We have just retired the SMX officially. We may make an appearance at maxima day one more time with the car, otherwise it is off to the garage for a little bit at least.

We just bought the brand new M Coupe with the new 315 hp engine. It was the second one delivered in arizona. Estral blue with every option(there are only 3). It drives like no other car that we have been in and redlines at 7500. 0-60 in 4.9(dealer spec), the older gen with 240 hp were 5.1 secs.

Here are some pictures. It has been fun and we will still keep in touch.


GO HERE FOR PICS(THANKS STEVE AKA SKIMAX)

http://www.zing.com/album/?id=4292622411

 

Congrats you guys! Now you have to convince her to go see you guys.

 

y not the roadster???

 

y not the coupe??????????

honestly IMO coupe's nicer!!!! and roadster is more
for hm.... GIRLS!!!!

 

more rigidity..........covertible=less rigidity

 

takin a test drive of the z-3 3.0 in june.

 

they had one at the dealership.

the m has the 3.2 and some other things done to it. it looks identical to the z3 coupe though

 

one more thing, don't know how i could've forgotten but WOODEAR has one!!!!!!!!!!!! duh!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Those remind me of a ducks head!

 

Retire the SMX? Planning to sell anything off the SMX? I bet there would be many takers.

 

nah. it is left as is. to be pulled out at the right times

 

Congrats............ all i have to say is ill be seeing you at www.DTMpower.net shortly <--- best site on the Internet to help you mod your new or old BMW....



congrats...

 

Congrats Lee! BTW, what ever happened to those brakes?

 

can someone clue me in?? wut u guys mean by retiring the SMX?? hmm..

 

If you read his sig, he has a very nice Stillen SMX Maxima. He's now in the process of 'retiring' it becuase they got a new car.

 

Oh yeah, congrats you guys!!!

 

GREAT OOGLIE MOOGLIE!

WAY TO GO LEE!!!!!

(psst. now lemme "borrow" your SC for a while since the car is gonna be garage queen)



congrats bud.

--Cheston

 

Congrats guys ..

one question: doesn't the new 3 series M motor make 333 horse or something very close to that.. why does yours make only 315 ?

Ant

 

cool car... i was wondering where you disappered to.

 

so does that mean you will part out the SMX??

i was thinking about hmmmmm a TYPE II spoiler

j/k...... Godd luck with the new BMW!!

 

I saw one of these on the road last week, although it was not a new one. Looked pretty similar though. I heard of the M3, but had never seen one on the road. The guy was having fun scooting in and out of traffic. What do they sell for?

GO DEVILS

 

Nice! My boy works for a bmw dealership and they affectionetly call it the "m-shoe" That car handles REALLY good, definetly the best handling beemer i rode in.

 

I was worried, I knew you hadn't been around for a while, and when I read the subject line my first thought was "Oh no! they were in an accident.

Good luck with the bimmer, check in on us once in a while.

 

its b/c of the exhaust, car and driver did a article on it.

 

the car is a great handler, but it is very very easy to get sideways and induce drift.

Its no m3 with H&R race springs =)

 

I've personally never had the opportunity to stand and gauk at one in person? Is is a 4 seater? cuz if it is, i know what car i want...

 

it is a 2 door hatch. and skimax answered this earlier, it is the same exact engine as the new m3 however they made the exhaust more restrictive. car and driver did an article and said a simple swap out to supersprint exhaust, fixes that real quick.

 

next logical mod without voiding the warranty would be to get a Clutch stop ... you will encounter many kinds - UUC being my least favorite .. Ron Stygar's Clutch stop bieng my favorite. www.unofficialbmw.com

 

I'm with the duck's head theory, they lost there sleek lines by turning a sport coupe into a sports wagon, but i'm sure it would be a killer ride acceleration and handling wise, just looks like a mid life crisis car to me.

 

Yeah at age 27 I am having a midlife crisis! LOL. It just happens to be the best handling sports car that I have been in for 50k new.