E92 M3 or M135i

[EricE]

bennyboysvuk said:

Eric - Interesting findings on the A45. All those things would put me off, so are you back to looking at the M3 again?

Yep, I am! Still in talks with the seller of the local car. I'm considering a wrap in a fairly boring colour like grey metallic with silver wheels.

rassi said:

If I were you OP, go for an E92 with the updated CIC nav (so September 2008 onwards) and with DCT, you will have a very complete car and the last NA M made.

The particular model I'm looking at is a 2008 with DCT and Business radio.
I quite like the clean look of the dash and suspect that any infotainment system from 2008 will be slow and unusable compared to my smartphone stuck to the dashboard. If I can get some sort of AUX in for a bluetooth adapter, I'm happy.

[Welshbeef]

Worth holding out for the Pro Nav it's not just a nav system it's a full hard drive interface with the car makes the dash IMHO



Should be standard on the M3.

[cerb4.5lee]

It interests me how cars differ in different markets as pro nav is standard on the uk cars, i do like the clean dash though as my 330 doesnt have nav.

[Smuler]

Apparently it's called a business radio "because it's no fun at all."

I hope the M3 works out for you, but should you still be leaning towards the 1 series how about this mix

https://youtu.be/M7AJstuSgi4

[texasjohn]

Well I know I have hijacked the thread but ended up deciding to be a little more boring than either the M135i or the M3, put a deposit down on an F10 today.

It is a petrol though

[ratty6464]

Mermaid said:

texasjohn said:

I'm considering an E90 M3.

What's the MPG like, really?

Expect 20mpg, or just slightly less.

I get about 22mpg on my commute, rising to about 26 on a long run. It's one of the last manual ones.

[ratty6464]

texasjohn said:

I'd imagine that the M3 can do cruiser duty with the six speed too, block change 1st to 3rd to 5th, you can skip the gears if you aren't in a hurry and ride the torque.

This used to work well in my LS-engined Trans Am anyway.

Certainly, I block change all the time and makes for a very engaging experience even a slow town speeds

[CapnSlow]

dvshannow said:

I stand corrected was 16.3! Maybe why I keep raving about the car

I got single figures in my first week in my first V8 M3. Awesome machine.

[bennyboysvuk]

EricE said:

Yep, I am! Still in talks with the seller of the local car. I'm considering a wrap in a fairly boring colour like grey metallic with silver wheels.

That sounds fantastic.

On the nav front, I had a pre-2008 330i E91 with the standard nav and the system was annoyingly old and slow. IMO, these things age the interior more than anything else and I'd happily purchase a car without them.

[Lost soul]

EricE said:

I quite like the clean look of the dash and suspect that any infotainment system from 2008 will be slow and unusable compared to my smartphone stuck to the dashboard. If I can get some sort of AUX in for a bluetooth adapter, I'm happy.

I have just collected a 2008 335i , it has an AUX so I have plumbed my ipod into it , but no USB , years ago I had a 2008 320D E92 and that did have the USB so 2008 seems to be the introduction year for USB I think ?

The AUX is ok but I have to control all music from the ipod with nothing apart from volume available on the dash steering wheel but its ok

[e21Mark]

I'm not really into modern stuff but that V8 has almost convinced me.

[Siko]

Haha my first test drive on Friday convinced me A ballbreakingly good engine and awesome car....love it!