Still turns heads!!!...... - Page 3

kchu221 · 12-16-2012, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by laurenxesq

Exception: fire orage M3 Lime Rock Edition

haha yea that car is very noticable... i actually like the fire orange now, at first i never really liked the bright colors BMW was coming out with for the m cars...

Nang Vann · 12-16-2012, 09:01 PM

M3 always turns my head! Beast of a car!

AshyLarryMP · 12-16-2012, 11:10 PM

Most of the time people only see my tail lights.

carbon//m3 · 12-17-2012, 07:44 AM

I'd get more looks in my e46 M3, then my e92 M.

laurenxesq · 12-18-2012, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by kchu221

haha yea that car is very noticable... i actually like the fire orange now, at first i never really liked the bright colors BMW was coming out with for the m cars...

Exactly my sentiments

I've always been a black car. With the FO, the more I see it, the more I love it. It's growing on me.

Cheers.

laurenxesq · 12-18-2012, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Superfly_M3

Maybe there WAS a naked woman behind you, so they guys stopped in a panic

laurenxesq · 12-18-2012, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by kchu221

LOL at least they werent running the front fenders with a m3 gills and m3 badge everywhere...

kchu221 · 12-18-2012, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by laurenxesq

Exactly my sentiments

I've always been a black car. With the FO, the more I see it, the more I love it. It's growing on me.

Cheers.

haha i swore to myself ill never ever get another black car after my previous one... it was hardest to keep clean...

mosx · 12-18-2012, 12:30 PM

This is the biggest reason I chose a BMW over other cars, they still look sexy years after they rolled off the assembly line, and decades after they were designed. Hell I still go ga-ga over a clean e36. The M3 is a car you can keep for 20 years and it'll still look good.

av2 · 12-18-2012, 02:24 PM

To people that don't know much about cars, M3s seem like any 3 series. To enthusiasts, all generations of the M3 that are well maintained still grab attention. Just the other day, I saw a spotless darker yellow E36 M3 couple rolling down the streets, and I couldn't stop staring at it. Right after I got home, I spent hours on Auto Traders...

M3SQRD · 12-18-2012, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Denk

I get the occasional look/compliment. I still find myself doing the double take look back whenever I park her...put's a

on my face.

+1 - even after three+ years I still catch myself doing this

MRV99 · 12-18-2012, 08:10 PM

We have a bunch on M3's in Chicago and I get complements in my SSII all the time. I was on a trip to Lincoln Nebraska(1100 mile round trip) and i think i got a complement at every gas station I stopped at which we all know was alot hehe.

At first I did't want the SSII but the deal was so good I couldn't pass it up. Since then, I am glad because it is a ///M color and it doesn't blend in like all the other black, white, gray ones. When I pulled up to the house the first thing the wife said was "You bought a baby blue m3?" now she really likes the color. The best is when she gets complements on "her" M3. She is always eager to tell me when people say something to her.

bvanderbilt · 12-18-2012, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by christopherchenm

M3 is like nothing in SoCal

It's funny no matter what car forum you are on whenever anybody makes a thread along the lines of "I get attention in my car" people from California come in to respond "not here, you might as well be driving a beige Civic".

I have a friend that lives in Santa Monica who I visit often. Sure there are lots of "nice" cars around, lots of 3-series, but 95% of people are driving the same economy cars they drive on the East Coast -- Prius, Yaris, old car, etc. I might see two or three M3s a day here, might see fix or six in LA, but they still stand out. I know I start daydreaming hard about driving mine up the coast when I get passed by one when I'm struggling to get up an incline on the highway at 65mph with the AC and the pedal jammed on the floor in my friends' Yaris. I'm sure if you picked up a girl for a date in a freshly washed M3 she would still compliment you on your car, no matter which coast you're on.

bvanderbilt · 12-18-2012, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by av2

To people that don't know much about cars, M3s seem like any 3 series.

Only one issue with that statement. The reason the M3 gets so much attention from men (and less so from women) is because every dude reads Car & Driver or Automobile or whatever, whether they are an enthusiast or not. And every year those magazines have had something like "M3 is the greatest car EVER to be made it is the KING of all automobiles". So people actually do know what it is on that basis alone.

MY13E92M3 · 12-19-2012, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by rjd598

i stare at alot of cars all the time lol especially M's even though i own one

+1

MRV99 · 12-20-2012, 01:51 AM

I tell the wife the exact same thin if she catches me "observing" another lady. "Honey, just because I look at other cars does not mean I don't love my car(I do), I just like looking at cars in general". Hehehe

Vic311 · 12-20-2012, 02:48 AM

I get the occasional 'nice car' comment..wouldnt call it a head turner.

LarThaL · 12-20-2012, 05:02 AM

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Originally Posted by bvanderbilt

Only one issue with that statement. The reason the M3 gets so much attention from men (and less so from women) is because every dude reads Car & Driver or Automobile or whatever, whether they are an enthusiast or not. And every year those magazines have had something like "M3 is the greatest car EVER to be made it is the KING of all automobiles". So people actually do know what it is on that basis alone.

I think you hit the nail on the head. It is a very well known car. Even my friends who aren't car enthusiasts have heard of it. It is legendary for the very reason you mentioned, and yet it is still within the scope of reality.

There was a time in my life when I could not have afforded this car. And, yet, it was within reach "someday". For that reason, I lusted after it. Do I lust after a Bugatti? Absolutely not. It is so far beyond my reality that I don't give it a second thought.

Last year I went to the NY International Auto show. I spent about 3 minutes looking at the Bugatti. On the other hand, I went back to look at the M6 like 10 times. Why? Because it is a really nice car but is also within the scope of my reality. I think the M3 has a similar effect for a lot of people.

go4gr8 · 12-20-2012, 10:51 AM

To contribute to this thread, my masseuse and her secretary got word of my just getting an M3 and when they saw it, they were more excited than me! They wanted my massage session over quickly so they could see it.

Yes, they were both hot, and yes, they were both married.

///M3THOD · 12-20-2012, 11:51 AM

I get occasionally get comments or looks outside of Atlanta.. not in Buckhead though. I see another M3 basically on a daily basis.

I pulled into my dealership yesterday and there were 4 M3's in the service bay and a '13 EB coupe sitting in the service bay showroom area.

It didn't make me feel very special.

Siciliano611 · 12-20-2012, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ///M3THOD

I get occasionally get comments or looks outside of Atlanta.. not in Buckhead though. I see another M3 basically on a daily basis.

I pulled into my dealership yesterday and there were 4 M3's in the service bay and a '13 EB coupe sitting in the service bay showroom area.

It didn't make me feel very special.

If you mean Global Imports I was there the other day its a IB coupe....

///M3THOD · 12-20-2012, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Siciliano611

If you mean Global Imports I was there the other day its a IB coupe....

Your right, it is Interlagos, its sitting next to the F30 328 M-Sport.

12-16-2012, 09:01 PM	#46
Nang Vann Major Drives: E46 M3, R35 GT-R Join Date: May 2011 Location: Australia Posts: 1,076 iTrader: (0)	M3 always turns my head! Beast of a car! __________________ Moving on up!

12-18-2012, 02:24 PM	#54
av2 Enlisted Member Drives: e92 M3 DCT Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: S.CAL Posts: 43 iTrader: (0)	To people that don't know much about cars, M3s seem like any 3 series. To enthusiasts, all generations of the M3 that are well maintained still grab attention. Just the other day, I saw a spotless darker yellow E36 M3 couple rolling down the streets, and I couldn't stop staring at it. Right after I got home, I spent hours on Auto Traders... __________________ Current E92 M3 DCT, Cayenne Turbo S, Ferrari F430 F1 Past 911 Turbo (996), C32 AMG, S2000, (E36) M3, Supra TT, MR2 Turbo

12-18-2012, 08:10 PM	#56
MRV99 Drank the Koolaid Drives: 2011 M3 DCT Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Naperville Posts: 122 iTrader: (0)	We have a bunch on M3's in Chicago and I get complements in my SSII all the time. I was on a trip to Lincoln Nebraska(1100 mile round trip) and i think i got a complement at every gas station I stopped at which we all know was alot hehe. At first I did't want the SSII but the deal was so good I couldn't pass it up. Since then, I am glad because it is a ///M color and it doesn't blend in like all the other black, white, gray ones. When I pulled up to the house the first thing the wife said was "You bought a baby blue m3?" now she really likes the color. The best is when she gets complements on "her" M3. She is always eager to tell me when people say something to her. __________________ 12 X5 50i Sport w/ Adaptive drive -- 11 M3 DCT --- Laid to rest---- 2011 X5 50i (Lemon) -- 2008 550 Msport -- 2007 x5 4.8 sport -- 2004 545 sport -- 2002 x5 4.4 sport -- 2001 540i Msport 2000 SL500 -- 1997 SL500

12-20-2012, 01:51 AM	#60
MRV99 Drank the Koolaid Drives: 2011 M3 DCT Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Naperville Posts: 122 iTrader: (0)	I tell the wife the exact same thin if she catches me "observing" another lady. "Honey, just because I look at other cars does not mean I don't love my car(I do), I just like looking at cars in general". Hehehe __________________ 12 X5 50i Sport w/ Adaptive drive -- 11 M3 DCT --- Laid to rest---- 2011 X5 50i (Lemon) -- 2008 550 Msport -- 2007 x5 4.8 sport -- 2004 545 sport -- 2002 x5 4.4 sport -- 2001 540i Msport 2000 SL500 -- 1997 SL500

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12-16-2012, 11:10 PM	#47
AshyLarryMP Second Lieutenant Drives: 2011 E92 ZCP Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: San Diego Posts: 253 iTrader: (0)	Most of the time people only see my tail lights.

12-17-2012, 07:44 AM	#48
carbon//m3 Second Lieutenant Drives: m3 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: CA Posts: 266 iTrader: (2)	I'd get more looks in my e46 M3, then my e92 M.

12-18-2012, 12:30 PM	#53
mosx The mod bug has bitten. Drives: 2008 M3 Sedan Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: North Texas Posts: 525 iTrader: (1) Garage List 2008 BMW M3 [0.00]	This is the biggest reason I chose a BMW over other cars, they still look sexy years after they rolled off the assembly line, and decades after they were designed. Hell I still go ga-ga over a clean e36. The M3 is a car you can keep for 20 years and it'll still look good.

12-20-2012, 02:48 AM	#61
Vic311 Zen Drives: 2011 e92 M3 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: CA Posts: 847 iTrader: (0)	I get the occasional 'nice car' comment..wouldnt call it a head turner.

12-20-2012, 10:51 AM	#63
go4gr8 Enlisted Member Drives: 2008 E92 M3 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Canuck in Portland, ME Posts: 35 iTrader: (0) Garage List 2008 BMW E92 M3 [0.00]	To contribute to this thread, my masseuse and her secretary got word of my just getting an M3 and when they saw it, they were more excited than me! They wanted my massage session over quickly so they could see it. Yes, they were both hot, and yes, they were both married.

12-20-2012, 11:51 AM	#64
///M3THOD Major Drives: e93 AW M3, CLS63 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: ATL/Buckhead Posts: 1,185 iTrader: (25)	I get occasionally get comments or looks outside of Atlanta.. not in Buckhead though. I see another M3 basically on a daily basis. I pulled into my dealership yesterday and there were 4 M3's in the service bay and a '13 EB coupe sitting in the service bay showroom area. It didn't make me feel very special.