Bought an old BMW M3, filled with regret...

pepsilol said:
I really want to know what it's like going from a 318 to an M3. It's must be such an insane upgrade.
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The only tangible difference is the engine, everything else feels similar, some improvements here and there aside (braking performance etc). It's not like the N42 in the 318 is dog slow either, it too is a free revving engine albeit with a 2000rpm lower red line. On a Sport trim model it handled great and felt very sporting, especially north of 4000rpm.

I've driven and been driven in faster cars than both of course, but have never been dissatisfied to get back into the E46 afterwards.

Edit, let's look at it this way. I had some very set expectations for the E46 M3 should I ever own one, and they hadn't changed since day 1. All of them were pretty much met and I can't think of another car I'd want to own as a genuine upgrade. Okay the dream may be to own a GranTurismo Sport with the MC Shift box but those things are £60k+ so that's not going to happen any time soon, if ever :p
 
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Tom|Nbk said:
The E92 in that video sounds no more "chavvy" than the video you posted of those 5 E46 revving in the car park, don't get me wrong the E46 M3 sounds awesome but The V8 wins it, actually no. The GTR in that video wins all.
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Indeed.
That GTR exhaust emphasises the engine noise nicely.
That M3 exhaust sounds like a wet fart.
 
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