What have you done with or to your M3 today?

[tbuck]

Originally Posted by Idfkman

I'm fully committed to the drive the crap out of it way of life. When the wheels fall off I'll probably get another one.

LOL, yeah, this is generally how I feel about my cars as well. It does depend on the car however. My last E36 M3 was known as my "Silver Beater" and I drove it like I stole it! Had a blast with it both with DD duties and also about 60 auto-x sessions over a couple years.

My current car and my previous E36 M3 vert were both low mileage, 9.5 condition garage queens and while I still drove them the miles were far fewer and farther between. I still flog my garage queens, lol, but they get a nice bath and under the car cover they go afterwards!

[Expressivedrives]

Originally Posted by Space Fox

How are those M4 brakes working on track?

They should be installed from factory. It's a must. OEM e92 M3 front pads are good for less than one full day pushing with 1 pot calipers. Now I do more than twice.

more https://www.expressivedrives.com/blog/f8x-brakes-to-f9x

[DiegoM3sa]

Gave it a much needed wash and put it away

[wyatth]

Bought it a garage. Worst possible time to buy a home, but excited to be moving out of a condo.

[Davisca455]

Originally Posted by LakeSurfer

I feel a little better. I also have a wrangler and a Titan. But lately I've been thinking about slowing down the miles on the BMW. It's seems like it's at the point were I either slow down on driving it to preserve the car or drive the crap out of it. First world problems.

My '08 e92M was only 41,000 when I bought it at the end of 2018.
The original plan was to not drive it and sell it in a few years, but it was so much fun I couldn't keep my hands off of it, so much so that it just turned 70,000 miles yesterday.

I'll even take it to go visit my mom (699 miles each way) and it's just a blast through the mountains of Northern California and Southern Oregon.
I bought the car with a G-Power blower already installed, and then added solid rear subframe bushings, Hotchkis sway bars and a BBK to go with the stock EDC dampers and springs.
The ride quality is still good and the blower makes maneuvering around traffic almost on par with a motorcycle, if not for the width.

They are great cars and do so many things well.
The friend I bought my M3 from replaced it with a next gen M4. He said he felt the e92 was a better car.

…and you can make random anonymous friends out on the highway, to keep the boredom away, on those 10 hour trips.

(Pictures are of my new MPG PR (last 8 months including 3 track days) and my wingman thru a good chunk of Oregon)

[LakeSurfer]

Originally Posted by Davisca455

My '08 e92M was only 41,000 when I bought it at the end of 2018.
The original plan was to not drive it and sell it in a few years, but it was so much fun I couldn't keep my hands off of it, so much so that it just turned 70,000 miles yesterday.

I'll even take it to go visit my mom (699 miles each way) and it's just a blast through the mountains of Northern California and Southern Oregon.
I bought the car with a G-Power blower already installed, and then added solid rear subframe bushings, Hotchkis sway bars and a BBK to go with the stock EDC dampers and springs.
The ride quality is still good and the blower makes maneuvering around traffic almost on par with a motorcycle, if not for the width.

They are great cars and do so many things well.
The friend I bought my M3 from replaced it with a next gen M4. He said he felt the e92 was a better car.

…and you can make random anonymous friends out on the highway, to keep the boredom away, on those 10 hour trips.

(Pictures are of my new MPG PR (last 8 months including 3 track days) and my wingman thru a good chunk of Oregon)

Those are the reasons I bought mine for sure.

Always loved anything with an engine but never thought it was a good idea for me to buy something that I had to baby or take care of. My friends were the opposite so I lived vicariously through them for a while but I watched and waited for them to wash their cars, dump money into them, fight with their spouses about the car and park a mile away from the restaurant to avoid door dings. At some point I had enough so I bought my M3 a while ago. I take care of better than any vehicle I've owned but I drive it too. I know there are better driving cars, faster, tighter or whatever but this is the best of all of that that I ever owned and at this point I don't think I could be any more happy with it. My only problem is not that I know what it's like to drive a car like this, I also know that there are better options and even though I'm not ready to move on, I know that I can never downgrade. Luckily for me car prices are ridiculous right now so even if I wanted to upgrade I couldn't justify it at this point.

[XKxRome0ox]

What is the mildest front lip that I can buy? I mean how low it sits or how much it protrudes

I don't want to worry too much about scraping or cracking the lip

[jellydoughnutt]

Originally Posted by XKxRome0ox

What is the mildest front lip that I can buy? I mean how low it sits or how much it protrudes

I don't want to worry too much about scraping or cracking the lip

I had the same concerns. I just went with the carbon fiber splitters.

[Cyberdemon]

Replaced the blower motor, I was getting a ton of moldy-stink on AC startup and I had cleaned the Evap (two or three times with Lysol/Klima), used an endoscope to check for leaks or drain blockages, and steam cleaned the old blower motor. The old blower seemed pretty gross so I just got a $40 aftermarket replacement and it seems like it helped quite a bit.

It's a super humid day here, so we'll see how it goes, hopefully I can move past the wet dog stink that makes my wife annoyed everytime she gets in the car.

[Silos]

Originally Posted by Cyberdemon

Replaced the blower motor, I was getting a ton of moldy-stink on AC startup and I had cleaned the Evap (two or three times with Lysol/Klima), used an endoscope to check for leaks or drain blockages, and steam cleaned the old blower motor. The old blower seemed pretty gross so I just got a $40 aftermarket replacement and it seems like it helped quite a bit.

It's a super humid day here, so we'll see how it goes, hopefully I can move past the wet dog stink that makes my wife annoyed everytime she gets in the car.

Thanks for posting this. I always wondered what caused that smell. Do you happen to have the part number/link to that blower? I'd like to get rid of the funk as well.

[Cyberdemon]

Originally Posted by Silos

Thanks for posting this. I always wondered what caused that smell. Do you happen to have the part number/link to that blower? I'd like to get rid of the funk as well.

If you haven't cleaned the evap before recommend getting a can of Klima Cleaner off Amazon. For the blower motor you can just search E90 blower motor on Amazon theres a couple, I went with one of the cheaper ones from "BOXI" that re-uses your existing relay since mine was working fine. It's just 2 screws and a plug to change the relay, so not worth buying the expensive one.

Clean the Evap, then install the new blower. You can also just take your current blower out and give it a sniff, mine was pretty stinky and I think the lysol treatments made it worse because moisture collected inside the blower motor cavity.

[XKxRome0ox]

Originally Posted by jellydoughnutt

I had the same concerns. I just went with the carbon fiber splitters.

i currently have CF splitters and i like them
but i just discovered that one of them cracked
it's off to the side so i'm not sure how it happened

of course a front lip isn't going to be easier but if i'm going to spend money again, i am open to trying it out

[CamasM3e93]

I was with my e93 M3 this morning in her natural habitat - the gas station.

Prius driver to me: "Boy, I bet that's fun to drive!?"

Me, casually shrugging: "Only if you like a convertible with almost 600 horsepower and a supercharged V8 that revs to 8400..."

Prius Driver: slowly nods in deep contemplation, quietly drives away

[DRLane]

Originally Posted by CamasM3e93

I was with my e93 M3 this morning in her natural habitat - the gas station.

Prius driver to me: "Boy, I bet that's fun to drive!?"

Me, casually shrugging: "Only if you like a convertible with almost 600 horsepower and a supercharged V8 that revs to 8400..."

Prius Driver: slowly nods in deep contemplation, quietly drives away

A few miles down the road, the Prius promptly beats the M3 off the line.

[Peertwelve]

Originally Posted by Davisca455

My '08 e92M was only 41,000 when I bought it at the end of 2018.
The original plan was to not drive it and sell it in a few years, but it was so much fun I couldn't keep my hands off of it, so much so that it just turned 70,000 miles yesterday.

I'll even take it to go visit my mom (699 miles each way) and it's just a blast through the mountains of Northern California and Southern Oregon.
I bought the car with a G-Power blower already installed, and then added solid rear subframe bushings, Hotchkis sway bars and a BBK to go with the stock EDC dampers and springs.
The ride quality is still good and the blower makes maneuvering around traffic almost on par with a motorcycle, if not for the width.

They are great cars and do so many things well.
The friend I bought my M3 from replaced it with a next gen M4. He said he felt the e92 was a better car.

…and you can make random anonymous friends out on the highway, to keep the boredom away, on those 10 hour trips.

(Pictures are of my new MPG PR (last 8 months including 3 track days) and my wingman thru a good chunk of Oregon)

My drive from SF to Seattle was similar. A woman in a 911 tailed me through the pass in Oregon. That was fun! No pics though. Nice car!

[Siajoon]

Originally Posted by wyatth

Bought it a garage. Worst possible time to buy a home, but excited to be moving out of a condo.

Congrats!!!

[Space Fox]

Originally Posted by XKxRome0ox

What is the mildest front lip that I can buy? I mean how low it sits or how much it protrudes

I don't want to worry too much about scraping or cracking the lip

GTS replica one piece lip from 360carbon. I feel it has about 90% the clearance I had stock. Can take speed bumps at speed. Only the steepest of driveways are of concern. Plus it's a great OEM+ addition and cheap (relatively speaking) to replace if you do bash it too hard.

[tbuck]

Originally Posted by DRLane

A few miles down the road, the Prius promptly beats the M3 off the line.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

[djschmitt]

Originally Posted by Davisca455

My '08 e92M was only 41,000 when I bought it at the end of 2018.
The original plan was to not drive it and sell it in a few years, but it was so much fun I couldn't keep my hands off of it, so much so that it just turned 70,000 miles yesterday.

I'll even take it to go visit my mom (699 miles each way) and it's just a blast through the mountains of Northern California and Southern Oregon.
I bought the car with a G-Power blower already installed, and then added solid rear subframe bushings, Hotchkis sway bars and a BBK to go with the stock EDC dampers and springs.
The ride quality is still good and the blower makes maneuvering around traffic almost on par with a motorcycle, if not for the width.

They are great cars and do so many things well.
The friend I bought my M3 from replaced it with a next gen M4. He said he felt the e92 was a better car.

…and you can make random anonymous friends out on the highway, to keep the boredom away, on those 10 hour trips.

(Pictures are of my new MPG PR (last 8 months including 3 track days) and my wingman thru a good chunk of Oregon)

Glad to see your car runs as hot (well, just a little hotter) as mine does when cruising in the valley heat.

[Davisca455]

Originally Posted by djschmitt

Glad to see your car runs as hot (well, just a little hotter) as mine does when cruising in the valley heat.

For normal driving, the gauge is typically a needle width on either side of the 210 mark, depending on the outside temp.
If it's hot out, like it was yesterday, and I'm driving 85-90 (with the occasional 100 blast), thru the mountains, that's what the gauge will look like.
If I'm at the track on a hot day, it will get a needle width past the the 255 mark.

[Ajolives]

Bought a proper dual direction torque wrench for my upcoming VANOS gears R&R. Also used the last of my Leatherique on back seats and dash. It's surprisingly very good at getting rid of that Armor All look I had going on with the dash. Trying to get it to match my steering wheel's matte.

[Idfkman]

Originally Posted by Ajolives

Bought a proper dual direction torque wrench for my upcoming VANOS gears R&R. Also used the last of my Leatherique on back seats and dash. It's surprisingly very good at getting rid of that Armor All look I had going on with the dash. Trying to get it to match my steering wheel's matte.

Let me know what you think of it! I'm in the market for one for some up coming long awaited maintenance items I'll be taking on once it isn't hot asf outside.