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Originally Posted by ///AVM
Bullet point summary after ~600 miles:
- S58 delivers power. Moves M3C chassis quick and fast.
- S58 sounds fantastic wrung-out, as well as in terms of exhaust note.
- ZF8 has too many gears and shifts are extremely disappointing.
- M3C chassis is wonderful but cannot hide its weight with aggressive turning.
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Bullet point summary after 1,200 mile service (fluid swap):
- S58 delivers power. Moves M3C chassis quick and fast.
- S58 sounds fantastic wrung-out, as well as in terms of exhaust note.
- ZF8 has one too many gears but manual shifts are impressive in S3.
- M3C chassis is wonderful; handling improves significantly as suspension and steering come into their own.
- G80 M3C is surpassing high expectations I had going into purchase.
Some new cars come with features that catch you off-guard in terms of how much you enjoy one or two features. With the G80, the S58 is a highlight but I cannot say I was surprised by BMW engineering. The CF bucket seats are amazing but, again, my expectations were high going into purchase.
What has completely caught me off-guard is the
HUD. In SPORT M-Mode the tachometer is RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE; you never have to try and monitor the gauge cluster tach out of the corner of your eye.
The REALLY cool thing is that when you approach 4-5K RPM another, even larger (
e.g., magnified) tach line appears above the running tach line. The magnified line lights up and progresses from yellow to red as you rev it out.
Nothing new, perhaps, to those coming from the F80/82?? New to me and I absolutely love it!!!!
///AVM