hot laps in the 2015 bmw m3 yesterday

[mad_r3v3nant 1]

so yesterday i was taken down to hampton downs as a birthday present and i was the second person to enter the 2015 m3 before launch in nz and the first to have it at 240kmph apart from the main driver of course man that car is seriously beautiful and just so amazing if only i had serious money, i was in the blue one ,the blue one also raced the 2013 white one and it blew it away

Edited July 23, 2014 by mad_r3v3nant

[DaveO 47]

Makes me even more excited for tomorrow :-)

[handgrenade 189]

Epic birthday present!!

[MISS BM 712]

Thats awesome!

Im heading down to Hampton on Wednesday to test the M3 & M4 and can't wait!

Also a semi present given the timing

[mad_r3v3nant 1]

Yea was pretty epic guys didn't even know I was doing it until I was half way there that m4 is pretty sexy miss bm

[2052NV 43]

Hope "M3_power" does not see this, he may be very jealous he didnt get invited

Edited July 23, 2014 by ROBHASAE30

[MISS BM 712]

Im a high E46 M3 lover.. So it will take A LOT to change my mind to the newer ones, shall be the test taking it on the track

[francoisv 466]

Ah nice. Im heading down next Wednesday too. Looks like you had a good spin around

[jeffbebe 1560]

Hope "M3_power" does not see this, he may be very jealous he didnt get invited

Don't think Tom will be jealous... He's one of the very few people on here who can actually afford to buy one of these cars, so it's probably us that should be green. What he will be is unsurprised. He hasn't been overly impressed with the dealers' service over the years.

[lapper 0]

so yesterday i was taken down to hampton downs as a birthday present and i was the second person to enter the 2015 m3 before launch in nz and the first to have it at 240kmph apart from the main driver of course man that car is seriously beautiful and just so amazing if only i had serious money, i was in the blue one ,the blue one also raced the 2013 white one and it blew it away

cool...so you drove the car at 240k's? and they raced the blue car aginst the white car?

[mad_r3v3nant 1]

Probably should have made that one clearer I couldn't drive it because of license issues bmws race driver drove it and they had a couple of races as they were both out in the track

[M3_Power 636]

Hope "M3_power" does not see this, he may be very jealous he didnt get invited

LOL ... I guess I deserved that for the posts I've put up ... but not really jealous at all ... far from it.

Don't think Tom will be jealous... He's one of the very few people on here who can actually afford to buy one of these cars, so it's probably us that should be green. What he will be is unsurprised. He hasn't been overly impressed with the dealers' service over the years.

Nail on the head Jooles It's more the treatment from dealerships over the actual day.

Anyway, after seeing this video I am far from impressed ... 75hp down and 1.4 quicker on a short circuit... LOL ultimate driving machine I think not. The handling looked a handful through all the sections of the circuit when the Porker just looked absolutely planted. Either BMW missed the mark once again with the handling on this or the tyres are letting what should have otherwise been a good handling car down again. Judge for yourself, but I don't think any of us on here are more qualified than the test driver in the video.

Edited July 30, 2014 by M3_Power

[vtgts300kw 90]

It's also a couple hundred kilograms lighter, and $100k more expensive.

[M3_Power 636]

It's also a couple hundred kilograms lighter, and $100k more expensive.

I think you are over exaggerating the price difference. More like £10k at most spec for spec. Also yes lighter without extensive use of carbon fiber ... So if Porsche can be such light weight the bimmer should be lighter.

Edited July 31, 2014 by M3_Power

[E30 325i Rag-Top 2959]

Yeah, because a Porsche really is a useable four seater, where the M is really only a two-seater, oh wait, what...

[vtgts300kw 90]

I think you are over exaggerating the price difference. More like £10k at most spec for spec. Also yes lighter without extensive use of carbon fiber ... So if Porsche can be such light weight the bimmer should be lighter.

?

Carrera S is $260k +, M4 is what, $170k?

[Zadkiel 41]

The video compares it against the base 911, not an S. However I do think that M4s and 911s will rarely be competing for the same buyers.

[jeffbebe 1560]

They are with Tom... And the Porsche is winning I think.

[Ugan 41]

Porsche showing off its 911 Chassis at it's absolute best. I am a fan but I am sure the development budget of this alone may been the entire program of work for the 4series coupe.

Its great to see M4 taking the fight to a full on Sports Car costing roughly 80K more, this is the grin factor for me.

[Michael. 2313]

Loving the Porsches more and more tbh.