![]() There was no Bluetooth audio streaming for your music (can be corrected with a Tune 2 Air device). It was nothing to rave about compared to the interiors today. The interior of the car was standard BMW at the time, with the old iDrive infotainment system (sluggish) and leather heated seats. The car was an absolute animal in the rain and could easily be “encouraged” to flick the tail out. Although the car weighs more than 1640kg, it hides the weight well when thrown around a corner but if you were coming from a Mazda MX-5 or Toyota 86 it would feel pretty nose heavy. The handling was very good, with the help of the adjustable Electronic Damping Control (EDC) settings and the type of tyres having very little flex in the side wall. Not with this car, as you reach 6000 RPM it had only just begun, the power pulls linearly all the way through to the redline with no hesitation. Having driven ordinary, non-performance cars, you would normally and naturally shift at around 6000 RPM at the latest. It was exhilarating, the exhaust note, the way the engine revs all the way to the redline at 8400 RPM. I remember at first sitting in the car and taking it for the first drive. Prior to purchasing the car, I had researched the main issues that could go wrong with the car and 2 things that came up were rod bearings and throttle actuators being the weakness of this car. The criteria for the car was important to me at the time, it had to be alpine white, carbon fibre roof and manual. Over time I reconnected with my interest in cars and with enough money saved, I pulled the trigger and purchased a second-hand 2008 BMW M3 E92. By that time, I was in the darkest place of my life and what most people would laugh off as a quarter life crisis and “you’ll be right mate”. With that in mind, I was thinking with my head over my heart and noddingly agreed.įast forward to my mid 20’s, we had a nasty breakup. ![]() Moving on to my early 20’s, I had my first serious relationship and I was reminded by my partner to get a house before getting a car (a car that is more than a necessity). The Toyota 86 was bang on in that criteria, however, I was not content with the power although most people would say the car was never about power but how it goes around a corner. At first being at the age of 20, my main criteria for the car were cheap and fast, not a hatch, manual trans and preferably a coupe. I have always been into performance cars and as I grew up becoming more financially capable, I set out to save enough money to find my dream car. ![]()
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