Havent driven the M for a month....

Leg · 01-28-2010, 05:37 PM

and drove it today. Really appreciated how bloody good it is!

aajami · 01-28-2010, 05:50 PM

I'm in the same boat as you. My car has been at the dealer for exactly one month to the day, and I've been driving around in a 328. It's a fine car, but I've been itching for the M3 desperately.

Leg · 01-28-2010, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by aajami

I'm in the same boat as you. My car has been at the dealer for exactly one month to the day, and I've been driving around in a 328. It's a fine car, but I've been itching for the M3 desperately.

Between the snow and generally bad weather coupled with a wheels off spring clean, machine polish and wax mine has been tucked up for a month so Ive been in the Jeep and the JCW. The JCW is a great car but I was giggling like a 6 year old in the M today. Like getting a new car, must leave it alone for a week or so more often!

Nawaaz · 01-28-2010, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Leg

and drove it today. Really appreciated how bloody good it is!

I've been in the same boat as you...

...Except a lot of things have come in the way of me driving my M3 as much as I want to.

akssriva · 01-28-2010, 06:35 PM

I feel this way if I don't drive for longer than a day.

Pete The Greek · 01-28-2010, 07:01 PM

ugh! i havent driven mine since early december

chicago weather sucks

lee.minwoo_ · 01-28-2010, 09:38 PM

haha you're lucky!!! in Canada, it snows for like 6 months! and mine has been in storage for.. a while now lmao

artifice · 01-28-2010, 09:39 PM

It is fun to be in a tahoe all week and then just "masta blasta" around town, grinning from ear to ear in the M, on the weekend.

pittsy · 01-28-2010, 09:50 PM

I didn't drive mine for 3 months over the summer

BRDHNTR · 01-28-2010, 10:04 PM

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I didn't drive mine for 3 months over the summer

That's brutal! I haven't driven either of my M3's in over a month, and then probably only twice in the last 2 months. Winter time is here and quattro is working hard.

Green///Hell · 01-29-2010, 05:12 AM

Yeah I'm in the same boat 2 coming up on 3 months, it sucks

MMMorish · 01-29-2010, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by lee.minwoo_

haha you're lucky!!! in Canada, it snows for like 6 months! and mine has been in storage for.. a while now lmao

What part of Canada are you in? I live in Toronto and the winter has been a joke. Only one snow fall last year with total accumulation of about 2". The climate has been so mild that I've driven my M3 a few times just to get it moving.

But yeah, storing the car for winters sucks!

frenchM3dreamer · 01-29-2010, 09:30 AM

i feel your pain guys

i HAVE to take my car to work at least once a week even though i have a company truck, just for driving it... i feel so bad leaving it in the garage, i'd rather drive it in this miserable weather than letting it sit for too long.. that what car washes are for !!

It must be even harder with an M...

MrAdams · 01-29-2010, 12:02 PM

sold my M3 and only have had my weekend car for about 2 months. it's been raining so I don't drive it. and I don't like leaving it at work (Bad hood) so I pretty much haven't had a car except weekends that are sunny

can't wait to get a DD

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skywalker562 · 01-29-2010, 05:05 PM

i haven't driven my M3 for almost a week. soooo depressed...XD

M3twins · 01-29-2010, 05:10 PM

Barely a day goes by that I don't drive mine... Gotta love California!
I drive a Dodge Sprinter (Mercedes diesel!) van as part of the work I do and getting in the ///M after driving that tank gives me a frequent reminder of our awesome ride.

M3 vert · 01-29-2010, 05:34 PM

I havent driven mine in a few weeks as well, been less then a month as I took her out a few weeks ago when the weather was mild.

However, I am looking forward to it in the spring, have a bunch of mods to do

gemini330zhp · 01-29-2010, 06:40 PM

I drive my car everyday I can rain sleet snow and its a blast to drive!!!!

Genro757 · 01-30-2010, 07:22 AM

Just imagine being deployed for a year or more in a shi**y country...=(

osteome · 01-31-2010, 07:42 AM

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Just imagine being deployed for a year or more in a shi**y country...=(

I will soon feel the pain! I have had the M3 stored since November and will get about 2 months to drive it before the deployment. At least I get back in the following summer.

bobbyd1961 · 01-31-2010, 08:01 AM

i think the car has to be driven for it to remain in tiptop shape. even if its a couple miles a day. invest in snow tires/wheels and the car is very drivable in cold weather conditions. i love to drive it and on a sunny cold day it cant be passed up for a suburban.

Cyclenirvana · 01-31-2010, 08:24 AM

Funny, we have had 2 big snows (at least big for us) this winter in NC. Consequently, I end up driving the Cayenne more. However, after reading about and hearing others talk about winter tires for the M3...I am considering doing this for the following winter. In the Feb issue of C&D, they talked of using the Pirelli Winter 240 Sottozero tires...only problem was deep snow, but then I expect that. Otherwise, "the M3 proved quite adept at getting around despite all the white stuff that fell last winter and spring." They have the OEM 18 sizes (245/40 and 265/40) which I use anyway (not a big fan of bigger wheels). Any experience with these tires? driving the M3 in the snow? It is my daily driver.

01-28-2010, 05:37 PM	#1
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aajami Brigadier General 432 Rep 4,567 Posts Drives: Space Gray '09 E92 M3 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Manhattan Beach, CA iTrader: (4)	I'm in the same boat as you. My car has been at the dealer for exactly one month to the day, and I've been driving around in a 328. It's a fine car, but I've been itching for the M3 desperately. __________________ '09 E92 M3: Space Gray, Black, Carbon Leather \| ZTP 2MK ZPP 2MT 6FL \| link 1 / link 2 Mods: M Performance exhaust \| ZCP retrofit \| Euro airbox \| GTS DCT flash \| JPN 240 ECU flash \| Euro LCI taillights \| CRT lip \| OEM alarm retrofit \| Space Gray bumper plugs \| BMW Performance: Mk. II spoiler / Mk. II non-electronic steering wheel / mirror caps / front grilles / side gills / intake louvers / emblem
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artifice Major 49 Rep 1,190 Posts Drives: 2008 E92 M3 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: The Colony, TX iTrader: (0)	It is fun to be in a tahoe all week and then just "masta blasta" around town, grinning from ear to ear in the M, on the weekend.
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Green///Hell Colonel 183 Rep 2,872 Posts Drives: 991 GT3, F15 X5, 1199S Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Chicago iTrader: (5)	Yeah I'm in the same boat 2 coming up on 3 months, it sucks
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frenchM3dreamer Captain 8 Rep 784 Posts Drives: 08 Mitsu Eclipse Spyder GTP Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Edmonton, AB iTrader: (0)	i feel your pain guys i HAVE to take my car to work at least once a week even though i have a company truck, just for driving it... i feel so bad leaving it in the garage, i'd rather drive it in this miserable weather than letting it sit for too long.. that what car washes are for !! It must be even harder with an M...
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MrAdams do a wheelie!!! 156 Rep 929 Posts Drives: E46 M3 - '72 2002 - '65 Impala Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Los Angeles iTrader: (1) Garage List 2008 M3 Sedan e90 [0.00]	sold my M3 and only have had my weekend car for about 2 months. it's been raining so I don't drive it. and I don't like leaving it at work (Bad hood) so I pretty much haven't had a car except weekends that are sunny can't wait to get a DD __________________ ~Adam
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skywalker562 Private First Class 20 Rep 194 Posts Drives: 08 AW M3 E93 6MT Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: OC CA iTrader: (0)	i haven't driven my M3 for almost a week. soooo depressed...XD
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M3twins Second Lieutenant 5 Rep 249 Posts Drives: 2009 Le Mans Blue E92 M3 DCT Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: SF Bay Area iTrader: (0)	Barely a day goes by that I don't drive mine... Gotta love California! I drive a Dodge Sprinter (Mercedes diesel!) van as part of the work I do and getting in the ///M after driving that tank gives me a frequent reminder of our awesome ride.
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M3 vert Lieutenant Colonel 55 Rep 1,804 Posts Drives: F10 M5, E93 M3, '12 750ix Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Everywhere... iTrader: (0)	I havent driven mine in a few weeks as well, been less then a month as I took her out a few weeks ago when the weather was mild. However, I am looking forward to it in the spring, have a bunch of mods to do
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bobbyd1961 Banned 43 Rep 2,406 Posts Drives: 2009 M3 sedan LeMans Blue Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: new jersey iTrader: (0)	i think the car has to be driven for it to remain in tiptop shape. even if its a couple miles a day. invest in snow tires/wheels and the car is very drivable in cold weather conditions. i love to drive it and on a sunny cold day it cant be passed up for a suburban.
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Cyclenirvana Enlisted Member 1 Rep 39 Posts Drives: 2009 M3 sedan Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: North Carolina iTrader: (0)	Funny, we have had 2 big snows (at least big for us) this winter in NC. Consequently, I end up driving the Cayenne more. However, after reading about and hearing others talk about winter tires for the M3...I am considering doing this for the following winter. In the Feb issue of C&D, they talked of using the Pirelli Winter 240 Sottozero tires...only problem was deep snow, but then I expect that. Otherwise, "the M3 proved quite adept at getting around despite all the white stuff that fell last winter and spring." They have the OEM 18 sizes (245/40 and 265/40) which I use anyway (not a big fan of bigger wheels). Any experience with these tires? driving the M3 in the snow? It is my daily driver.
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