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      03-27-2020, 09:24 AM   #23
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Picked it up a week ago. Today, with little else to do (for obvious reasons), I went for a drive and took some photos.

Not too many Oxide Grey cars on here, so I thought I'd share. This colour is one of the most difficult to capture on camera!

Coming from an F80 M3 Competition, there are lots to get used to. But as a daily driver, I already think this is a much better car.

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beautiful whip!! what is your interior trim? sorta looks like piano black but looks like it's something else
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Picked it up a week ago. Today, with little else to do (for obvious reasons), I went for a drive and took some photos.

Not too many Oxide Grey cars on here, so I thought I'd share. This colour is one of the most difficult to capture on camera!

Coming from an F80 M3 Competition, there are lots to get used to. But as a daily driver, I already think this is a much better car.

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Beautiful car! Enjoy it!
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Love it! Definitely love both colors. I had similar interior on my '19 M40i. I miss it! Congrats.
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Coming from an F80 M3 Competition, there are lots to get used to. But as a daily driver, I already think this is a much better car
Nice combo!

Please elaborate on this thought
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Picked it up a week ago. Today, with little else to do (for obvious reasons), I went for a drive and took some photos.

Not too many Oxide Grey cars on here, so I thought I'd share. This colour is one of the most difficult to capture on camera!

Coming from an F80 M3 Competition, there are lots to get used to. But as a daily driver, I already think this is a much better car.

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Beautiful car! Enjoy it!
Coming from an m3 this id already a better car????
🤦*♂️🤦*♂️🤦*♂️🤦*♂️ umm in what way??? To daily drive?? To haul ur kids around?? I hope u dont mean the driving experience...
I appreciate how u love ur car as all of us feel "touched" by our cars..
nice car.. nice color combo...
But to say u like it better than an m3 idc what chassis /year.. is a longggg stretch
Enjoy the car!! Its nice!! Space grey all the way !!!!
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      03-27-2020, 11:05 AM   #31
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Picked it up a week ago. Today, with little else to do (for obvious reasons), I went for a drive and took some photos.

Not too many Oxide Grey cars on here, so I thought I'd share. This colour is one of the most difficult to capture on camera!

Coming from an F80 M3 Competition, there are lots to get used to. But as a daily driver, I already think this is a much better car.

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Wait, how much for that interior!
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Really interesting color. Looks like Donington Grey, but with more bronze?
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Coming from an m3 this id already a better car????
��*♂️��*♂️��*♂️��*♂️ umm in what way??? To daily drive?? To haul ur kids around?? I hope u dont mean the driving experience...
I appreciate how u love ur car as all of us feel "touched" by our cars..
nice car.. nice color combo...
But to say u like it better than an m3 idc what chassis /year.. is a longggg stretch
Enjoy the car!! Its nice!! Space grey all the way !!!!
He said "as a daily driver" he feels it's a better car. Many prior M3 owners who now have an M340i have said the same thing. Do you own one? Have you driven one?
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Sweet ride, congratulations!
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Congrats, it's a beautiful exterior color and great red and black interior choice.
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So much better with the blacked out grille!
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Holy shit that's a beautiful combo
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Gorgeous build.

Ps. It's downright criminal that this interior is not available in the US. Smh
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Picked it up a week ago. Today, with little else to do (for obvious reasons), I went for a drive and took some photos.

Not too many Oxide Grey cars on here, so I thought I'd share. This colour is one of the most difficult to capture on camera!

Coming from an F80 M3 Competition, there are lots to get used to. But as a daily driver, I already think this is a much better car.

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Amazing spec 👏🏻 Is this car in the United States? I'm curious to know if we (people in NA) are able to spec cars like this here. If so, how long did it take to build and receive your car?
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I'm really trying to be patient waiting on the next Gen M4, but damn, pics like these are making it hard to wait!
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Quite a few of you asked about how this compares to my previous F80, so I’ll try my best to answer.

I’ll get straight to it. The M3 is, without a doubt, the sharper and more exciting car. The performance, handling, connectedness are on different levels compared to the G20. It also feels much more special and desirable as an object. I loved driving it.

It was my daily driver. I drove it in standstill traffic, over pothole-filled streets, through rain and snow, and sometimes with friends and family in the car. And it’s these situations where the M340i outshines the M3. The 8-speed ZF is much smoother around town than the DCT. The adaptive suspension is much more comfortable and forgiving over rough surfaces than the (also adaptive) setup in the M3. The interior fit and finish, as well as NVH, is a major step up in the G20.

But the biggest reason why I think the M340i is a better car to live with is the engine & drivetrain combination. The smooth power delivery of the B58 combined with the amazing (driftable!) xDrive system means, around town and on challenging backroads, I can use more of the power more of the time. To me, the M3’s biggest weakness is the lack of rear traction, especially in wet conditions. The spiky power delivery and chassis setup make it quite a handful to drive fast on anything other than dry, flat roads. Here in Vancouver where it rains for half the year, this is huge. And don’t even get me started on driving the M3 in the snow (yes, I had winter tires).

In short, the M3 is an incredible car to drive on well-paved, twisty roads on warm and sunny days. The level of performance, grip, and agility simply cannot be matched by the M340i, not even close. But for what I need out of a daily driver, the M340i is the better choice.

I’m looking forward to reevaluating everything when the G80 comes out.

Here’s an old photo of the M3.


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Picked it up a week ago. Today, with little else to do (for obvious reasons), I went for a drive and took some photos.

Not too many Oxide Grey cars on here, so I thought I'd share. This colour is one of the most difficult to capture on camera!

Coming from an F80 M3 Competition, there are lots to get used to. But as a daily driver, I already think this is a much better car.

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Exterior paint is sweet! Hate the back wheels (always have on any car) and the interior [at least in the first post] is as red as a whores lips. But if it's more along the lines of a brick red in person, that's cool! #blackwheelsmustdie
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Thar car looks smushed. Did you mess with the suspension? That might have something to do with how it performed in the bad stuff...

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Thar car looks smushed. Did you mess with the suspension? That might have something to do with how it performed in the bad stuff...

Perhaps! But it'd still be BMW's fault because it was sitting on M Performance suspension.

Jokes aside, the MP suspension did improve things a little bit, but the car is still traction-limited.
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