Test drove and M3 Today

Zero7 · 05-01-2010, 12:18 PM

Hi All, I'm new to this forum, been a lurker for a while but never posted. Went to see a couple of dealers today, initially I was interested in a Monte Carlo edition bur next to it was parked a a Dakar Yellow, well it's a marmite colour but I loved it.

It had so much presence which iI feel is just the tonic for an M car. It's a big gamble as a colour but it looked really cool and fresh...

It was a DCT equiped car and the salesman let me open her up a little and the sound was very nice, and it pulled like a train higher up the rev range, the speed it pilled on was incredible..

I drive a 360bhp Scooby Spe-c which is very quick and this felt in the same league..

Will be trying to do a deal in the coming days.

1MOREMOD · 05-01-2010, 12:25 PM

what is a scooby spec?

Zero7 · 05-01-2010, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by chriszeh

what is a scooby spec?

I meant Spec-c, A hawkeye one at that..

rhys187 · 05-01-2010, 12:52 PM

Where in the uk you from mate. Im hopeing to get the Daker yellow edtion in the summer time when i sell my e46 m3 LSB

Zero7 · 05-01-2010, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by rhys187

Where in the uk you from mate. Im hopeing to get the Daker yellow edtion in the summer time when i sell my e46 m3 LSB

I'm in Warwickshire, the Dakar is a Balls out colour which sticks up two fingers to those driving Jerez Black and the likes...

rhys187 · 05-01-2010, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Zero7

I'm in Warwickshire, the Dakar is a Balls out colour which sticks up two fingers to those driving Jerez Black and the likes...

haha yer thats why i want it cause it sticks out alot.

1MOREMOD · 05-01-2010, 12:58 PM

yeah nice like me. so a scooby is a subaru wrx sti.

Zero7 · 05-01-2010, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by chriszeh

yeah nice like me. so a scooby is a subaru wrx sti.

It is indeed but this one is a Spec-c Toshi Arai edition, very different to the usual Sti, Prodrive bought 50 of these babies to the UK, turned 35 into rally cars and sold 15 on, this is one of them..

ss134 · 05-01-2010, 02:00 PM

How did you find the handling/genaral feel of the m3 compared to the scooby?
Dakar is love it or hate it colour but if you want to get noticed it gets the job done. As for sticking your finger up at jerez M3 owners....i have just ordered my E90 M3 in jerez black, always loved black - and i like the fact that on the M3 its a bit stealthy. All depends on what youre trying to achieve i suppose, the car is the same irrespective of colour.

Zero7 · 05-01-2010, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by ss134

How did you find the handling/genaral feel of the m3 compared to the scooby?
Dakar is love it or hate it colour but if you want to get noticed it gets the job done. As for sticking your finger up at jerez M3 owners....i have just ordered my E90 M3 in jerez black, always loved black - and i like the fact that on the M3 its a bit stealthy. All depends on what youre trying to achieve i suppose, the car is the same irrespective of colour.

Please do not take my comments on Jerez as derogator, they were not meant in that way, what I was trying to say was that some people like to buy a safe colour and one not to be noticed in...

My last 1 series was metalic black and my wife now has one too..

II did not get a chance to push the car and not being used to it was probably a wise thing. It felt very planted and there was less lean than my Subaru but around a tight around about I could certainly feel the extra weight the M3 carries, the salesman said 'I thought you were going to go sideways then'

ss134 · 05-01-2010, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Zero7

Please do not take my comments on Jerez as derogator, they were not meant in that way, what I was trying to say was that some people like to buy a safe colour and one not to be noticed in...

My last 1 series was metalic black and my wife now has one too..

II did not get a chance to push the car and not being used to it was probably a wise thing. It felt very planted and there was less lean than my Subaru but around a tight around about I could certainly feel the extra weight the M3 carries, the salesman said 'I thought you were going to go sideways then'

No offense was taken mate - colour choices are a personal thing! Interesting for you to say that the M 'felt' as fast as the scooby because normally cars with large turbo's 'feel' faster even if they are not - what Rpm did you take it up to and how did you find the DCT?

John Tanglewood · 05-01-2010, 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zero7

Please do not take my comments on Jerez as derogator, they were not meant in that way, what I was trying to say was that some people like to buy a safe colour and one not to be noticed in...

My last 1 series was metalic black and my wife now has one too..

II did not get a chance to push the car and not being used to it was probably a wise thing. It felt very planted and there was less lean than my Subaru but around a tight around about I could certainly feel the extra weight the M3 carries, the salesman said 'I thought you were going to go sideways then'

Nice Scooby. I'm driving a WRX Stg 2 hawkeye pushing around 350hp/365tq, and to me the M3 still felt like a different league.

Stock STI suspension allows you to throw the STI into corners but when you're pushing it really hard there is noticeable understeer, whereas the M3 felt the opposite as it goes wherever you point it!

Ride comfort wasn't comparable to me, as any squeaks and rattles I felt in my Subaru were gone in the M3. You certainly feel the weight in the M3 (+/- 300lbs), but it adds to the secure feeling of the car.

Overall the scoob is a tremendous car with raw power that can be thrown into corners and played with throughout the entire rev range. I would love to keep mine and use it on the track!!

Zero7 · 05-01-2010, 07:09 PM

Thing is guys, I'm used ot NA engines as well as Turbo, I've had a coupel of very fast EVO's and Some tuned honda K20A's and I love the rev happy engines and apprecaite that you need to rev the nuts off sometimes to apprecaite the engine and get the most out of the performance.

To the guy with the Sti that was understeery, yes the standard Sti is but the Spec-c is a whole different kettle of fish, no understeer at all, much more like an EVO at the front but with a very nice reat bias.

05-01-2010, 12:18 PM	#1
Zero7 Lieutenant 31 Rep 411 Posts Drives: M3 Dakar Edition Join Date: May 2010 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	Test drove and M3 Today Hi All, I'm new to this forum, been a lurker for a while but never posted. Went to see a couple of dealers today, initially I was interested in a Monte Carlo edition bur next to it was parked a a Dakar Yellow, well it's a marmite colour but I loved it. It had so much presence which iI feel is just the tonic for an M car. It's a big gamble as a colour but it looked really cool and fresh... It was a DCT equiped car and the salesman let me open her up a little and the sound was very nice, and it pulled like a train higher up the rev range, the speed it pilled on was incredible.. I drive a 360bhp Scooby Spe-c which is very quick and this felt in the same league.. Will be trying to do a deal in the coming days.
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1MOREMOD - 11817 Rep 23,187 Posts Drives: Race car-> Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: check your mirrors iTrader: (5)	what is a scooby spec? __________________ 02 Tiag e46 M3\|6MT\|GC plates\|MCS c.o.\|GC bars\|GC race control arms\|GC bushings\|BW eng. & tran. mounts\|subframe kit\|BW race shifter\|BW Jaffster\|Euro header\|BW exhaust\|K&N c.a.i.\|Epic race tune\|Rouge pulleys\|Seibon CF hood\|CSL bumper\|apr gt 250 & splitter\|ST-40\|XR-2\|SS lines\|half cage\|Recaro profi\|Profi 2 harness\|BMWpedals\|BW studs\|
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rhys187 Soon to be E92 M3 Edtion Dakar Yellow Owner 7 Rep 61 Posts Drives: LSB E46 M3 Convertible Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Banstead (South East of England) iTrader: (0)	Where in the uk you from mate. Im hopeing to get the Daker yellow edtion in the summer time when i sell my e46 m3 LSB __________________ Dakar Yellow E92 ///M3 Coupe Edition
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1MOREMOD - 11817 Rep 23,187 Posts Drives: Race car-> Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: check your mirrors iTrader: (5)	yeah nice like me. so a scooby is a subaru wrx sti. __________________ 02 Tiag e46 M3\|6MT\|GC plates\|MCS c.o.\|GC bars\|GC race control arms\|GC bushings\|BW eng. & tran. mounts\|subframe kit\|BW race shifter\|BW Jaffster\|Euro header\|BW exhaust\|K&N c.a.i.\|Epic race tune\|Rouge pulleys\|Seibon CF hood\|CSL bumper\|apr gt 250 & splitter\|ST-40\|XR-2\|SS lines\|half cage\|Recaro profi\|Profi 2 harness\|BMWpedals\|BW studs\|
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ss134 Brigadier General 230 Rep 3,899 Posts Drives: F80 M3 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Germany/UK iTrader: (1)	How did you find the handling/genaral feel of the m3 compared to the scooby? Dakar is love it or hate it colour but if you want to get noticed it gets the job done. As for sticking your finger up at jerez M3 owners....i have just ordered my E90 M3 in jerez black, always loved black - and i like the fact that on the M3 its a bit stealthy. All depends on what youre trying to achieve i suppose, the car is the same irrespective of colour.
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Zero7 Lieutenant 31 Rep 411 Posts Drives: M3 Dakar Edition Join Date: May 2010 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	Thing is guys, I'm used ot NA engines as well as Turbo, I've had a coupel of very fast EVO's and Some tuned honda K20A's and I love the rev happy engines and apprecaite that you need to rev the nuts off sometimes to apprecaite the engine and get the most out of the performance. To the guy with the Sti that was understeery, yes the standard Sti is but the Spec-c is a whole different kettle of fish, no understeer at all, much more like an EVO at the front but with a very nice reat bias.
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