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E46 BMW M3 What do you think of 'em?

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john_o:
definitely  :happy2:
in some ways the linear delivery is easier to control and a much more rewarding drive , its top end BMW vs hot hatch lol
Just cost up all the factors , tyres , servicing , parts etc. They are well cheap now , but you'd need to select a 'good' one.
Plus remember an M3 is tuned to the max from OE , any tuning costs ££££££ and gains minimal (unless you supercharge)
so the easy GTI gains just arent there....
chalk and cheese really.

even the E92 M3 is nearly down to affordable pricing  :surprised:

Poverty:
m3 power delivery is completely different, They arent that fast though and a stage 2 plus k04 is quicker. M3 is the better overall car dynamically, whilst the k04 car is better economical and day to day.

Jules86:

--- Quote from: Poverty on September 20, 2009, 03:23:37 am ---m3 power delivery is completely different, They arent that fast though and a stage 2 plus k04 is quicker. M3 is the better overall car dynamically, whilst the k04 car is better economical and day to day.

--- End quote ---

Modified vs standard is a moot argument though, you could just modify the other car and it would be quicker. Turbo/supercharge the M3 and it would beat the GTI/Leon, big turbo conversion the GTI/Leon and strip it and it would beat the M3....could go on and on!

Not everyone wants to have to modify there car, i dont. Buying a car that was made to do those speeds from new, with parts that will do it all day without failing is more important to me (apart from the early models dodgy SMG lol)

Swings and roundabouts really.

celica:
looking a bit dated now, but still in a different league

if you can hook up all controls, power, handling i'm sure it's amazing, especially watching clips on topgear etc.

but servicing isn't cheap at all

nick-barnes07:
they also suffer from diff's going on the m3, sounds almost like the wheel is rubbing on the back, they are really good on petrol s well considering the size engine they have got, would say it was on par with a mk5 gti on petrol, i raced my mate in his s4 that was running 370bhp and he struggled to keep up with me at the time, the m3's are quick all the way through the rev range so they wouldn't feel slower than a golf!!!! mine was mapped with a few mods but the mods gave it about an extra 20-30bhp so wasnt a huge gain, simpson motorsport in lydney in gloucester do supercharger kits for them starting from about 4k i beleive, and that should see 400+bhp, they also do a 500bhp+ supercharger kit as well, they have a demo car down there that belongs to one of the guys in the workshop, they are the guys to take it to if u ever needed any work done to it, as they are one of the best bmw tuning companies around, they also do a lot of race car work, and they also have a ferrari f40 race car of there own that they race so have been around the racing industry a long time and know how best to set the m3's up

http://www.simpsonmotorsport.co.uk/default.asp?id=1&pid=1&name=Home

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