M3 - benefits of EDC over standard?

[sumo69]

Hi all

Thinking about buying an E90 M3 saloon but the one I have seen doesn't have EDC.

Is this a "must have" for enjoying the handling/suspension to the full or is the standard set up perfectly good?

The car would be used every day as a town car and enjoy the odd trackday so you can put your replies into context.

Thanks in advance

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[J-P]

I've driven a non EDC coupé and my E92 has got EDC. To be honest I think the standard set-up is fine - it's like the normal setting on EDC. Comfort allows (slightly more give) and sport is much firmer.

You can use a standard set-up car for both road and track. I went for EDC because I think a non-EDC car will be much harder to sell when the time comes and it does give you access to a broader dynamic repertoire.

Hope this helps you,

Regards

J-P

[pjv997]

My E90 saloon has EDC and when I was looking there were no cars in the AUC network without it. I also had a look at the contract hire deal that was available in Jan/Feb this year on the coupe and the deal had EDC. If you removed the EDC it had virtually no impact on the contract hire monthly rate because of the impact on residuals.

I suspect the previous post is correct, as a driving proposition, non EDC will be absolutely fine, but come resale, the car may prove hard to shift as everyone will want EDC.

[foresterlad]

I have EDC on my saloon and nearly always leave it in the middle setting, programmed with M drive steering setting. The only time I think you might use the firmest damper setting is on a track day. Everyone I have spoken to thinks EDC is a must have, but I doubt it detracts much from the driving experience.

[sumo69]

Thanks for the input.

All seem to agree that there isn't much of an issue regarding the driving experience, but there is for the resale opportunity.

With that in mind, I have seen a few with EDC for around 38k so would the right price for one without (assuming everything else the same) be around 36k?

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[MC99]

Would expect there to be the drop in price to merit the lack of EDC, When I looked EDC was an essential for me, moreover because I've driven a few cars with active damping of some sort of another and liked the flexibility and also saw the effect it had on Caymans with the Porsche equivalent.