What, if anything, after an e92 m3?
Discussion
jon- said:
cerb4.5lee said:
julians said:
If it was a car for weekends, I dont think I'd be looking at any BMW, they're too ordinary (which is a good thing when you want one car to do everything, but not when you want a weekend more special car).
You make a very valid point regards a BMW as a weekend car and I ran my old Z4M as a weekender and I couldn't agree more because they just lack soul and overall specialness, BMW do make mostly very good daily drivers but for a weekend car you need a manufacturer that offers thrills and excitement and something that makes you want to jump in and drive it just for the sake of it and a BMW just doesn't do that for me. Before my main car was a Ford KA, so the M3 felt like an occasion.
I might end up in a westy or an Atom. Once the M135i is off lease, I'll probably go for a new M3 or 997 911 as an only car.
cerb4.5lee said:
jon- said:
cerb4.5lee said:
julians said:
If it was a car for weekends, I dont think I'd be looking at any BMW, they're too ordinary (which is a good thing when you want one car to do everything, but not when you want a weekend more special car).
You make a very valid point regards a BMW as a weekend car and I ran my old Z4M as a weekender and I couldn't agree more because they just lack soul and overall specialness, BMW do make mostly very good daily drivers but for a weekend car you need a manufacturer that offers thrills and excitement and something that makes you want to jump in and drive it just for the sake of it and a BMW just doesn't do that for me. Before my main car was a Ford KA, so the M3 felt like an occasion.
I might end up in a westy or an Atom. Once the M135i is off lease, I'll probably go for a new M3 or 997 911 as an only car.
Going for a drive in an exige today…..
http://www.hollybrooksportscars.com/2014/03/26/lot...
irish boy said:
I love the exige and at one stage it was on my list to replace my old Cerbera and I am sure it will be a thrilling drive and someone I know replaced his Cerbera with one and he really likes it, enjoy the drive and let us know how you get on. dufflecoat said:
Just dont expect to use it as a daily. ever.
I'd have no interest in using it as a daily, although if I had a more interesting commute with less traffic I might. OP has another daily though, which is why I think a CSL is a good bet as a weekend / epic trip sort of carLeins said:
dufflecoat said:
Just dont expect to use it as a daily. ever.
I'd have no interest in using it as a daily, although if I had a more interesting commute with less traffic I might. OP has another daily though, which is why I think a CSL is a good bet as a weekend / epic trip sort of carIt is this that probably prompted me to sell it!
I had a similar dilemma the OP is facing when I owned my m3
I absolutely loved it, but sold it and thought I'd try other cars
Since then I've owned
C63....great car but not quite as sublime as a drivers car as the m3
Nissan gtr - with stage 4. 650r.....bonkers car but just too fast for the road, too big, too heavy to enjoy on the tight country lanes where I live.......just too fast to be possible to enjoy legally
E60 m5.... Loved the engine, hated the dated dimwitted smg box
Porsche 997......just felt dated and wasn't really my thing
Now......back in an m3.....and absolutely love it!
For me the m3 really is as close to the perfect car, particularly when combined with the mandatory oem exhaust mod
I absolutely loved it, but sold it and thought I'd try other cars
Since then I've owned
C63....great car but not quite as sublime as a drivers car as the m3
Nissan gtr - with stage 4. 650r.....bonkers car but just too fast for the road, too big, too heavy to enjoy on the tight country lanes where I live.......just too fast to be possible to enjoy legally
E60 m5.... Loved the engine, hated the dated dimwitted smg box
Porsche 997......just felt dated and wasn't really my thing
Now......back in an m3.....and absolutely love it!
For me the m3 really is as close to the perfect car, particularly when combined with the mandatory oem exhaust mod
E30M3SE said:
irish boy said:
Tempted to get my annual service done, a couple of tyres and run it another year.
Sounds like a plan to me. Change when you find something worth changing for, not just for the sake of changing. All IMO of course.turboman786 said:
Now......back in an m3.....and absolutely love it!
For me the m3 really is as close to the perfect car, particularly when combined with the mandatory oem exhaust mod
Feel I am going the same way..For me the m3 really is as close to the perfect car, particularly when combined with the mandatory oem exhaust mod
What spec now? DCT & Comp? 2 pipe mod? or more.
I had the Eisenmann Race on my old E92, would buy again in a shot. Made the car.
Here she is....
I went SMG E46 M3 to DCT E92 M3 to Manual 997GT3. There was a bit of overlap where I had both the E92/GT3 and I'd say this would have been the ideal combination. GT3 isn't really a daily driver, I ran it with the motorbike which worked okay but really need a hack/winter car as well.
Plan is to go back to a E92 M3, ideally a frozen silver, comp pack with the carbon goodies.
Plan is to go back to a E92 M3, ideally a frozen silver, comp pack with the carbon goodies.
cerb4.5lee said:
There is some serious love for the E92 M3 on this thread and I do read about a lot of people who go back to one even after in my mind anyway far more exciting cars R35 GTR/997 GT3 just as two examples so the E92 M3 must have some sort of sweet spot that owners like so much.
Perfect one car garage.If you have the means to run two, you would choose something harder for weekends and track.
As a daily to eat miles in comfort and then turn up at a track and entertain, there isn't anything better.
dufflecoat said:
Perfect one car garage.
If you have the means to run two, you would choose something harder for weekends and track.
As a daily to eat miles in comfort and then turn up at a track and entertain, there isn't anything better.
I swapped a daily and a weekender for my E92 M3 to be my only car and it didn't work for me personally and it was far from the perfect one car set up but I do get why most love them for how you describe them, don't get me wrong if I had the means to run a E92 M3 as a daily and then have something like a Caterham in the garage then that would do me very nicely indeed! If you have the means to run two, you would choose something harder for weekends and track.
As a daily to eat miles in comfort and then turn up at a track and entertain, there isn't anything better.
dufflecoat said:
turboman786 said:
Now......back in an m3.....and absolutely love it!
For me the m3 really is as close to the perfect car, particularly when combined with the mandatory oem exhaust mod
Feel I am going the same way..For me the m3 really is as close to the perfect car, particularly when combined with the mandatory oem exhaust mod
What spec now? DCT & Comp? 2 pipe mod? or more.
I had the Eisenmann Race on my old E92, would buy again in a shot. Made the car.
Here she is....
Drove the lotus, liked it, incredibly small inside, build quality probably better than I expected. Evora could be worth a look but none over here unfortunately. CSL good shout too but I'd want the best low mile I can find and that would be very expensive, not to mention out of warranty/boot floor etc etc. Should have bought one 6 or 7 years ago, not sure I'll go there now.
Made an offer on the corvette grand sport, just my type of car, they're priced too expensive tho and were £3500 out. If there's no deal to be had I've decided to keep mine for another year. All you other e92 m3 owners, enjoy your cars, only when you start looking about do you realise what a peach of a car they really are.
irish boy said:
Mines dct, initially had a remus race exhaust, sounded good but was too loud on start up for the neighbours and had a bit of drone so splashed out on a proper m performance exhaust. Perfect. Not loud on start up but sounds stunning as the revs climb. No drone at all. I see where the money is in them now.
Drove the lotus, liked it, incredibly small inside, build quality probably better than I expected. Evora could be worth a look but none over here unfortunately. CSL good shout too but I'd want the best low mile I can find and that would be very expensive, not to mention out of warranty/boot floor etc etc. Should have bought one 6 or 7 years ago, not sure I'll go there now.
Made an offer on the corvette grand sport, just my type of car, they're priced too expensive tho and were £3500 out. If there's no deal to be had I've decided to keep mine for another year. All you other e92 m3 owners, enjoy your cars, only when you start looking about do you realise what a peach of a car they really are.
Pleased you enjoyed the test drive and as you have described with the E92 M3 like the E46 M3 before it that when owners do decide to change it does cause plenty of head scratching and that can only mean a massive compliment to the M3. Drove the lotus, liked it, incredibly small inside, build quality probably better than I expected. Evora could be worth a look but none over here unfortunately. CSL good shout too but I'd want the best low mile I can find and that would be very expensive, not to mention out of warranty/boot floor etc etc. Should have bought one 6 or 7 years ago, not sure I'll go there now.
Made an offer on the corvette grand sport, just my type of car, they're priced too expensive tho and were £3500 out. If there's no deal to be had I've decided to keep mine for another year. All you other e92 m3 owners, enjoy your cars, only when you start looking about do you realise what a peach of a car they really are.
After I move on from my M6, I'm deliberating between these 3
M5 F10 on lease
E92 M3 with DCT, EDC and the latest spec I can get. Even though the V10 is quicker, these things are so much more chuckable.
or....
build a Porsche 964 with "modern" bits and run that as my daily. (Why? I have no idea!)
M5 F10 on lease
E92 M3 with DCT, EDC and the latest spec I can get. Even though the V10 is quicker, these things are so much more chuckable.
or....
build a Porsche 964 with "modern" bits and run that as my daily. (Why? I have no idea!)
Edited by Schermerhorn on Wednesday 10th September 12:10
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