Thank you, Joe. Finally someone to get some content on a Dravit Gray G8X. This color doesn't get enough video attention. The only videos I've ever seen in this color, are some walk arounds. Everytime someone sees my G82x, they always ask me what color it is. And thank you for the walk through on the xDrive. I haven't been under my car, so, I haven't seen the underpinnings of the xDrive system. BMW has definitely set the cars up, RWD, and xDrive, to be the same platform, that if you look at the inner hubs, on the RWD, it has the splined holes, to plug the axles into. So, essentially, you could change the running gear, and turn a RWD into an xDrive. Although, Im sure none of the electronics would work. Exhaust sounds great. Thanks for the video. Looking forward to more Dravit content.
I was never fully sold on the sound of the S55/S58 until I knew about the equal length midpipe. That's no doubt the first mod I would install to get a more harmonic sound. This one seems to sound nice enough; I'd like to hear it in person. Great video and congrats on this beast of a car!
Agree with you on the paint. My M440 is in Dravit grey and in dull weather, it's pretty much like the Nardo or as I call it, battleship 🤣 grey on the previous gen RS3. However - once the sun comes out, it's a different story! The paint catches the sun and you get a really nice flip to the colour! I'm glad I got my car in Dravit and not in black! Enjoying the videos and looking forward to seeing what comes next on your car! Mine's also a work in progress!
Literally cannot wait to own one of these cars myself, they look, sound and perform absolutely immaculately, in terms of your spec mate you couldn’t have selected a better one, enjoy!!! 🤩😝
Fantastic review again and love the in depth analysis of both options available, yes the tips are not for everyone but you have the option to change this to whatever spec you wish upon purchase
@@michaelanderson7715 if you watch his video of picking it up it is deep red ,it's just certain points in the video the camera made it look like orange mate , it's a red Cheers
Nice! I think the older you get the less noise you can tolerate. In the early 70s I had a 69 Mustang Mach1 428cj with headers, glass packs and short pipes. I really had to be careful with it in residential areas. 😆
Car sounds a lot better Joe, and I think the interior looks better in the flesh. When we did the drive from Bicester to caffeine And Machina I thought that overall package was amazing. Yes maybe red calipers would’ve gone better but all in all still great choice mate.
Love the fact you are doing the ‘old man’ view with noise 😂😂 Great sensible honest vids as always. One question, how did it change the insurance if at all?
I like the spec of this one even more than the last. The only thing I would change (which will never be a problem as I can’t afford anything like this!)is the black wheels. I’ve had a few cars with black wheels which looked cool, my Clio RS was murder spec. But my 2017 M240i has normal wheels, and I think old school normal colour alloys with that grey would look spot on. Just an opinion !
Colour looks better than I thought although I wouldn’t pay extra make do with the standard ones included exhaust too, as the cars expensive enough. I’m looking at new M4 myself don’t really want pay over the odds! Love your videos 👍
@@emjbee101 I’m at the moment negotiating a very good deal on new M4 2 wheel drive as I’m only going use it as my second car bit fun. Lazor lights important and going for either yellow or blue consider black depends on availability best price.
@@nicholasdrivingacademy9435 3 series touring. Only a diesel, but M Sport Pro pack with black wheels and Dravit grey, plus all the toys on it, so does me nicely! M3 touring is very tempting I must say if/when they finally release it…
A drone is a resonance which means the exhaust did not tune out that frequency. Essentially the silencer also functions as a X pipe which will also change the resonant frequency at which the drone occurs.
Joe, any chance you could do a 'drivers guide' for BMW cars please? Given your experience with both track and normal road driving across practically every BMW, your tips and insight would be really helpful as I always feel like there's more to extract from the car than I'm actually getting. Don't get me wrong, I'm not asking for a 'how to drift' video or encouraging breaking speed limits/dangers driving etc, just general tips/guides that could really help people to better understand and use their BMW's rear wheel drive mechanics. Thanks
Nice sound. Would have gone with slightly smaller exhaust tips, but still looks and sounds great. Also, what was a Mach E doing at an exhaust company? Are they creating exhausts for an electric car that will sound based on the acceleration? Would be really cool!
Hi joe just purchased a m3 xdrive brooklyn grey do you get any bhp increase with that exhaust also I assume it affects warranty don’t mean to be cheeky what sort of money for the upgrade thanks Joe great videos by the way m3 an awesome car
I’m between a m340i and m3 and looking for your advice. As a daily driver is the m3 too “racy”. in comfort mode is it hard to live with the m3 compared with the m340i. I’ve only been able to test drive the m340i and can’t find an m3 to test drive. Also compared to those two what would you say of the m550i. Thanks
G80 M3 is arguably a perfect daily now that it's got the zfbox.Isn't "racy" at all in comfort.if you're getting an xdrive,get the g80,but if sound us s big thing for you, then m340i all day
TM- I drive a 2021 M340i, & I love it compared to my wife’s 330i. The M340 feels special & fun to drive. The suspension is a bit firmer than the 330i but feels composed & confident. I’m thinking of picking up an M3 manual after my wife’s lease is up. As for the M550, it’s a beauty & has an exciting engine (based on YT videos). But boy, to lease an M550 in California, it’s the same amount of money to lease an M3. You could argue that the M550 has a V8 & more power, & that is true, but man, unless you have a decent amount of liquid assets(money), and/or don’t mind refueling every few days, then by all means pick up the M550!! It might be the last V8 we ever listen to / see in our lifetime.
@@Fr8dawg64 I accually own M340i , its been a year and 25k km . I like the car, its perfect ultra fast dailly but it lacks steering sharpness and stiffnes in sport modes. Im waiting for my M3 xdrive now so if money isn't issue You should rather go straight to M3 . M340i has its strenghts too, torque availlible from low rpms, more natural sound without in cabin enhancement (in M3 its terrible and artifficial as hell) but on the end of the day its still "almost M3"
Hi joe,sound is amazing…what happend with opf sensor that drs had to come and reset,is it a must,cause i want to buy that kind of system as well and want to know that the opf deleter that milltek has is enough.
Amazing sound with that exhaust! You've already tried the M135i MY2022? Going to pick up mine in a few weeks and just want to now your opinion on it ;)
🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷👏🏻, It looks awesome, looks lowered, it looks like it’s got spacers on it 15 mills? Sounds glorious, I just wish it was a little louder, and had raspiness, still good tho, sounds louder than stock.
Obviously it seems mental to criticise someone else’s car, and I’m no keyboard warrior abusing people. Lol. I love, love love the car. I wish I was in a position to buy one, but I’m not. The only thing I’d change is the alloy wheel colour. I think with gloss black wheels you lose the shape/design of the wheels. I think these cars look better with the silver/bi colour wheels. I even think it makes the wheels look bigger too. Anyway lovely car, exhaust is nuts. Haha. 👍🏼
I'm not a huge fan of milltek exhausts tbh, they just make cars louder but not sound any better and they also always have stupidly big exhaust tips, the tips would be ok if there were only two, but 4 giant tips look silly imo. Although I appreciate it is difficult to make the s55 and s58 sound good their are some systems that do that
Soooooo , any chance a fellow G8X owner could get the part number list i need to put in the wish list? Had a full Milltek system on my '08 4.2L S5 and am really excited to get this system for the M4CX :D Secondly, i didn't hear mention of it, but is your system resonated? do you feel like it has rasp under higher loads? I'd like it to be as low toned and smooth as possible throughout the rev range :)
Joe Off topic, but do you know why so few cars have carbon brakes, is it purely down to cost? Ive specced mine and gone for ultimate pack and carbon brakes and its just under 100k.
Hi Joe. I am from Canada and love watching your videos. I wish one day I have a M3 and I can do the trip that you do around Europe :) .... I had a question; when you modify your leased vehicles, do you change everything back to its factory condition before returning it? How do you get the money back on those mods or is still through the videos?
That grey with red interiors is a perfect blend. Hey Joe I just removed the racing stripes off my Mini Cooper and there’s this sticky glue left behind. Any suggestions on how I could get rid of this sticky glue? Thanks
Joe thanks for reviewing all the BMWs I have been thinking about, question, live in US, I currently drive a 2017 M240i, thinking about either a new M240i(54K), I have a I4 M50(72K) on order, but the M3 Comp. X drive(83K) when I spec it, is awful nice. your thoughts?
Correct. Any modification to the factory installed emissions system in the UK (other than a sports cat) makes the car an immediate MOT fail and technically illegal to use on a public road.
@@RussHollinshead makes no difference. It's illegal to drive a car knowing that it will fail an MOT, and in the event of an accident could invalidate your insurance (not the 3rd party protection) if the car is found to be unroadworthy.
@@JoeAchilles1 I take it back,sorry shmee!! Who shall we pick on next🤔 matt watson 😂 that red interior joe looks amazing from outside the car, some of the colour options can look overbearing but that's spot on
The sound these cars make is just so beautiful you could never get that with an electric vehicle 😍
They can keep the electric for that reason alone lol
Thank you, Joe. Finally someone to get some content on a Dravit Gray G8X. This color doesn't get enough video attention. The only videos I've ever seen in this color, are some walk arounds. Everytime someone sees my G82x, they always ask me what color it is. And thank you for the walk through on the xDrive. I haven't been under my car, so, I haven't seen the underpinnings of the xDrive system. BMW has definitely set the cars up, RWD, and xDrive, to be the same platform, that if you look at the inner hubs, on the RWD, it has the splined holes, to plug the axles into. So, essentially, you could change the running gear, and turn a RWD into an xDrive. Although, Im sure none of the electronics would work. Exhaust sounds great. Thanks for the video. Looking forward to more Dravit content.
I thought it was the Grigio Telesto until I saw your comment. Both colors are great though!!
@@JAKE92381 Grigio is an awesome color. But it’s definitely Dravit. Plus, he did an order video. Looks just like my car.
@@g.dubyou6263 kudos to you!! Congrats on your purchase, we’ll get there some day. Regardless, both paint selections are a work of art!
@@JAKE92381 thank you. If I ordered another car, though, it would be without the carbon ceramics, and in either Fashion Gray or Grigio Telesto.
@@g.dubyou6263 curious as to why you won’t opt for the carbon ceramics
I was never fully sold on the sound of the S55/S58 until I knew about the equal length midpipe. That's no doubt the first mod I would install to get a more harmonic sound.
This one seems to sound nice enough; I'd like to hear it in person.
Great video and congrats on this beast of a car!
The best exhaust mod for S55 is single turbo 😂😂😂
Still sounds great Joe! Can’t wait to hear it full pelt at a Trackday!
Agree with you on the paint. My M440 is in Dravit grey and in dull weather, it's pretty much like the Nardo or as I call it, battleship 🤣 grey on the previous gen RS3. However - once the sun comes out, it's a different story! The paint catches the sun and you get a really nice flip to the colour! I'm glad I got my car in Dravit and not in black! Enjoying the videos and looking forward to seeing what comes next on your car! Mine's also a work in progress!
Literally cannot wait to own one of these cars myself, they look, sound and perform absolutely immaculately, in terms of your spec mate you couldn’t have selected a better one, enjoy!!! 🤩😝
Love the new car Joe. The combination really works. Thanks for sharing with us all again. I hope all is well.
Cheers Peter! Hope you're well buddy 👊
This one sounds much better Joe,valves open and it's even better without being over the top,lovely job...
Can't get enough of that colour combo 👌 great video, as always
Fantastic review again and love the in depth analysis of both options available, yes the tips are not for everyone but you have the option to change this to whatever spec you wish upon purchase
Great vid as ever, Joe. New car is a fabulous spec, Dravit Grey looks amazing 👍🏼
That red interior is pure class , wicked , great car , good choice Joe 👍
red?! orange!
@@michaelanderson7715 if you watch his video of picking it up it is deep red ,it's just certain points in the video the camera made it look like orange mate , it's a red Cheers
@@meandthefamily1485 yeah, it is, the different lighting throws it right off!
That purr at 3:38...I'm in love.
I have a miltek on my e92 at a smidge over 700hp at the crank its a bloody good exhaust. Shame they are so hard to get down here in Australia
The review you did of the F80 CS was excellent. It would be interesting to hear your thoughts on how it compares to the G80.
The protective film of the M3 badge on front passenger's seat still intact :)
Sounding much better Joe, my god does the arse end look great with those titanium tips too!
The exhaust tips are a bit to large for my liking, I prefer the stock ones in terms of looks.. But otherwise, nice sound..
The exhausts..... the fronts still howling...
Love the car, love the colour and spec. Keep up the good work bro.
The red carbon interior looks incredible!
The M3 both looks good and sounds good now!
Love the Gravit, too many good colours, but Gravit seems like the best of both worlds, flat and shiny when you want it when the sun comes out
Nice! I think the older you get the less noise you can tolerate.
In the early 70s I had a 69 Mustang Mach1 428cj with headers, glass packs and short pipes. I really had to be careful with it in residential areas. 😆
The coolest guy with the coolest name with the coolest cars on all of YT!
Car sounds a lot better Joe, and I think the interior looks better in the flesh. When we did the drive from Bicester to caffeine And Machina I thought that overall package was amazing. Yes maybe red calipers would’ve gone better but all in all still great choice mate.
That’s the nicest m3 I’ve seen
Thank you 👌
Great video loving the sound of that exhaust
Decibels are logarithmic - a 3db reduction is half as loud as it was before. Love the spec, perfect M3 XDrive!
It looks so good and yeah it sound better now
Excellent car and also great colour combo Joe
Can’t wait til I get my 335D 3 series touring in next couple of months
M3 a sweet car in this trim colour combo
Hope your new steering wheel from Royal is OK? Good seeing you there today, top bloke all the best with your lovely motor 👍
Yes mate likewise! New wheel is mega thanks, hope your one is nice too mate! See you around again I'm sure 👊👊
@@JoeAchilles1 yes mate, there a quality company will deffo use again and recommend to anyone, all the best fella👍
In my personal opinion, it’s sounds much better than when it was in portimao blue m3 rwd.
What a car! you lucky man, well deserved.
Great video! Sounds pretty awesome, I still do prefare Remus with Carbon tips! Thumbs up for GPF off! No plug and free flow😀👍
Love the fact you are doing the ‘old man’ view with noise 😂😂
Great sensible honest vids as always.
One question, how did it change the insurance if at all?
I like the spec of this one even more than the last. The only thing I would change (which will never be a problem as I can’t afford anything like this!)is the black wheels. I’ve had a few cars with black wheels which looked cool, my Clio RS was murder spec. But my 2017 M240i has normal wheels, and I think old school normal colour alloys with that grey would look spot on. Just an opinion !
Nice one, doing lottery every week to be able to buy these M3's one day.
As always, top content, lovely exhaust.
Colour looks better than I thought although I wouldn’t pay extra make do with the standard ones included exhaust too, as the cars expensive enough. I’m looking at new M4 myself don’t really want pay over the odds! Love your videos 👍
Definitely worth extra for Dravit Grey. I’ve got a BMW in that colour and it’s an amazing colour, especially in the sun.
@@emjbee101 I’m at the moment negotiating a very good deal on new M4 2 wheel drive as I’m only going use it as my second car bit fun. Lazor lights important and going for either yellow or blue consider black depends on availability best price.
@@nicholasdrivingacademy9435 sounds good. There’s a really nice M4 convertible near us in a light grey that looks really nice.
@@emjbee101 I’m going for hard top carbon roof plus got M4 conv 2916/7 model still looks great drives well. Good luck what BM do you have?
@@nicholasdrivingacademy9435 3 series touring. Only a diesel, but M Sport Pro pack with black wheels and Dravit grey, plus all the toys on it, so does me nicely! M3 touring is very tempting I must say if/when they finally release it…
A drone is a resonance which means the exhaust did not tune out that frequency. Essentially the silencer also functions as a X pipe which will also change the resonant frequency at which the drone occurs.
Joe, any chance you could do a 'drivers guide' for BMW cars please? Given your experience with both track and normal road driving across practically every BMW, your tips and insight would be really helpful as I always feel like there's more to extract from the car than I'm actually getting. Don't get me wrong, I'm not asking for a 'how to drift' video or encouraging breaking speed limits/dangers driving etc, just general tips/guides that could really help people to better understand and use their BMW's rear wheel drive mechanics. Thanks
Sounds superb Joe!
Cannot wait for a track day
Sounds perfect mate love the car I’m with you I wouldn’t like it so much with the Full DMO 👍😩🤚
beautiful 😍
Looks and sounds great man!!!
Great video buddy 👌 you’re definitely in your stride now on TH-cam 👌👏👍
Nice sound. Would have gone with slightly smaller exhaust tips, but still looks and sounds great. Also, what was a Mach E doing at an exhaust company? Are they creating exhausts for an electric car that will sound based on the acceleration? Would be really cool!
4:57 That hurts! great vid&car!
Is it legal to defeat the opf system?
should i trade my car for this
Nice Spec apart from the Black Alloys..
Did Milltek tell you any more about the cleaning process and what they used? Or is that an industry secret?
Love it joe 💛
Hi joe just purchased a m3 xdrive brooklyn grey do you get any bhp increase with that exhaust also I assume it affects warranty don’t mean to be cheeky what sort of money for the upgrade thanks Joe great videos by the way m3 an awesome car
Top quality editing
I’m between a m340i and m3 and looking for your advice. As a daily driver is the m3 too “racy”. in comfort mode is it hard to live with the m3 compared with the m340i. I’ve only been able to test drive the m340i and can’t find an m3 to test drive. Also compared to those two what would you say of the m550i. Thanks
G80 M3 is arguably a perfect daily now that it's got the zfbox.Isn't "racy" at all in comfort.if you're getting an xdrive,get the g80,but if sound us s big thing for you, then m340i all day
TM- I drive a 2021 M340i, & I love it compared to my wife’s 330i. The M340 feels special & fun to drive. The suspension is a bit firmer than the 330i but feels composed & confident. I’m thinking of picking up an M3 manual after my wife’s lease is up.
As for the M550, it’s a beauty & has an exciting engine (based on YT videos). But boy, to lease an M550 in California, it’s the same amount of money to lease an M3. You could argue that the M550 has a V8 & more power, & that is true, but man, unless you have a decent amount of liquid assets(money), and/or don’t mind refueling every few days, then by all means pick up the M550!! It might be the last V8 we ever listen to / see in our lifetime.
@@phantom2k10 I’m sorry I didn’t catch the last part of your comment. Thanks for your input though
@@yourmomfatachacks7976 thanks for your comments.
@@Fr8dawg64 I accually own M340i , its been a year and 25k km . I like the car, its perfect ultra fast dailly but it lacks steering sharpness and stiffnes in sport modes. Im waiting for my M3 xdrive now so if money isn't issue You should rather go straight to M3 . M340i has its strenghts too, torque availlible from low rpms, more natural sound without in cabin enhancement (in M3 its terrible and artifficial as hell) but on the end of the day its still "almost M3"
Hi joe,sound is amazing…what happend with opf sensor that drs had to come and reset,is it a must,cause i want to buy that kind of system as well and want to know that the opf deleter that milltek has is enough.
New exhaust on the Mach E then? 😂
Dream car.
Great content as usual… enjoy 😉
Amazing sound with that exhaust! You've already tried the M135i MY2022? Going to pick up mine in a few weeks and just want to now your opinion on it ;)
Interior flips between red and orange. What colour is it closest to?
What did they use to clean your old exhaust?
What will your next BMW be? Very interested in the BMW you will buy in future🤔.
Hi Joe, car sounds fantastic. I just want to know if this has any issues with the warranty ?
🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷👏🏻, It looks awesome, looks lowered, it looks like it’s got spacers on it 15 mills? Sounds glorious, I just wish it was a little louder, and had raspiness, still good tho, sounds louder than stock.
Road noise sounds bad? But is it really? How about wind noise?
OEM plus perfect👌
Love it!!!
Hi joe! i currently have an M140i under BMW warranty, does modifying the exhaust such as this effect the warranty?
Lmao what kind of loser actually buys an m140i. When you’re poor but still want an M, even if its ugly af
@@racksontheway659 not my only car :)
@@racksontheway659 ma fanculizzati, va...
Obviously it seems mental to criticise someone else’s car, and I’m no keyboard warrior abusing people. Lol. I love, love love the car. I wish I was in a position to buy one, but I’m not. The only thing I’d change is the alloy wheel colour. I think with gloss black wheels you lose the shape/design of the wheels. I think these cars look better with the silver/bi colour wheels. I even think it makes the wheels look bigger too. Anyway lovely car, exhaust is nuts. Haha. 👍🏼
Do you ever get any pops and crackles?
I know it is grey color but whats it called at the bmw website. Im trying to build one and this is a nice color
I don't see anything for the G80 listed on the Milltek website...
Really like the system as a whole though I do think the tips look ridiculously big..
I wonder if you could delete the fake piped in sound ?
Cracking video Joe! May I ask what’s settings you have your go pro on for every day shooting and driving videos?
Thankyou
Have you done the suspension like you did on the blue one
Yes, video coming soon 🎬
It still have a stock downpipes?
Awesome car!
You do wonder what happens to businesses like Milltek Sport, that are exhaust system experts, once the world goes all electric!
I'm not a huge fan of milltek exhausts tbh, they just make cars louder but not sound any better and they also always have stupidly big exhaust tips, the tips would be ok if there were only two, but 4 giant tips look silly imo. Although I appreciate it is difficult to make the s55 and s58 sound good their are some systems that do that
Soooooo , any chance a fellow G8X owner could get the part number list i need to put in the wish list? Had a full Milltek system on my '08 4.2L S5 and am really excited to get this system for the M4CX :D Secondly, i didn't hear mention of it, but is your system resonated? do you feel like it has rasp under higher loads? I'd like it to be as low toned and smooth as possible throughout the rev range :)
Joe Off topic, but do you know why so few cars have carbon brakes, is it purely down to cost? Ive specced mine and gone for ultimate pack and carbon brakes and its just under 100k.
Hi Joe. I am from Canada and love watching your videos. I wish one day I have a M3 and I can do the trip that you do around Europe :) .... I had a question; when you modify your leased vehicles, do you change everything back to its factory condition before returning it? How do you get the money back on those mods or is still through the videos?
Hi Joe, is the carbon bucket seat is comfy for long drive?
Little too big tips but sounds ok . I prefer subtle changes rather than boy racer changes .
I can’t decide on the seats for my new M3 - are the bucket seats worth the extra ££ and are they comfortable?
Out of curiosity is that road legal in UK, will it pass MOT with that system?? Any reply is appreciated, p.s . I am from a different country
Респект BMW!!!
Nahhh Joe …. U want the biggest pop and bangs mate 😁
That grey with red interiors is a perfect blend. Hey Joe I just removed the racing stripes off my Mini Cooper and there’s this sticky glue left behind. Any suggestions on how I could get rid of this sticky glue? Thanks
AutoFinesse ObliTARate should work magic. It's what I use and great product. Good luck!
Tar and glue remover like Tardis
Joe thanks for reviewing all the BMWs I have been thinking about, question, live in US, I currently drive a 2017 M240i, thinking about either a new M240i(54K), I have a I4 M50(72K) on order, but the M3 Comp. X drive(83K) when I spec it, is awful nice. your thoughts?
Didn't take long, haha... Any planned power mods?
Best system is the akrapovic
OPF delete - so you're not going to plan to visit the Nuerburgring with that car?
Where do these trolls live?
@@JoeAchilles1 All across the countryside and on the Autobahn in Germany (sadly)
Would love this for my m340i but removal of opf illegal, no?
Not on a private road or track 🤫
Correct. Any modification to the factory installed emissions system in the UK (other than a sports cat) makes the car an immediate MOT fail and technically illegal to use on a public road.
Does anybody reckon that this car is going to see an MOT station whilst it's in Joe's possession?
@@RussHollinshead makes no difference. It's illegal to drive a car knowing that it will fail an MOT, and in the event of an accident could invalidate your insurance (not the 3rd party protection) if the car is found to be unroadworthy.
@@jamesmayl I didn’t mention anything about it being illegal or not.
joe you've already banged in more miles than shmee has on all his cars put together🤭
Haha not true at all, he does more miles in his cars than just about anyone I know.
@@JoeAchilles1 I take it back,sorry shmee!! Who shall we pick on next🤔 matt watson 😂 that red interior joe looks amazing from outside the car, some of the colour options can look overbearing but that's spot on