Wallachie Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 A friend was heading off to London for the weekend and asked if I wanted to borrow his new M3 for the weekend, needless to say I didn't need to think about it for too long..... So, off I went on Friday evening and swapped my CSL for a week old E92 M3 in Alpine White/Fox Red leather. The car has the adaptive suspension, sat nav, 19" wheels and all sorts of other extras. Aesthetically, the car is stunning, white with the red leather is the ideal combo IMO. It's a bit of a fecker to keep clean though, flies seem to love it! The car is really fast, faster than I was expecting it to be. It loves to rev and only really picks up speed when you pass 5k revs. After that it wails right the way round to 8.5k revs! The V8 sounds fantastic, this is the first V8 car that I've ever been in. I was slightly disappointed in the volume though, all that power should make more noise than it does....no disputing it's nice, but just not enough for my liking. I have one major criticism with the car though, and it's with the adaptive suspension. It does a great job at keeping the car level round corners etc, but when pushing really hard over bumpy back road etc, the car feels very skittish and seems to bob about all over the road. This is the same under hard braking, the brakes are fantastic but the car seems to move around a bit too much compared to the CSL. The adaptive suspension gives you a sort of false feeling that technology is doing more work than it needs to, and makes you feel like the car is doing most of the work and the feedback you get is sort of manufactured....that probably doesn't make much sense to you all, but it makes sense in my head! Here are a couple of pics: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woppum Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 Looks great mate. Be intresting to see how you find it compared to the CSL after a week. I think it is faster in a straight line but heavy and a bit inert in the corners. Angus on BM3W seems to rate it however... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max_b Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 nice selection of cars any pics of the interior against the white outside? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael1984 Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 Looks very nice, i am still loving the white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallachie Posted October 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 Just back there from swapping back so I'm now back in my CSL, as much as I enjoyed the E92 I am actually happy to be back in my own car....I missed the noise, the pin point handling and the SMG!! I was really shocked at how bad the fuel economy was, today I was averaging 9.6mpg! On a run I was getting 12mpg....that is awful and would put me right off, the M5 does better than that....perhaps it will get better when there are a few more miles on it. Here are some more pics: I also spent an hour driving around in this Aston Martin on Saturday, loved it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sc00t Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 ROFL ...... 9.6mpg So is that about 150 miles to a tank ? P.S Very nice in white Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woppum Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 I bet that gets better as the engine gets worn in. I findit hard to belie it is worse than the M5... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 IIRC, Evo mag got about 11mpg. It's the one thing that kills such a fantastic car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudiPartner Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 [ QUOTE ] I also spent an hour driving around in this Aston Martin on Saturday, loved it! [/ QUOTE ] Er, are you sure you were actually driving?? Doesn't look like it to me. Growing on me pretty quick the new M3. I don't get the rear lights - think the S5 lights looke better as they are all the same size (as apposed to the M3's smaller lights on the bootlid). Who's lambo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallachie Posted October 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I also spent an hour driving around in this Aston Martin on Saturday, loved it! [/ QUOTE ] Er, are you sure you were actually driving?? Doesn't look like it to me. Growing on me pretty quick the new M3. I don't get the rear lights - think the S5 lights looke better as they are all the same size (as apposed to the M3's smaller lights on the bootlid). Who's lambo? [/ QUOTE ] Ha ha smart arse!! The Lambo belongs to the chap who owns the M3 I had borrowed, it's for sale if you're interested! http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/263713.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molar Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 Seeing the pics of your csl just confirms what I had already thought in that the csl looks so much nicer. The new one just looks out of proportion compared to your csls perfect proportions. The rear looks like an after thought and the boot too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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