Tipex Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 I would imagine the M3 was a bit heavier being newer, and wasn't it a cab? Still a good show from the M5 though, 400bhp I think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 I had an E46 M3 Coupe for 9 months before I bought the E46 M3 Cab. The Coupe was manual, the Cab was SMG. The M5 in E39 guise was definitely heavier than the M3. It's a fair old size. I'd say probably 100kg, maybe a bit more even. But yes it did well in a straight line and there was nowt between them from second gear onwards (to 70mph, naturally). The bhp/weight pretty much even things out. The M5 has 400, the M3 has 343. The M5 is heavier. So no surprise really but I do recall thinking at the time I was impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 In fact, here she be... M3 Coupe 1 M3 Coupe 2 Plenty of rear room too I liked that car. Changing to the cab was a mistake. Not much difference in performance at all and SMG was better than manual in my opinion, but the Coupe was the all-round better car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 Sob. I wish I'd not looked now... Please come back How could I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted May 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2019 I think I may have set some kind of a record for the longest gap between test drive and purchase? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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patently Posted July 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2019 It's ****ing magnificent. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser647 Posted July 25, 2019 Report Share Posted July 25, 2019 On 21/07/2019 at 11:14 PM, patently said: It's ****ing magnificent. Short and direct! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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