Road and Race My pleasure. Yes, I do have a bmw. It's an e46 330i m sport which is my daily plus I also have a Honda S2000 as a weekend car. I would like to have an m3 in either the e46 or e92 model but maintenance costs put me off as it would be my daily. I think very informative videos like yours may help to alleviate those fears so I'll be following the series with keen interest. I also thoroughly enjoyed your other videos on the Porsche boxter as well as that's another dream car of mine and of which I find is in direct competition with my S2000. Keep up the good work.
About lighting: as you're sitting, you're lit from the back, from the sides (basically a wide backlight provides the effect of side lighting), and from the top (is there a skylight in that room?) All the lighting color is consistent (probably all overcast/cloudy daylight), so you don't have a white balance problem. But because your facial features are underexposed (dark area in the narrow rectangle from your eyebrows down through the bottom of your beard, and inside the outer bounds of your eyes on the left-right axis), you need a light from the front that doesn't reflect off the window behind you. A simple, small, color-adjustable LED panel on a stand at a ~40 degree angle to your face, set up camera-left and a few feet above your face, would be a good, inexpensive, and portable solution.
Ideally, you don't want it mounted on the camera, because that would flatten out the light, though that would still be better than nothing. Best to have it mounted separately so there's still some shadow definition on your face.
Great work, Neil! I was curious if you were going to do another set of basic maintenance videos for your new car, but I assume you'll leave at least some of the more basic ones from your Porsche series (jacking car, removing wheels, etc.)?
Great videos, I'm subscribed just wish you got something more interesting this time than this M3, like the boxster, I predict it won't take you long to get bored with this car.
Great video, as always! Where do you send your oil off for analysis? I have a 986 boxster with 73k miles, 15k of which I did last year and only changed the oil after going in for its normal service so I'm slightly nervous about it.
+Oj5k Thanks! I'll probably use Blackstone for the analysis. Out of interest what year is the Boxster? I've a video on how to change Boxster oil if you want to save some cash?
Thanks! It's a 2003 facelift model I bought from a Porsche dealership so I'm sure there's nothing wrong but definitely worth checking. I'd like to do the oil changes myself in-between services so I'll have a look. Thanks for uploading it
Regarding the bearings, tracking your car, maintenance and everything else about your M3, a very good video by savagegeese has been uploaded yesterday or a couple of days ago.
Thanks for the tip. Had seen his earlier M3 review video but not see this recent one. I watched the "Ownership update" video from 2 months ago - couldn't see a newer one. In essence he just had a leaking clutch slave cylinder. There's no CBS sensor for the diff and transmission so the computer must not have been reset last time for it to ask again. Still disappointing the slave cylinder went after only 14,000 miles though.
really useful video. A little advice if you can. I am looking to purchase a e92 2010 m3 which is alpine white edition and has the dct box and 40 000 miles. Any advice on what I should be looking for and roughly how much I should pay. It has full bmw service history and 1 specialist and I have confirmed with the garage that the run in service was actually done.
Hey buddy when watching your vid I kind of feel bad for you mainly because you've happened to get enamored to a deceptively complicated machine. Now I can't do nothing about your choice of wagon but I can help you a bit by sharing some of my knowledge concerning VW group fueling tech. You mentioned something about the fuel sender unit and your believe that's also some kind of filter. I know that the fuel pump schematic included on your vid is clearly displaying an in-tank fuel pump assembly which includes the fuel pump, fuel pump plastic housing, and fuel level sender unit and float. All of these components are integrated into one single module. This module may or may not have a fuel screen filter at the bottom. But rest assured that your BMW will have an inline fuel filter or filters somewhere outside of the fuel tank. That is your pump's fuel level sender has nothing to do with filtering the fuel. Your fuel pump module includes an electronic fuel level sender feature to which a metal arm and float are attached. This one component allows you to read how many litters of fuel remain in your car's tank at any given time.
These videos are exquisitely informative. Definitely helpful as I hope to buy an E93 in the near future. Thanks!
I like the style and quality of your videos. Very simple, informative and engaging. Looking forward to the next episode.
koolkat969 check out my M3 :)
Cheers dude, so kind of you to say so. Do you have a BMW?
Road and Race My pleasure. Yes, I do have a bmw. It's an e46 330i m sport which is my daily plus I also have a Honda S2000 as a weekend car. I would like to have an m3 in either the e46 or e92 model but maintenance costs put me off as it would be my daily. I think very informative videos like yours may help to alleviate those fears so I'll be following the series with keen interest. I also thoroughly enjoyed your other videos on the Porsche boxter as well as that's another dream car of mine and of which I find is in direct competition with my S2000. Keep up the good work.
This is a great playlist, but part 5 (track test) mentioned in this episode is missing from the playlist
About lighting: as you're sitting, you're lit from the back, from the sides (basically a wide backlight provides the effect of side lighting), and from the top (is there a skylight in that room?)
All the lighting color is consistent (probably all overcast/cloudy daylight), so you don't have a white balance problem. But because your facial features are underexposed (dark area in the narrow rectangle from your eyebrows down through the bottom of your beard, and inside the outer bounds of your eyes on the left-right axis), you need a light from the front that doesn't reflect off the window behind you. A simple, small, color-adjustable LED panel on a stand at a ~40 degree angle to your face, set up camera-left and a few feet above your face, would be a good, inexpensive, and portable solution.
Ideally, you don't want it mounted on the camera, because that would flatten out the light, though that would still be better than nothing. Best to have it mounted separately so there's still some shadow definition on your face.
+Ian Ivey Thanks for the tips Ian. I tried something different and you're right, I'm backlit badly. Also the framing is bad.
Great work, Neil! I was curious if you were going to do another set of basic maintenance videos for your new car, but I assume you'll leave at least some of the more basic ones from your Porsche series (jacking car, removing wheels, etc.)?
Thanks Stephen! Yeah, all the maintenance work I've got planned will be filmed for sure.
nice video! informative indeed
Great videos, I'm subscribed just wish you got something more interesting this time than this M3, like the boxster, I predict it won't take you long to get bored with this car.
Many thanks Mr Green! Not bored of the M3 yet but we'll see!
How much was your seat belt arm replacement
Nice video, as always.
+steffydog1 Thank dude, thought this one might have been a bit too nerdy!!!
Road and Race, Nope, no need to over think it, people don't have to watch, I'd do the same! Looking forward to the clean video. Keep well.
Shouldn't you put matching tyres on the rear axle, since you noticed a Bridgestone tyre when buying the car?
Ideally yes but it costs money. As I'm tracking the car the rears will need replacing soon enough!
Great video, as always! Where do you send your oil off for analysis? I have a 986 boxster with 73k miles, 15k of which I did last year and only changed the oil after going in for its normal service so I'm slightly nervous about it.
+Oj5k Thanks!
I'll probably use Blackstone for the analysis.
Out of interest what year is the Boxster?
I've a video on how to change Boxster oil if you want to save some cash?
Thanks! It's a 2003 facelift model I bought from a Porsche dealership so I'm sure there's nothing wrong but definitely worth checking. I'd like to do the oil changes myself in-between services so I'll have a look. Thanks for uploading it
Regarding the bearings, tracking your car, maintenance and everything else about your M3, a very good video by savagegeese has been uploaded yesterday or a couple of days ago.
Thanks for the tip. Had seen his earlier M3 review video but not see this recent one. I watched the "Ownership update" video from 2 months ago - couldn't see a newer one. In essence he just had a leaking clutch slave cylinder. There's no CBS sensor for the diff and transmission so the computer must not have been reset last time for it to ask again. Still disappointing the slave cylinder went after only 14,000 miles though.
Road and Race I was surprised to read that the bearings issues were the result of an error but it is a good thing that there is a quasi official fix.
+Photoandcargeek What's the fix? Where did you read about the error?
Road and Race it is discussed in this week's savagegeese video
+Photoandcargeek Maybe I'm missing something but I can't see it. None of 5 videos posted in the last week mention M3 in the title?
Lol, I wanted to ask if you'll send the oil for analysis.
Knew you were gonna ask....
If you did send it were did you send it to?
I thought that the s65 was chain driven?
nah pushrod : )
really useful video. A little advice if you can. I am looking to purchase a e92 2010 m3 which is alpine white edition and has the dct box and 40 000 miles. Any advice on what I should be looking for and roughly how much I should pay. It has full bmw service history and 1 specialist and I have confirmed with the garage that the run in service was actually done.
I've a M3 Buyers Guide video in Series 3. Have you had a chance to look at that?
Hey buddy when watching your vid I kind of feel bad for you mainly because you've happened to get enamored to a deceptively complicated machine. Now I can't do nothing about your choice of wagon but I can help you a bit by sharing some of my knowledge concerning VW group fueling tech. You mentioned something about the fuel sender unit and your believe that's also some kind of filter. I know that the fuel pump schematic included on your vid is clearly displaying an in-tank fuel pump assembly which includes the fuel pump, fuel pump plastic housing, and fuel level sender unit and float. All of these components are integrated into one single module. This module may or may not have a fuel screen filter at the bottom. But rest assured that your BMW will have an inline fuel filter or filters somewhere outside of the fuel tank. That is your pump's fuel level sender has nothing to do with filtering the fuel. Your fuel pump module includes an electronic fuel level sender feature to which a metal arm and float are attached. This one component allows you to read how many litters of fuel remain in your car's tank at any given time.
it could be nice to buy a car from you but you re overkilling most of the things actually..
Your videos are good but you should be able to enjoy a car without being a slave to it. LOL.