Motortrend: M3 vs C63 vs RS4 - Page 13

Tycoon · 11-13-2007, 04:27 AM

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Originally Posted by martinbo

The next person that calls the M3's inlet plenum a "cover" should be banned.

Austronote · 11-14-2007, 02:56 PM

As a petrolhead I find M3's engine bay very dull and disappointing. It matters a whole lot to me since I can feel my heartbeat pounding every time I have to check the oil level or find any other excuse just to open hood on my current BMW. What a pity it is imagining to stand by a running car with the hood opened an glare at this black unexpressive peace of plastic that is bound to gather scratches from the tools used every time a petrolhead wants to get to know the soul of his car more thoroughly.The all "form follows function" racing car engine bays look whole lot more exciting than this. In this respect I have to give credit to Audi and Merc, visual masterpieces, engine bays where one can proudly open the hood and where u just know that all the people standing around will be amazed and be interested in the car even more.

Then again I fear this proves the e92 M3 not being as hardcore as previous versions, sadly there are reasons to believe it is even not as hardcore as the C63... well times change ..

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PS: sure it has happened to you when u had a blast in your favorite car on your favorite B-roads with your friends on a lovely sunday morning, then when reached the destination, you all parked your cars side by side, opened the hoods with the engines still running to cool down and spent at least five minutes on every car proudly showing and commenting it's engine bay , new wheel alignment etc. Shamefully, on e92 you won't spend over 30 seconds.

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Nuvo · 11-14-2007, 04:38 PM

^
Agree!! and with my friend GTA. The look is very dull!
It doesn indeed look like something you can just pop open like a trash can. It`s nothing to be proud of.

Tycoon · 11-15-2007, 03:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Austronote

PS: sure it has happened to you when u had a blast in your favorite car on your favorite B-roads with your friends on a lovely sunday morning, then when reached the destination, you all parked your cars side by side, opened the hoods with the engines still running to cool down and spent at least five minutes on every car proudly showing and commenting it's engine bay , new wheel alignment etc. Shamefully, on e92 you won't spend over 30 seconds.

That's for what concernes you? Me for example? I don't care, i'm satisfied with M logo and the fact that it's the 1st V8 in an M3. What's underneath it is important. Period.

Welcome to the forums btw.

Matt · 11-15-2007, 04:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Austronote

PS: sure it has happened to you when u had a blast in your favorite car on your favorite B-roads with your friends on a lovely sunday morning, then when reached the destination, you all parked your cars side by side, opened the hoods with the engines still running to cool down and spent at least five minutes on every car proudly showing and commenting it's engine bay , new wheel alignment etc. Shamefully, on e92 you won't spend over 30 seconds.

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Im sorry but if you pull over to show off each other's engines-----that is so stereotypically lame.

RikfromBelgium · 11-15-2007, 04:16 AM

bloody hell, have we found the stick to beat the M3 with. Every M-fanatic will admit that in the looks department, the engine bay of an M3 is less nice than an AMG or RS but for the love God, it's not like you're gonna drive arround with your hood open. Can this unbelievebly stupid discussion stop now, please.

Tycoon · 11-15-2007, 04:26 AM

You know what? I'm sick and tired off all discussion in this thread and out of these many pages, only on few of them it was discussed about the subject, therefore...

THREAD CLOSED!

11-14-2007, 02:56 PM	#122
Austronote Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Motortrend: M3 vs C63 vs RS4 As a petrolhead I find M3's engine bay very dull and disappointing. It matters a whole lot to me since I can feel my heartbeat pounding every time I have to check the oil level or find any other excuse just to open hood on my current BMW. What a pity it is imagining to stand by a running car with the hood opened an glare at this black unexpressive peace of plastic that is bound to gather scratches from the tools used every time a petrolhead wants to get to know the soul of his car more thoroughly.The all "form follows function" racing car engine bays look whole lot more exciting than this. In this respect I have to give credit to Audi and Merc, visual masterpieces, engine bays where one can proudly open the hood and where u just know that all the people standing around will be amazed and be interested in the car even more. Then again I fear this proves the e92 M3 not being as hardcore as previous versions, sadly there are reasons to believe it is even not as hardcore as the C63... well times change .. - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER PS: sure it has happened to you when u had a blast in your favorite car on your favorite B-roads with your friends on a lovely sunday morning, then when reached the destination, you all parked your cars side by side, opened the hoods with the engines still running to cool down and spent at least five minutes on every car proudly showing and commenting it's engine bay , new wheel alignment etc. Shamefully, on e92 you won't spend over 30 seconds. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

11-14-2007, 04:38 PM	#123
Nuvo Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 54 Thanks: 4 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Motortrend: M3 vs C63 vs RS4 ^ Agree!! and with my friend GTA. The look is very dull! It doesn indeed look like something you can just pop open like a trash can. It`s nothing to be proud of.

11-15-2007, 04:16 AM	#126
RikfromBelgium Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,029 Thanks: 42 Thanked 122 Times in 56 Posts	Re: Motortrend: M3 vs C63 vs RS4 bloody hell, have we found the stick to beat the M3 with. Every M-fanatic will admit that in the looks department, the engine bay of an M3 is less nice than an AMG or RS but for the love God, it's not like you're gonna drive arround with your hood open. Can this unbelievebly stupid discussion stop now, please.

11-15-2007, 04:26 AM	#127
Tycoon Expert Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 12,811 Thanks: 3,263 Thanked 3,647 Times in 1,986 Posts	Re: Motortrend: M3 vs C63 vs RS4 You know what? I'm sick and tired off all discussion in this thread and out of these many pages, only on few of them it was discussed about the subject, therefore... THREAD CLOSED!

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