Stevie_h

Any of you guys in Lancashire? I am thinking M3 for my next car and wouldn't mind a ride in one. I'll take you out in my Sti with TSL333 if you want.

Ste

Petem95

That M3 in black looks absolutely spot on!! IMO the wheels on the regular M3 look much nicer than the CSL ones.

john banks

Why the ?

Down a road I know well, the only other car I've had that gets its brakes into trouble as quickly is a 406 V6 on Partco brake pads. Three Fords, one Fiat (!), one Subaru, one Skoda can all be driven down the same road using as much of their performance as seems sensible without the brakes grumbling on a standard example. If I do that in my E46 M3 that had less than 7000 miles and good discs and pads on it when I got it it grumbles.

The rattles I've sorted with felt strips and otherwise it is a nice all rounder, but the brakes are shockingly bad unless you just want to stop once or a few times in succession. Granted I could drive a whole week of "normal driving" and not find them a problem, but it hardly encourages me to take the back roads...

Dr Evo

Sorry Mate, no where near at all.
Best of luck, you wont regret it, such a nice car to drive and great fun too..........without any of the tackyness.

MattOz

John,

They're not the best set up in the world. If I'm braking hard for longer than 10 seconds or so, then they do grumble a bit. Never had a heart-in-the-mouth moment though. Would be better with a full set of AP's or StopTechs.

However, for everyday use they're fine. I've also left my blanking plates in, as in the rain, my old 330d sport brakes were useless for a few seconds. Can be scary on a sodden motorway sliproad!

Cheers
Matt

john banks

I'm wondering about some EBC Ceramic red pads. They are reasonably priced, not dusty and seemed to work well when I used them on the Scooby with APs. Will wait until the regional manager has inspected the front alloys though which are starting to corrode under the lacquer as I don't want it blamed on deposits from pads I haven't fitted yet, think this is just a 19" wheel problem from what I read. The discs are a good size and on alloy bells, and the force from the caliper seems adequate, so I think it must be the pads or fluid.

Hammoc

Some nice motors here

MattOz

John,

It could well be the pad that is at fault. May well be worth trying a different compound. I have to say that the standard pads don't seem to produce much dust. My alloys aren't too bad, when compared to others that I've seen or heard about.

The only downer that I have with my alloys is that when the rear nearside tyre was changed, the fitter dragged the bead of the tyre round the rim and has marked it. It's not bad, but I notice it every time I look at the wheel. Would you notice???



Let me know how you get on with yours

Cheers
Matt

Chris L

Looks alright to me you tart

That M3 CSL in black looks stunning.

john banks

Can't see anything on the photo Matt.

Agree on the standard pads and dust, never need anything except car shampoo and water on mine.

Matt Classic

Gorgeous cars.
I've promised myself one in 12-18 months time when they "should" be available for just under 20k.

German quality and performance to match, but prestige as well

mccltd

I'm now on my 2nd M3 after my 3 scoobies.

This is it when I picked it up last year.

http://photobucket.com/albums/f70/mc...ent=newcar.jpg

bbigman2000

Estoril Blue, awesome, I have owned one the same colour, and was sorry to see it go.