Ouch. Seemed it was in overrun a long time before it blew. Bearing I guess ?
M2s look great, so muscular. How does it compare to the e92 ? Is the M2 DCT too ?
Main bearing yeah. I was driving quite conservatively on that lap too, brakes were on the limit and that Porsche was throwing out a lot of fluid (they later claimed it was water trapped in the car from when they washed it...) so I was keeping a bit of distance.
Anyway, M2 vs E92 M3... The engine is clearly
very different. The M2 only revs to about 7K but feels a lot stronger through the range thanks to the turbo. There's not as much drama at the top end of the N55 but still does like to be revved all the way without feeling asthmatic. The N55 doesn't sound as good as the S65 but the M2 definitely feels like it puts speed on much more readily because you don't have to work it anywhere near as hard. The torque curve is quite flat but there is a bit of a surge around 3Kish which gives it a fun feeling. On balance, I don't think there's much of an outright speed difference between the two cars but the way that they go about it means that on the road the M2 will be the faster car. The DCT box is about the same in both (and yes, mine has the DCT box), although the M2 doesn't have the configurability that it does in the E92. It behaves more like it did in my E89 sDrive35i. I pretty much only ever drove the M3 in D3 if pootling or S4 on the road (S5 on track) so its kinda similar in the M2 in Comfort/Sport(+), perhaps closer to D2/S3. Low speed driving (parking etc) is just as bad as the E92, I guess that's just inherent with the DCT platform. The M2 is a lot less compliant on the road compared to the E92 although my E92 had EDC which helped that out a LOT. The M2 is the better handling car, hands down. Shorter wheelbase, better geometry, tauter chassis and it feels really light compared to the E92. Not like getting into a Radical but noticeably lighter. Probably because the interior in the M3 is probably "better". The M2 has better tech and is well laid out, but materials quality the M2 does feel a tiny step down compared to the M3. There was just a touch more luxury about the E92 that the M2 doesn't have. Going back to the handling, the E92 never gave me the impression that it was going to bite me. I remember hammering down the A4212 in the rain and despite a few very minor touches of oversteer here and there, it felt nailed on. The M2 isn't like that at all, you're constantly aware that the rear wheels can be overcome on demand and you must drive accordingly. The M2's Active M Differential is markedly better than the E92s as well.
The way it drives is like a grown-up E46 rather than a watered-down F82, if that makes sense. It is
easily the best M car I've driven in terms of the immediate excitement you get when driving it.