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I’ve never been in a convertible M3/4. I bet it’s a blast to drive because I loved the sound and sensation of speed I got from driving my s2000s. The sounds a f20c NA 2.0 L I4 made at 9k rpm redline was intoxicating and unmistakable! The f22c1 NA 2.2 L I4 still screamed but, with only an 8.2 k rpm redline, just wasn’t the same. The s65 NA 4.0 L V8 with CF plenum + CF intake tube + 8.6k (raised) redline sounds so much better than a f22c 2.2 L 8.2k rpm redline. I bet the M4 driving experience with the top down must never get olds. |
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Out of all the BMW's I've ever driven, the E9x M3 will always still feel the most special. The S65 just feels so exotic. I'll never forget starting it for the first time in the parking garage of the BMW Welt and just listening.
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Nice! I regret selling my ‘03.5 with SMG in 2012. It was IR/IR with a slick top and manually adjustable seats. The SMG with lightweight flywheel + Kevlar friction disk and CSL SMG software made the SMG perform perfectly! I remember seeing it for the first time when I went to the dealership to pickup the car. I told them to not remove any of the shipping/transport protection material so it was an interesting mixture of red and white. I’ve done this with all of my Ms except for the e36. It was all of the swirl marks on the e36 caused by the dealership cleaning the car so I said to myself I’m not letting this happening again! So far so good - no swirly specials on any of my other Ms!
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It was January 2018, stopped by my local BMW dealership to inquire about an F80 during my lunch break.
Saw they had one on the lot with the same color combo I wanted except this one had pretty much every option including CCBs. Filled out a credit app and drove back to work in my new M3. |
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It was meant to be. Except for our g20, I don’t find BMWs built in the exterior and interior colors, interior trim style/color, wheel style or diameter and other optional features I’m looking for. I have fun doing custom builds but the production and shipping wait times aren’t fun. However, in the end, it’s worth the wait. |
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I guess the "first" mini LCI. E90 got new trunk, both got new iDrive with short cut buttons, heated seat buttons moved ect ect...
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E92/93 LCI was in Feb or March 2010 for the 2011 model year with the new rear lights for the M3. I think that's when they also switched from 219M to 260M wheels, but I could be wrong. Regarding the iDrive, there were actually some other BMW models with the old iDrive CCC Professional system but with the CIC controller in the year 2008.
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Precisely mate.
The M5 was my childhood dream, but after 4-5 years of driving it, I got tired and bored of its size and weight, so I decided to go for the M135 to change my driving character. The dealer gave me an amazing deal with 12k off the list price off a new car so I specced the M135 with all the goodies and I realy enjoyed that pocket rocket. I enjoyed it so much I am currently thinking of buying either another M135 again or a John Cooper Works. Eventually I sold the M135 to jump onto the M3 because I wanted the "just right" car, more space for the summer trip and also wanted to sell the M135 for more than I bought it with 10k miles on it. I sold it for 2k more than I bought it new and could have even got 5k more out of it. I wanted to sell it to make the most out of this before the car lost any more of its value. When I sold the M135 I had ordered the RS4 but the Audi dealer crashed the car onto a bollard one day before hand-over. The plan was to use the RS4 for the summer trip. So I went with my second choice which was the current Grigio Telesto M3 I am driving now. I also considered the newer M5 as the dealer also gave me a very special deal on a used xdrive M5 that effectively cost the same as the M3, I test drove it twice but I was getting flashbacks of its size and weight and decided to pass on these categories permanently. Frankly I do not understand why people go for the M5's and RS6's in Europe as the roads are not really big enough for them. In the US I would have gone with the bigger cars like M5, RS6, but in Europe and especially in the UK, the big cars do not sit well on our roads. They feel out of place. The hot hatches sit the best in the abundant British B-roads all around my home. The M3 with the right suspension is just "right"....in terms of size, speed, weight, smiles per miles, etcetera. I have been thinking of either selling it to jump to the G80, or keeping it and getting a Mini Cooper or M135 for the city runs. I have put a lot of miles on the M3 and I now feel sorry to keep dailing it. I like it so much that I veer on keeping it possibly forever, I like the individual colour, the extended leather dash and the way it drives. So I am more of a mind of keeping it and getting the MINI to daily instead. |
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