E30 Zone

i was walking through wokingham on friday bit wet, and a beemer caught my eye because of all the bulges and vents in the bonnet and i sussed it was the new m3 when i got at the back of it the bmw oval and the m3 badge were taped over with black tape so was he on a sly test drive or somin or am i too much of a beemer spotter that needs help lol.

not out till Sept

I've also spotted one around Cardiff, release date I believe is August.

i also seen a new m5 touring at the weekend. i didnt realise you could buy them.im going to start saving right away and maybe when i retire....

fuzzy wrote:i also seen a new m5 touring at the weekend. i didnt realise you could buy them.im going to start saving right away and maybe when i retire....

Oh yes, one of them I would not mind...

http://www.bmw.co.uk/bmwuk/index/0,,115 ... 3D,00.html

when i was up at my local bmw a few weeks back they were just getting a new m5 touring out of the show room to put outside, as i stood there gawping at it they fired it up, gave it a blip of the throttle and one of the guys went, sounds nice hey?

i the continued to look in amazment as i strolled back to my 316, wishing it was an m5 touring.

They are out in spain, not yet to witness one

err No. The official launch was in Spain. So once that finished all the cars went back to Germany.

Rich_W wrote:err No. The official launch was in Spain. So once that finished all the cars went back to Germany.

Aha, read different though, although internet is full of BS.

maxfield wrote:They are out in spain

maxfield wrote:the internet is full of BS.

yes max the internet is full of BS

^:giggle:

I saw a new M5 touring which had shit itself last month on the Ring, the owner did NOT look happy!!

The M3 is released early September.

Got an M5 touring in with flood damage new engine around £12k

There are a few video's of the new M3 on youtube (as i'm useless with computors can't post a link) and it sounds good but IMO doesn't look as good as the old M3, it's just too bland.

The E39 M5's V8 sounded better IMO. I think new M3 has gone a bit too upmarket, there's gonna have to be a CSL version out for those who want to see it get back to its roots.

Or a 135iCSL!!

135 i is gonna be nuts!

Danhbmw wrote:The E39 M5's V8 sounded better IMO. I think new M3 has gone a bit too upmarket, there's gonna have to be a CSL version out for those who want to see it get back to its roots.

Or a 135iCSL!!

The new M3 already has the CSL carbon roof and the flappy paddle g/box as an option, so don't know what else they could do for a CSL version.

Look at E46 CSL,

Different bumpers, "real" sport seats, higher output engine, different suspension setup, different steering setup, different brakes, lighter wheels, semi-slick tyres, plastic bootlid, lots of carbon inside. It basically became an uncomfortable car to use frequently due to it's lack of creature comforts, and the new M3 has too many of these creature comforts IMO.

could spec a csl up tho sadly

Only differences I saw in spec was some had a headunit, others didn't - they just had a carbon plate in it's place,
Apart from that it was just the wheels i seen you could get that differed.

Oh and if you had a racing licence you could get one without 155mph limit on!

never mind the M3.... have you seen pictures of the CS.... four/two door 5/6 series concept and it looks the danglies

http://www.leftlanenews.com/bmw-cs-concept.html

now i am getting older think one of these would be more my style

screw all these new cars!!! im likeing the idea about releasing limited edition e30's with ///m power engines!

Most of you are talking BS, especially maxfield.

There won't be an M car as such for the 1 series i.e. M1 as the name can't be confused with the legandry M1 BMW.

If anything a 135Csi...

The above care would depreciate in value immensly, look at the price of a 130i !!!!!!!

There is plenty of E92 M3's in the country, I see them everyday as I live near BMW GB HQ

There will never be another E30 with these modern engines, their a death trap by modern safety standards although some will disagree

A CSL version of the new M3 would be nice, but with the new basemodel at low £50K's who herr has £70K's for a CSL version and at that pricepoint there are many cars but an M3 that would be better.

http://cars.uk.msn.com/Reviews/article. ... id=5449229

cough!

Interestingly, according to cars.uk.msn.com (thank ya Rosco) the 1 series is Britiains 20th least depreciating car at three years. It makes me think of, there's something about Mary.

james_obryan wrote:Most of you are talking BS, especially maxfield.

There won't be an M car as such for the 1 series i.e. M1 as the name can't be confused with the legandry M1 BMW.

If anything a 135Csi...

The above care would depreciate in value immensly, look at the price of a 130i !!!!!!!

There is plenty of E92 M3's in the country, I see them everyday as I live near BMW GB HQ

There will never be another E30 with these modern engines, their a death trap by modern safety standards although some will disagree

A CSL version of the new M3 would be nice, but with the new basemodel at low £50K's who herr has £70K's for a CSL version and at that pricepoint there are many cars but an M3 that would be better.

1an wrote:

james_obryan wrote:Most of you are talking BS, especially maxfield.

There won't be an M car as such for the 1 series i.e. M1 as the name can't be confused with the legandry M1 BMW.

If anything a 135Csi...

The above care would depreciate in value immensly, look at the price of a 130i !!!!!!!

There is plenty of E92 M3's in the country, I see them everyday as I live near BMW GB HQ

There will never be another E30 with these modern engines, their a death trap by modern safety standards although some will disagree

A CSL version of the new M3 would be nice, but with the new basemodel at low £50K's who herr has £70K's for a CSL version and at that pricepoint there are many cars but an M3 that would be better.