BMW e30 vs e36 vs e46 vs e92 vs e80 M3 review

[clio007]

Mine was £11.5k, but is a full spec individual with <90k mikes, full bmwsh and subframe done recently. Tbh, without the csl settings, the smg can be a bit sh1t in certain scenarios, but for the sake of £20, you'd be mad not too update it!!

I went to buy an SMG over the weekend. It had a ridiclously slow gear change in manual mode in the highest setting. Are you supposed to lift off during gear change?
Was it a duff car?
I have been used to the DCT box in the E92 and a S Tronic in the S3 8V and thats light years ahead.

 

[Sir_Dave]

I went to buy an SMG over the weekend. It had a ridiclously slow gear change in manual mode in the highest setting. Are you supposed to lift off during gear change?
Was it a duff car?
I have been used to the DCT box in the E92 and a S Tronic in the S3 8V and thats light years ahead.

Id say in manual mode's highest setting (S5), it should feel like a normal manual gear change speed, perhaps a little quicker. S6 with DSC off is pretty much instant. Yes, lifting off (like with a normal manual) is the best way to do it. If suggest whatever you try, get to 50mph, put it in neutral and pull back on both paddles for 5 seconds - this resets the adaptions on the box and speeds the shift up etc.
Compared to DCT/DSG it is slower as standard, considerably so, but the tech is 6-8 years older, with the updates, in S5 mines pretty much instant tbh, certainly no worse than DSG at speed, esp. with the throttle blips/rev matching. At lower speeds its not so great.

In S3 on a normal SMG on a fresh adaption, the gearchange indicator should flash 2/3 times max i reckon, anymore and its not a happy bunny.

 

[clio007]

Id say in manual mode's highest setting (S5), it should feel like a normal manual gear change speed, perhaps a little quicker. S6 with DSC off is pretty much instant. Yes, lifting off (like with a normal manual) is the best way to do it. If suggest whatever you try, get to 50mph, put it in neutral and pull back on both paddles for 5 seconds - this resets the adaptions on the box and speeds the shift up etc.
Compared to DCT/DSG it is slower as standard, considerably so, but the tech is 6-8 years older, with the updates, in S5 mines pretty much instant tbh, certainly no worse than DSG at speed, esp. with the throttle blips/rev matching. At lower speeds its not so great.

In S3 on a normal SMG on a fresh adaption, the gearchange indicator should flash 2/3 times max i reckon, anymore and its not a happy bunny.

I was thinking to buy it and put the CSL software on it to see how that went but we couldnt agree on the price. I think I will stick to a manual to be honest. The car is on cutters for anybody interested. Its not a bad buy - 06 plate for 7.5k

 

[Sir_Dave]

I was thinking to buy it and put the CSL software on it to see how that went but we couldnt agree on the price. I think I will stick to a manual to be honest. The car is on cutters for anybody interested. Its not a bad buy - 06 plate for 7.5k

I thought that was an utter bargain: http://forums.m3cutters.co.uk/showthread.php?t=142775&highlight=2006
Not sure how you couldnt agree on the price lol, for £8.5k id just buy it.
Previous owner was here: http://forums.m3cutters.co.uk/showthread.php?t=104683

 

[clio007]

I thought that was an utter bargain: http://forums.m3cutters.co.uk/showthread.php?t=142775&highlight=2006
Not sure how you couldnt agree on the price lol, for £8.5k id just buy it.
Previous owner was here: http://forums.m3cutters.co.uk/showthread.php?t=104683

I already messaged the previous owner :wink:. The chap selling paid £7800 for it in 2014. Last BMW service is at 65k then specialist after.
Also the last service stamp is at at 85k. Since then, it has a few reciepts for parts which total £400 and his mate who is an ex-bmw mechanic serviced it (doesn't everybody have an ex-bmw mechanic mate nowadays?).

Silver with grey leather is probably the worst combo out there. This was mine many moons ago http://forums.m3cutters.co.uk/showthread.php?t=139455&highlight=2001 and I hated the grey leather in there also.

 

[Sir_Dave]

his mate who is an ex-bmw mechanic serviced it (doesn't everybody have an ex-bmw mechanic mate nowadays?)

Haha, love it!
The one i liked most the "full BMW service history" on an '05 M3 from a BMW dealer that were bought out/changed their trading name in 2004 😂
Forged service history courtesy of an utter numpty lol.
Grey can be ok, but only if combined with the black dash/doorcards/interior plastics/carpet etc, is a bit of a ballache though!

 

[clio007]

Haha, love it!
The one i liked most the "full BMW service history" on an '05 M3 from a BMW dealer that were bought out/changed their trading name in 2004 😂
Forged service history courtesy of an utter numpty lol.
Grey can be ok, but only if combined with the black dash/doorcards/interior plastics/carpet etc, is a bit of a ballache though!

Yep I was planning on changing the interior to black or red. It would have been a nightmare as you said - carpets, lower dash, rear parcel shelf and various other trims need to be taken off. That will of course bring about some ratttles!

Come summer time with a different interior its a £10k+ car all day long especially if you can get BMW to replace/repair the subframe somehow.

The interior pictured looks spot on actually. I think its because of the lighting and it having some nice touches like the cup holders and clubsport knob.