M3 reference of the day...

[mermar]

Ezra Dyer of Automobile magazine once suggested that "...car magazines generally regard the M3 the same way a four-year-old regards Santa Claus

[JD3]

Good one. This will be a fun thread. Love ezra btw.
"M3 is one of the most perfectly balanced machines ever created by man. It mskes an f-16 look ungainly and lumpen" - j. Clarkson

[mermar]

Mark Magrath of Edmunds Inside Line wrote these comments after driving a 2009 E90 M3 saloon in the canyons of Southern California: "This is the best most complete car in the world. It's actually a bargain for what you get. Wow."

[Mik3]

Jeremy Clarkson said "You used to have to be a cock to buy an M3...now you're a cock if you don't."

[bsiciliano]

Chris Harris described the Ferrari F12 Berlinetta as "740 horse power M3"

[davesaddiction]

Clarkson:

It is... pretty much perfect.

Why don't I have one of these cars?

Arthur St. Antoine of Motor Trend magazine says: "World's single greatest car? Seriously? Yes – the new BMW M3 is unquestionably a contender. Probably no other car combines so many virtues – speed, handling, good looks, roominess, practicality – into one package. Driving the new BMW M3 is an absolutely blissful experience, flooding your brain with dopamine as if you were arriving to courtside seats at the Lakers game with Jennifer Connelly on your arm." -and- "If you put an F1 car and a premium sedan in a blender, the M3 would be the cocktail that pours out. Mmmm, nothing else like it. A toast then: To the BMW M3, the greatest all-around car in the world."

Mark Gillies of Car and Driver magazine says: "A car has got to be pretty spectacular to win over the curmudgeons here at 1585 Eisenhower Place, especially when familiarity sets in over the course of 40,000 miles. But our Sparkling Graphite Metallic M3 did indeed win us over.", and "Based on our experience, the current M3 is the world's all-around best car for the money, although several staffers would have preferred to trade some of the coupe's looks for the added practicality of the sedan.", and "This is the finest car on the market, period."

Jeremy Clarkson of BBC television show Top Gear says: "This [The M3] is the best car, and always will be, and there's no point in ever thinking otherwise."

If you're ever in doubt about how special this car is, just refer to the opinion of the collective automotive press for the past 6 years. For a car to get this kind of praise from writers whose job it is to be critical of the cars they drive is truly rare.

[Amirsm3]

This car is genuinely a unique experience. No regrets - except that I waited this long to jump into one.

[M3AG]

Jeremy Clarkson: The only hope you have [Audi RS5] of getting past [M3] is eventually the BMW driver will have to pull over to wipe an insect of the bonnet!

[MKE_M3]

Great thread, keep'm comin' y'all!!!

[Petros]

Originally Posted by M3AG

Jeremy Clarkson: The only hope you have [Audi RS5] of getting past [M3] is eventually the BMW driver will have to pull over to wipe an insect of the bonnet!

or you can wait until he runs out of gas and has to fill up

[///M Ryder]

I figured this was a great thread to bring back a old friend of ours........Phil

[goofyboots81]

Originally Posted by ///M Ryder

I figured this was a great thread to bring back a old friend of ours........Phil

This is fantastic.

[4corners]

How do you replace the best car ever made?

[TheDeliverator]

Originally Posted by 4corners

How do you replace the best car ever made?

With your Tesla?

[jpan08]

amazing thread

[4corners]

at some point we'll just be able to program in the dynamics of whatever car we choose. If you want it to drive like a Porsche 911, put in that computer profile. If you want it to drive like a Veyron, put in that profile. The sound will change the performance characteristics will mimic whatever computer input you want.

[1MOREMOD]

Originally Posted by 4corners

at some point we'll just be able to program in the dynamics of whatever car we choose. If you want it to drive like a Porsche 911, put in that computer profile. If you want it to drive like a Veyron, put in that profile. The sound will change the performance characteristics will mimic whatever computer input you want.

i doubt that. the cost of making a veyron level of acceleration and 911 level of handling to turn into a prius would create too many redundant systems to work properly or be in any way cost effective. would be cheaper for someone to buy one of each.

[4corners]

Originally Posted by 1MOREMOD

i doubt that. the cost of making a veyron level of acceleration and 911 level of handling to turn into a prius would create too many redundant systems to work properly or be in any way cost effective. would be cheaper for someone to buy one of each.

Hypethetically speaking....

[1fastdoc]

Originally Posted by 4corners

at some point we'll just be able to program in the dynamics of whatever car we choose. If you want it to drive like a Porsche 911, put in that computer profile. If you want it to drive like a Veyron, put in that profile. The sound will change the performance characteristics will mimic whatever computer input you want.

I disagree.

At some point we'll all get in our Google cars and the automated machine will drive us safely to work. We'll have a virtual console where we can play video games such as Forza while the car does the mundane.

[davesaddiction]

Originally Posted by 1fastdoc

I disagree.

At some point we'll all get in our Google cars and the automated machine will drive us safely to work. We'll have a virtual console where we can play video games such as Forza while the car does the mundane.

They can take my steering wheel (and manual transmission connected to an internal combustion engine) from my cold, dead hands!

[1MOREMOD]

on track

[W///]

... Anyway back on topic.

Richard Meaden from EVO:
With the possible exception of the engine, which is more spectacular than we’d dared hope, the new M3 has thrown us no great surprises. It’s quicker – much quicker – than the car it replaces, and more hardcore in its delivery, yet the chassis is more rounded and liveable with than ever. More steering feel wouldn’t go amiss, but the M3 works happily at or beyond the limit. Assuming you could afford the fuel bills, it’s a car you could drive every day, yet it’s capable of delivering a level of performance that cars costing twice as much would struggle to match.