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07-16-2018, 05:45 PM | #23 |
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Our roads are sh1te, other than some motorways which are paid for through tolls rather than taxation... that’s the frustrating thing, we pay Continental levels of tax and get sub-UK standards of public services in return, it’s truly the worst of both worlds ... anyway, I could rant for hours about this but I’ll derail the thread and nobody cares!
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07-17-2018, 12:18 PM | #24 |
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E92 M3? Yep, to my mind in manual form one of the best cars ever made. I absolutely love them and haven’t even had one! I do keep looking but my mapped 330d suits my current life and is probably as quick as an M3 when pottering about town. I just can’t justify paying more than double my cars value for effectively the same car but a better engine that happens to use twice as much fuel. I would however swap a 330i for an M3 in a heartbeat so to the OP, go for it!!!!
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07-19-2018, 01:42 PM | #25 |
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I swapped to an E92 M3 last year from a E91 330i manual. I got a late plate (13) car from a main dealer for safety of warranty although they are probably more reliable than the injector/hpfp problems on 330/335i.
Fuel is about 20% worse for a car with a 30% larger engine with 50% more power. I would get 36 mpg from my 330i on motorway cruise & get 28 mpg from M3. Would average 27mpg on 330i overall and get 21-22mpg on M3. I am a manual lover but tried a DCT and was sold the box matches the high revving engine so well and also changes up to 7th very quickly when not in the mood. I got a fairly low spec car as getting a very late model was my priority & toys don't interest me next to the V8. So I probably got a lower spec 13 plate for similar to high spec 2010/11 car. https://www.pistonheads.com/classifi...--2013/8807543 The price band for cars is tightening from 2007-2013 cars spanning £17-27k (about £1500 a year) being held up by rising E46 prices on the bottom and dropping F process on the top. But neither have the V8. |
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07-19-2018, 01:45 PM | #26 |
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The 330i to the M3 makes lots of sense. As everything is just turned up. The 335i ( or d's) to M3 does not always work as people miss the low & mid range torque and have learned to drive there cars on this.
330i drivers are used to revving a car to make progress. And when you do that on the M3..... it does make progress. |
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07-19-2018, 01:56 PM | #27 | |
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07-19-2018, 02:23 PM | #28 |
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I went from an E92 M3 to a 330d LCI due to doing a lot more miles at work.
The 330d is 80% of the car for 50% of the cost to run. The M3 was excellent when it was on song but had to be worked hard. If I could justify burning money at the pumps every week, I'd still have it but I've never been disappointed with the 330d with over 320bhp and a measured 48mpg. The only time I'm really down is when people ask what car I have and I used to say "An M3", now I say "330d". |
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07-19-2018, 04:58 PM | #29 | |
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07-21-2018, 11:24 AM | #30 |
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There is a time for every car. M3 depreciation is pretty flat just now so you can step in & out without big losses. Keep it longer & you may even get an upswing to cover your other costs.
Caymen is a nice engine to sample but not sure where these are on there curve. Sure long term they with flatten and rise. |
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07-22-2018, 11:27 AM | #31 |
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Comparing a 330D to an M3 is a bit odd. I appreciate circumstances change and economy comes into play, but you can't compare the two. The coupe's don't look as good as the M3 for starters and with regards to the diesel, yes they are great engines, but they still sound like tractors, even the 6cyl ones, compared with that V8 soundtrack which is absolute bliss on full chat.
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07-22-2018, 05:03 PM | #32 |
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People forget now that we are in 2018 but rewind back to 2005 when the E46 M3 was in its final years
The Ferrari 360 had a 3.6 V8 had just stopped being made in 2004 producing 395 bhp at 8500 rpm. If someone said to you the next M3 will have a Ferrari rivalling powerplant but with normal road car reliability & service intervals you would have said wow. And that's what the engineers gave us. Lets not forget what under the McLaren F1's gold lined hood.... M Power. Any M engine is a very special thing. A crate M3 V8 Engine Brand new probably cost the same as a Brand new 316i |
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07-25-2018, 06:56 PM | #33 |
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I'm lucky enough to own a remapped N57 powered E90 325d and an E92 M3. Day to day, the 325d is my car of choice. The torque is just immense and something that I do genuinely miss when I step into the M3, it would be even more noticable if I was driving it daily I'm sure. My M3 averaged 20mpg on an 1800 mile road trip which included autobahn runs and 4 laps of the nordschleiffe aswell as other lovely german roads. I generally get somewhere around 18mpg but I don't drive economically!
On a side note my brother in law has a B7 RS4 and to me it has a much nicer 'daily' engine, similar sized to the M3 with similar power but much more torque and a noticable difference to the M3 and noticable difference in mpg ~18mpg vs ~25mpg. |
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07-26-2018, 09:16 PM | #34 | |
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07-27-2018, 12:43 AM | #35 | |
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When I had mine the e36 328i came out it was quicker & more nimble than my M5, I sold the M5 & bought a 328is. Also old E34 m5s are rare & expensive. I personally wouldn't go back to owning one
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