Edmunds 2009 BMW M3 Long-Term Test - 20k miles later

[Mook]

Pretty good read if you're bored.

Full Article
http://www.insideline.com/bmw/m3/2009/2009-bmw-m3-long-term-test.html

A Summary of Madness
Trying to summarize a BMW M3 is a bit like trying to explain a supernova crashing into a crayon factory to a blind guy. There's hyperbole and clichés, and none of them do the car any justice.

For example, the M3 doesn't make a whole lot of sense for simple performance, since the 2011 Ford Mustang GT 5.0 keeps pace for about half the price, plus Sync is better than iDrive. But that's like saying Colt 45 malt liquor will get you just as drunk as Chateau Lafite Rothschild. The M3 E46 coupe proved to be a stunningly good car, yet the M3 E90 four-door sedan offers a stiffer chassis, more power, plus the utility of four doors. If the point of the M3 is to deliver extraordinary performance in a package that is compatible with everyday life, then the E90 is the best M3 ever, because it is both very, very fast and very, very refined.

Edmunds.com editor Josh Sadlier said it best: "The M3 isn't an overpriced 3 Series; it's a discounted supercar. In an age when raw automotive excellence is disappearing from showrooms faster than manual transmissions, this Bimmer stands apart."

2 vids they included in their writeup...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBGgyQcSn40&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBfsKPxPJCo&feature=player_embedded

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[Turk]

Discounted super car FTW!!!! Although I don't feel that way about my car.

 

[sickmint79]

y not

 

[Yaj Yak]

For example, the M3 doesn't make a whole lot of sense for simple performance, since the 2011 Ford Mustang GT 5.0 keeps pace for about half the price, plus Sync is better than iDrive. But that's like saying Colt 45 malt liquor will get you just as drunk as Chateau Lafite Rothschild.

 

[Turk]

y not

Not fast enough

 

[sickmint79]

you need to feed it some real turnsies