My Baby, '99 Z3 M Coupe Imola Red

**BILL** · 06-20-2006, 08:07 PM

Svetlana, Okasana....I was thinking along the lines of an pornstar, not skater

NO!!

**joe.p** · 06-20-2006, 08:44 PM

Nice car it looks like a lot of fun to drive..

**'99 M Coupe** · 06-21-2006, 11:10 AM

I agree totally! I like the smooth lines of the older style, the 3's and 5's are just gorgeous.

I have read where when the Z3 M Coupes get together it's called a "Dorkfest" because within the hardcore Bimmer community they are looked at as wierd looking.

I have been waiting to hear from someone on that but I've had a lot of comments on this car and all of them have been positive.

I started looking at M3's but when I found the Coupe it was love at first site.

After many e-mails and phone conversations I had the cashier's check in hand, inspection performed and plane tickets from Arizona to Chicago to pick it up.

I had never even driven one, but my research, over 6 months recovering from back surgery, told me I would not be dissapointed.

I loved it that it was so unique.

**'99 M Coupe** · 06-21-2006, 11:24 AM

It is a blast to drive! Very tight even with stock suspension. The engine just begs to go. The first thing I noticed driving back from Chicago was that no matter what gear I was in or what rpm, all I had to do was blip the throttle and I was gone.

The Dinan software removed the top speed limiter among other parameters.

The turning radius is almost funny it's so small.

I would love to find out the handling characteristics when power sliding, I'll learn that at school, but the day I started paying for my own tires, (30 years ago) was the day I stopped burning out.

I put new Pirelli's on her the week I got home.

I will say this, there are a lot jerks out there in big rigs. It never failed they would wait until I was right up to them to pull out in front of me. Must have happened a hundred times on the way home.

I'm aware that they don't like to slow down so will pass to keep their speed up, but almost always there was nobody behind me and they could have waited a half second longer.

I was still getting the feel for the car so I was driving a little conservative, but it was all too easy to go right around them and pass on the right before they had a chance to know what hit em.

I'm having insane thoughts of going full bore with Dinan S3 package. That would bring me up to 340hp and tasty handling.

**BILL** · 06-21-2006, 11:28 AM

Bought the 2006 M-5........ love it....... silver met......

Good luck with yours..........

**Surfer** · 06-21-2006, 11:56 AM

Originally Posted by BILL

Bought the 2006 M-5........ love it....... silver met......

Good luck with yours..........

How do you like it? I honestly didn't care for it after driving a guys at work, he has that silver/grey color. Very fast for a sedan, but it didn't have the character or feel of the e39 M5. I was really let down. I might pickup an e39 M5, Lemans Blue is so beautiful. We had an 03' E55, lemon lawed, blah.

I hope the new M3 is great, but the looks of the new 3 series and pics of what they M3 wold look like do nothing for me. Go figure though, another guy in the office has a new 6 series and I like it.

**BILL** · 06-21-2006, 11:59 AM

Originally Posted by Surfer

How do you like it? I honestly didn't care for it after driving a guys at work, he has that silver/grey color. Very fast for a sedan, but it didn't have the character or feel of the e39 M5. I was really let down. I might pickup an e39 M5, Lemans Blue is so beautiful. We had an 03' E55, lemon lawed, blah.

I hope the new M3 is great, but the looks of the new 3 series and pics of what they M3 wold look like do nothing for me. Go figure though, another guy in the office has a new 6 series and I like it.

I Also wanted the M3, but with 5 kids??

**abrcrombe** · 06-21-2006, 02:37 PM

I'm just so jealous right now... Maybe you could slap on a supercharger onto that engine. Go to bimmerforums.com Great site with a BUNCH of bmw experts.

**Surfer** · 06-21-2006, 02:42 PM

Originally Posted by abrcrombe

I'm just so jealous right now... Maybe you could slap on a supercharger onto that engine. Go to bimmerforums.com Great site with a BUNCH of bmw experts.

AA Tuning is down here in Miami. Went for a ride in a modded e46 M3 putting out over 500 hp

. Buddy almost sent his M5 there, but too many people/places have had trouble tuning the engine reliably with forced induction.