About to spend 5 hours in this 

"E90M3" (e90m3) 01/29/2017 at 13:17 • Filed to: None

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Got an interview tomorrow and it’s a 5 hour drive, so I rented this to save the miles on the M. I’ve driven it 2 miles home and I already don’t like it.

BahamaTodd > E90M3 01/29/2017 at 13:22

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What don’t you like?

Probenja > E90M3 01/29/2017 at 13:26

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If you tell it a joke does it look happier? Or does it look like this all the time?

lone_liberal > E90M3 01/29/2017 at 13:37

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A rental Chevy isn’t as good as an M? Color me shocked.

Klaus Schmoll > E90M3 01/29/2017 at 13:39

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OMG, did Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder design those chrome strips via phone conference?

theloudmouth > E90M3 01/29/2017 at 14:11

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As exciting as a bucket of wall paper paste (as the Brits would say). My fiancée had a 2015 before and god was that thing hateful. I hear they’re improved but that’s like saying that syphillius is better than HIV...

lone_liberal > lone_liberal 01/29/2017 at 14:21

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Wow, that reads a lot harsher than I meant it. Sorry about that.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > E90M3 01/29/2017 at 14:29

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From an E90 M3 to a 1.5T Rental Spec Malibu, I think not liking it was expected.

GTRZILLAR32-Now saving for Godzilla and a condo > E90M3 01/29/2017 at 14:54

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The 1.5 is pretty bad if you are used to any mild level of horsepower and torque. I really like the new Malibu but it needs to be a nicer trim level and have the 2.0L turbo w/ the 8 speed auto.

jdrgoat - Ponticrack? > E90M3 01/29/2017 at 19:58

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I had one last weekend as a loaner and I rather liked it. Sure it’s slow, but it’s a 1.5, and it did chirp the tires midway through first from a stoplight.

It rode really great, so you should be comfortable after the drive. And Android Auto was neat. It handled better than I expected, too. I wasn’t afraid to “push” it and the tires didn’t vocally complain. Just don’t set your expectations to be dumb relative to an M car.

E90M3 > lone_liberal 01/29/2017 at 21:46

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I got the sarcasm, and yeah no surprises.

E90M3 > Klaus Schmoll 01/29/2017 at 21:47

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An accurate description of how the design meeting for this car went.

E90M3 > BahamaTodd 01/29/2017 at 21:48

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Interior feels too plasticy and the controls feel a little sloppy.

E90M3 > GTRZILLAR32-Now saving for Godzilla and a condo 01/29/2017 at 21:48

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Need to pop the hood and see what’s it’s got.

E90M3 > Probenja 01/29/2017 at 21:49

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I told it a joke, kept the same expression.