continuous from Chicago to Watkins Glen, no issues, was quite comfortable actually.

The big question is, was it 6MT or DCT?

[Tommyudo]

I do, and it's driving me nuts. 6MT here, and I drive it daily 50 minutes/30 miles including lights and traffic on winding country roads each way on my daily commute. Because the seats are rotated inward, my leg is on top of the left bolster when my foot is on the dead pedal. Thinking about trading sideways to a DCT but that's a subject for another post. Other than that its a "fall in love with" car for me!

Tom

[horsepower_and_hounds]

It's the cock-eyed drivers seat

[m981addicts]

Maybe y'all should stretch before such an arduous journey. I drive 47 miles/~50-60 minutes everyday in one of three different configurations: '98M 5speed, '09 6-speed, & '13 DCT without any problems. Those ergonomic engineers must be overthinking things.

I've also driven the '09 and an '05 Evo from Seattle to SLC to KC and back w/o problems.