E30 M3 vs F30 320D

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Mon Jun 17, 2013 10:46 am

I was expecting the result to go the other way to be honest.

Hardly surprising that 27 years of progress means normal cars are as quick as old performance ones.

I expect you'd find the same comparing a standard 1993 rep mobile to a sporty car from the late 60s!
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Sat Jun 22, 2013 4:45 pm

The M3 is bloody slow
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Sat Jun 22, 2013 5:15 pm

27years and its still quicker :) and doesnt smell ,they should consider that as well
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Sat Jun 22, 2013 5:26 pm

Old M3 against new M3 would be a totally different story..

I dislike this series of videos. Apart from getting to see some nice classics, what they put them against is usually pointless.
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Sat Jun 22, 2013 7:10 pm

Brilliant series very entertaining
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Sat Jun 22, 2013 7:53 pm

pony wrote:The M3 is bloody slow
Captain obvious is in the building :roll:

You seem to like having a dig at the e30 m3 every chance you get.

Have you driven one yet?
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Sat Jun 22, 2013 8:06 pm

Pointless test and result.

It's an old car having a drag race, I don't see the point as the M3 was built for the bends of a track. Also it's only worth comparing with other cars of its age to see how different the M3 was.

Newer cars + a lot more technology And if I look again it still won the race.
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Sat Jun 22, 2013 9:03 pm

harry_p wrote:
pony wrote:The M3 is bloody slow
Captain obvious is in the building :roll:

You seem to like having a dig at the e30 m3 every chance you get.

Have you driven one yet?

Of course he hasn't, he's a Gutterz boy and is just bitter and twisted that his bruvmobile (he has a 56 plate BMW E46 M3 CS just in case anybody doesn't know ! :) ) has tanked five bags since he bought it, never mind how much he has spent on main dealer fitterz action, paedoing and dehumidifying the whole of Chiswick ! :snigger:
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Sat Jun 22, 2013 9:07 pm

But it's a CS innit bruv, I iz elite :)
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Sat Jun 22, 2013 9:17 pm

gutterz forum is full of grade A weapons c0cks .

i offered that csl carbon airbox to those losers and got banned after telling one potless loser who offered £125 for it that he should keep his money for remoulds and happy meals . :D
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Sat Jun 22, 2013 10:38 pm

magpie wrote:gutterz forum is full of grade A weapons c0cks .

i offered that csl carbon airbox to those losers and got banned after telling one potless loser who offered £125 for it that he should keep his money for remoulds and happy meals . :D
Wicked! Wish I 'd seen that. :D
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Sat Jun 22, 2013 10:41 pm

Andyboy wrote:
magpie wrote:gutterz forum is full of grade A weapons c0cks .

i offered that csl carbon airbox to those losers and got banned after telling one potless loser who offered £125 for it that he should keep his money for remoulds and happy meals . :D
Wicked! Wish I 'd seen that. :D
it fetched a full bag on ebay :)
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That's a lot of Dark Horse remouldz and stick on carbon fibre.
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Sun Jun 23, 2013 12:05 pm

Does show that torque isn't as bigger factor as you might think, even with the 320D makeing not far off double that of M3 and still loosing.

I know its more about an even spread of torque than peak numbers bt still.... :cool:
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swindler wrote:What next? Shock as Seat Leon beats Ferrari Daytona round Croft?
That maybe too close for comfort for them so it will be a Skyline R35 vs Daytona.... Hahahaha

Two worlds apart but the comments will still keep on coming.
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Cant believe he had the nerve to sit on the M3 at the end :x
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retroboyo wrote:Cant believe he had the nerve to sit on the M3 at the end :x
Keeping the engine warm lol
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Mon Jun 24, 2013 2:36 pm

harry_p wrote:
pony wrote:The M3 is bloody slow
Captain obvious is in the building :roll:

You seem to like having a dig at the e30 m3 every chance you get.

Have you driven one yet?

I don't have a go at it all the time.

But everyone keeps harping on about it like is the best thing since sliced bread.

No not driven it but I imagine would be a good drive well I hope so given how expensive these are and the praise lavished on these.
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Mon Jun 24, 2013 2:42 pm

appletree wrote:Does show that torque isn't as bigger factor as you might think, even with the 320D makeing not far off double that of M3 and still loosing.

I know its more about an even spread of torque than peak numbers bt still.... :cool:

Was interesting 320d has more torque and better start presumably because of the higher torque. But once the M3 got in its power band the M3 came good. Albeit close.

The series is pretty fun to watch.

I was expecting the 320d to muller the M3.
Have to say all the older classic cars look more interesting than the modern cars they show on the video :-)
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Mon Jun 24, 2013 2:44 pm

pacerpete wrote:
harry_p wrote:
pony wrote:The M3 is bloody slow
Captain obvious is in the building :roll:

You seem to like having a dig at the e30 m3 every chance you get.

Have you driven one yet?

Of course he hasn't, he's a Gutterz boy and is just bitter and twisted that his bruvmobile (he has a 56 plate BMW E46 M3 CS just in case anybody doesn't know ! :) ) has tanked five bags since he bought it, never mind how much he has spent on main dealer fitterz action, paedoing and dehumidifying the whole of Chiswick ! :snigger:

Haha Peter come and have a drive in one.
Gutterz has a mixture of people chavs, bruvs, main dealer fitterz, IT people, I don't know all sorts probably like this place. Alot into their modding like most E30 owners (well maybe E30 owners of yesteryear)

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pacerpete wrote: dehumidifying the whole of Chiswick ! :snigger:
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Thu Jul 04, 2013 10:02 pm

so glad the m3 won, don't know if I could've looked at it the same after getting done by a motorway muncher!
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magpie wrote:gutterz forum is full of grade A weapons c0cks .

i offered that csl carbon airbox to those losers and got banned after telling one potless loser who offered £125 for it that he should keep his money for remoulds and happy meals . :D
The zone needs a 'gold quotes' page, I haven't laughed that hard in a long time!
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Thu Jul 04, 2013 11:12 pm

Slightly off topic, there was an article about 2 years ago pitching the E30 M3 against the newer 1M, in which the 1M slaughtered the E30 in acceleration, outright speed, grip, etc,etc. A couple of important things were highlighted in the E30's favour being, the E30 M3 was a car that could be driven on the limit, where as the 1M was wholly undrivable and pretty pointless without electronic assistance. The other point the reviwer made was if he had to choose one of the two for the last drive he would ever have, it would be the E30 M3! :cool:
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Sat Jul 06, 2013 10:48 pm

Cypriotgeeza wrote:so glad the m3 won, don't know if I could've looked at it the same after getting done by a motorway muncher!
problem is with a 300quid remap it would beat the m3. and i suspect if both were in the hands of a novice it would be quicker in the bends too. things move on. that said i still want an m3 one day. but for what it is, not how fast it is
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