Gone over to the dark side

Nanu · Post by **Nanu** » Thu May 12, 2022 8:08 am

Well I have done it

Yesterday I purchased a G29 M30i M Sport with comfort and Sport pro packs in San Francisco red. 18 months old with 8k on the clock and immaculate. Cost me £15k to change.

This was after much reluctance and as it turns out, unreasonable concerns re a soft top. I was intending to wait for a demo at my local dealership but they would not release it for several months. STMBO found this beauty at Syntner’s in Chigwell who offered me exactly what I asked for for mine so drove down to London and picked it up yesterday.

Driving back I can say when passing lorries the noise inside the cab was a little louder than with a hard top but nothing to get upset about. Weather permitting this weekend will get some decent wax on her and spend a few hours working out what all the stuff on the idrive is for and configuring it.

This may sound naive but I assume a normal Maguiers shampoo to wash the whole car as normal and a conditioner for the roof after a few washes to keep it looking good?

My VO 35is, is already on their dealership website, not yet on National site, for £26k. Anyone interested can PM me for more details.

tiglon · Post by **tiglon** » Thu May 12, 2022 8:19 am

Looks lovely, if you squint you can almost pretend it's orange

Enjoy!

N4LLY · Post by **N4LLY** » Thu May 12, 2022 8:24 am

Most excellent Nanu !

Re-spray to VO and and be perfect

Nanu · Post by **Nanu** » Thu May 12, 2022 8:46 am

I have to agree, would look stunning in VO

but was assured bu the salesman that San Francisco red was the fastest colour.

MikeyH · Post by **MikeyH** » Thu May 12, 2022 8:55 am

Nice looking car

good find.

Argyll Andy · Post by **Argyll Andy** » Thu May 12, 2022 9:32 am

Nanu wrote: ↑Thu May 12, 2022 8:08 am was assured bu the salesman that San Francisco red was the fastest colour………

……… after Blue I’d probably agree with that statement

Looks lovely. I hope you and the Mrs enjoy many happy miles in it

Re the noise, can’t say I notice any significant difference but I drive with the roof down every opportunity in both E89 and G29.

When washing I just use my normal shampoo and don’t treat the roof with anything specific. Only real difference for me is I personally don’t snow foam the roof .

buzyg · Post by **buzyg** » Thu May 12, 2022 9:36 am

Looking very sleek.

q96169we · Post by **q96169we** » Thu May 12, 2022 10:08 am

The car looks great.

30i is more than enough plus you have sport pro package which give you the LSD to put all the power down.

About wash, I used to use bilt hamber product (Touchless snow foam, auto wash shampoo, Korrosol for fallout remover and wheel cleaning). Highly recommanded. During the easter weekend, I spent 2 days on single stage polish then applied Geyon Mohs Evo ceramic coating so now I switched to use Geyon wash product to make sure they are compatible with the coating.

About the roof, buy the BMW soft-top care kit which contains the cleanner and impregnating agent (people usually call this waterproofer but it's not for waterproof) which is very easy to use. You only need to do this at most once per year as long as you don't wash the roof when wash the car. Just vacuum clean the roof when it's dusty.

PerryGunn · Post by **PerryGunn** » Thu May 12, 2022 11:12 am

Having used it for nearly 10 years, I can recommend Gtechniq I1 Smart Fabric for the roof - it's breathable, doesn't affect the colour and water just beads and runs off.

Here's a demo of it applied to kitchen roll

Scubaregs · Post by **Scubaregs** » Thu May 12, 2022 11:29 am

Lovely, fantastic that you managed to get the colour everyone wants too.

Russ Z4 · Post by **Russ Z4** » Thu May 12, 2022 11:51 am

Looks great! Enjoy!

mr.tourette · Post by **mr.tourette** » Thu May 12, 2022 12:23 pm

Congrats..looks fantastic

Doddsy · Post by **Doddsy** » Thu May 12, 2022 12:29 pm

Nice one

Ole gits rule · Post by **Ole gits rule** » Thu May 12, 2022 12:53 pm

Looks very nice indeed, nothing wrong with rag tops at all, you will never notice the noise in a months time

john-e89 · Post by **john-e89** » Thu May 12, 2022 2:24 pm

Top drawer...! Looks a cracker.

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