Pics of my E92 M3

[squeezebm]

SJobson said:

squeezebm said:

SJobson said:

Personally I think I'd whinge a lot more if I'd lost £20k+ in a year. I don't think schoolchildren come on here to troll by talking about second hand values

Oh and of course there a couple of Volvo drivers

That's the wife's car Mine has an M-badge on the steering wheel

Didn't realise you got Automatic M Cars,learn something new everyday !!

[taffyracer]

Goughie said:

carl_w said:

Gotta love those wheels -- reckon they fit a Z4?

Edited by carl_w on Wednesday 6th August 00:55

I disagree with you there, I think the wheels are the one thing that let the E46 and E9x M3's down. Why stick with the original design? The CSL wheels (whilst played out in the replica market) are much better imho. Is this the only M BMW have done where they have kept the previous incarnation's wheels?

The M3 wheels will not fit a Z4 IIRC - they are in the same offsett range as the E46 non-M's and the 1 series I believe. You can of course go for spacers, but I've seen some US Z4's with M3 wheels and they look rubbish imo. Replica CSL's in the appropriate offsets are a different matter however - stunning.

With respect I couldn't think of anything worse than buying something like an M3 and then putting cheap heavy crap fakes on it, just my opinion of course

[petermansell]

Nice car - the big question is will you track it?

[noble3r]

petermansell said:

Nice car - the big question is will you track it?

Although the car would be extremely capable on the track if I felt the need to i'd buy a more suitable (lighter/cheaper) car. You'd have to have deep pockets to track the M3 on a regular occasion.

As a road car it is extremely capable in all departments. Its one of a few coupe's that can actually fit adults in the back and it has a surprisingly large boot. If I didn't need these then the 997 C2S or even cayman S would of been very tempting.

[Goughie]

taffyracer said:

Goughie said:

carl_w said:

Gotta love those wheels -- reckon they fit a Z4?

Edited by carl_w on Wednesday 6th August 00:55

I disagree with you there, I think the wheels are the one thing that let the E46 and E9x M3's down. Why stick with the original design? The CSL wheels (whilst played out in the replica market) are much better imho. Is this the only M BMW have done where they have kept the previous incarnation's wheels?

The M3 wheels will not fit a Z4 IIRC - they are in the same offsett range as the E46 non-M's and the 1 series I believe. You can of course go for spacers, but I've seen some US Z4's with M3 wheels and they look rubbish imo. Replica CSL's in the appropriate offsets are a different matter however - stunning.

With respect I couldn't think of anything worse than buying something like an M3 and then putting cheap heavy crap fakes on it, just my opinion of course

You've not quite understood my post. You can buy OEM CSL wheels from Germany fairly easily to put on your M3. What you can't do without spacers is do the same on a Z4.

And some of the replica CSL's from companies like Velocity are far from cheap, heavy or crap!

[carl_w]

Goughie said:

You've not quite understood my post. You can buy OEM CSL wheels from Germany fairly easily to put on your M3. What you can't do without spacers is do the same on a Z4.

Actually the CSL wheels will fit straight onto a Z4M. But not an ordinary Z4.

[taffyracer]

No, i think you've actually misunderstood my post, you said "Replica CSL's in the appropriate offsets are a different matter however - stunning"

Any replica will be heavier and will be by virtue of their nature a fake, i wouldn't put any fakes on a 60k car, a 5k E36 maybe not a 60K M3, especially when you can buy genuine CSL wheels in the UK that as mentioned above do fit straight on without spacers

[gizlaroc]

Looks lovely mate and that last pic is the first one in Melbourne Red that would actually make me buy one, in he flesh it is a great colour with a blue hue to it, most photos make it look like it has an orange hue if that makes sense?

Enjoy!!

[Goughie]

taffyracer said:

No, i think you've actually misunderstood my post, you said "Replica CSL's in the appropriate offsets are a different matter however - stunning"

Any replica will be heavier and will be by virtue of their nature a fake, i wouldn't put any fakes on a 60k car, a 5k E36 maybe not a 60K M3, especially when you can buy genuine CSL wheels in the UK that as mentioned above do fit straight on without spacers

At the risk of getting the handbags out, read it again. CSL reps in relation to the Z4, not the M3. We're arguing for the same thing - OEM CSL's on the M3!!

[carl_w]

Goughie said:

At the risk of getting the handbags out, read it again. CSL reps in relation to the Z4, not the M3. We're arguing for the same thing - OEM CSL's on the M3!!

Taffy's an ex-Z4-er. I think he's arguing for genuine CSL rims on a Z4M.

[noble3r]

gizlaroc said:

Looks lovely mate and that last pic is the first one in Melbourne Red that would actually make me buy one, in he flesh it is a great colour with a blue hue to it, most photos make it look like it has an orange hue if that makes sense?

Enjoy!!

cheers, i agree with you though. Most photo's on here don't do the colour justice. In the flesh the colour is fine and by far my favourite. Its perhaps not as deep/pure as the 'audi red' found on the RS4. Black just seemed to hide the only few lines the car had to show off. Each to there own I guess.

[TeaVR]

What is the tractor in pic 2?

Nice M3 BTW!

[taffyracer]

Umh, the original comments was made about the E92's but my opinion is the same for the Z4M, I wouldn't put cheap heavy fake rims on any decent car to be honest, OEM CSL's or nothing for either model, but personally find the ones it came with on both models just fine

Edited by taffyracer on Sunday 10th August 07:43