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11-10-2015, 06:33 PM | #67 |
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I've had my 2016 M3 for almost 4 weeks. I have to admit at first I was underwhelmed. The seat was digging in my thigh, the clutch felt heavy, the engine did not sound
Great. But after a few weeks I'm driving it harder, MPE roars, torque in the 4 and 5 revs is good, the clutch/seat got better. I'm happier with the car. Still miss my E92 M3 a little but this new m3 is more practical for me |
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11-10-2015, 06:55 PM | #68 |
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The more I drive it the better I like it. Everything I did not like about my 335i E93 has been improved on the F83.
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11-10-2015, 07:28 PM | #69 |
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Is the MPE a huge improvement to the exhaust sound at low speed/rpm?
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11-10-2015, 07:52 PM | #71 |
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Boys and cars will never be satisfied is what I say. I have learned to appreciate cars for what they are mechanical marvels that we are forunate to have. All cars have ups, and downs but some people buy a track car and never use it to its full potential and complain. It's your right just an expensive garage queen. Enjoy your cars boys.
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11-10-2015, 08:18 PM | #72 |
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Only room for one car! Maybe I'll rent one for a week to decide. There are a lot of things I love about the M3. I'm hoping that an exhaust and a few other adjustments will take care of the issues. Driving in Sport instead of comfort is helping the road feel quite a bit.
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11-10-2015, 09:29 PM | #73 |
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lets hope you didn't decide to trade in the car by then |
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11-10-2015, 10:00 PM | #75 | |
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Recent past history as my DD, 2000 Audi S-4, Porsche 997 GT-3, GTR.... M4 will be 1 year old Thanksgiving. I have never enjoyed an automobile, that I can remember, as much as my M-4 Vert. Yes, some of this is the Vert...but the car is amazing. I enjoy it so much that I even run it in our harsh winters. I have plenty of transportation devices in the garage (4 bikes, 2 sidecars, Tundra, FF MK-IV Cobra & 435M Vert) they are all jealous. Happy man
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11-10-2015, 10:58 PM | #76 | |
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11-10-2015, 11:05 PM | #77 |
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How about 1+ years and 14K miles? Yes! It has a few mods and it's a beast that loves to cruise the freeway too.
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11-10-2015, 11:13 PM | #78 |
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Both, varying throttle between sport and sport plus. I like the steering best in sport. For the suspension, I feel like sport adds just a little more road feel over comfort, while sport plus is a little crashy on the street to me (as in the dampers aren't absorbing bumps perfectly).
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11-11-2015, 08:00 AM | #79 | |
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Why....because ED spoils you, my good man! You drive the car the way it deserves and was built to be driven....with no care in the world about law enforcement scolding you for doing so. You have the windy twisties of the world class driving passes of the Alps....you have the unbeatable feeling of seeing your car delivered to you, in the spotlight on the Welt showroom floor. Unbeatable scenery, Unrestricted performance, beautiful well-maintained driving surfaces....these are things you can never have in the States and everything else will seem a bit mundane, comparatively....as it should. What can you do to try and recapture some of that? Do some HPDE, get your car out on the track...... Or what I did the past few Sunday's was find some great back driving roads in your area and just drive. I didn't map out my course...I just took a look at a map, found a great back area road and just drove the car with no particular destination. Pushed the car when I safely could, but just truly enjoyed my 1v1 time with the car. It will never be Europe, but you can still have a blast with this car....if anything it truly allows for some great back road driving. That torque......
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11-11-2015, 08:17 AM | #80 | |
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However, like other people said, as a DD, it should work out really well for me. I'll save the E36 and E92 for the weekends.
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11-11-2015, 08:52 AM | #81 |
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13 months, 4 track days, 1 BMW driving school, multiple road trips and some sly parking lot hijinks have made this the most fun car I've ever owned.
When I think of the Best car I've ever owned I somehow am always drawn back to a 2007 4Runner I bought new. The car was perfect, did everything I asked it to do, and drove on day 1000 the same way it did on day 1. I miss that car.
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Sorry for the poor video quality but I am enjoying it every single day
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Currently have a 97 4Runner with over 300k miles on it, so I think it might be time to replace that too. Would love to pick a new one up and drive it till the wheels fall off.
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11-11-2015, 10:23 AM | #84 |
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I've only had the car for 2 months but it's the best car I have ever owned (owned e36 m3, e46 m3, lotus, gti, lexus, p800 gtr). It is perfect all around car. Great drive into the office and I often take it up on a drive on the weekends to tear it up. BMW did a gr8 job w/ this one. Next step would prob be a turbo/gt3.
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I guess my big issue on the sound is the overrun. I specifically bought the BMW performance exhaust for my 128 to get that behavior, and the M3 doesn't do it. |
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Got almost 4000 miles on my M4, I am very happy with the purchase. I feel the car presents such a perfect sweet spot in terms of performance and practicality, that I have a hard time imagining what I would ever replace it with, other than another M3/M4.
The engine is absolutely intoxicating. My favorite aspect is the chassis, it is an amazing accomplishment specially considering the size of the car. I don't quite understand the comments about the sound. Windows down, pedal to the floor it sounds incredible. That said, if I could change a few things these would be it: - It's tuned too 'Autobahnny', and daily life is not an Autobahn for most people: -- It needs a faster steering ratio. Why was there such a huge ratio change from the E92? This would make it more enjoyable in the 99% of daily driving. -- The DCT slips too much and then suddenly engages when starting from a standstill in daily driving, it's kind of annoying. - It could use improvement in the creaks/cracks/rattles department. - There are a few factory defects in the leather that should not be there in an M car. - Fix the annoying bugs/errors (chassis malfunction errors, etc) That's it. imho this is not enough to loose sleep over. |
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