Having driven the 2002 BMW M3 for the weekend, I should've written this blog post on Monday, but I was dragging my feet, fearful of the Bavarian Backlash after I admitted I was so totally over the coupe.
But this morning a great thing happened. I took the M3 out to run a quick errand and turns out, I do like the car. It was my crappy weekend full of mindless errands that was annoying, not the M3 coupe's lack of rear doors or updated nav system. In fact, it wasn't the M3's fault at all that my kid was invited to two birthday parties in the same afternoon (one pool, one beach) that had her climbing in and out of the back seat, trailing wet towels and sand over my seat back as I ferried her from one group of shrieking girls to the next.
Once back in the M3 this morning BY MYSELF, the BMW and I had a perfectly lovely drive together.
Although it did make me promise to take home an SUV or a minivan this weekend instead.
Kelly Toepke, News Editor @ 71,820 miles
indy_mistert says:
11:35 AM, 05/20/09
did you guys ever get that major service done that was mentioned in one of the first posts for this M3? (I want to say it was a valve adjustment that was going to run N of 1k)
I've been following pretty closely and do not remember another mention of it (besides some other comments asking about it)
ktoepke says:
03:37 PM, 05/20/09
indy_mistert: This the service you're asking about?
http://blogs.edmunds.com/roadtests/2008/09/2002-bmw-m3-indie-service-center-success.html
m_thrizzle says:
03:53 PM, 05/20/09
Kelly, that post says the valve adjustment was to be performed at a later date due to the lack of a shim kit. There was never a follow-up post on whether the valve adjustment was actually ever performed.
cwc1 says:
07:36 PM, 05/20/09
Keep this car for a while longer!
hondacura4 says:
04:07 PM, 05/21/09
What are the considerations for the next long term used performance car? NSX 6MT, Corvette (C4/C5), 1st gen CTS-V, Mustang Cobra (03/04)?
roadburner says:
07:29 PM, 05/21/09
hondacura4,
I'd REALLY like to see an NSX; it's one of my top 3 aspirational track rats(the others are an Evora and a GT3).