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After getting the m3 in July and saying she would stay stock I have already started the mods First thing was to de-chrome with CF Kidneys and side markers, next the Eibach spring and spacers (15mm front, 12mm rear), BMC air filter and recently transfered my number plate across meaning I HAD to get some new plates made up. Just had time this morning to give it a quick wash between rainshowers and cleaning up puppy crap. I'll keep this page updated but not planning much more except milltek backbox and maybe having the wheels done matt black, but i'm trying to keep it as OEM looking as I can. Hope you like the pics Cheers R

Completed single player only took a few hours really dissapointed as it was getting really good, very impressed with the graphics, gameplay, physics and ai but it was WAYYY too short! Not dabbled with multiplayer yet but have started playing dead rising 2, such a good laugh. R

Mazza? http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1980313.htm

Get a roof rack

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2009936.htm With cash to spare for some BBS LM's

just paid £199 for mine on a £35pm contract Robbing b*stard took away my £10p/m loyalty discount as well, so much for loyalty. R

I smell shhiiiiiiiieeeeeett!

Aaaah the power of 3 technique, i've used that one many a time! R

Looks awsome HKS Ti's are my favourite exhausts, need a remortgage though R

Ah, are they not the same car? I thought the E90 was the coupe and the E92 the saloon? BMW and their silly numbers always have confused me! Other way round, e92 is coupe, im surprised you didn't like the coupe! horses for courses I suppose the 911 is a way more driver focused car never driven one but its on my to do list R

Lovely mate, you will love it, probably go for the turbo when its time to change next. By the way you should have driven the e92 you would have enjoyed it more R

Try bell...was only £700 for the m3, 27 1 yr NCB. R

FINALLY!!!!

There are MANY spies on OCD world!

The spoilers and bonded on TIGHT! I have removed a few and they are a nightmare! Due to the grit etc that gets trapped under it you will scratch the paintwork but it was a poor show leaving it in that condition. The majority should polish out with a machine, mine did. R

What a bunch of knobs, you would think being a modified jap mag they would realise that they are a. offending their target market and b. how much heart and soul goes into modifying your car to you own taste. R

I'm not going to bite this time

loving the blacked out look

Brochure talk Think about the doors, glass, wiper motor, window motors, most of the dashboard, heater matrix/fan, bonnet release mechanism, door locks, airbags, seat belts, fuel tank... Thousands of boring parts you don't see come off the shelf. Sure the engine, suspension, and body bits make a big difference to how it drives but do they really cost £17k more to make than those bits on a 335i ?!?!? Probably not far off it I would imagine, think about the engineering costs of creating a car like that plus there is also a bigger premium that comes with the M badge. Folk on here have spent a lot more than 17k on their 350z to try and squeeze out 400 bhp and alter the look of it. R

The M3 actually only shares 20% of the parts with it's coupe family and believe me it is FAR removed from the 318...I have had both and the M is definately worth the money. Love the look of the cayman I just can't get over the fact that porche deliberatly underpower their cars so they are not in competition with the 911. If I was shelling out that kind of wedge I would want some decent bhp in return. R

You might also consider PCP payment, lower monthly payments and low deposit, if you want to keep the car at the end just pay a lumper if not hand back the keys, good thing is that they will give you a minumum final value for your car so that you are proteced against negative equity caused by mega depreciation. Works for some and doesn't for others, thats the route I have chosen for my M3 and im pretty pleased so far. R

Zero so far, plenty of room left!

Well after a few weeks of pootering around in the girlfriends 1.4 corsa, I finally picked up my new car yesterday. A 2007 E92 M3 with 15k on the clock in Jerez black with a 4.0 ltr V8 and 414 bhp in reserve. First impressions are WOW, its such a beast, I though the 350z was supersonic after stepping out of the 318i but this thing flies, the v8 keeps on pulling and pulling all the way through to 8500 revs!, not a kick up the arse turbo feeling but very similar liniar power delivery to the zed except the numbers shoot up towards the scary end of the spectrum a LOT quicker. The noise is beautiful, where the zed was a deep growl the M3 is a higher pitched more mechanical sound, not too far removed from the E46's straight six. Fuel consumption (if I keep my finger off the "m" button) is fairly similar to the zed, currently reading 21mpg but im assumming that this is pretty optamisitic. If I give her some beans though I am sure I can actually see the petrol needle moving, no joke. Exterior wise although the paint is called jerez black, under strip light it is more of a dark blue but in natural light it is black. Paint quality, although BMW are usually quite generous with their paint thickness it suffers from orange peel all over which really ruins it for me I may have to break out the wetsander and give her a mirror finish. Interior quality is superb, every panel is covered in high quality leather, seats are adjustable in every way imaginable, seriously comfy. Trim feels solid and even the rear passangers are treated well with heaps of cubbies and aircon. The one I have has a few of the gadgets, not all of them but enough to keep my fingers busy. The idrive system is brilliant, don't listen to that fanny clarkson, using it is childsplay and opens up so much more options that you would have without it. For example you can use it to set a timer for your heating to come on or to change lighting and engine management settings. My favourite gadget has to be the "belt butler" a little robotic arm the springs out and hands you your seatbelt..the little things Overall I feel this was the right choice of car for me at the moment, meets performance, luxury and practicallity needs and looks the part more of a sleeper than the zed was, if you didn't know your BMW's you would probably just mistake it for an average 3 series, I was used to getting attention in the zed but sometimes it felt like you were driving a glass box, prefer to be a little more discrete in my old age (27 ), Here are a few pics from the garage, I will update it with some new ones when I get her a wash and polish....oh and fit some CF goodies R

This is still for sale £250 delivered only to the uk mainland please. Cheers Ross