Thanks for bringing your devil out here! I appreciated your transparency on the logistics of shipping the car from the states. Also, are you on Road and Track or TTX coilovers? @clifford82
@@rotary_64 The seat couldn't be adjusted, thus causing weird seating position. + remembering an other not so fortunate ride in a 4 series... Had kerosene playing in my head, very wise of Micha not to push it. ✌🏻
@@gintonic8330 exactly this. He could've simply drove the car from LA to NJ shipped it from there, saving him ~$1k after the fuel, etc. costs of the one-way trip. Not to mention, there's some decent scenery and nice driving roads along the way if you don't mind taking small detours. Given that oversight, it might be a safe assumption that once the car arrived in Europe, he probably had it shipped from whatever port it arrived in to somewhere near the Nürburgring, incurring further costs he could've otherwise saved had he just collected it at the port. Would be interested to know all the details of his particular case from beginning to end. There's certainly cost savings to be had in more than a couple places.
@@Bizb525 this is what you call tinny: th-cam.com/video/bms1OMjTQJg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=TQwsfhFMGc9kgpa9 ??😂 sounds 1000x better than ANY single midpipe set up. Without equal length exhaust the S55 doesn't even sound like a true inline 6.
that is an absolutely gorgeous spec, props to him for not only repping californians but for going through the hassle of shipping it to and from germany!
Its better then most of bmw (and not only) videos on the channel. No overheat, no tyre scratching the body, good sound, looks like a proper Gt car. Not a Subaru for sure, but decent. Cool!
When you hand your car over to someone like Misha, and you're accustomed to driving at speed, pretty easy to just lay back and enjoy the scenery. lol. Seems like the owner has done quite a bit of track time here in the states...if he's from LA area, likely Buttonwillow/Willow Springs, both are pretty fast circuits. Not Nür spec, but reasonably fast. Nevermind the local mountain passes of which there are many many options... Good run! Solid drive. ☺ That's the dream for sure, bring your own car that you know to a track like that and have a pro driver run it. 😎👍
Also, if anybody is wondering why Apex wheels will never get TUV is because they’re not interested/too expensive. I reached out to simplify the process as a liaison more or less and that’s what the response I got.
Very chill lap you can tell misha was on a morning cruise 🤣🤣 the gearing is too tall in the f80s 6MT really, the DCTs go through the gears like a rocket ship and will still do 185mph in 6th wish they made the 7th gear a 1:1 like in the e9x DCT 🔥🔥
The F80 platform truly has to be one of the best track platforms of any car made to date, the power looks so smooth, the way they handle even as a rwd and the fact that they can just take an absolute beating, which anyone outside of Europe knows they can take that to the absolute bank when it comes to European cars; a European engine and drivetrain that is insanely solid is worthy of praise, BMW engineers take a bow.
Even though you have auto-rev match on, it's cool to see how your right foot a few times instinctually partly attempts to blip the throttle once in a while.
I was wondering why he didn't rev match at the beginning and realized after it was a feature of the car, hard to forget old habits but a feature lots of cars need for oncee
Just want to say, even though I’m a little bit late, nothing but respect for this owner bringing in the car bringing it all this way to the ultimate proving ground . Fairplay to you buddy much love from the uk .🇬🇧👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Smooth operator as usual. Very nice spec M4 as well. Very well modified and sounded great. Very different to the usual sounding cars. Was closer to the E46 sound.
I'm amazed that it seems to handle pretty well and i'm hoping no problem with the gearing since misha said gears are sometimes too tall on these kinds of cars
Well done great effort.when I was doing some AT there I was struggling to get up one of the peaks with my bad legs at the time...then a SF selectee ran past with full kit and a rifle ...and came back down before I got to half way 😂 them dudes are crazy.
@@Clifford82 I bet! You shipped it from the west coast or had it taken to the gulf or east coast before shipping it? What did you end up paying for shipping the car back west? How bad was the paperwork and how long could you keep the car in Germany/EU?
@@Kaipeternicolas I shipped it out from LA - I don't know how much the return shipping will be exactly because the car is still over in Europe, going to be going back for some winter fun :)
@@Clifford82 okay got it! Yeah maybe I’d keep it there for a while too at my parents or something. I barely drive the car here. Very cool man! Have fun!
By far my favourite "common" sports car, the G series doesn't look that much worse, but it sure as heck does look heavier. F series look so light and agile and this one being silver wheels on red paint with a manual on top of it is my dream car dream spec 100%.
You can see that the one thing that hurts that car is it's weight, easy to drive and stable just that bit benign to stopping and direction changes. Same as mine🙂 Trouble is they need 500 lbs off the curb as a minimum, no idea how to get there.
Being forced on the inside line at Schwedenkreuz, it's cool to see the moment you're like 'fuck it, let's hug this inside and make it stick', it was nice. Such a clean adaptation
At the 8:00 mark, I think it's Wehrseifen, why do you take the corner closer to the left wall? Since it's a left turn followed by right, wouldn't you achieve a higher exit speed by staying right? Or would you lose too much entry speed?
I don't know what you mean by "clean fuels" but ethanol isn't in any way more environmentally friendly than regular old petrol and this has been known since before they started putting it in petrol.
I had no idea France had it. I thought only the US and Brazil had access to it. I wish it was everywhere in the US. I moved and lost access to it. I used to drive 30 miles to fill up my car and jugs.
@@Clifford82 nice job on the car. I assume you track it in the states? It would be so cool if we had a track as nice as the Nurburgring. The long uphill stretch before the carousel is my favorite stretch on these drive along video.
What's with the long threads sticking out on the wheels ? Should switch to metric, we can measure things more accurately and they can be shorter. Less drag when there aren't 20 extra bolts sticking out and spinning in the air flow.
Besides shipping and customs, I could imagine insurance and some road legislation/homologation is needed? Or is it that straightforward to put a car on foreign license plates on the road (here and over the pond) ?
So you can just ship your car temporarily to another country. All you need to do is pay for the shipment and that's it basically. You do need to get car insurance which isn't too expensive. The shippers need to see a title for the car and or if it is bank owned then a notarized letter from the bank saying you can ship the car and a certified copy of your title. Like he said it cost him $3500 to ship and two months, is on point for that distance. I am shipping my 2016 Dodge Viper from Texas to London, then driving 4000 miles(11 countries) in which will be stopping at the Nürburgring to go around it a few times. So I have found all of this information and will document the whole thing. Oddly enough it isn't super available to the public on what all you have to do. I track my car so this will add another track to the list of tracks my car has gone on. If I could get Misha to do a lap in my car that would be a plus but I am not going over there until June of next year.
@@mullner88 Found Core4. What issues did this guy have with screw in studs. Everyone I know has not had an issue, especially with Motorsports Hardware brand.
Paused 7 mins in... love the car handling, love the serious atmosphere.. love the guys ego... judgemental head body language followed by... "yer well w/e is fine"... lol :P
Some modern cars will automatically do it for you. They can sense your downshift somehow and bring the revs up to the exact speed for a perfect downshift.
0:30 i honestly would rather buy a used track car instead of bringing my own. i mean cheap ones can be bought for 5 to 10k .. something like a gutted Honda Civic or BMW 3 series.
Watching Misha’s footwork with an auto-blip car hurts my brain. I think it might take me longer to get used to auto-blip than it did to learn heel-toe. Old habits die hard.
No yellow no traffic no talking
Just smooth driving and joy 👌
Thank you for the lap Misha, this was a long time coming!
What's color called of the M4? It's really nice!
@@tothedmond5259 Imola Red II :)
Thanks for bringing your devil out here! I appreciated your transparency on the logistics of shipping the car from the states. Also, are you on Road and Track or TTX coilovers? @clifford82
great lap. tasteful build
@@Clifford82oh sick. They made a revision of the OG Imola Red. 👀
Not a single word spoken throughout the whole lap. Nice one! ❤
yet the driving seemed quite conservative for Misha, doesn't look like he was pushing at all.
@@rotary_64 The seat couldn't be adjusted, thus causing weird seating position. + remembering an other not so fortunate ride in a 4 series... Had kerosene playing in my head, very wise of Micha not to push it. ✌🏻
Still waiting for someone to bring in a Lexus LFA 😢
even better if it's gonna be NÜRBÜRGRING edition. 😍
Would be very cool to see but they are a liability. Values on LFA’s have been hovering between $850k-$1M for the past two years.
Still waiting for someone to bring in a Citroën 2 CV. 😢
Lexus LFA would be the dream. Same for the Mclaren F1 and Pagani Zonda.
@@Hardys-Mods Renault 4cv or VW Beetle.
Clean ride! Salute from Washington, DC
From Usa 🇺🇸 to Germany 🇩🇪 LOVE IT ❤
Pobably over 8k for living the dream of his life,worth it.
It’s honestly more “affordable” than I would have thought. Still insanely expensive, but like you said, I mean what is a dream worth anyway?
@@AP-op4rc10-20 years ago it had to be x2 the price (one way) $3500 sounds actually doable for some of us with the cash to burn.
He had to have the car shipped from Cali to the east coast. That is easily $1K-$1.5K one way. You can ship a car to Germany for $1.5K-$2K from NJ.
That's really good to know. I live in New Jersey and I'm planning to ship my modified E36 Germany. Will definitely go to the ring.
@@gintonic8330 exactly this. He could've simply drove the car from LA to NJ shipped it from there, saving him ~$1k after the fuel, etc. costs of the one-way trip. Not to mention, there's some decent scenery and nice driving roads along the way if you don't mind taking small detours.
Given that oversight, it might be a safe assumption that once the car arrived in Europe, he probably had it shipped from whatever port it arrived in to somewhere near the Nürburgring, incurring further costs he could've otherwise saved had he just collected it at the port.
Would be interested to know all the details of his particular case from beginning to end. There's certainly cost savings to be had in more than a couple places.
s55 sounds great with a single midpipe. takes out a lot of the rasp.
sounds like crap compared to resonated equal length midpipe.
@@jortepap if you say so, Im no expert. I've heard an EL set up but on a GTS with a titanium back box, still sounded kinda tinny.
@@alexhentschel1080 Yep non-resonated sounds tinny, Resonated version doesn't👌waaaay better tone than single midpipe.
@@jortepapResonated version is still tinny. Theres a reason most people have switched from EL to single.
@@Bizb525 this is what you call tinny:
th-cam.com/video/bms1OMjTQJg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=TQwsfhFMGc9kgpa9 ??😂 sounds 1000x better than ANY single midpipe set up. Without equal length exhaust the S55 doesn't even sound like a true inline 6.
that is an absolutely gorgeous spec, props to him for not only repping californians but for going through the hassle of shipping it to and from germany!
Its better then most of bmw (and not only) videos on the channel. No overheat, no tyre scratching the body, good sound, looks like a proper Gt car. Not a Subaru for sure, but decent. Cool!
I can't recall the last BMW I've seen overheat on the channel. If they aren't modded with 900Hp they seem to handle the track without much fuss.
Overheating is more like a VW and Audi problem
way better than any shitbox subaru lol
Always interesting to see the owner's demeanor during the lap. This guy was cool as a cucumber. I admire that.
When you hand your car over to someone like Misha, and you're accustomed to driving at speed, pretty easy to just lay back and enjoy the scenery. lol. Seems like the owner has done quite a bit of track time here in the states...if he's from LA area, likely Buttonwillow/Willow Springs, both are pretty fast circuits. Not Nür spec, but reasonably fast. Nevermind the local mountain passes of which there are many many options...
Good run! Solid drive. ☺ That's the dream for sure, bring your own car that you know to a track like that and have a pro driver run it. 😎👍
Also, if anybody is wondering why Apex wheels will never get TUV is because they’re not interested/too expensive. I reached out to simplify the process as a liaison more or less and that’s what the response I got.
That is a highly specced M4. Love the CS bonnet.
There's a lot of E46 in the sound of this. Very cool.
I have a Z4M with the 3.2 engine and a stock F82 M4 (UK). I much prefer the na 3.2 sound but his M4 exhaust mods do sound great!
Sounds like a forceful dry fart
I was thinking the same thing! Almost sounds like the csl carbon airbox. Best sounding F80 I've heard in awhile thats for sure
100% agree, sounds like e46 m3 with carbon air box
and thats why he wont show the engine (mods)
Very chill lap you can tell misha was on a morning cruise 🤣🤣 the gearing is too tall in the f80s 6MT really, the DCTs go through the gears like a rocket ship and will still do 185mph in 6th wish they made the 7th gear a 1:1 like in the e9x DCT 🔥🔥
Not a single car passed Misha during the lap, and it is unlikely that there were any fast cars on the track. Perfect lap 👍
Nice chill vibes - top vid
Ahh I miss the analog gauge cluster. I am not a fan of the digital gauges in my G80
I had a g82 in my mirrors this Afternoon... I would rather have to look at digital clusters rather than at this frontgrill.
Analog all day!!
@@melaniezimmermann-jv7th Both are horrible 🤢
Best part is 8:30 when the odometer changed to 69,969
Came here to say that, lol 😂
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Again, great lap, great owner and excellent driving. Thanks 🙏🏻!
The F80 platform truly has to be one of the best track platforms of any car made to date, the power looks so smooth, the way they handle even as a rwd and the fact that they can just take an absolute beating, which anyone outside of Europe knows they can take that to the absolute bank when it comes to European cars; a European engine and drivetrain that is insanely solid is worthy of praise, BMW engineers take a bow.
Even though you have auto-rev match on, it's cool to see how your right foot a few times instinctually partly attempts to blip the throttle once in a while.
It would be hard to stop trying to rev match if I was suddenly told I didn't need to do it.
Cool feature though
I was wondering why he didn't rev match at the beginning and realized after it was a feature of the car, hard to forget old habits but a feature lots of cars need for oncee
this bmw is so smooth. Nice one
Respect to anyone who ships their car over honestly, that's wild! Looks great as well.
Just want to say, even though I’m a little bit late, nothing but respect for this owner bringing in the car bringing it all this way to the ultimate proving ground .
Fairplay to you buddy much love from the uk .🇬🇧👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
The legendary S55 F82 with manual gearbox car for real drivers!
Smooth operator as usual. Very nice spec M4 as well. Very well modified and sounded great. Very different to the usual sounding cars. Was closer to the E46 sound.
I'm amazed that it seems to handle pretty well and i'm hoping no problem with the gearing since misha said gears are sometimes too tall on these kinds of cars
Well done great effort.when I was doing some AT there I was struggling to get up one of the peaks with my bad legs at the time...then a SF selectee ran past with full kit and a rifle ...and came back down before I got to half way 😂 them dudes are crazy.
Great lap Misha! Looking forward to you taking round a rare supercar in the future!
Looks like the car behaves very well! Nice lap!
Thanks for the foot cam !
would be possible to get some reving like sound checks before the lap sometimes becuase i love to hear that :)
the best 3500$ he ever spent to ship it there
終始BMWサウンドが堪能出来る素晴らしいラップでした。
アームレストが少し高くて、シフトチェンジがやりにくそうに見えました。
Yep, that arm rest needs to be removed, if using those seats
I need to talk to the guy because I plan on doing the same thing with my 6mt M3 F80 from California. I wanna visit my home country with it!
it's worth it!!
@@Clifford82 I bet! You shipped it from the west coast or had it taken to the gulf or east coast before shipping it? What did you end up paying for shipping the car back west? How bad was the paperwork and how long could you keep the car in Germany/EU?
@@Kaipeternicolas I shipped it out from LA - I don't know how much the return shipping will be exactly because the car is still over in Europe, going to be going back for some winter fun :)
@@Clifford82 okay got it! Yeah maybe I’d keep it there for a while too at my parents or something. I barely drive the car here. Very cool man! Have fun!
@@Clifford82 Nürburgring It's probably closed for the winter.
That’s the chillest person ever lol
By far my favourite "common" sports car, the G series doesn't look that much worse, but it sure as heck does look heavier. F series look so light and agile and this one being silver wheels on red paint with a manual on top of it is my dream car dream spec 100%.
One of the most speechless laps from Misha I've ever seen)
I like that the check engine light stays on through the lap😂❤
He has aftermarket downpipes. That’s probably the reason
flaky downstream o2 sensor
Nah , it's a BMW thing😅
That reminded me of getting taxis home at after an all-nighter. 😆 no talk i just want to get home to 😂
Clean lap in a clean car and not so much as one flash! Good times :D
one of the quietest passengers
Great idea to keeo original back box well done,great car n rev match is cool to be on the power kwiker 👌
You can see that the one thing that hurts that car is it's weight, easy to drive and stable just that bit benign to stopping and direction changes.
Same as mine🙂
Trouble is they need 500 lbs off the curb as a minimum, no idea how to get there.
i never really like red on bmw's but this looks fantastic
Being forced on the inside line at Schwedenkreuz, it's cool to see the moment you're like 'fuck it, let's hug this inside and make it stick', it was nice. Such a clean adaptation
At the 8:00 mark, I think it's Wehrseifen, why do you take the corner closer to the left wall? Since it's a left turn followed by right, wouldn't you achieve a higher exit speed by staying right? Or would you lose too much entry speed?
I was just thinking about doing this a few days ago. I'd love to ship my E90 M3 to lap the Ring and then send it back home! Awesome!
I don't know what you mean by "clean fuels" but ethanol isn't in any way more environmentally friendly than regular old petrol and this has been known since before they started putting it in petrol.
3:00 - crazy that germany does not have ethanol whereas here in France you have it in most stations (E85)
I had no idea France had it.
I thought only the US and Brazil had access to it.
I wish it was everywhere in the US. I moved and lost access to it. I used to drive 30 miles to fill up my car and jugs.
@@volvo09 ah that sucks... but yes we do! and it's actually very cheap (around 0,70€/liter - 3.15$/gallon) compared to normal gas.
Homie is sitting in the shotgun seat just chilling and absorbing information lol. Best way to do it.
Depending on how many laps he plans to drive, it will probably be cheaper than renting a local M4.
I see the gear ratio is indeed slightly long; and I assume the airbag & seatbelt warning were due to aftermarket seat?
yeah, haven't gotten around to coding it lol. the warning lights are annoying
@@Clifford82 nice job on the car.
I assume you track it in the states?
It would be so cool if we had a track as nice as the Nurburgring. The long uphill stretch before the carousel is my favorite stretch on these drive along video.
@@volvo09 thank you! Yeah, I track it a fair amount in CA, but wanting to hit more tracks in the US (COTA, Road America, VIR, and more)
nice driving
Its so perfectly smooth that its borring. Ideal lap in the last decent M
What's with the long threads sticking out on the wheels ?
Should switch to metric, we can measure things more accurately and they can be shorter. Less drag when there aren't 20 extra bolts sticking out and spinning in the air flow.
Besides shipping and customs, I could imagine insurance and some road legislation/homologation is needed? Or is it that straightforward to put a car on foreign license plates on the road (here and over the pond) ?
So you can just ship your car temporarily to another country. All you need to do is pay for the shipment and that's it basically. You do need to get car insurance which isn't too expensive. The shippers need to see a title for the car and or if it is bank owned then a notarized letter from the bank saying you can ship the car and a certified copy of your title. Like he said it cost him $3500 to ship and two months, is on point for that distance. I am shipping my 2016 Dodge Viper from Texas to London, then driving 4000 miles(11 countries) in which will be stopping at the Nürburgring to go around it a few times. So I have found all of this information and will document the whole thing. Oddly enough it isn't super available to the public on what all you have to do. I track my car so this will add another track to the list of tracks my car has gone on. If I could get Misha to do a lap in my car that would be a plus but I am not going over there until June of next year.
Importing is different than just a temporary visit. The rules are much more lax.
I see cars with US plates from time to time in Europe. Most of them are probably US service members which can ship their cars affordably.
@@Fekillix They are quite common in Germany and Belgium around NATO bases indeed
Good Drive
What the SPL experience? What brand of screw in studs and issues? PFC for the win!! Misha is so/so on the car...disappointing.
Came here to find out myself before I ordered spl arms for my f80 😂
I have a friend with full F/R SPL and loves it especially the total adjustability.
SPL has had some quality issues with bolts bending/snapping. The hubs with press fit studs are from a company in the US called Core4 Motorsports
@@mullner88 have you had problems with studs before? Usually they’re pretty bullet proof if been fitted properly
@@mullner88 Found Core4. What issues did this guy have with screw in studs. Everyone I know has not had an issue, especially with Motorsports Hardware brand.
what a unique BMW wow ...real drivers car man❤man
3:30 what was that orange thing flying near misha face?
Looks like a paraglider
I always forget how crazy auto rev matching is
That car is f hot, respect for not picking a black one❤
LETS GOOOOO!!!! from Montana!
Lower right corner, Driver restraint system (red), nothing can hold misha back :D
These are like Toyota Camry here in LA. All college kids
wait a minute... is that... is that a skydiver parachuting? at 3:30 lmao i didn't expect to see a parachute in the background
Misha which brand for suspension arms would you consider then? On F80
Those gears really are long. I'd put a short lsd in. Looks like it would transform the car.
that's on the list of "one day" mods
Paused 7 mins in... love the car handling, love the serious atmosphere.. love the guys ego... judgemental head body language followed by... "yer well w/e is fine"... lol :P
someone from aussie please take a HSV Clubsport or FPV over,interested to see how they'd go.
Since it's only 2 door and he got a cage, wouldn't it be better to just remove the back seats?
It seems like the thoughts at the end are getting shorter? I really enjoyed that part. : (
Would love to see the Donkervoort F22 🔥🏎️
could someone explain how he's getting the revs up when down shifting without heel n toe/rev matching please ?
Some modern cars will automatically do it for you. They can sense your downshift somehow and bring the revs up to the exact speed for a perfect downshift.
It's usually called auto rev match
@@volvo09 oh clever, thanks, weird that it can detect the downshift and know that your not up shifting
@@ewan_young yeah I don't know how it's done... Must have some sensors in the transmission or shifter.
What I miss is a propper recap of the lap/car.
The car didn't have turbo lag, but did it have jet lag?
This is cool fair play to do this if you can afford it i think its great!
0:30 i honestly would rather buy a used track car instead of bringing my own.
i mean cheap ones can be bought for 5 to 10k .. something like a gutted Honda Civic or BMW 3 series.
Hi, you should add times with different kind of cars, can be funny to compare. Just an idea
I don’t think f series manual gears are “soo long”:
6th gear at 7000rpm is ca 315-310 km/h.
With the 8Hp ist ca 430 km/h at 7.000rpm
Good video
Check engine light is wild 😂
Watching Misha’s footwork with an auto-blip car hurts my brain. I think it might take me longer to get used to auto-blip than it did to learn heel-toe. Old habits die hard.
I think thats the one that was sitting in Schäfchens Garage right ?
Yes
yep
Wait... whats the issues with Apex Wheels in Germany??
sick car
#69 had 69969k miles when he got it to the track 8:32
it was meant to be 🙂
Engine light ON, standard BMW 😂😂
I NEED that how to ship a car from the US video! Crazy timing! Trying to ship my 560 sel over.
Misha you created a global movement "literally"😅🎉 zur Schleife 🏆
Just had my first tourist day at the ring and now i saw this… already googling how to transport my corvette to the EU 🤔🤔
It seems like the center console is interfering with your elbow when downshifting to second
very nice!
idk if anyone realized but why didn't u have to heel toe/ rev match do the m4s of that gen automatically do it
I don't really care about Bmws but i watched this in respect for this guy travelling from the end of the world and paying so much for shipping
Looks like Misha wasn't a fan 😂 Unless it's just me. Looks like he's ready to party before the lap then hungover after
not a fan of BMW but that rev matching is awesome
that armrest looks so uncomfortable with the gear changes :( great lap as always