another sub par m3 review
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another sub par m3 review
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/...it/mfbmw14.xml
reviews continue to get worse...a few quotes
"If you start to turn things off in this car you'd better be absolutely sure you know what you're doing, and even then you should think twice - carefully."
"It has a restless quality, however, and at times that willingness to turn can become a liability. At one point, I braked before a corner and the front wheels tried to lock up and set off the ABS, so I changed into second gear and the rears tried to lock; I turned in and the fronts slid wide, then the whole car started to drift sideways, then the rear wheels slid wide. OK, the roads were very slippery, but it was the way the M3 let go that was worrying. It never gave the first indication that it was going to slide, unlike the Jaguar XKR, for example, which in similar circumstances will telegraph its intentions with every move. Of course there are electronic devices to keep the M3 on the road, but you rely rather heavily on them at times."
"a heavy-duty car with a lot of performance and not a lot of feedback to the driver. What feedback you do get tells you that if you use its performance, it feels horribly almost out of control for quite a lot of the time."
reviews continue to get worse...a few quotes
"If you start to turn things off in this car you'd better be absolutely sure you know what you're doing, and even then you should think twice - carefully."
"It has a restless quality, however, and at times that willingness to turn can become a liability. At one point, I braked before a corner and the front wheels tried to lock up and set off the ABS, so I changed into second gear and the rears tried to lock; I turned in and the fronts slid wide, then the whole car started to drift sideways, then the rear wheels slid wide. OK, the roads were very slippery, but it was the way the M3 let go that was worrying. It never gave the first indication that it was going to slide, unlike the Jaguar XKR, for example, which in similar circumstances will telegraph its intentions with every move. Of course there are electronic devices to keep the M3 on the road, but you rely rather heavily on them at times."
"a heavy-duty car with a lot of performance and not a lot of feedback to the driver. What feedback you do get tells you that if you use its performance, it feels horribly almost out of control for quite a lot of the time."
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yea, thats ones gotta hit home very strongly with bmw.
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ugh im just so tired of the red M3 that has been written about time and time again
As a note to all... if you do decide to buy the (ambiguously gay duo) e92/e90 M3 please don't buy it in red...
Thank you
As a note to all... if you do decide to buy the (ambiguously gay duo) e92/e90 M3 please don't buy it in red...
Thank you
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i know how you fell man. i wanna get an suv, and would like to pick up a RR sport or cayenne s. but then i think, i could get a 996TT, or a 997S, or a cayman S and supercharge it. so many thoughts, i cant figure out what to do. gonna try to wait and see what comes about as a lot of new cars are coming out this spring, so maybe ill wait.
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im not completely sure what you typed, but i think youre saying dont get a red m3.Greg
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i know how you fell man. i wanna get an suv, and would like to pick up a RR sport or cayenne s. but then i think, i could get a 996TT, or a 997S, or a cayman S and supercharge it. so many thoughts, i cant figure out what to do. gonna try to wait and see what comes about as a lot of new cars are coming out this spring, so maybe ill wait.