Damn - M Coupe Lovers check this out

[TIATO]

Wehn I sold my M Coupe last year, I thought that perhaps in a few years Ill get another one. Amazing car. Now that Ive seen this (click on link below) I think I will get something else when the time comes. That is REAl disturbing.

That said, in recent time there have been several reports of Z3 differrnetial / rear chassis failures.

http://bimmer.roadfly.org/bmw/forums/z3-coupe/4788649-1.html

[Jand3rson]

DAMN! I would be afraid to drive the car after seeing cracks that size!

[bwanac]

Holy crap that is ugly! what is wrong with that car? I thought BMW was making some good qulality stuff now a days, but that looks horrible! :shock:

[bimmerphile]

no matter:

BMWNA has agreed to repair the car under warranty. I brought the car to the dealer for an inspection by a BMWNA field service representative. Once he saw the trunk he agreed to fix it under warranty.

[Rob]

i wonder what a tracked car would look like. besides, warranty coverage be damned, I really would not want my car to do that....

[christophbmw]

holy shit thats scary, and i thought the new toyota celica was bad. (i had one on the lift and it bent so much that you couldnt even open the door :shock: )

[MattM20]

man thats scary, but i wouldnt go striaght to blaming bmw without knowing the cars history

[mentaleeill]

blame bmw!! that same thing happened to my friend's 99 mcoupe. he has never tracked it or anything. yeah he does get on the throttle a little now and then but who doesn't. a car that's supposed to be considered the ultimate driving machine should be able to handle it. the best part of it is that another friend of mine is a tech. at a bmw dealer and says he has seen it happen on 5 other occasions, and still bmw doesn't want to cover it under warranty. they want him to pay $2k for labor. don't get me wrong i love bmws but i will never think of owning a mcoupe or z3.

[Ryan Stewart]

Rule #1: Never EVER buy an American made BMW.

Being said its great that they are going to fix it but I would be really nervous to drive that car afterward because, well, because of what else could have been hurt from all that movement.

That is wicked scary. :shock:

[Z3Jonathan]

Does anyone know how the E30 floor pan compares to the M Coupe floor pan? I assume the diff and subframe mount to the unibody in similar fashions?

Jonathan

[Ryan Stewart]

The mounts are the same. The difs and subframe on the Z cars are the same as the E30. MY guess as to the troubles might come from the lack of a firewall and in reengineering the rear box to go all the way up to the roof instead of just a couple feet to the trunklid.

I dont like how those welds have been pulling too. That is just plain freaky.

[Jason]

Scary stuff, better finding out before something bad happened :shock:

[M-technik-3]

Does anyone know how the E30 floor pan compares to the M Coupe floor pan? I assume the diff and subframe mount to the unibody in similar fashions?

Jonathan

Big differance in HP and TQ numers so I don't think you should worry. Also you probably didn't pay 40k for your new M coupe.

Scarey part was this was going to be my next car in 5 years when the come down in prices. They will be the next E30 M3 to be coveted by purists. My .02

[EtaSport]

That is weird that it would happen on the coupe with the extra support from the pilars and roof. The scary thing is the body/chassis flex you can feel in the M roadster, even with the underbracing. I'll have to get my dad to keep an eye on that.

[m42technic]

A friend of mine had some similar problems with his M Roadster. His car is tracked regularly though...