Got a good car, want an M3, talk me out of it please
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I drive around in an 2008 Audi A4 2.0 TFSI Cabriolet, one of the last special edition S-lines made. Very pretty and beautifully finished, all the toys, with a Revo remap. I suppose it is, quite fast, loads of torque, and with the multi-tronic gearbox its is so refined, smooth, effortless.
But whenever I see an E46 M3 Convertible driving around lately I just so want one. And today passed one on a forecourt, right colour right spec. Oh no!
I am 47, loved cars all my life, and was really pleased with the Audi when I got it, but I dont know now, it feels like a cyborg car, there is no soundtrack, it just is slow one second then really fast the next with nothing imbetween.
Will an M3 be a big mistake at my age? Is this a mid life crisis thing? Will the speed, noise and hard suspension lose their appeal quickly? Need the back seats by the way.
Anyone gone from an OK, respectable car to something more and regretted it?
But whenever I see an E46 M3 Convertible driving around lately I just so want one. And today passed one on a forecourt, right colour right spec. Oh no!
I am 47, loved cars all my life, and was really pleased with the Audi when I got it, but I dont know now, it feels like a cyborg car, there is no soundtrack, it just is slow one second then really fast the next with nothing imbetween.
Will an M3 be a big mistake at my age? Is this a mid life crisis thing? Will the speed, noise and hard suspension lose their appeal quickly? Need the back seats by the way.
Anyone gone from an OK, respectable car to something more and regretted it?
Can you make both work? Could you leave the Audi somewhere (a mates house), get the M3 and see how you feel about it, then if you can't put up with the ride sell it and go back to the Audi?
I think the E46 M3 is great but the roads are so bad around here I'm not sure I could go back to one.
I think the E46 M3 is great but the roads are so bad around here I'm not sure I could go back to one.
If you want talking out of buying a car like that, www.greenpeace.com will no doubt tell you the error of your ways and how a bicycle should be your shoice of transport.
This place however will be fll of 'DO IT!' and suchlike.
This place however will be fll of 'DO IT!' and suchlike.
I suppose I walked into that one, posting a question like that on here. What did I expect?
Its not that the Audi is slow or a bad place to be, it is very refined, and great on crap roads.
But my question was are the things that it is not, ie. brutal acceleration, soundtrack, amazing handling but with a hard ride trade off, and an engine that loved to be revved, all things that wear off in time?
Or are they the things you keep the car for?
I have driven M3's before, had one for a days hoon even and for that it was great. But I haven't had one for more than a couple of hours before.
This is to be a daily driver as a second car is not an option.
And I like convertibles btw.
kazste said:
1 can you afford one?
2 will it make you happy?
I find in life that as long as you can answer yes to both of the above questions you won't go far wrong.
Get it bought, post up picks, and get it over to dms for a new map!
I would like to say yes to both, thanks, but the second is the one you hope will be the case.2 will it make you happy?
I find in life that as long as you can answer yes to both of the above questions you won't go far wrong.
Get it bought, post up picks, and get it over to dms for a new map!
A couple I drove rattled and squeaked a lot, is that normal?
You can map them, N/A engine?
Edited by jazzdude on Saturday 2nd June 18:51
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