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Originally Posted by knolow
Each one of them admits the best was the e46M and that the E9xM was further from that but say the F8x is even further.
On top of all this Road and Track and Car and Driver Magazine evaluations say the F8xM is a great muscle car. Which is funny my track buddies said basically the same.
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I would say the E9X M3 beats the crap out of an E46 M3. I own both and I've driven both a lot on the street and track. The E9X M3 is far more tossable and controllable at the limit. The E46M3 just punishes you with terminal understeer and then some pretty hairy oversteer. The E9X M3 rewards you with smiles as you rotate the car under throttle.
I get better lap times in my relatively stock E90 M3 (Non-EDC,DCT, Dinan Stage II, GC camber plates, 275s on all 4 corners) vs my lightened and modded E46 M3 (stock power). Both on 275 NT01s. My corner speeds are a little lower in my E9X M3 but not by much.
I think a lot of people don't like how much more willing the back end will come around in an E9X and most are more comfortable with the E46 where it takes some idiocy to make it oversteer. The biggest difference is the E9X is far more controllable beyond its traction limits than the E46. The E9X is a drift machine! I think the F8X will be more of the same. The E46 is much more of a handful once the rear tires break loose. Its more like work than fun in the E46. Its just FUN in the E9X!
If cooling is a problem, I'm sure BMW will address it over the production run.