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Really sad they can’t find a pad that bites well and doesn’t sound like a school bus. The brakes on my M850 have giant discs with hefty 6pot calipers and 0 squeal. All my 911’s/turbos never made a peep. I don’t get it.
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04-20-2024, 07:08 PM | #46 |
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Great write up. Beautiful car and color combination. But of course I am bias. Looking forward to you doing possibly a 6 month review. Probably at the end of summer. Drive safe and enjoy that beautiful toy.
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I went from f87 to g80 to gt3 992.
The f87 was an incredible m car with everything I remember from the e46. Perfect weight to power, great steering. No bs. The g80 was not what I expected. It was heavy feeling with a long back end. It performed horribly at the track and the quality of the interior was horrible. After less than 6 months my carbon buckets had leather damage, the steering wheel was damaged and the doors leather. BMW refused to help with any issues. Not to mention it was burning coolant at an aggressive level. Got my gt3 and I’m in love. I don’t have the same feeling I had when I got my g87 but the gt3 is truly perfect. Every detail is perfectly designed. They have managed to know what interior parts would wear and used the right materials in the right places. I don’t have to tell you about driving it because it’s a Porsche gt car and you know it performs flawlessly. The only negative is the gas mileage but we all knew that was a thing. BMW needs to figure their shit out. They need to fix the quality of the interior and truly compete with high end cars. They have watered down the m program and disappointed fanboys like me. Something has to give.
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Dude I recognized this car right away.. You live right down the road from me lol and I would see your 911 in the Dunkin parking lot on my way to work until I saw the g80 recently, that color with the kylami orange I dig! At first im like did this guy sell his Porsche for a BMW?? It’s supposed to be the other way around! haha but yeah the g80 is newer and nicer imo and has all the updated technology, at least until you get that gt3 your talking about now that would be awesome!!
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Nice, whycant bmw use something like this?
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Nice review! Also a former Porsche 911 owner and I find the M4 much more suited for normal car things. I also hated the brake squeal and got a set of iSweep 1500s (I reviewed them here: https://www.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...php?p=30060412 ). Best mod I did, and should have done it week 1 of ownership.
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Yeah for me it was 20+ straight years of BMW's, mainly M cars, and I finally bought a 911...and what a "starter 911" it was The thing was though...it wasn't a GT car lol. Wanted a GT3 for sooo long that I prob shoulda waited a bit but I also have ZERO regrets with the GTS as it was an incredible ride. The future holds another orange 911...likely with a NA engine a 9k redline! See you around |
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Thanks for write up.
I might buy G80 for daily usage over my VW GTI
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Great review and I agree on all points! Mine is also a Tanzanite over Kayalami xDrive and I love it. It’s luxury spec with sport seats and moonroof because I bought it to daily and I have a 997.2 Carrera S in the garage as well. The performance of the M3 is amazing; probably better in every way to my 911 but the Porsche is still more satisfying to drive and is more of a “feel” car.
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