Any M3 GTS or CRT owners here?

[airiscool]

My understanding is that the E92 GTS and E90 CRT models feature rear suspension subframes that are rigidly-mounted to the chaissis, unlike the standard M3 which have rubber bushings.

It would be nice to hear from GTS or CRT owners to know whether or not the solid mounting adds a lot of NVH to the cabin. Vibrations? Gear whine?

My assumption is that there isn't much more NVH since BMW is very fussy with NVH levels in all of it's road models. The new M5 and M6 also have solidly-mounted subframes, although that isn't an apples-to-apples comparison.

[playalistic]

F10 M5 has the same so you could ask them too

[airiscool]

playalistic said:

F10 M5 has the same so you could ask them too

I was going to mention that but since the F10 M5 was designed around the solid moutning system it is a bit different to adding solid mounts to a car that never had them.

[Cheib]

airiscool said:

It would be nice to hear from GTS or CRT owners to know whether or not the solid mounting adds a lot of NVH to the cabin. Vibrations? Gear whine?

Well given they only sold 15 or so GTS's in this country and they aren't selling CRT's it's unlikely anyone on here has driven one.

Of course one or two of the PH contributors might have.....there one that I can think of that has reviewed the GTS and owned an M3!

[MrOnTheRopes]

I had a GTS for a while earlier this year - number 72.
A sports bra is essential!

[thepony]

MrOnTheRopes said:

I had a GTS for a while earlier this year - number 72.
A sports bra is essential!

Haha :-)