Comments on: Review: 2008 BMW M3 Coupe

By: SoLoveLA

SoLoveLA — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:34:42 +0000

I want one in white on the 18 inch rims, that would almost be a stealth car out here in LA

By: Cyclone of Red

Cyclone of Red — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:01:27 +0000

The curves on the front bumper are beautiful and I love how agressive BMWs look. I would certainly rather drive one of these than a Z06. And I’ve said it before, but if I were to spend that kind of cash on a domestic sports car, I would spend the extra 15g and get myself a Dodge Viper.

By: SS4LIFE

SS4LIFE — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:57:16 +0000

yeah, balance is definitely the key on the track. I’ll check out that vid too LP.

Just something I heard from a buddy of mine who’s father is an engineer working in the Import/export department for GM, He also travels to Germany a lot on business. He does a lot of things like making sure the cars that get exported/imported comply with government mandates, translates owners manuals, makes sure the correct metric or standard measurements are correct etc, he also gets to see export orders and he said right now in Germany there’s a huge wait list for the ZO6, and that the demand is soo huge that all the ZO6’s that are going across the Atlantic to places such as Germany are pretty much all spoken for through next year (They are also going over in limited #’s as well). Anyways I just thought that’d be interesting for you guys to hear seeing that Germans do happen to like the Corvette. Also on Fast Lane Daily they showed a modded vette from a German tuning company which I thought was interesting as well.

Anyways yeah if you want refinement, prestige, a comparable blend of performance and
luxury and if you can afford it, then yeah buying an AMG or M3, M5, M6, or Audi S5, RS4, RS6, or 911 GT2, GT3, etc… of course that’s what you’ll get.

You want superior performance at a bargain price? ZO6, GT-R etc

By: SS4LIFE

SS4LIFE — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:21:04 +0000

Wow I love Top Gear! Thanks for putting that link up there LP. It’s cool to see those guys have a great sense of humor as well. Do they sell all seasons of this? Yeah the M3 def had the quicker lap time, but obviously it being a coupe, and not nearly as heavy as the C63 and RS6 sedans (although they had more hp) gave the M3 the advantage. I think if Top Gear had waited for the M3 sedan to come out this would have been a closer battle, but probably not because they M3 either in coupe or sedan form is better on the track compared to it’s more luxury oriented counterparts.

By: Z06ified

Z06ified — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:20:26 +0000

CTS-V will own all sports sedans less than $100k. The M3 is a nice 2nd or 3rd choice, but it is not the leader of the pack.

By: roger426

roger426 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:59:18 +0000

It is a grocery getter though…with 1660 litres of cargo space.

By: roger426

roger426 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:38:34 +0000

Yeah, and the new 09′580HP Rs6/Rs6 avant will smoke a CTS-V.

By: roger426

roger426 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:34:52 +0000

Nice

By: roger426

roger426 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:33:30 +0000

Wow…I will have to look that up on you tube.

By: roger426

roger426 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:26:59 +0000

Doubt

By: roger426

roger426 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:26:44 +0000

^^LP why do you care about the US Presidency so much?…I highly dobt the M3 will beat the Quattro RS4…But I would like to know.

By: frylock350

frylock350 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:51:30 +0000

@Deanster, the G8 is a far more impressive car in its class than the M3 is. Even then you can’t directly compare a 7-series sized G8 to a Cobalt sized M3, especially when one is an exclusive luxury sports car and the other is a mass produced daily driver. The M3 doesn’t really stand out in the class with a strong AMG competitor and the CTS-V hanging out around the same price point with enough power to rip its face off. G8 has no real competitor as it stomps all over the Charger R/T, Crown Vic, and FWD larger cars (Avalon, Impala, etc) and dances with the Charger SRT8.

By: frylock350

frylock350 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:46:09 +0000

Enough with the electoral politics on a AUTOMOTIVE ENTHUSIAST SITE. Obama, Clinton and McCain are all rich lying, worthless hacks. Vote Rex Grossman! Now debating the POS CAFE legislation I will be perfectly content with.

@LP, the CTS-V WILL take this car around a track and leave it for dead in a drag race. That’s not a knock on the M3, that’s realizing the M3 and CTS-V are not in the same class, CTS-V competes with (and beats) the M5. You can argue all you want but the numbers don’t lie.

For me personally, I don’t like that BMW went with the V8, though I understand why they did. I’d like to see them update the I6 and get 450hp out of it. Hell Toyota was getting 300hp out of their turbo-I6 in 1994.

By: DeansterTJ

DeansterTJ — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:06:57 +0000

G, the passing on a two-lane hairpin turn on a cliff maneuver is standard procedure in Greece. Go to any island in Greece and that scenario plays itself out 10,000 times a day. It’s so common, you’re taught in Greek driving school to slow down, flash lights, and honk when approaching a hairpin turn against a cliff.

By: meekin111

meekin111 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:39:35 +0000

This is an amazing car, 8400rpm! I think it will be able to easily beat an RS4 or C63 around a track.

By: BlackX

BlackX — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:59:39 +0000

I would wait for the rival RS5.

By: Heart64

Heart64 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:52:20 +0000

LP get a name change instead of a sex change and yes go get a job. Your whining to everyone is sick

By: brocky

brocky — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:27:05 +0000

I love BMW M3’s but this one makes me sick. It’s fugly. I LOVE the engine though. But damnit its ugly as hell. WHYYYY BMW WHYYY

By: BMan1113VR

BMan1113VR — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:21:23 +0000

Wow, so many errors it amazes me. The writer needs to do some serious fact checking and obtain a decent amount of car knowledge before writing again.

By: A4

A4 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:18:59 +0000

i think for everyday id rather have an RS4.

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:05:41 +0000

G: I used to work in Squamish/Whistler a couple of decades ago and drove a ‘79 5l Capri at the time. Believe me I could write a chapter on how many times I scared myself (and others).

The highway I was referring to is Hwy 3 between Hope and Osoyoos. If you love the Sea-to-Sky you’ll appreciate this one as well. It has several more opportunities to stretch the car’s legs and the scenery, especially between Manning Park and Princeton, is spectacular (just don’t keep your eyes off the road for too long). Between Keremeos and Osoyoos you could drive a Veyron at 9/10ths. Absolutely the best high speed stretch of road in our province.

By: G

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:12:32 +0000

^ Oh, I feel I have to add a bit of info so others can understand properly.

There was a hairpin turn because there was a cliff on the left side of us going down to the ocean, and a cliff on the right side of us going up a mountain. Which also explains why I have no idea how he knew the lane would be empty, b/c the view was blocked by the cliff…

By: G

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:11:07 +0000

Johnnycanuck,

A few years ago, I was blasting my way up through the Sea-to-Sky highway to Whistler, when this Modena flies past me, and proceeds to pass another car in front of me at a hairpin turn, in the WRONG lane. As in, there were only TWO lanes, and he was in the lane with oncoming traffic. Scared the bloody besjesus out of me.

I have absolutely no idea to this day how he was so sure that the lane was going to be empty for him to make that pass … absolutely no idea …

By: audi-lover

audi-lover — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:48:30 +0000

why the hell are people talking about polotics on a car website? Go to CNN.com or something.

By: Badass Z51

Badass Z51 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:36:31 +0000

No where as goodlooking as the car it’s replacing. A V8 with marginal performance gain over the V6……no thanks.
Where as I loved the last M3, I’m completely indifferent to this one. I have zero plans of ever buying one. How long to the next M3 comes out?!

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:26:59 +0000

I drive a particularly challenging stretch of highway in southern British Columbia about a dozen times a year. I could get in so much trouble with this. Just once though, I’d kill to have ‘diplomatic immunity’ if you know what I mean.

We can dream, can’t we?

By: SS4LIFE

SS4LIFE — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:38:59 +0000

AxeHead, it’s probably only speculation, although his father is confirmed to be Muslim. I wouldn’t be surprised of him secretly being one too. Also the Church he belongs to in Chicago is so prejudice it’s not even funny. Also the liberal media who absolutely praises Obama would never publish anything bad about him.

Anyways just wanted to add that to answer your question. But yeah LLN should be for car related news, and I got sucked into that one because LP over here started that.

By: AxeHead

AxeHead — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:07:53 +0000

Ahh…is Obama a Muslim, do you guys know this for a fact or are you spouting gossip here…who knows for sure?

By: AxeHead

AxeHead — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:06:57 +0000

Nice car…but…being a BMW, electrics will fail after 3rd year.

By: eriNY

eriNY — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:58:55 +0000

Wow, what’s wrong with 640mm!? dude, go get a job man… lol

By: mbgg099

mbgg099 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:40:59 +0000

they guy driving looks like kellerman from prison break

By: SS4LIFE

SS4LIFE — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:48:44 +0000

No it wouldn’t and that’s why you’re so pissed a stock vette would walk all over this, just like the new CTS-V is going to walk over your beloved German BMW M5…

By: SS4LIFE

SS4LIFE — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:41:24 +0000

Hey Likes Penis? Didn’t you know that Obama got head by a guy named Lawrence Sinclair? Yeah I also heard he got head by someone else…. Oh yeah it was you!

414hp is weak!

By: F3INT))AP3X

F3INT))AP3X — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:29:11 +0000

Awesome car but it just doesn’t beat the S5 in my book, not to mention it costs more.

By: eriNY

eriNY — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:22:04 +0000

This car dose not excite me anymore just because it was 8 months ago when they released photos of M3. 335xi is 0.2 seconds slower then M3 and its $10 to $15K cheaper, M3 takes a lot more gas then 335 so if you pay $4 per gallon and you add all that, this car will coast a lot more then the 335. I know M3 is nicer looking and handles much better but I would only pay the extra $15K if I kept the car for longer then 3 years… That’s just my opinion.