has anyone raced a brand new m3? and what was the out come?

when i bought my lightning, the guy that owned it said he raced one and was dead even until 100mph and the m3 had the edge but just wonder because today when coming back from the mall, i saw a blue m3 and was going torace it but the driver was like 50 or 60 so he didnt race so that was gay. well take care and until next time

God bless

 

The new M3s are quicker/faster than an L, with a good driver, stock for stock.

It would be close in a 1/4 mile race, and after that you'd see the Beemer's tailights as the L's bus-like aerodynamics kick in

 

The new issue of MM&FF has an article on the M3. Owners best time to date was 12.74, the best they got in the heat was 13.2. Stock.

 

New M3's cost about 60 k too. So go buy an L and put 5 k into it and the m3 will be seeing L taillights. Old M3's are quick too. Not as quick as the new though. What about vs. a SS or Cobra?

 

I have ridden inside a co-worker's '02 M3. Handling without TC a bit tricky but tame. Acceleration is better than the L stock for stock. I believe MM&FF - the person who owned the '02 M3 I rode in had a 13.2 slip for the quarter on stock rubber, springs, and computer. Throttle response with sport mode is excellent.

Regarding the dependency on the driver, the '02 M3 has the option for SMG and can shift faster than most all humans. Also, SMG eliminates the likelyhood for for missing a gear.

DB is right, stock for stock, a good driver in an M3 will be faster than the L. 5K in the L and the stock '02 M3 will lose in a straight line. If the M3 is mod'ed, all bets are off. IMO, you can spend 5K improving the handling characteristics of the L and it would still be hard to match the M3 in the twisties.

 

Where do you work aus6321? At my job there are 6 Gen 2 Lightnings and 5 '02 M3's. Are we neighbors?

 

Edward - I work at the IBM. Only two L's (mine being one of them) and two M3's that I've seen (one red and one blue). Do you work at the Dell? I drive by the one in RR everyday and have waved hi to many L's.

 

With a chip, 4lb puller and filter I killed a couple of pre-'03 cobra's on the highway... barely beat an SS... stock, both cars would have beaten me. In about a 1/4 mile from 80, I pulled 5 lengths on the cobra's, about 1 on the SS... cobra's got out at 130, the SS stayed in until 140, then he let off...

I did have the A/C on though... it was humid as heck out...

 

I was driving home one night after a night on the town about a week ago and see this brand new bmw m3 in front of me. I had a friend in the car who is big import fan and would not stop talking about how fast this car was supposed to be. So I decided to get a little stop light action at the next light, well needless to say I gave him a little rev he responded with a go to hell look and a rev. I asked if he ever raced a Lightning before and he said "no I figure it would be a waste of time." So I decided to show him what a waste of time it is, we took off from the light and he got a little pull, I had no traction but once I hooked I flew by him and pulled about 4 lengths on him. I could hear that car rev to what sounded like 8500 or so but he never started to gain and the most I had him by was probably 5 lengths before the next light. He was amazed, we pulled over and talked for a few minutes and his attitude had completely changed. Its a nice car, little expensive but I think on the freeway or a little longer distance and he would have been even atleast. Hopefully i see him out again or at the Navasota track. Maybe he was a bad driver but I think even a stock L could have run dead even with him.