Can You Get Any BMW With M Branded Parts?

"Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis" (Dwhite95) 12/11/2015 at 08:37 • Filed to: None

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Because as my short time as a valet I’ve that logo a lot, but rarely on the back of the car. M Branded door sills is a 535, M steering wheel in an X5, M shifter in a 328 and the list goes on. So can you just get any part with that logo when you buy the thing?

Snuze: Needs another Swede > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 12/11/2015 at 08:44

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I think the short answer is yes.

The long answer is BMW offers some sort of “M Sports Package” for basically all their cars. It’s not a true M car, but you get some uprated suspension bits, different wheels, etc. And yes, a bunch of trim bits with the ///M.

Tripper > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 12/11/2015 at 08:52

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Yes, but not until recently. The M badge used to be reserved for true M cars, now they throw it on anything (besides the “i” cars).

Valet is a great gig (depending on the venue), I got to drive a bunch of really sweet cars and made a ton of cash in my younger days.

pjhusa > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 12/11/2015 at 09:01

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Yes. These are probably Original BMW Accessories.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Snuze: Needs another Swede 12/11/2015 at 09:06

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Pretty sure they sell M appearance packages, too, with nothing but sportier trim, M logos everywhere and nicer wheels (just like S-line trim for Audis). You can get M door sill plates and M tricolor bumper stripes (!) on a 320i. So lame.

///Marketing...

Klaus Schmoll > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 12/11/2015 at 09:11

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All I can say is that my mum has an M steering wheel and shifter knob as a factory option in her 2002 530d touring, that is otherwise completely non-M. So for quite a while now, various M parts must have been on the options list for all kinds of cars.

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > Tripper 12/11/2015 at 09:12

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Yeah, and I make actual minimum wage too on top of the tips. So yeah, I’m not gonna complain.

Klaus Schmoll > Tripper 12/11/2015 at 09:13

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Depends on how you define recently. My mum has an M steering wheel and shifter knob in her 2002 530d touring, that has no other M options (no handling/appearance package).

Tripper > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis 12/11/2015 at 09:20

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The venue where I worked 90% of the time was tips only, but tips were so good it didn’t matter. There were only 3 of us and only 2 stayed until close. If you stayed, you’d pocket $200 easy.

Tripper > Klaus Schmoll 12/11/2015 at 09:32

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Yea, I forgot about that. You could get them in the same era 330i with the competition package. I was referring more to the overuse of the badge and model designations. Like davesaddicion said, now its like the Audi S-line badge.