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Steve Dinan's review of new M3
Steve Dinan drove the new M3 recently in and around Spain on some twisty mountain roads and reported on it in the recent Roundel issue. As respected BMW tuner and onetime racer, I was interested in his impressions and thought I would share them with you in case you haven’t seen the issue. It's a great article and you can hear the excitement in his report.
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09-13-2007, 02:52 AM | #2 |
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his comment about the limited slip differential is interesting. i can't recall any reviews that made a focused comparison between this generation and the prior generation's LSD.
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09-13-2007, 05:24 AM | #3 |
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Dinans comments are both interesting and up lifting.
When I first entered the BMW tuning world I viewd Dinan products as being over priced and not nearly aggresive enough. As I matured mentally I realized I was looking at Dinan products all wrong. All of Dinans products, as well as his one off cars, aspire to both add performance yet maintain a certain level of civility. In some instances his products have added civility and performance at the same time. For these reasons I am not surprised that Dinan is in love with the new M3. I think many are a little upset that the M3 is not a focused racer like the E30 M3. However, just because its not focused in one particular area doesnt mean that it cant be good in all areas. The new M3 is both more civil and yet more capable than the previous gen. Something I knew Dinan would like. When my new M3 arrives it will not be my daily driver. I am sure about half of us here probably have similar plans. So, if the new M3 came as a dedicated racer, something like the 996 GT3, it wouldnt effect us much. However, the M3 needs to be civil enough to be driven on a daily basis for everyone else. Something the 996 GT3 was not ideal for. So in a way the new M3 is more like the 997 GT3. Its more civil but yet performs better than the previous gen. Its less focused yet more capable. This in my opinion is the truly great thing about this car and is surely why Dinan likes it so much. Jason
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09-13-2007, 11:51 AM | #4 |
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I do intend to use it as my daily car besides I do not have the resources to have two cars.
But the torque curve was what sold me on this car, and with such a curve I can coast with the high gears around town which will return better fuel economy than my current ride. This car will also allow me to be silly when I decide to be(hopefully in a controlled environment), so I am not phased by all those reviews, I like the car and do intent to use on a daily basis. |
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09-13-2007, 12:07 PM | #5 |
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Jason, thanks for posting!
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09-13-2007, 02:36 PM | #6 |
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I'd like to try it for myself once they're available. Too many reviews speak of "numb" steering feedback, and that has to be a worry for many people considering the new M3. I'm interested in the E90 M3, assuming it comes out eventually. Once it does, I wonder how difficult it will be to find a dealership with one available for a test drive.
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You can also read the whole article I scanned at the end of the Bimmer mag article in the thread "Bimmer mag M3 review".
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Demo drives
US dealers will get at least one "demo". With the E46, my dealer always had at least one driveable demo and did not sell them prematurely.
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Jason, I don't mind you grabbing my thread from another forum and posting here - I know I should have done that but ran out of time. A little credit though?
Cheers, just joshing' I luv this forum... Greg |
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