Test Drive AW M3 DCT - Compare to e39 m5

[GrussGott]

Originally Posted by Thurman Murch

People expect you to blast pass them in an m car otherwise you will get wannabe cars revving and acting weird around you

I get this all of the time especially from the ricer crowd ... .once had some kids in a heavily modified hot hatch race me up Half Moon Bay road (a few 1000' of elevation into the Santa Cruz mountains).

Anyway, we both were WOT / shifting through the twisties, and I lost, but then I don't care because it was sunny, I had my top down and I was drinking an Americano.

It seemed very important to them so I considered it a favor.

[tooch]

Thanks for the write up

[modkrazy]

Originally Posted by JoeFromPA

The driving experience of the f80 in spirited driving is a 10/10 vs. a 7.5/10 for the e39 m5.

The driving experience of the f80 in relaxed highway cruising is a 7/10 vs. 8.5/10 for the e39 m5.

The F80 is not smaller than the e39 m5. It is literally almost identical in size. The interior is a bit smaller feeling/seeming though so perhaps interior wise it is a bit smaller somehow.

BMW uses some kind of alien dimension twisting technology in their cars. The interior often doesn't line up with the exterior. The 6er is an enormous car, yet somehow is more cramped in the back than my E92.