Let's hope the wrenches get nice and dusty: 2016 M3

[Beej]

Thanks!

Welp it got a clean bill of health from Delta V, so it won't be going back in the 7 day return period.

I'm still really pleased with it.  A couple notes:


Techie stuff:
Blind spot warning is cool but I wish the indicators were in the mirror itself instead of the side of them.  Lane departure warning is handy and although I've triggered the "you're tailgating" light, I hope to never test out the automatic braking.  The thing reading speed limit signs and displaying them in the HUD is neat and actually useful.

As cool as they may be, I haven't yet found a use for the side view and top view cameras.  Finally having a backup camera is nice though.

I'm glad some other dude spent all the money on the CF because I never would have.  Turns out that despite it being like $1200, BMW didn't want to figure out the kick-to-open-trunk thing with the CF diffuser, so it's either coded out or simply doesn't work.

It's 2019 and I can finally send directions from my phone to my car, hallelujah. And ventilate/unlock/lock and all that jazz too.  Online searching for the nearest Chipotle works like a charm.  The handwriting detection is actually really well implemented too, good for on-the-road navigation stuff.

Thanks to my Sport Display, I now know I use a maximum of about 200hp when dropping my kid off at preschool.

The LED headlights are...nice? I've never been a lighting nerd but these seem fine. Apparently they can be coded to do this fancy little dance that was disabled for US cars (0:44).


Drivie stuff:
I'm sure I'm just not used to it yet (and hopefully that takes awhile), but it's proper quick.  Like, gotta concentrate a little harder than I'm used to since things come up sooner kind of quick.

I'm sure I'm gonna miss my manuals but this transmission is seriously impressive and makes up for it in other ways.  Keep the car in boost and it's just rapid.  It doesn't quite manipulate the clutch the way I do below 10mph so that's taking a little getting used to - rolling stops are generally a bit weird, and I miss the ability to slip the clutch a little if I have to pull into traffic quickly. I also think I'd prefer the paddles to be on the column, but there's always the shifter.

Can't report on the handling front too much yet as I haven't really pushed it.  It feels pretty nimble and responsive.  Steering is precise but as basically everybody says, doesn't quite have the feel of the pre-electric cars - and yeah the e46's is better in that department, and the e39 (V8 cars anyway) is way worse.

I wish the exhaust flaps had their own button and weren't mapped to the throttle setting - I'd prefer a long throttle with individual flap control but oh well.  I can drive around in Sport to get my burbly pops going.

I noticed on my test drives too, but there's a fair bit of road/tire noise, more than I expected.  Seems to be a common complaint.

That's it! One week down.