The M3 - a true all rounder
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Yesterday I took the girlfriend up to in the pouring rain for a walk on the beautiful Constantine beach in North Cornwall. Living in the wild west the number of Vpower fuel stations are limited and due to a mis-calculation I had ended up at my parents house with only 23 miles left on the ever optimistic computer with 24.9 miles to get to the Shell station on the way to the beach.
Like any true bloke I was confident I could make it! Ignoring everyone else telling me to go to the nearest Shell station 12 miles away in the opposite direction.
So I really nursed the CS all the way, getting very frustrated when I met anybody in the lanes which caused me to stop and loose the flow! The journey was a mixture of A and B roads along with some town driving. It was actually really intense trying to extract every last bit of MPG available.
The result: 34.9 mpg and made it with the computer still on 17 mile range. I kept pace with the traffic the whole way. Before the big hill coming out of Bodmin I was in the high 36's!
After giving the //M a fill of Vpower it was time to have some fun. I'd been looking forward to driving in the wet for weeks and it didn't disappoint. A few lovely controlled sideways exits of various t-junctions and roundabouts got the juices flowing (loads of space + no traffic), then some brilliant flowing A roads through North Cornwall. The engine potent, the sound fantastic, the car felt beautifully balanced with masses of grip (despite what some people on PH who say M3s are un-driveable in the wet ) and all with some good music, hugging leather heated seats, climate control and well sorted ride.
Sorry to go on but it was just brilliant.
24mpg after filling up I'll admit
Can anyone beat my 34.9?
Like any true bloke I was confident I could make it! Ignoring everyone else telling me to go to the nearest Shell station 12 miles away in the opposite direction.
So I really nursed the CS all the way, getting very frustrated when I met anybody in the lanes which caused me to stop and loose the flow! The journey was a mixture of A and B roads along with some town driving. It was actually really intense trying to extract every last bit of MPG available.
The result: 34.9 mpg and made it with the computer still on 17 mile range. I kept pace with the traffic the whole way. Before the big hill coming out of Bodmin I was in the high 36's!
After giving the //M a fill of Vpower it was time to have some fun. I'd been looking forward to driving in the wet for weeks and it didn't disappoint. A few lovely controlled sideways exits of various t-junctions and roundabouts got the juices flowing (loads of space + no traffic), then some brilliant flowing A roads through North Cornwall. The engine potent, the sound fantastic, the car felt beautifully balanced with masses of grip (despite what some people on PH who say M3s are un-driveable in the wet ) and all with some good music, hugging leather heated seats, climate control and well sorted ride.
Sorry to go on but it was just brilliant.
24mpg after filling up I'll admit
Can anyone beat my 34.9?
goldblum said:
leeson660 said:
despite what some people on PH who say M3s are un-driveable in the wet
I don't recall anyone saying they were undriveable though I haven't read every post featuring M3s. I had two and providing you weren't in a hurry they were fine when it was raining/damp/slightly moist.
Edited by leeson660 on Tuesday 25th September 18:43
goldblum said:
Gruber said:
goldblum said:
leeson660 said:
despite what some people on PH who say M3s are un-driveable in the wet
I don't recall anyone saying they were undriveable though I haven't read every post featuring M3s. I had two and providing you weren't in a hurry they were fine when it was raining/damp/slightly moist.
goldblum said:
Are you saying that a driver who likes to press on will find the M3 secure in the wet? Or is this the default response from a blinkered M car fanboy that ones driving skills are lacking if you can't handle an M3 in the wet? I just try to get from A - B quickly as possible..in the wet the M car's performance is wasted.
I've had two M3s,both from new.I couldn't believe how bad they were on anything damp.I'm not tarring all RWD cars by any means..I switched to a 997 C2s which was an order of magnitude better.
http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&t=1157139&r=21890631&hm=205904&mid=205904#21890631I've had two M3s,both from new.I couldn't believe how bad they were on anything damp.I'm not tarring all RWD cars by any means..I switched to a 997 C2s which was an order of magnitude better.
I, and others, thought you were talking tosh, so it's good that you've reconsidered.
To clarify - I still remember how awful I thought they were in the wet..but that was pressing on; hence 'providing you're not in a hurry'.
My original comment on this thread stands.
Mine is bloody brilliant in the wet you really can push on without any problems it really does feel planted. It's so much fun to just feed on the power out of the corners knowing that if you do smash the throttle it will break loose. I think it must be down to tyre choice I cant really think of anything else that would explain such a contrast in experiences.
Either that or I'm not going fast enough
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