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6 Speed manual with 500 HP and 4 doors??
This was an upgrade from an M440 GC with the B58. What a difference in steering, braking, handling and power. I mean this thing feels different in so many ways - far lighter weight and much more direct controls. I love it and the 6 speed manual. Save the manuals - this could be a future classic for sure. Manual, RWD, Staight 6 power... all M essentials since the beginning of time.
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Let your right foot be your guide
See it in person before concluding you don’t like the front end. The S58 engine is incredible. An all-time great according to a major car magazine.
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- Competition xDrive SedanMSRP: $93,169106 mi away
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Best car so far! Fantastic reliability and perform
2022 BMW M3 xdrive. Experience has been absolutely phenomenal. Personal experience with 45K miles has been very good. Reliability has been very strong. Only a fuel vent needed to be changed and differential seal needed replacement. Other than that it's been oil changes and brakes all covered under very comprehensive maintenance plan. The use of use to get the car into the desired drive mode with the on steering wheel buttons should be standard in every performance vehicle from manufacturers. Most importantly the brakes are very consistent and provide positive driver feedback and modulation. Acceleration with the left paddle pulled and when wanting to get into a gap in traffic is very helpful as well. And then holding the right paddle to go back into the normal transmission setting is greatly appreciated. Handling and bump absorption for a sports sedan 4.5 out of 5. Very appropriate with three options to choose from. And in this model year the appropriate use of buttons are game changer. The only model left without the edit screen complications is the eight series sedan and coupe. Positive owner experience and service experience as well.
Missing the mark with iDrive 8
I have owned this vehicle for 8 months and 9400 miles. I will be getting rid of the vehicle as soon as possible due to the incompetence of BMW service centers, but I felt that I must write a review on the major issues I find after owning the vehicle that BMW could easily remedy. The iDrive system in the MY 23+ M3 and M4 is dreadful. At first you don’t think you will care or notice, but it quickly becomes apparent that you must learn to navigate every menu in the car by memory and a touch wheel thingy, or you have to touch the screen. Everything in the car has to be access through a mini menu through 42 different car apps. Even the seat heaters? Why? There is a power/ volume knob, and a previous/advance track button. That’s it. The steering wheel previous/advance track and the dash buttons work about 50% of the time with car play with my 14 pro. It hates if you restart the car before it goes completely back to sleep and the Bluetooth WiFi CarPlay connection gets out of wack. Add to the fact that BMW can’t seem to figure out how to make a car turn off properly either. I have to manually turn off the radio half the time I turn the vehicle off. The track mode and sport mode disabling features on the vehicle is stupid. Why can’t I just change the layout of the hud/info display and still have lane assist or cruise control? The way the data is displayed on the screen is all of a sudden for track use only why? The keys are stupid. They give you a credit card, and two key fobs, and then you can use most newer phones to unlock and drive the vehicle, but bmw decided only one of your bmw ID can be attached to only a single key. So if you use any other key other than the one you linked to the bmw ID, it acts like you are a guest and once again, you have to go into a menu and type in crap to make it recognize you and adjust the seat and all that…why can’t I link all keys to bmw ID? Other than the iDrive 8’s complete lack of buttons, CarPlay working half the time, the car not wanting to shut off correctly, it is mechanically impeccable. Steering is numb, but by no means lame. AWD and rwd modes are great on the competition model. The comfort seats are better than the buckets, and most bucket owners will tell you the same thing. The paint is beautiful and bmws individual program on top of its standard colors usually hit the mark. The interior options are all very nice as well. The leather and finish are great. I would not normally complain about tiny things such as buttons, but iDrive in the 21+ m2/3/4 is bad. It makes me not want to drive it half the time when I have to pull over and resync my phone because buttons stopped functioning, or I open my door and I have to mute the music or force the car off so everyone at the car show doesn’t hear my Enya playlist. It’s missing the mark and while I applaud the German companies for innovation and leading the way in design and technology, but that doesn’t mean I should have to navigate a menu to adjust my air con. Stop trying to be Tesla.
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