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Old 15-05-2005, 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by wimwerf
393bhp 4wd saph...same times as an e46m3.......i dont thinks so...
waddya mean, my mate got a 12.7 sec at 109mph in his saff rolling roaded at 393 atf, the new m3 is roughly the same as that so whats the prob, you no spittin hairs over a couple of tenghts of a second surely???
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393bhp 4wd saph...same times as an e46m3.......i dont thinks so...
waddya mean, my mate got a 12.7 sec at 109mph in his saff rolling roaded at 393 atf, the new m3 is roughly the same as that so whats the prob, you no spittin hairs over a couple of tenghts of a second surely???
i meant...a 393bhp 4wd saph is a lot faster then the e46m3...
Old 15-05-2005, 05:14 PM
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is the e46 the brand new one? if it is i wouldnt say less than half a second difference is 'a lot' would you???
Old 15-05-2005, 05:15 PM
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Whats the reliability/servicing costs and more important the depreciation of the current M3?
Old 15-05-2005, 05:18 PM
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depreciation will be shit, running costs??? servicing only i would imagine they dont really go wrong ask paul as he has one
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depreciation will be shit
Enuff said..crossed off
Old 15-05-2005, 05:23 PM
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mates dad bought one new last year for i think it was around 38k, he's lost around 9k in a year, not for me thats for sure
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Originally Posted by the strut brace
is the e46 the brand new one? if it is i wouldnt say less than half a second difference is 'a lot' would you???
the e46 m3 is the 343bhp model..or am i wrong....
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Old 15-05-2005, 06:52 PM
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Paul nice motor mate
Old 15-05-2005, 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Rhys
Paul nice motor mate
Ditto

What brake was your old ZT Fiesta?

And have you got any times
Old 15-05-2005, 07:46 PM
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just found out my dads borrowing one for the day of sytners tommorow, if (when ) he buys it i look forward to dooring him in the sierra
Old 15-05-2005, 08:29 PM
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The E46 M3 is great,that noise and rev, rev and more revs.

Id take one over any big power cossie tbh and when i first drove one i thought yes my cossie is quicker-which it is but these BMW's are just so easy to look after and the fact is -is that the M3 is as nice to drive at 30 as it is at 130.Nuff said.

Thats why im buying a E39 M5
Still like cossies though,but no as much as these
Old 15-05-2005, 09:12 PM
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Ooh I love all this talk about Cossies and M3`s racing!!!!!!!

However I dont think they are as quick as you lot are making out

My mate has one in Alpina White , Full Magnex system and uprated throttle bodies and I absolutely twanged him in my Stage 3 Saff.

But its a completely different type of power IMO. M3`s are a smooth but strong power ....they dont snap ya fooking neck like a Cossie would

But still a lovely car anyway
Old 21-05-2005, 01:11 PM
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Default NEW M3

IF ITS THE BRAND NEW 3SERIES THAT CAME OUT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THE M3'S IN THAT SHAPE ARE A V8 AREN'T THEY?
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thought they were straight 6's???
Old 21-05-2005, 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by 500NEIL
IF ITS THE BRAND NEW 3SERIES THAT CAME OUT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THE M3'S IN THAT SHAPE ARE A V8 AREN'T THEY?
That one is out in 2007

The latest version is the Club sport,poor mans CSL
Old 21-05-2005, 01:22 PM
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I love posts like this

Lots of quotes like "my mate" and "pulling away"

But mainly the posts are full of "bullshit bullshit" In fact I think another PF user met you guys the other day Thread here

Ask any girl (with a brain) what she'd rather be seen in saff taxi or E46 M3.

Game over
Old 21-05-2005, 01:45 PM
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Yes, the package is good, but you pay for that. What they cost £30,000 to £40,000? I’d like to see a BMW M3 driver stick his car into the B road corners with total commitment, the way I stick My Escort Cossie into the corners. I know if I ditch it, it’s not a lot of money, and I could rebuild it. But to ditch a £30K to £40K car into the hedge, I think not. It’s more image and straight line speed than corners.

As for Rich w, some of us drive our cars, and don’t need them to pull girls
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Out the factory like that mr m3 driver will get a new one if he ditches it though
Old 21-05-2005, 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnP001
Yes, the package is good, but you pay for that. What they cost £30,000 to £40,000? I’d like to see a BMW M3 driver stick his car into the B road corners with total commitment, the way I stick My Escort Cossie into the corners. I know if I ditch it, it’s not a lot of money, and I could rebuild it. But to ditch a £30K to £40K car into the hedge, I think not. It’s more image and straight line speed than corners.

As for Rich w, some of us drive our cars, and don’t need them to pull girls

Keep telling yourself that. Keep telling yourself....

That doesn't make any sense Presumably your Escos is FC insurance. As would be a E46. So if you crash it you get the money back. Simple. If, as I suspect, you dont have the driving ability to drive a Real WD car hard, and that includes keeping your corner speed high, then may I suggest you keep the Escos.

And please dont tell me you wouldn't like a little bit of female attention. Or are you

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An m3 joined the motorway (m1 north) at the same time as me a few months ago. Me in my little zetec-s, ragging the hell out of it as always. The m3 obviously made me look like i was standing. i don't think i've ever seen anything so quick, certainly not on the roads anyway. seen plenty of fast fords (cossies, rs turbos, etc) etc giving it up the motorway. i love them!
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