2015 m3/m4

[uOpt]

And you selected Sports + during your test drive? But yeah, the car feels big and boated. I think it's meant to be a luxury coupe rather than a sports coupe. The 2 series is what you want if it's driving experience you sought.

I tried all modes except sports+ because I didn't want to have a test drive with ESP off (have my doubt about "off" here, too, but that is a different topic). I was always selecting gears manually so the modes did not mess with the transmission. All I noticed is that the car went completely possum when going out of sport, I mean it went flat like shot dead.

Let's see what the 2-series convertible brings but I doubt they have a spare wheel in there to free us of the runflats.

I estimate that electric steering can work for me because today's Mercedes aren't all that terrible steering wise. The new SLK is a very nice bouncy little box, BTW.

 

[GoodRevrnd]

And you selected Sports + during your test drive? But yeah, the car feels big and boated. I think it's meant to be a luxury coupe rather than a sports coupe. The 2 series is what you want if it's driving experience you sought.

This is what I'm thinking. I was pretty stoked for the M3/4 and it sure looks really great, but given the size and me already having an e39 M5 it seems a hair redundant in some ways, especially with how physically large they've gotten (I realize it is 450lbs less than my car). Thankfully, I wasn't considering one until they do their LCI and by then I can compare it against the M2. I just hope they don't hold the M2 back too much on power to not cannibalize the M3/4. I already feel like they nerfed the M3/4 engine a bit from what it could have been.