Would you rather have say a newer design 3 series with a weak

I own a 2001 M3 coupe. There's a reason for it. No other BMW gen will ever take me out of it. My next will be another E46 M3.

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>>14872222
I'd rather drive a corolla.

>>14872233
>>14872232

you don't really understand the question. would you prefer a 2016 318i or a 2005 e46 M3

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>>14872244
A COROLLA

>>14872222
Older.

>no ipads
>nicer body
>less pigfat

If it's old enough it might even be built to last.

>>14872244
No i think he does. S54 engine is the tits. I love mine. If the e46 is too old for you get a Z4M, thats what I did

>would you rather have a fatter, uglier, worse driving, worse vehicle and driver dynamics, with a poor man's lease tier engine
>or would you rather have the GOAT M3 with the GOAT inline 6

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>>14872289
COROLLA
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F30 is shit
the only good bmw being made right now is the 2 series, m335i rwd with a stick is fun

>>14872282
>complaining when a car is "too old"
you can put in a modern infotainment and sound system easily, even various kinds of reverse cameras and blind spot monitoring.

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>>14872661
>F10 M5
>Not a monster
m8

e92 335i. Best of both worlds. Faster than the e46 M3, also newer interior, etc,

>>14872766
>Choosing 335i over glorious M3 V8
lmao

>>14872667
yeah z4m doesnt have that trash. its simply more modern styled and generally found in much better shape with lower miles as they made/designed them after the e46

>>14872232
>2001 M3 Coupe
It is an E46 M3. E36 was produced until 1999. But keep dreaming.
>>14872222
How is this even a question?

>>14872222
Neither.
A new 318i is a 32000€ turd, the old M3 has been trashed for 20 years by previous owners and is probably a wreck by now.

>>14872222
An M3, but the E36 gen (aka last good gen), not that fugly E46.

>>14872244
>>14872222

>2016 cuckmobile or Glorious e46 M3 Masterrace

Choose wisely.

So the question is: new 318, or greatest M3 ever?

Is this a serious question?

>>14872222
I'd rather have a lower-powered car that'll run than a shitty old car that'll go fast but won't run at all half the time and might shit itself on the highway.

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>>14873206

Keep dreaming because I don't own one?

Why throw the chassis codes at me? I know what years are what... Would NEVER own a US E36 M3. The S52 is shit compared to what Europe got.

I'd never want a 3 series
E39 M5 was the best all around BMW

>take the newer
>sell it
>buy something actually good

The only right answer

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>>14874331
>>14874351

The only thing those lack are the flared fenders.

I have a buddy who's a big Porsche and BMW guy. He's owned both an E39 and E60 M5 and he prefers the E39. Says torque is much more noticeable than on the E60.

>>14874331
The Euro 3.2 is shit too though. Makes all of its power at high rpms, has a weaker gearbox (same as 5 speed in Euro 3.0/USA cars, just with a extra gear added), crap ass double VANOS, and taller/longer gearing so it's not even dramatically quicker than a US 3.2/Euro 3.0

A lot of the spare parts (intake manifold/fuel system bits) are also becoming NLA more often as time passes on the Euro cars. As a big E36 M3 head I'd honestly say the Euro 3.0 is the best car, followed by the US 3.2 (shorter gearing and simpler, more common engine that's way cheaper to fix and more reliable, solid rotors are cheap to replace and same size as Euro floating roters). The appeal of the M3 was never the engine. It was the brilliant chassis/suspension that still made the 240hp US version quicker and better to drive than other cars (NSX, Supra, 911) at the time.

To answer OP: E46 M3. Nothing is replacing my E36 M3 except either a E46 or in the chance I wreck mine, a E30 shell and I swap everything over. They're that good.

>>14874396

The S50 rapes the S52 US E36.

S50 Euro M3's are on par with the S54 in terms of accel.

With the way a true S50 performs, would glady have accepted it in the E46.

>>14874442
BMW wouldn't have sold as many E36 M3s im America if they put that more expensive engine in the E36 and raised prices. Just keep that in mind, they were trying to keep the car close to the original price point of the original E30 M3 ($35,000) 5 years later.

They sold tons of them in America for that reason, the E36 M3 was the cheapest luxury sports car you could buy in the 1990s (compared to $40-50,000 Supras and $60-65,000 911s) in a time when Americans weren't really buying sports cars.

And yeah my point is that the US S50/52 is nowhere nearly as bad as people make it out to be. It's still enough to make the US M3 a 14 second flat 1/4 mile car out the box.