BMW Test Drive Event 4/29

[JackoliciousLegs]

Well, Jack was wrong. I didn't fall in love with the E46. I don't really know how to explain it, but I did not feel as if I was driving the car, too much electronics and crap. Bleh.

You didn't drive the E46 M3. You drove a 225hp 330Ci.

MOTOR
Very torquey, kind of died on power as I got the RPMs up there. Not as fast as I expected.

Um... it's not a honda. It builds its power a little earlier.

TRANNY
The 330Ci manual was pretty nice,

Uh, it's the best manual transmission in the world... imo. I love the way e46 trannys shift.... mmmm MMM!!! like butter.

PEDALS
All soft! The clutch felt like a lever, not a hydraulic thingie, no resistance.

Uh... that's what a lot of people call nice...

The gas pedal was wussy, half-trottle gave the car as much gas as mashed to the floor, drive-by-wire sucks.

That's because you're not in an M3, you're in a 330.

Brake pedal was real soft, it was hard to not brake too hard.

That means it had good brakes...

Overall I didn't like either, I hope the E36 M3 is more of a driver's car. I want to feel the damn road and the car...

I think you're too used to driving Hondas with notchy gearboxes, stiff clutches, no power (you need to push the pedal to the floor to go), and bad bakes. I love the way bimmers feel. I guess I got used to all sorts of feels of cars working at crapmax tho...