Ferrari Mailing List: Re: OT - BMW M3

[Rick Lindsay (richardolindsay]

I haven't driven a 1 series but would not turn down a drive in a 135. The E30M3 I owned a decade ago, was a good car but a beast to keep optimally tuned. My E36M3 stayed in tune but tried to be a performance car and a luxury car at the same time, never actually achieving either 100%.

OTOH, I had an '89 E30 325i with a manual gearbox. It is right near the top of all cars I have ever owned! A VERY fun car to drive. Great handling and with enough high-end power to be spirited, but not so much as to preclude thrashing it on the street.

-rick

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From: Fellippe Galletta

Date:12/04/2014 8:22 AM (GMT-06:00)

To: Rick Lindsay

Cc: The FerrariList

Subject: Re: [Ferrari] OT - BMW M3

Terrible the gimmicks they feel they have to put into cars nowadays, and
the fallacy that you can replace V8s with turbo V6s. :)

I like M3s and BMWs in general, but this is too much.

Those old E30/E36 M3s were the best. E46 and E90 are nice too but in a
different way.

E30 M3s are rare and $$$....but I hear a regular 325 is good enough. E36 M3
go for not a ton of money.

For a newish BMW, the one I really like are those 1 series.....1M would be
my favorite but a bit pricey. 135 might be best buy.

I drove a 128 a bunch of times....nice dynamics, just no power.

Anyone here ever drive one?

FG

On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 8:03 PM, Rick Lindsay <richardolindsay [at] gmail.com>
wrote:

> I am a previous owner of an E30M3 and an E36M3 but now I officially like
> BMW even less - new BMW, that is.
>
> The new M3s have 'shakers' on the firewall, and play noise through the
> radio so that their new, smaller engines will, "...sound like V8s!" Source:
> Car and Driver magazine. So fake! Who wants an M3 that sounds like a
> Camaro? And who wants an M3 with a smaller engine? I'd bet BMW is soon to
> find out!
>
> -rick
>
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