Ferrari Mailing List: Re: OT - BMW M3

[Fellippe Galletta (fellippe.galletta]

Erik,

Really cool to hear that. Nice to know I'm almost always right when it comes to predicting which cars will be more enjoyable than others :)

It looks like the $50-55k market price for a used one is probably the most telling part of all. Doesn't seem like a huge demand for the car, but those who have them are reluctant to part with them.

E30 was never about power, just this chassis and steering purity......learn to drive it well and it was rewarding. 

Or so they say (claim).

I could see a nice condition 325 with an aftermarket steering wheel, short throw shifter, aftermarket seats, maybe stripped down a bit being a fun car. I'd never get one expecting it to give me sensations like driving a 308 or something. 

FG

On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 8:40 PM, Erik Nielsen <judge4re [at] gmail.com> wrote:

One of the coworkers in my group has a low mileage E30 M3, loves it, but it isn't as fast/great a car as all of the internet rants make it out to be.  The sleeper of the new cars is the 1M coupe, even the guys that work at senior levels in BMW (coworker's dad was head of purchasing for the M group) all say that is the real car to get.

 

Erik

On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 8:22 AM, Fellippe Galletta <fellippe.galletta [at] gmail.com> wrote:

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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