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#121 |
Elected by grace
Join Date: Feb 2006
Carmudgeonly Ride: 11 1 M; 11 328iT; 22 M240ix
Location: Brickyard
Posts: 1,962
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Noice and congrats. Sakhir is a nice hue of orange with more of a red bent. What are your thoughts on the steering? Do you find it numb on center and predominantly disconnected from the road as every EPS vehicle seems to convey?
If my fading memory serves right you've now had every generation of M3 with the lone exception of the E30, right? If so you are probably in some very exclusive company. My only claim to fame is that I've had every generation of 1 M. ![]()
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#122 |
swinging for the fences
Join Date: Oct 2003
Carmudgeonly Ride: 987, X7 M60i, e36 M3
Location: Boston, MA
Posts: 5,037
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JST - no sunroof, right? How do you feel about that?
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#123 |
Mugwump
Join Date: Oct 2003
Carmudgeonly Ride: E46 330i, Chevy Colorado, Tesla Model 3
Location: NY
Posts: 17,475
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#124 |
Alphanumeric
Join Date: Aug 2005
Carmudgeonly Ride: 981S, 340i
Posts: 9,585
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Love the carbon roof... Too bad BMW deletes the roof rack receptacles when the carbon roof is ordered (so you need the sunroof if you ever want to carry anything on top). The flaps are there but there is no bolt holes (if I remember correctly from inspecting a 2015 m3 sedan when the f80 first came out).
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#125 |
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 24,626
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That's weird about the carbon roof and the bolt holes. I noticed the flaps but didn't open them; I'll have to check that later.
I sort of wanted a sunroof again but got used to not having one in the Golf (and now the Tesla, though at least that's glass). So, it was too bad but not a deal breaker. And I will say that I really like the way the carbon roof looks. It's a nice contrast to all the orange. The same is true of the dark colored wheels. Very top-line impressions:
Yes, I've now had every generation of M3 save the original. This one feels like an evolution of the others. It's a little bigger, a little faster, and more competent. It's not a sports car, but thenm again it's not trying to be. Viewed as one of the few remaining real 4 door sports sedans, it's great. |
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#126 |
Relic
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Bethesda, MD
Posts: 12,468
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Hah. I’ll have to drive it. I am curious about whether or not the S55 pisses me off as much as the N55 does. I know it solves at least one of the drivability problems, but I’ll be curious if it solves the uncanny valley turbo lag problem.
I do very much like that the F80 came in a couple of interesting colors that were actually popular. The E90 color selection wasn’t great, and hardly anyone ordered the good, but not as good as it should have been red. Edit: Josh, did you get the CarMax warranty? I know that it’s been a fantastic deal for the E9x.
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#127 |
Mugwump
Join Date: Oct 2003
Carmudgeonly Ride: E46 330i, Chevy Colorado, Tesla Model 3
Location: NY
Posts: 17,475
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Great review.
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Carmudgeonly Ride: 981S, 340i
Posts: 9,585
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Great review, JST. It would be my go-to 4-door car if I wanted RWD (though I'd go blue).
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https://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1344846 If it were me, even though putting racks on cars is one of the first things I do, I think I'd simply give up the roof rack to have a CF roof. They look SO good. Annoying that for the v8 e92, bmw allowed receptacles with the CF skin. Weird that they deleted in this generation. |
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#129 |
Carmudgeon
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 3,247
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Wow- wasn’t expecting you to get a bmw. Had gotten the impression you were over them. Beautiful car and I think the carbon roof looks great. Congrats!
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#130 |
Oh, are they?
Join Date: Oct 2003
Carmudgeonly Ride: S4
Location: H-town
Posts: 10,273
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I'm assuming that you can turn that "feature" off.
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