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      12-08-2020, 05:28 PM   #23
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Beautiful spec! We get jipped in the States on wagons.
Sure do. I have an F31... would like that larger engine for sure.
I believe someone in Europe created a F8x Wagon in San Marino Blue out of a F80 M3 and a F31 Wagon.. if they sold that in the states I would've bought one hands down.
Yes, it was on here. The plate was 2 letters and 63. There was an M5 wagon too in Black. The same guy did an E91 M conversion I believe. Found it.

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Had the pleasure of picking up my new M340i xDrive Touring from the dealer a couple weeks back. I had ordered it back in late June so it was a long wait but now it's finally over... The car has all of the available equipment for this model, one noteworthy option is the red brake calipers which is new compared to the blue brake calipers which used to be the only factory option for brake calipers if I recall correctly.

To break her in I took off to Finnish Lapland above the Arctic circle. The car got filthy right away after leaving the dealer due to the lovely weather we have here in Finland during modern day warm winters.. I did get a ceramic coating though to protect the paintwork from the absolute worst and try and making everyday cleaning as easy as possible.

The car is also optioned out with the following M Performance parts: gloss black rear diffuser, rear spoiler, side sill surrounds in Frozen Black as well as the front lip. In the images without snow the car is wearing summer tires, 19" 729M HP light-alloys. While as in the images with snow I had already changed to studded winter tires, 18" with 790 M. The color is Tanzanite Blue II.

Happy to share this beauty with you along with an image of the new car next to my old daily M235i xDrive Gran Coupé which I'm going to trade in this week - it already got 20k miles during the 6 months I had it for.

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Had the pleasure of picking up my new M340i xDrive Touring from the dealer a couple weeks back. I had ordered it back in late June so it was a long wait but now it's finally over... The car has all of the available equipment for this model, one noteworthy option is the red brake calipers which is new compared to the blue brake calipers which used to be the only factory option for brake calipers if I recall correctly.

To break her in I took off to Finnish Lapland above the Arctic circle. The car got filthy right away after leaving the dealer due to the lovely weather we have here in Finland during modern day warm winters.. I did get a ceramic coating though to protect the paintwork from the absolute worst and try and making everyday cleaning as easy as possible.

The car is also optioned out with the following M Performance parts: gloss black rear diffuser, rear spoiler, side sill surrounds in Frozen Black as well as the front lip. In the images without snow the car is wearing summer tires, 19" 729M HP light-alloys. While as in the images with snow I had already changed to studded winter tires, 18" with 790 M. The color is Tanzanite Blue II.

Happy to share this beauty with you along with an image of the new car next to my old daily M235i xDrive Gran Coupé which I'm going to trade in this week - it already got 20k miles during the 6 months I had it for.

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Editions And Packages
S710 M Leather Steering Wheel
S715 M Aerodynamics Package
S7M9 Individual Option High-Gloss Shadow-Line

Comfort And Interior Equipment
S402 Panorama Glass Roof
S418 Luggage Compartment Package
S420 Sun Protection Glazing
S428 Warning Triangle And First Aid Kit
S430 Interior/Outside Mirror With Auto Dip
S431 Interior Mirror With Automatic-Dip
S459 Seat Adjustment, Electric, With Memory
S481 Sports Seat
S488 Lumbar Support, Driver And Passenger
S493 Storage Compartment Package
S4HA Seat Heating, Front And Rear
S4M5 Individual Leather-Covered Dashboard
S4NE Blow-By Heater
S4U0 Electroplat.Cover/Clip F.Operat.Elements
S4UR Ambient Interior Light

Multimedia
S610 Head-Up Display
S654 DAB Tuner
S688 Harman/Kardon Surround Sound System
S6AE Teleservices
S6AF Statutory Emergency Call
S6AK Connected Drive Services
S6C4 Digital Professional I
S6CP Preparation Apple CarPlay
S6DR BMW Drive Recorder
S6NW Telephony With Wireless Charging
S6U3 BMW Live Operating Area Professional
S6U8 BMW Gesture Control
S6WD WLAN Hotspot

Driver Assistance And Lightning
S534 Automatic Air Conditioning
S536 Auxiliary Heating
S548 Kilometre Speedo
S5AC High-Beam Assistant
S5AL Active Protection
S5AQ Active Guard Plus
S5AU Driving Assistant Professional
S5AZ BMW Laserlicht
S5DA Passenger Airbag Deactivation
S5DC Rear-Seat Headrests, Folding
S5DN Parking Assistance System Plus

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S230 Extra Package, EU-Speciifc
S248 Steering Wheel Heater
S2PA Locking Wheel Bolt
S2T4 M Sport Differential
S2TB Sport Automatic Gearbox
S2VB Tyre Pressure Display
S2VF Adaptive M Chassis
S2VL Variable Sport Steering

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S302 Alarm System
S322 Comfort Access
S3AC Trailer Coupling
S3BE Mirror Caps Black
S3KA Acoustic Comfort Glazing
S3M2 M SPORT BRAKE, RED HIGH-GLOSS
S3MC Indiv.Roofrailing,Mirror-Fin.Shadow Line
S842 Cold-Climate Version
S850 Dummy-SALAPA
S8A9 Language Version Finnish
S8AX On-Board Literature, Finnish
S8KA Oil Service Interval 24 Mths / 30,000 Km
S8R9 Refrigerant R1234yf
S8SM Car Ident. Number Visible From Outside
S8TF Active Pedestrian Protection
S8TG Thiefproofing Device
S8TR Decoding Additional Functions

Individual Equipment
S760 High Gloss Shadow Line
S775 Headlining Anthracite

Other Equipment
S1CB CO2 Equipment
S1DE Exhaust Emission Standards EU6 RDE
S1PV 19" Light-Alloy Wheel Double Spk.792M HP
S925 Dummy-SALAPA
S993 Model Year Code In VIN
S9AA Outer Skin Protection
SXC4 BMW Individual Composition
SXEU Indiv.Fine Wood Fineline Black/Silver
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Pilot sport 4s in snow!?
He's got snows on

I thought the same as you did but clearly he's got two sets of rubber
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Such a gorgeous build! Congrats from this insanely jealous American!

(I still hate you, BMW NA, for doing this to us!)
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The wagon looks great!
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Can't stop the feeling! Nice music in the dashboard, right for this gorgeous car
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Looks mega! Nice car and pics. Thanks for sharing
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You didn’t spare any time changing from the 2er. Did you miss the RWD bias, or did you need more space? Täydellinen väriyhdistelmä ja varustus!
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Beautiful car. It doesn't get any better than your color combination. Congratulations!

What snow tires does it have?
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Love the car, love the configuration, and love that you took it above the Arctic Circle. That's definitely high on my list of adventures I want to take. This is a great photo -- one of my favorites I've seen on BIMMERPOST in a while. What good is a car if it doesn't take us places? Thanks for sharing!

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Congratulations! Must be an awesome car!
I love the color combo!

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Well it looks like I been living under a rock here in America that I have never heard of the Arctic circle before. Can anyone tell me what's the big deal about this place and why do people drive up there?
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Bring these to the states!
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      12-10-2020, 07:56 AM   #38
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Thank you all for the kind words

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Beautiful car. It doesn't get any better than your color combination. Congratulations!

What snow tires does it have?
Got a few similar questions regarding the tires, the 4S' are strictly on my summer wheels, before the trip I put on my winter set with studded tires.

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You didn’t spare any time changing from the 2er. Did you miss the RWD bias, or did you need more space? Täydellinen väriyhdistelmä ja varustus!
Haha, for the winter having an RWD bias is obviously more fun.. No real reason for the change though, I got a good deal on this and I've been tempted to get one after the very positive reviews on this model. For all intents and purposes of the M235i Gran Coupé, I was very satisfied with that car overall. Obviously a whole different type of car but I knew what I was getting into when I ordered it. I can easily recommend that car for anybody looking at alternatives to the CLA35, S3 and the alike. This G21 is better in every way basically, but it would not be an apples to apples comparison.
One thing about this G21 though is that it's much more of a sleeper, the F44 did get a lot of attention on the road mostly thanks to the looks and new design, I feel. This one doesn't get nearly as much attention as station wagons like this are so common here and you really need to have some knowledge to know what's different about this specific car compared to the very similar looking M Sport variants that people see every day. Perfect daily then?!

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Well it looks like I been living under a rock here in America that I have never heard of the Arctic circle before. Can anyone tell me what's the big deal about this place and why do people drive up there?
Just happens to be the place where most of the skiing resorts are here in Finland. It's a retreat for many Finns during winter, with a lot of snow and very cold temperatures. Here's the more scientific description courtesy of Wikipedia:

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It marks the northernmost point at which the centre of the noon sun is just visible on the December solstice and the southernmost point at which the centre of the midnight sun is just visible on the June solstice.[1][2] The region north of this circle is known as the Arctic, and the zone just to the south is called the Northern Temperate Zone.

As seen from the Arctic, the Sun is above the horizon for 24 continuous hours at least once per year (and therefore visible at midnight) and below the horizon for 24 continuous hours at least once per year (and therefore not visible at noon). This is also true in the Antarctic region, south of the equivalent Antarctic Circle.
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Looking good! Perkule, lappiin tekis mieli lähtä itekin..
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Congrats and Wow Top dog as the available Touring models are more expensive than the sedan equivalents. I have all the same options and same colour, but in 330 xdrive sedan, with bicolour 791M wheels, minus the M-Sport Differential.

For your score:

+1 for M Adaptive Suspension, +1 for laser lights, +1 for the black shadowline exterior trimmings, +1 for full Merino Leather, + 1 for M- Performance parts, +1 for Adaptive Cruise, +1 Pilot Sport 4S Tires. You sir may have the one of the most expensive stock and fully loaded M340i Touring.. in the world?!

North America most m340i, rarely get 100% loaded with Summer performance tires from the factory, always things are missing..

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Perfection! Awesome specs, enjoy!
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Beautiful touring!! So incredibly jealous of you, since we didn't get them here in the US. Great choice!
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Beautiful touring!! So incredibly jealous of you, since we didn't get them here in the US. Great choice!
Ditto!!!

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Yup, I would get this over the X3. But I guess people in the US prefer SUV's for some reason.
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Had the pleasure of picking up my new M340i xDrive Touring from the dealer a couple weeks back. I had ordered it back in late June so it was a long wait but now it's finally over... The car has all of the available equipment for this model, one noteworthy option is the red brake calipers which is new compared to the blue brake calipers which used to be the only factory option for brake calipers if I recall correctly.
Congratulations and enjoy in great health!

Absolutely gorgeous! I love the white Merino quilting, makes it so classy! Another amazing Tanzanite win, almost looks Carbon Black in these shots! I'm another American deeply jealous of not being able to have such a fine touring!
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