2013 Mineral White/Fox Red e92 M3

Longboarder · 09-04-2012, 10:14 AM

The M3 arrived a few days ago and I have been trying to put miles on it to complete the break-in. Went for a canyon "cruise" yesterday. I like the precision of the M3. If I could explain it in terms of an instrument...it would be a scalpal used by a highly technical surgeon...vs the outgoing 335 which would be a sledgehammer wielded by a slightly drunken ogre. The brutal torque of the 335 and the absolute grip with the coils, LSD and PSS will be missed...but soon the M3 will be fitted with an ESS VT2 600 kit, custom progressive methanol system, Akra slip-on with an MRF catless mid-pipe...which should remove any 335 withdrawals. Installation of my M3 mods is just pending the break-in for which I'm going to wait until about 500 miles. I will do a build thread including dynos at all stages very soon

Here's some quick pics I took this weekend.

6spdg37s · 09-04-2012, 10:26 AM

sexxxxxayyyyy ! congrats enjoy !

Blindside_137 · 09-04-2012, 11:13 AM

beautiful

Rob@StrasseWheels · 09-04-2012, 11:19 AM

Looks great! Can't wait to see it all modded!

hpc3 · 09-04-2012, 11:38 AM

Gorgeous.

flipm3 · 09-04-2012, 07:43 PM

Nice! I can't wait to see all the data and driving impressions you share!

mofbb · 09-04-2012, 08:16 PM

OMG its so beautiful. ! I have ordered the exact same one as yours ! Congrats !

positiveions · 09-04-2012, 08:51 PM

so freaking nice.

sin911 · 09-04-2012, 10:02 PM

Congrats on the new babe!

What are the plans?

BIGW0RM · 09-04-2012, 10:47 PM

Nice house! I love that gate! LOL.

Congrats buddy! Im happy for you.

JulieDriving · 09-04-2012, 10:51 PM

Wow, beautiful! So clean with the metallic paint.......

Congrats Longboarder!!!

kaiv · 09-04-2012, 11:29 PM

Congratulations!!

kwike92 · 09-05-2012, 12:09 AM

i absolutely love that mineral white! congrats

lm1z · 09-05-2012, 09:27 AM

MW FTMFW

THE TECH · 09-05-2012, 09:43 AM

Congrats on the addition!

PARTS@STBMW · 09-05-2012, 06:42 PM

MW looks really nice! Congrats on the new M3!

24601 · 09-05-2012, 06:58 PM

Congrats, she's perfect.

Longboarder · 09-06-2012, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by 6spdg37s

sexxxxxayyyyy ! congrats enjoy !

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Originally Posted by Blindside_137

beautiful

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Originally Posted by Rob@StrasseForged

Looks great! Can't wait to see it all modded!

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Originally Posted by hpc3

Gorgeous.

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Originally Posted by flipm3

Nice! I can't wait to see all the data and driving impressions you share!

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Originally Posted by mofbb

OMG its so beautiful. ! I have ordered the exact same one as yours ! Congrats !

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Originally Posted by positiveions

so freaking nice.

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Originally Posted by sin911

Congrats on the new babe!

What are the plans?

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Originally Posted by ILSMKU

Nice house! I love that gate! LOL.

Congrats buddy! Im happy for you.

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Originally Posted by JulieDriving

Wow, beautiful! So clean with the metallic paint.......

Congrats Longboarder!!!

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Originally Posted by kaiv

Congratulations!!

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Originally Posted by kwike92

i absolutely love that mineral white! congrats

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Originally Posted by lm1z

MW FTMFW

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Originally Posted by THE TECH

Congrats on the addition!

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Originally Posted by PARTS@STBMW

MW looks really nice! Congrats on the new M3!

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Originally Posted by E91M

Congrats, she's perfect.

Thanks all. What a terrific car...there's so much more to it than performance numbers!

I beat the snot out of a pre-owned M3 on a very long test drive, so I knew what the M3 ZCP DCT it was capable of...but after driving it to work for a week, I'm actually very surprised at how comfortable the car is...and while I rarely drive in "D" mode, the DCT shifts perfectly smooth when I need to take phone calls.

My only (sort-of) complaint is teh lack of torque in the mid-range. Coming out of lower speed corners at between 25 and 40 mph, you have no choice but to be in 2nd gear...and I find the acceleration rather anaemic until 6,500 RPM. So I guess I'm just going to need to learn to corner faster

info@trinityautosport · 09-06-2012, 12:10 PM

congrats =)

Peahi · 09-06-2012, 05:52 PM

Sweet and super clean!!! Can't wait to see your mods!

e92involved · 09-06-2012, 05:58 PM

Lack of torque in low RPM is an easy fix....VF Engineering 620 kit. Makes the car much more enjoyable for daily driving

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Originally Posted by Longboarder

Thanks all. What a terrific car...there's so much more to it than performance numbers!

I beat the snot out of a pre-owned M3 on a very long test drive, so I knew what the M3 ZCP DCT it was capable of...but after driving it to work for a week, I'm actually very surprised at how comfortable the car is...and while I rarely drive in "D" mode, the DCT shifts perfectly smooth when I need to take phone calls.

My only (sort-of) complaint is teh lack of torque in the mid-range. Coming out of lower speed corners at between 25 and 40 mph, you have no choice but to be in 2nd gear...and I find the acceleration rather anaemic until 6,500 RPM. So I guess I'm just going to need to learn to corner faster

Longboarder · 09-06-2012, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by nerwyll@trinityautosport

congrats =)

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Originally Posted by Peahi

Sweet and super clean!!! Can't wait to see your mods!

Thanks. Yeah dyno'ing tomorrow at EAS to get a baseline (with only 200 miles on the ODO lol) and then the supercharger will being going in soon. Will get another dyno of the car after the supercharger is installed...and will then get the exhaust and meth installed and get yet another dyno. It will make me feel better about spending all this $$$ on an already terrific car

09-04-2012, 10:14 AM	#1
Longboarder Major General 3431 Rep 6,771 Posts Drives: 2016 BMW i8 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Monarch Beach iTrader: (1) Garage List 2012 BMW e92 M3 [0.00] 2021 BMW X5M [10.00] 2015 Porsche 991 Tu ... [10.00] 2015 Porsche 991 GT3 [10.00]	2013 Mineral White/Fox Red e92 M3 The M3 arrived a few days ago and I have been trying to put miles on it to complete the break-in. Went for a canyon "cruise" yesterday. I like the precision of the M3. If I could explain it in terms of an instrument...it would be a scalpal used by a highly technical surgeon...vs the outgoing 335 which would be a sledgehammer wielded by a slightly drunken ogre. The brutal torque of the 335 and the absolute grip with the coils, LSD and PSS will be missed...but soon the M3 will be fitted with an ESS VT2 600 kit, custom progressive methanol system, Akra slip-on with an MRF catless mid-pipe...which should remove any 335 withdrawals. Installation of my M3 mods is just pending the break-in for which I'm going to wait until about 500 miles. I will do a build thread including dynos at all stages very soon Here's some quick pics I took this weekend. Attached Images __________________ Current BMWs: 2022 X5 40i, 2016 X5 50i 2015 Porsche 991 Turbo S 1979 Porsche 911 Turbo (930) a couple others IG: longboarder949; YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT1...eoFBszPIK0gf9w
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