[PackPride85]

Picked up my M2 6mt yesterday doing PCD and figured I'd give first impressions with 250 miles on it driving home:

-I like the sport+ throttle mapping the best
-the exhaust sounds amazing and is quieter than lead to believe in the videos
-the overrun popping on throttle lift is sweet and you can actually hear the turbo spooling down at low speeds
-I think these seats are more comfortable, but slightly less supportive than M4 seats
-There is a bit of exhaust drone in sport/sport+ on the highway
-The steering feels great.
-Lane departure warning is annoying but useful
-The interior is "spartan" but extremely functional and driver oriented. I also like the open pore CF trim.

Unfortunately the car will sit the next two days while we get gas resupplies in NC.

Also, do PCD if you can....great experience with those guys highly recommended.

[Oakleyguy]

Nice feedback!

[BruceM]

Originally Posted by PackPride85

Picked up my M2 6mt yesterday doing PCD and figured I'd give first impressions with 250 miles on it driving home:

-I like the sport+ throttle mapping the best
-the exhaust sounds amazing and is quieter than lead to believe in the videos
-the overrun popping on throttle lift is sweet and you can actually hear the turbo spooling down at low speeds
-I think these seats are more comfortable, but slightly less supportive than M4 seats
-There is a bit of exhaust drone in sport/sport+ on the highway
-The steering feels great.
-Lane departure warning is annoying but useful
-The interior is "spartan" but extremely functional and driver oriented. I also like the open pore CF trim.

Unfortunately the car will sit the next two days while we get gas resupplies in NC.

So the throttle isn't too jumpy on sport +? That is good to hear. Glad you find the departure warning useful. I hated it enough on my test drive to dump the Exec Pack altogether . But I'm an old fart, so I'm an anti-systems kind of guy in general.

[PackPride85]

Originally Posted by BruceM

So the throttle isn't too jumpy on sport +? That is good to hear. Glad you find the departure warning useful. I hated it enough on my test drive to dump the Exec Pack altogether . But I'm an old fart, so I'm an anti-systems kind of guy in general.

The throttle mapping is pure preference. I ran a Cobb tuned Mazdaspeed 3 with similar throttle mapping for 7 years and enjoyed the instant response. It makes it a bit more linear versus more of an exponential relationship. I could see how some people would think it was jumpy for sure.

I probably found lane departure useful bc I was fiddling with the idrive more than I should have been on the trip home

[CosmosMpower]

Originally Posted by BruceM

So the throttle isn't too jumpy on sport +? That is good to hear. Glad you find the departure warning useful. I hated it enough on my test drive to dump the Exec Pack altogether . But I'm an old fart, so I'm an anti-systems kind of guy in general.

You can turn it off

[SoCalRob]

Originally Posted by PackPride85

-Lane departure warning is annoying but useful

Thanks for sharing your first impressions!

Regarding lane departure warning - my X3 generates a hard-to-ignore vibration or rumbling in the steering wheel whenever I get close to the lane edge without using a turn signal. Does the M2 use a similar implementation of this feature? Thanks. -scr

[PackPride85]

Originally Posted by SoCalRob

Thanks for sharing your first impressions!

Regarding lane departure warning - my X3 generates a hard-to-ignore vibration or rumbling in the steering wheel whenever I get close to the lane edge without using a turn signal. Does the M2 use a similar implementation of this feature? Thanks. -scr

Sounds like how the M2 works

[Adem1534]

Originally Posted by SoCalRob

Thanks for sharing your first impressions!

Regarding lane departure warning - my X3 generates a hard-to-ignore vibration or rumbling in the steering wheel whenever I get close to the lane edge without using a turn signal. Does the M2 use a similar implementation of this feature? Thanks. -scr

You can turn it off by pressing the button to the left of the steering column.

[BruceM]

Originally Posted by Adem1534

You can turn it off by pressing the button to the left of the steering column.

Do you have to turn it off each time you start the car, though? That's the part that can get irritating...If it has memory of its last setting, then it's simply a feature I wouldn't use, as opposed to one that I affirmatively don't like.

[Dabozo]

Originally Posted by BruceM

Do you have to turn it off each time you start the car, though? That's the part that can get irritating...If it has memory of its last setting, then it's simply a feature I wouldn't use, as opposed to one that I affirmatively don't like.

no...stays off. So too does the engine shut off at stop lights, which surprised me since i thought i read here that it resets every time...

[atxsk8r]

Originally Posted by PackPride85

-I like the sport+ throttle mapping the best

Schweet! Good to hear someone besides pup73 and myself like it the best

[SoCalRob]

Originally Posted by Adem1534

You can turn it off by pressing the button to the left of the steering column.

Thanks and, yes, I believe it can be easily disabled on the X3 too.

But, actually, I kind of like the feature - it's definitely alerted me, on multiple occasions, when I was unintentionally about to drift into someone else's lane. I leave it on in my X3. -scr

[blackholescion]

Originally Posted by Dabozo

no...stays off. So too does the engine shut off at stop lights, which surprised me since i thought i read here that it resets every time...

The start/stop resets in other regions but not in the US (unsure about Canada).

PackPride85 Did you take 85/40 back to Raleigh? Asking because I'm making the trip in 2 weeks. And what did you do during the drive to follow break in? Just the vary load and speed or get off every x exits? I was tempted to set google to avoid highways but I'm unsure about backroad 1 lane highways the entire way since it's nearly a 6 hour drive that way which means night time.

[Franzino]

Originally Posted by PackPride85

Picked up my M2 6mt yesterday doing PCD and figured I'd give first impressions with 250 miles on it driving home:

-I like the sport+ throttle mapping the best
-the exhaust sounds amazing and is quieter than lead to believe in the videos
-the overrun popping on throttle lift is sweet and you can actually hear the turbo spooling down at low speeds
-I think these seats are more comfortable, but slightly less supportive than M4 seats
-There is a bit of exhaust drone in sport/sport+ on the highway
-The steering feels great.
-Lane departure warning is annoying but useful
-The interior is "spartan" but extremely functional and driver oriented. I also like the open pore CF trim.

Unfortunately the car will sit the next two days while we get gas resupplies in NC.

Also, do PCD if you can....great experience with those guys highly recommended.

Any first thoughts about the manual gearbox and the long clutch travel?

[LGWGN]

Originally Posted by Franzino

Any first thoughts about the manual gearbox and the long clutch travel?

I installed the BMS clutch stop 2 days ago and it noticeably shortens the clutch extension. Took less than 2 minutes to install and cost $10 USD.

[Sideshow]

Originally Posted by PackPride85

Picked up my M2 6mt yesterday doing PCD and figured I'd give first impressions with 250 miles on it driving home....

We want pictures man!

[PackPride85]

Originally Posted by blackholescion

The start/stop resets in other regions but not in the US (unsure about Canada).

PackPride85 Did you take 85/40 back to Raleigh? Asking because I'm making the trip in 2 weeks. And what did you do during the drive to follow break in? Just the vary load and speed or get off every x exits? I was tempted to set google to avoid highways but I'm unsure about backroad 1 lane highways the entire way since it's nearly a 6 hour drive that way which means night time.

Yeah I went 85/40 straight back through Charlotte and Greensboro. I'd get off every now and then to get a snack and look for gas (damn shortage). I also would vary my speed a little bit when there wasn't a lot of traffic around.

[MrBucket]

Originally Posted by blackholescion

The start/stop resets in other regions but not in the US (unsure about Canada).

PackPride85 Did you take 85/40 back to Raleigh? Asking because I'm making the trip in 2 weeks. And what did you do during the drive to follow break in? Just the vary load and speed or get off every x exits? I was tempted to set google to avoid highways but I'm unsure about backroad 1 lane highways the entire way since it's nearly a 6 hour drive that way which means night time.

In my driving around on the highway I'd throw it down into 5th gear for a bit if traffic was moving along at a constant rate, but up here in NJ that wasn't a problem except for coming back at like midnight, theres too much traffic during the day to keep it at a constant speed.

[PackPride85]

Originally Posted by Franzino

Any first thoughts about the manual gearbox and the long clutch travel?

Gearbox feels amazing. I thought the 6 speed in my MS3 was decent but this blows it away. Clutch travel is a little long but I'm already used to it. If anything it makes me less likely to miss a shift since my foot is faster than my hands.

[PackPride85]

Originally Posted by Sideshow

We want pictures man!

As soon as I stop being lazy and get them off my phone

[///M²]

Originally Posted by Dabozo

no...stays off. So too does the engine shut off at stop lights, which surprised me since i thought i read here that it resets every time...

Bonus, my f30 engine shut off resets all the time, glad to see they fixed that in the M2.

[Artemis]

Congrats.

Originally Posted by PackPride85

-Lane departure warning is annoying but useful

As some said before: simply push the Lane Departure Warning button next to the steering column (knee level next to the driver's door). The car memorizes this setting, so next time you'll start the engine it will be inactive.

Other small piece of advice: also set the "Collision Warning" (CW) in the iDrive settings to "Late" (instead of "Early" or "Medium"). My car freaked out inside an underground parking on delivery day: the "Collision Warning" system apparently 'thought' by mistake that I was bound to crash on a side curb whilst circling down a floor and 'decided' to violently slam the brakes. Kind of WTF moment. Once I had parked I immediately hunted down that setting in the iDrive and set it to "Late". Zero issues ever since. But also this feature can be turned off by simply pushing the CW button next to the steering column.

Personally I let both LDW and CW active. As you said, sometimes you can be distracted by tinkering with iDrive, choice of music or looking to other people on board smiling and giggling.