Got my AW M3 Today ! Review + Pics

gbb357 · 05-07-2008, 08:21 PM

Congrats, she's a beauty.

man02195 · 05-07-2008, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by bobr2001

Nine miles....someone rode it out for a spin!

Congratz on a great car

They had to get gas and a case of red bull to get it PDI'd in 3 hours.

KKSigs · 05-07-2008, 08:42 PM

Congrats nice ride

oneginee · 05-07-2008, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by ShadeM3

MDCT Transmisson
... The car feels like an automatic. I tried S5 on the highway, and try to keep the Rev below 5.5K rpm ( i cant test the downshift rev match atm). It felt sporty and manual-like, imo i like it. However the only downside about the shifting is compare to the E46 SMG. theres a "shift lag" on the tranmission. I felt like theres like a .5 sec lag, before the screen show i chged the gear. I need to try this thing again later on.

Nicest review in a while, well balanced which made for an interesting read.

I was having (still having) hard time deciding DCT / 6MT but i can't tolerate any shifting lag, I definitely want my manual. Also your comment about it feeling like an automatic is a big turn off for me. I was going for a manual anyway but that helped lift some potential regrets.

very nice car.

oneginee · 05-08-2008, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by REP1KRR

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235However I opted for some CLEAR low-tack vinyl tape to get me 250 miles home!
http://www.findtape.com/product375/J...inyl-Tape.aspx

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Are you sure you want to use that tape ?? the link says " has twice the adhesion as regular JVCC V-36 Vinyl Tape." and " striping on vehicles". That sounds like some permanent tape. It's going to stick to the clear coat like crazy.
I don't understand this obsession about putting tape on a new car before the bra. To me the clear bra is already an eccentric thing to do. It's a car. One thing that concerns me about clear bras is how it how it is going to age (turning yellow ?) and that once it's there you can not remove it. If you could replace it then why not. Also I bet if affects drag.

Shade · 05-08-2008, 11:03 AM

One thing i discover with the new MDCT and the old E46 SMG, the new MDCT. lf you step on the thottle a bit, the car will start moving and acting like a "automatic" with mean it wont stop with the ground friction until u step on the brake (on a flat ground road). Same as reverse gear.

But overall its a great transmission ! i def like it over the SMG

dab33d · 05-09-2008, 08:02 AM

haha. the bluetape is awesome !

cyba · 05-09-2008, 08:21 AM

thats the best feeling picking up a new car...especially a M3! congrats on your new ride

BTW I sent your Bellof LED lights out today

umwolverine · 05-09-2008, 08:31 AM

Congrats. Enjoy my M brother!

Paladin906 · 05-09-2008, 10:44 AM

Amazing! Congrats.

monsta · 05-09-2008, 03:56 PM

Shade congrats...since i've been M.I.A. I've been slowly getting back into the swing of things here on the board...enjoy it...btw I can't believe you did the tape...I still need to get clear bra'd but got no tape anywhere on my car...

Beemergeek · 05-09-2008, 04:14 PM

Wow, that is some ghetto stuff. Why the hell would you put that crap all over your car and have the guts to take pictures of it? How many of the salespeople spit their lunch out when they saw that?

PBR ME · 05-09-2008, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Beemergeek

Wow, that is some ghetto stuff. Why the hell would you put that crap all over your car and have the guts to take pictures of it? How many of the salespeople spit their lunch out when they saw that?

i agree, that is plain old STUPID!!

ersin · 05-09-2008, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by OzCarfreak

shame there is no head snap, miss that

Your girlfriend/fiance/wife/SO won't though. Trust me, that's important. You gotta look at the big picture. Smoothness wins.

ersin · 05-09-2008, 07:01 PM

Oh no. Not another AW M3. j/k. Looks great. Congrats!

Another new owner gets theirs while I wait another year.

muzhik · 05-09-2008, 07:02 PM

*@**ing sick!!!

ersin · 05-09-2008, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Beemergeek

Wow, that is some ghetto stuff. Why the hell would you put that crap all over your car and have the guts to take pictures of it? How many of the salespeople spit their lunch out when they saw that?

Dude. The OP is a true enthusiast. Don't go hating on him. I can appreciate the love he has for his new car. It's a dangerous world out there. Pebbles. Rocks. Spit. Bugs. You name it. I hate it when those things put scrapes, nicks and gouges in your brand new car. Yes, it's only a car. But I plan on keeping it for a long while when I get mine. You don't get much better satisfaction than babying it.

PBR ME · 05-12-2008, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by ersin

Dude. The OP is a true enthusiast. Don't go hating on him. I can appreciate the love he has for his new car. It's a dangerous world out there. Pebbles. Rocks. Spit. Bugs. You name it. I hate it when those things put scrapes, nicks and gouges in your brand new car. Yes, it's only a car. But I plan on keeping it for a long while when I get mine. You don't get much better satisfaction than babying it.

Im an enthusiast as well, but trust me, id MUCH rather have Pebbles (but not Bam Bam), Rocks, Bugs, even Spit on my car than to cover it with 4 rolls of Blue tape. i mean, hell, why buy such a pretty car only to cover it with that ugly ness?

I know he was only doing it until he got a clear bra, but the fact that he took 20 pictures of it etc, is pretty ghetto!!

Keto · 05-12-2008, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by PBR ME

Im an enthusiast as well, but trust me, id MUCH rather have Pebbles (but not Bam Bam), Rocks, Bugs, even Spit on my car than to cover it with 4 rolls of Blue tape. i mean, hell, why buy such a pretty car only to cover it with that ugly ness?

I know he was only doing it until he got a clear bra, but the fact that he took 20 pictures of it etc, is pretty ghetto!!

You don't know what "ghetto" means, do you?

ihyln · 05-12-2008, 10:30 AM

he's not being ghetto, he's being anal. quite frankly, i'd probably do the same.

ToddMcF2002 · 05-12-2008, 12:46 PM

Ghetto would have been chrome tape

ersin · 05-12-2008, 01:39 PM

And they would spin too!

05-07-2008, 08:21 PM	#23
gbb357 Captain 68 Rep 706 Posts Drives: IS300 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: New York iTrader: (0)	Congrats, she's a beauty.
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05-07-2008, 08:42 PM	#25
KKSigs M4 CSL FBG 1268 Rep 1,871 Posts Drives: M4 CSL FBG Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Indianapolis iTrader: (4)	Congrats nice ride __________________ 16' M4 GTS Frozen Dark Grey Metallic 14' i8 Sophisto Grey Pure Impulse World 08' E92 M3 Jerez Black
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05-08-2008, 11:03 AM	#28
Shade Captain 45 Rep 902 Posts Drives: 12 AW F10 M5 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Chicago / Hong Kong iTrader: (1)	One thing i discover with the new MDCT and the old E46 SMG, the new MDCT. lf you step on the thottle a bit, the car will start moving and acting like a "automatic" with mean it wont stop with the ground friction until u step on the brake (on a flat ground road). Same as reverse gear. But overall its a great transmission ! i def like it over the SMG __________________ 08 E92 M3 AW M-DCT 09 INDxRENN-SPEC Project GT-R
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05-09-2008, 08:02 AM	#29
dab33d Private First Class 25 Rep 143 Posts Drives: 2008 E92 AW/FR M3 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: SoCAL iTrader: (0)	haha. the bluetape is awesome ! __________________ E92 ///M3 6MT FTW
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05-09-2008, 08:21 AM	#30
cyba Lieutenant General 948 Rep 14,371 Posts Drives: beast Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: everywhere iTrader: (353)	thats the best feeling picking up a new car...especially a M3! congrats on your new ride BTW I sent your Bellof LED lights out today
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05-09-2008, 08:31 AM	#31
umwolverine Second Lieutenant 9 Rep 274 Posts Drives: 2008 Jerez M3 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Maryland iTrader: (0)	Congrats. Enjoy my M brother! __________________
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05-09-2008, 10:44 AM	#32
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05-09-2008, 03:56 PM	#33
monsta Brigadier General 218 Rep 3,593 Posts Drives: E92 M3 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Bergen County, NJ/Y.O, NY iTrader: (2)	Shade congrats...since i've been M.I.A. I've been slowly getting back into the swing of things here on the board...enjoy it...btw I can't believe you did the tape...I still need to get clear bra'd but got no tape anywhere on my car... __________________ '08 E92 M3 6MT \| IB \| FR \| RAC RG63's \| VRS Ti Exhaust \| Fabspeed HFC & Xpipe '09 X5 35d SG/SB '11 X3 28i AW/CN/FW (wife's car
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05-09-2008, 04:14 PM	#34
Beemergeek Registered 0 Rep 1 Posts Drives: Fast Join Date: May 2008 Location: Ga. iTrader: (0)	Wow, that is some ghetto stuff. Why the hell would you put that crap all over your car and have the guts to take pictures of it? How many of the salespeople spit their lunch out when they saw that?
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05-09-2008, 07:01 PM	#37
ersin Brigadier General 126 Rep 4,145 Posts Drives: 17 YMB F80 M3 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Maryland iTrader: (1)	Oh no. Not another AW M3. j/k. Looks great. Congrats! Another new owner gets theirs while I wait another year. __________________ 2017 F80 YMB.
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05-09-2008, 07:02 PM	#38
muzhik Registered 0 Rep 2 Posts Drives: dont have 1 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: mars iTrader: (0)	@*ing sick!!!
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05-12-2008, 10:30 AM	#42
ihyln Banned 85 Rep 3,384 Posts Drives: M3post sucks Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: M3post sucks iTrader: (1) Garage List 2008 M3 [0.00] 2002 530i [0.00]	he's not being ghetto, he's being anal. quite frankly, i'd probably do the same.
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05-12-2008, 12:46 PM	#43
ToddMcF2002 Private First Class 2 Rep 120 Posts Drives: E46 M3 (Sold) Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Boston iTrader: (0)	Ghetto would have been chrome tape
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05-12-2008, 01:39 PM	#44
ersin Brigadier General 126 Rep 4,145 Posts Drives: 17 YMB F80 M3 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Maryland iTrader: (1)	And they would spin too! __________________ 2017 F80 YMB.
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