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      11-26-2024, 06:31 AM   #28
pbonsalb
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Drives: 18 F90 M5, 99 E36 M3 Turbo
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: New England

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E9x M3 are great useable drivers! Had an E90 M3 for 10 years. The E93 convertibles are heavier and more flexy so they are slower and don’t handle quite as sharply. The 8400 rpm limit is fun and the thrills are from 5500-8400, but torque is perfectly adequate for lazy driving. Mine was a 6MT, so it was much more work to drive than the excellent DCT 7 speed that is probably better suited to the engine.

But it seems like the OP wants an antique, not a 15 year old car. Antiques can be fun for weekend drives and they can spend the weekdays in the shop being sorted out. It’s not that bad once they are sorted out, but when everything is 25 to 50 years old, it won’t be long before there is something else to fix. Great for DIYers, or those the deep pockets, though some with access to a reasonable independent shop with a backyard full of old parts cars will have tolerable upkeep costs.
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