German Car Zone

Congrats to that dude for keeping the car so well...

This will be the last set of photos from the event. A very old school cool and rare E30 Evo with the modified C pillar.

^^Damn, I love the E30. That one is so clean.

thanx, i use to live in Sydney, i just cant remember any bmw dealerships

Monster, do you have problem sleeping at night dreaming about that black M3? Because if you do, I know how it feels exactly. Nice write up and pictures collection you have! I went to Perth M3 launch night last Wednesday, the same day as my girl's 2nd birthday. I had to beg my wife to let me go for 45mins, I raced to the dealership like a maniac but got flashed by speed camera on the way...

Anyway, I arrived there and found the 2 cars surrounded by 50 to 60 BMW fans, feeling more frustrated, I waited patiently for the salesperson to make the intro...

M3 was my university day dream, I gave up a long time ago knowingly that by the time I can afford one, I have a family and it better suit flamboyant and "no string attached" life that I once have.

I negotiated with him and paid minimum deposit to be in the waitlist which is approximately a year away, just in case if I really want it. I went home happy, but I didn't like the look of the carbon fibre, I'm trying hard to appreciate it and I know the weight saving principal and lower center of gravity, but this car is so much nicer with luxury options like extended creme novillo leather and wood trim compared to carbon look leather with aluminum combo that the other car has... Call me anything, but my heart beat faster in the car and I fall in love again with my "other" university sweetheart.

P.s. Can you help me with instruction on posting the pictures? It keeps telling me that the file is too big (i.e. 1mb) Cheers!

Well I have been thinking about the black M3 everyday for sure, but haven't start dreaming about it yet . I didn't expect the M3 to look this good until I saw it in real life. When I saw the black one, I thought "wow now that is freaking awsome".

I bet your wife won't be happy to see the speed camera ticket.

I am sure you can have the M3 as well, a few of the M3 owners at the party has a family, 2 of them some little kids. You have a Cayenne S right? So the M3is like your personal toy.

Personally I will go for the carbon fibre roof, because if I buy the M3 i want the fastest, best handling version, and even though I won't be able to notice the difference the carbon fibre roof will make, I just feel better that I have the ultimate driving package. The carbon fibre roof isn't that obvious on the black M3, from far away, you don't really notice it at all.

use image hosting website like ImageShack® - Hosting or ImageVenue.com - Image Hosting and Image Upload You can upload the image directly from your computer to the website and at the end copy either the "hot link" or the "thumbnail link" from the webpage after the image has been uploaded. The hotlink display the image in full size, and the thumbnail display it in thumbnail size.

Interior
http://img101.imagevenue.com/view.ph...122_1018lo.jpg

Front
http://img187.imagevenue.com/img.php..._122_384lo.jpg

Rear
http://img109.imagevenue.com/img.php..._122_672lo.jpg

The pictures were taken from my camera phone. This one is the demonstrator car. I like the whole presentation optioned with

19" M rims with Michelin tyre
Premium HiFi package
Extended Novillo leather
Comfort access with keyless start/stop button
Sunroof (instead of carbon)
Wood trim (Sycamore grain, very pleasant to look everyday)
Space grey metallic paint
Fully motorised rear window blind (not sure if this is standard feature)
Heated seat
PDC
bluetooth/usb&/pod ready

As you can see, it is more luxury orientated but still carry that brutal M power.
The M button allows you different settings as many articles have pointed out. There is a noticeable difference between "Sport" setting and "Sport plus" setting... one being more rewarding (at the same time punishing) than the other. Normal mode will do just fine and give ample power on the street. If i ever buy it, unlike my Cayenne S(which I still love dearly), I will be very strict as to who and when they can sit in the car .

Agreed. But I can't have dark/black/silver coloured for the next car. I still have my faithful Is300 in black and a black Cayenne S. I had honda accord in black, odyssey in dark blue. i had ML320 in silver, odyssey in silver, Jeep in silver. Maybe red for a change, or yellow if they make it available in the future
I will make sure it stays under the radar so she stays happy . I had full points on my license, at the worst, it could be over by 25kph on 60kph zone. Which will wipe out 4 demerit points with fines ouch...
I have taken the necessary step, there were 14 in line ahead of me, the dealership cannot confirm how many allocation they get a year. He is saying in the ratio of 3-series and M3 sold in the past is 35:1. Which is equal to 1 car for every month.

There are people waiting for DST version. I really like the manual box, it will be slower than DST, but its perfect as it is and I haven't bought a manual car for at least 7 years.
hmm... i was quoted 22kg weight saving from using the carbon roof. It is also very exclusive and distinctive feature you can only get in M3. Thanks for bringing up the point


Cheers!

Dam that is a nice colour as well. What is it called again? I think the black M3 I saw is the exact car I want, love the red interior and black leather trim combination. If you can't have a dark coloured car again, why not try white, it looks almost as good as black and it is a lot easier to clean.


My mum got caught doing 25 over the 60 limit and she got fined around $250 I think and lost 3 or 4 points can't remember. Goodluck keeping it under the radar. And did you tell her about the deposit?



The dealer I have spoken to told me they will get about 2 cars every 10 weeks right now, so it is about the same. There is already a waiting list of one year for the car and they have already taken more orders for the DST than the manual version. As I have mentioned previousely, one guy placed a deposite 2 years ago for the new M3.

One of my friend's dad workmate ordered six M3 last year and people have already offered around extra $10k to $15k to jump the waiting list.

Yeah around 22kg of weight saving and it lowers the C of G by 4mm or something around there.

I'm pretty sure its "Space Grey", also available on all BMW model.
Lets just say she doesn't know it yet . We originally agreed to get Cayman S or Boxster S next year. She doesn't like most BMW models, but I think she will find it very easy to like the M3.