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      12-25-2017, 02:14 PM   #45
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Long story short, I will drive it again this week and report back. Right now, sort of leaning towards sticking with the M2.
Would you consider test driving also a M550i while at it? For s-and-giggles... and your impressions...
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      12-26-2017, 08:55 AM   #46
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Would you consider test driving also a M550i while at it? For s-and-giggles... and your impressions...
Ugh... probably a good idea (and a bad one! ). I do wish they didn't use so much chrome on the front of the 5-series. But that car is amazing.
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      12-26-2017, 01:43 PM   #47
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Ugh... probably a good idea (and a bad one! ).
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I do wish they didn't use so much chrome on the front of the 5-series. But that car is amazing.
Thought the same when I saw it. Also thought "at least, could be easier to fix than rev matching...". It looks great to me with black kidney grilles.


Let us know if you do, and share your impressions if you may, would be great to learn your perspective / feedabck.
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      12-31-2017, 10:15 AM   #48
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As a current M3 owner I've been going back and forth on getting into an M2 CS eventually.

I love the m3 and all that it offers. I'm sure I'll miss the creature comforts and space but I also prefer the size of the M2.

Its great to have choices.
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      12-31-2017, 11:01 AM   #49
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Funny, there’s the opposite thread on the M3/M4 board right now.

http://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1441192
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I drove both the M2 and the M3/4 in Thermal as part of the 2 days Advanced M class and I will take a slightly tuned M2 any day (which is exactly what I am about to have).
M3 is a great machine, crazy acceleration, handling and stopping power but the handling of the M2 is what confirmed my choice. It's so agile and playful and at the same time absolutely controllable exactly they way you want it. In the M3 with its size, I didn't feel the same.
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I drove both the M2 and the M3/4 in Thermal as part of the 2 days Advanced M class and I will take a slightly tuned M2 any day (which is exactly what I am about to have).
M3 is a great machine, crazy acceleration, handling and stopping power but the handling of the M2 is what confirmed my choice. It's so agile and playful and at the same time absolutely controllable exactly they way you want it. In the M3 with its size, I didn't feel the same.
Totally agree- as I've said before, the M2 is a scalpel - it is just that i don't operate that much these days

and OMG the ride to work this morning was so much more comfortable in the M3 but I certainly did not enjoy the sound of starting the car as much as I did the M2.....
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Sorry, even in sport plus the F80 steering isn't like the BMWs of old. Just picked up a low mileage 335is and was reminded steering feedback/feel is so much better in the hydraulic of yore..thread officially derailed
Have to agree with this...the old system was certainly better. But that's not coming back...
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Sorry, even in sport plus the F80 steering isn't like the BMWs of old. Just picked up a low mileage 335is and was reminded steering feedback/feel is so much better in the hydraulic of yore..thread officially derailed
Have to agree with this...the old system was certainly better. But that's not coming back...
Agreed, it's not, and with that said it's still not terrible
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Sorry, even in sport plus the F80 steering isn't like the BMWs of old. Just picked up a low mileage 335is and was reminded steering feedback/feel is so much better in the hydraulic of yore..thread officially derailed
Oh I don't think (or I hope) that anyone here would ever say the electric steering on modern cars compares to the old hydraulic racks. The previous gen 3 was amazing - simply amazing. To this day, I wish I had picked a 2011 up instead of my X6. I bet I would still have that car.

(says the guy who made it a full year with his M2... )
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Totally agree- as I've said before, the M2 is a scalpel - it is just that i don't operate that much these days

and OMG the ride to work this morning was so much more comfortable in the M3 but I certainly did not enjoy the sound of starting the car as much as I did the M2.....
Would be curious your overall driving impressions, of M3 vs M2.
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Would be curious your overall driving impressions, of M3 vs M2.
Pretty early - I've only been able to drive the M3 for a single day (Other than picking it up and driving it 150 miles back home). Summer tires are still on it too. I'll be back in town soon and I'm looking forward to driving it again.

But/and...everything posted is true (so far)
Car feels/drives SO much bigger (still getting used to this, so that might change)

Sounds TERRIBLE on cold start, but fine once you get going.

and the interior.... well, wow, I didn't realize how much I missed having a nice interior
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I don't like the seats in the M3 - more beautiful to look at than sit in for my 5'8" 165lb frame - but I think the M3 is a beautiful design. I'd be happy to have one in my driveway, if the extra space and 4 doors weren't being wasted on a 2-person family. And right now there are 70 of them on Swapalease, with some very sweet short-term deals, so it's tempting! We'll end up with an M2 in the end, but I always look twice when an M3 rolls by. Especially in the Austin Yellow, WOW.
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