My new (used) car - E46 M3

[bmw325i]

Congrats dude. Many happy spirited km

 

[msm]

Nice figures, how does she feel compared to Miss Marple?

Very different cars and difficult to compare directly. Miss Marple had almost double the torque and a bit more power, but obviously a shorter red line. Interestingly though, they both have this dual personality - driven conservatively, they feel like "normal" cars - put your foot down and their alter ego wakes up.

I'd say Miss Marple was a bit more comfortable as a daily driver though - the M3 SMG box certainly takes some getting used to and I need a bit more time to get familiar with it. With the M, I've only driven it so far in sports mode (where I have to change manually) - it seems to be the best way to drive it. However, with Miss Marple, changing gears using the steptronic was a useless exercise - just leave it in D/DS and it went flawlessly.

So very different cars and difficult to compare directly, even though performance may be similar at the end of the day, they deliver in very, very different ways.

 

[Sareshan]

:thumbs::thumbs: congrats Mo,

Many safe kms...

 

[Yulz9081]

One of the best E46 M colours :inlove:
Congrats Mo, looking forward to the progress updates. :thumbs:

 

[Andy1GP]

Congrats on the power Mo! That's scary strong man. Stronger than the Z4M's :shocked:

Maybe you can have a run against Marple on the next Hot Choc meet.

Can't wait to see the car

 

[444YYY]

How about more pics

 

[herr bmw]

congrates mo:thumbs:

heard down in durban you had bought a m3,can just imagine what it will look like in a couple of months

 

[msm]

How about more pics

Hoping to take more pics soon, especially once detailed properly - paint is quite dull and badly scratched in places.

 

[Dex]

Nice strong healthy M u have there:thumbs:

 

[Maveric12]

Imola Red :inlove: Congrats on the awesome ride....

 

[boost3d]

:thumbs:

How about more pics

Hoping to take more pics soon, especially once detailed properly - paint is quite dull and badly scratched in places.

Leave the paint for now and do some promotech software on the ecu and smg box :thumbs:

 

[922-ZN]

Epic colour and lovely specimen:thumbs:

 

[Rayzor]

What a beautiful machine, love that color and awesome dyno report. :bravo: raise:raise:raise:

 

[Jarv]

congratz awesome car!!

 

[deson]

Congrats

 

[pillayk79]

:thumbs:

 

[kingh135]

lovely m

 

[Rommies]

Awesome Colour!
Enjoy her man! Hopefully you don't get many troubles with the gearbox :thumbs:

And oh my...that dyno graph looks awesome! your car is strong

 

[ClassicB]

:inlove::inlove::inlove:

 

[tmos]

Well done Mo, the car looks awesome. :bravo:I'm sure the project will be great fun for you. Looking forward to your progress posts. :=):