All the beauty of the M3, summed up in a picture.

"wbizarre - OEM fetishist" (wbizarre) 04/19/2015 at 12:45 • Filed to: BMW M

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An E36 sedan tearing up the Nurburgring with a bike rack. Perfect encapsulation of BMW M’s blend of sport and usability.

jkm7680 > wbizarre - OEM fetishist 04/19/2015 at 12:51

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You can put a bike rack on virtually any car.....

wbizarre - OEM fetishist > jkm7680 04/19/2015 at 13:06

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...yes, I realize that. The picture to me is more about the concept than the hard facts. You can also take virtually any car to the track. An M car will keep good pace at the track, then take 4 people in comfort on a weekend trip. The picture just illustrates the blend. It should really be a print ad.

Milky > wbizarre - OEM fetishist 04/19/2015 at 13:22

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Reminded me of this commercial.

That was cool in that video though when that M3 came around the corner.

jkm7680 > wbizarre - OEM fetishist 04/19/2015 at 13:36

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But you can still do that with any four door car?

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > wbizarre - OEM fetishist 04/19/2015 at 13:39

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Seems rather reckless to have shit tied to your roof while on track.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > jkm7680 04/20/2015 at 10:04

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I’ve got an E90 M3. As I dad with three kids, I can’t think of a better car to handle daily driver and daddy duty during the week, and then be so capable of flogging all day at the track on Saturday while taking me home in relative comfort afterward. Also a hell of a lot of fun on the Ozark backroads, and easy to fit three friends in to go get supper and beers in the evenings.

I could be tempted away by a CTS-V manual wagon, perhaps, and maybe an SS, but both of those are bigger, heavier cars - less fun on tight and twisty mountain roads, and harder on consumables at the track.

As a “One Car To Do It All”, mine is pretty hard to beat.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > wbizarre - OEM fetishist 04/20/2015 at 10:05

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I agree with you - see my response to jkm.

jkm7680 > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 04/20/2015 at 15:37

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S4 also, lots of others in the middle. You can stick people and a bike in any sport sedan and do all that.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > jkm7680 04/20/2015 at 17:22

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The S4 is great, especially if you have to contend with northern winters, but it will push at the limit due to its front weight bias. All of these have different strengths and weaknesses, but for many years, the M3 held the crown as the most sporting (comfortable/composed/capable at the track) of the bunch. Not sure if that still holds true.