SoCal M3 Generations Photoshoot: E36 to G80

Sahbatage · 09-23-2021, 11:30 AM

Really cool picture!! Thanks for sharing.

No matter how hard I try to like the G80, this really shows just how ugly it is, I fear it will age even worse.

dime.m3 · 09-23-2021, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by TheProdigy

Just wanted to share photos from a photoshoot several of us got together to do this weekend.

Got every generation of the M3 minus the E30, which was a bit harder to find but made for a great photoshoot.

Great to get different colored cars for each generation and to get one of the only M3 GTs in America!

Car owners instagram accounts:

@E36.M3GT:
British Racing Green E36 M3 GT
Interlagos Blue E46 M3
San Marino Blue F80 M3 CS

@Dime.M3:
Jerez Black E90 M3

@ProdigyM3:
Toronto Red G80 M3

All photos were taken by me, ProdigyM3. Hope you all enjoy the content, hopefully next time we can get an e30 involved!

It was a fun shoot!
Gotta find an E30 M3 to complete the list!

dime.m3 · 09-23-2021, 11:41 AM

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Amazing how the E90 M3 looks so small in the second picture

Black car problems 😭

dime.m3 · 09-23-2021, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by DrippinWet_M3

No booty shot?

You gotta subscribe to the OF for that type of content 😏

TheProdigy · 09-23-2021, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by DrippinWet_M3

No booty shot?

Was too much of a hassle as it is already, didn't get a chance to get rear shots

TheProdigy · 09-23-2021, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Sahbatage

Really cool picture!! Thanks for sharing.

No matter how hard I try to like the G80, this really shows just how ugly it is, I fear it will age even worse.

My response to everyone that hates my car's looks: go drive one and it'll change your mind very quickly

///AVM · 09-23-2021, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by TheProdigy

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Originally Posted by Sahbatage

Really cool picture!! Thanks for sharing.

No matter how hard I try to like the G80, this really shows just how ugly it is, I fear it will age even worse.

My response to everyone that hates my car's looks: go drive one and it'll change your mind very quickly

After 5 months and some 4K miles, I am still not a fan of how the G80C 'looks' . . . sorry, doesn't appear change is forthcoming.

I do, however, enjoy the hell out the G80C . . . ultimate driving machine.

///AVM

Alan l. · 09-23-2021, 11:59 AM

No doubt the G8X is the best performer here (by a landslide) but that doesn't change the way it looks to ones eyes imo. Personally its grown on me slightly and you have the best color for it but its never taken me this long to love a new generation BMW. Different strokes for different folks....

Alan

stefan · 09-23-2021, 12:10 PM

wow what a collection. The E9x has aged so beautifully. Man that G8x is unfortunate though yikes.

hellrotm · 09-23-2021, 12:44 PM

LOL that G80 looks so bad.

2011ninja · 09-23-2021, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by CHE///MIST3

The E9X is such a clean and compact shape/size. Also has the nicest hood, in my opinion.

GM

I have an F80 and I think e92 looks best in the photos

notnow · 09-23-2021, 01:10 PM

F8X gonna look fresh for a long time.
G8x looks like a different car, not a newer car.

Sahbatage · 09-23-2021, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by TheProdigy

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Originally Posted by Sahbatage

Really cool picture!! Thanks for sharing.

No matter how hard I try to like the G80, this really shows just how ugly it is, I fear it will age even worse.

My response to everyone that hates my car's looks: go drive one and it'll change your mind very quickly

Unlikely. It's like a one night stand, sure the ride was great, but do you really want to see it next to you in the morning?

Me2 · 09-23-2021, 01:54 PM

Nicely done!!!

TheProdigy · 09-23-2021, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Sahbatage

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Originally Posted by TheProdigy

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Originally Posted by Sahbatage

Really cool picture!! Thanks for sharing.

No matter how hard I try to like the G80, this really shows just how ugly it is, I fear it will age even worse.

My response to everyone that hates my car's looks: go drive one and it'll change your mind very quickly

Unlikely. It's like a one night stand, sure the ride was great, but do you really want to see it next to you in the morning?

I pleasantly walk out to it every day, and that's after m2 ownership 😉

Matt 335is · 09-23-2021, 02:04 PM

E90 and E46 are my two favorites out of that group.

Mors · 09-23-2021, 02:07 PM

I have access to a E30 M3, in cherry? Red, I forget what the color was called for that year, for whenever this happens next (unfortunately Dad good naturedly makes me grovel to drive it, it has 35k miles and is his baby)

Honestly, I regret never just going over to the gentleman in the town where I grew up who has an M1, would be a perfect complement to the picture.

Edit I just texted my dad, despite being “neighbors” couple streets apart for 35 years, and both clearly having absurd love for these cars, they’ve only ever nodded at each other on those perfect days in the summer they take the cars out. SMH.

TheProdigy · 09-23-2021, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Mors

I have access to a E30 M3, in cherry? Red, I forget what the color was called for that year, for whenever this happens next (unfortunately Dad good naturedly makes me grovel to drive it, it has 35k miles and is his baby)

Honestly, I regret never just going over to the gentleman in the town where I grew up who has an M1, would be a perfect complement to the picture.

Edit I just texted my dad, despite being "neighbors" couple streets apart for 35 years, and both clearly having absurd love for these cars, they've only ever nodded at each other on those perfect days in the summer they take the cars out. SMH.

Are you located in LA?

P1 · 09-23-2021, 02:22 PM

The more I see the G80, the better the E36 looks.

mfarrzhp · 09-23-2021, 02:51 PM

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The more I see the G80, the better the E36 looks.

The G80 is growing on me, much more than the G82. But wow it's really a big car.

Great pics!

OtisF80M3 · 09-23-2021, 03:18 PM

The e90 and the f80 are my favorites. They just look so menacing!

LemonOne · 09-23-2021, 03:18 PM

E36 and E46 aged very well.
E92 not aging well as I thought it would (value has plummeted and too many kids driving these days)
F80 is the worst on my list (also plummeting in value)
G80 .. will have to wait and see

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Sahbatage Lieutenant 503 Rep 571 Posts Drives: 2016 IR BMW M4 Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Denver, CO iTrader: (1)	Really cool picture!! Thanks for sharing. No matter how hard I try to like the G80, this really shows just how ugly it is, I fear it will age even worse. __________________ "If you have everything under control, you're not moving fast enough"
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Alan l. Major General 5437 Rep 8,808 Posts Drives: 2020 F95 X5M Competition Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: United States iTrader: (9)	No doubt the G8X is the best performer here (by a landslide) but that doesn't change the way it looks to ones eyes imo. Personally its grown on me slightly and you have the best color for it but its never taken me this long to love a new generation BMW. Different strokes for different folks.... Alan __________________
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stefan Brigadier General 2350 Rep 4,253 Posts Drives: M2 Comp Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: North iTrader: (2)	wow what a collection. The E9x has aged so beautifully. Man that G8x is unfortunate though yikes. __________________ ///M Power
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hellrotm Banned 4143 Rep 6,926 Posts Drives: F80 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: ...Location...Location iTrader: (0)	LOL that G80 looks so bad.
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notnow Bit by Modbug 258 Rep 1,109 Posts Drives: F86 Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: CANADA iTrader: (9)	F8X gonna look fresh for a long time. G8x looks like a different car, not a newer car.
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Matt 335is Lieutenant 646 Rep 483 Posts Drives: SMB 50e \| e92 n54 Join Date: May 2014 Location: Triangle Area, NC iTrader: (0)	E90 and E46 are my two favorites out of that group.
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Mors New Member 5 Rep 21 Posts Drives: e36 M3, '13 135i Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: NYC iTrader: (0)	I have access to a E30 M3, in cherry? Red, I forget what the color was called for that year, for whenever this happens next (unfortunately Dad good naturedly makes me grovel to drive it, it has 35k miles and is his baby) Honestly, I regret never just going over to the gentleman in the town where I grew up who has an M1, would be a perfect complement to the picture. Edit I just texted my dad, despite being “neighbors” couple streets apart for 35 years, and both clearly having absurd love for these cars, they’ve only ever nodded at each other on those perfect days in the summer they take the cars out. SMH.
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P1 Lieutenant General 11569 Rep 11,136 Posts Drives: 2004 3/4 ton Duramax Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: United States iTrader: (1)	The more I see the G80, the better the E36 looks.
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OtisF80M3 Private First Class 71 Rep 176 Posts Drives: F80 M3 Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Kansas city iTrader: (0)	The e90 and the f80 are my favorites. They just look so menacing!
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LemonOne Major 708 Rep 1,079 Posts Drives: ///Most Powerful Letter Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: East Coast iTrader: (0)	E36 and E46 aged very well. E92 not aging well as I thought it would (value has plummeted and too many kids driving these days) F80 is the worst on my list (also plummeting in value) G80 .. will have to wait and see
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