Good choice on the M3, very nice vehicle. Much better looking than the IS-F IMO.

 

oh.

so it came out to about ~9% discount.

man, i thought we were talking whopping 18% off

 

Where are the other pictures Henry ? That's the same old picture you showed us weeks ago in the Moderator Forum ... come on, I know you have more, & with the top down

 

Great review and congrats on a beautiful car!!!

 

Congrats & welcome to the dark side of driving enthusiasts... Perfect color choice my man on the white.. No worries about brake jobs, oil changes, wiper refills etc, labor rates.. Just make a pit stop at any BMW Center & you are straight.. Isn't it great?

 

Henry,

I pretty much agree with everything you said.

I too spend another 1900 on their "upgraded" sound system and I think my 65$ ear buds sounds better. What a waste of money. I feel that you have to adjust the equalizer perfectly for every single song or it comes out like crap. That's the most beef that I have with my car.

I also couldnt find what I liked for the 2008 left over when they were having 1.9APR sales, so I ordered one for 2009 and get all the options I wanted. The new I-drive upgrade for 09 is much better than the one on my 07 4.8 X5.

Anyhoo, congrats again and I am not going to post the pictures of my car in this thread because it looks much than yours and well, that might just jack your thread.

I KID I KID!

 

DASHOCKER, I know you like BMW but you should stop talking like that. You sound more and more like a BMW salesman.

 

That's IS-F

 

Henry finally let the cat out the bag!!! Very very good review Henry, you should do more, I enjoyed the fair read!
White/black ftw!!!! I really like the M3 in white.

 

Love that car, nice in-depth review too.

 

Whoa Henry. I was going to pm you for the car shopping follow up. Glad I checked car chat
white on black

I was kinda hoping you get the Audi

I must say that I'm not impressed with the exhaust after hearing one guy took off........my opinion. Won't matter since that's what us slow guys will be hearing while the M leaves the slow poke in the dust

 

thanks for the kind words folks. i have to say this is a really really different car. considering we have owned 5 lexus in the past 7 years, the m3 gives us something different. both good and bad of course

lol, just make sure you don't make right turns? i agree with you about the is-f, lexus made the car they want. the way i see it, if lexus made the is-f very close to m3, they will get even more earful

the ps2 is really insane, i just wonder what it's like when they wear out!

lol, henry, we have yet to run into each other in irvine! you go to school there and i work right by uci and we never met!

yeah, i have grown to learn that every car has their goods and bads, it's important to know the goods but at the same time even more important to accept the bads.

lexus and bmw are very different. lexus invoice price is quite a bit lower than msrp, whereas on bmw the invoice and msrp are much closer.

also keep in mind it's all number games. the price they offered were a bit under invoice, but at the same time they played with residual and money factor to make the deal good.

i checked last month on inventory, they cut the price of the car even more (more under invoice), but at the same time they raised the rate. so it's a toss. now if you pay cash for the car, of course it's different

lol, ok i have been lazy. it's been raining here. now finally the sun is out, i will see if i can wash the sucker this weekend and take down the top

lol, dark side is exact the words i use when talking to people. seriously, even brake pads are included in the maintenance, what else can i ask for. i just need to know how to push the car

lol you know i love your e92, you have no idea how long i stared at pics of your car! i tried the 09 idrive, it's definitely a step up from the 08. i didn't have time to play with it long enough to see if i like it more though.

and forget about the audio, just floor the car

 

funny you talk about AW. when i look on the road, or if you take a look on m3post, bimmerforums, m3forums, sooooo many AW owners. i guess that's just the color to get j/k

yeah, whenever possible i do like to write. though often times i don't think i drive enough to give a fair review. these two cars, the m3 and is-f, i have researched for so long and driven extensively, i feel i can give 2 cents worth, hehe...

hahaha believe me we thought about the s5. however the performance is just disappointing for the price and engine config. not to mention their deals weren't close to be as good as the bmw. not bashing audi, coz' i think that means they are doing very well financially, but from my perspective it kind of put off our interest.

plus after reading the rs5 info, it's clear to me that's the car i'd prefer over the s5. but the car won't be here for months (if it comes), and the wait list will be stupid

 

Question everyone wants to know.....any mods coming?

 

love the color and the 19"

hopefully an IS-F-"C" will be be built....riiiiiiiiight.