[sl0m0]

I'm going to revive the theme of this thread, which is initial g87 owner pressions (thank you JustinHEMI ) and not pcar comparisons.


I have a few other impressions I might add later but to reroute this thread let's get started.


Coming from my manual 72 super beetle more recently, my 135i(dct), and a while back an E36(mt and a/t) m3 here are my thoughts:

The steering is a little more numb than I had hoped, but holy smokes is it precise, setting a line on a turn rarely requires an adjustment.

The clutch is surprisingly more numb than I had hoped, I'm hoping CDV delete can improve this, but I have little hope.

The seats (carbon buckets): I wish I could have gotten them as a stand-alone option as I prefer a sunroof, but the seats are my favorite part of the car so far, I could sit in the for days, and I intend to use my m-driving experience. The seats are amazing! The seated position is lower than expected and ergonomics are great.

The back seat is more spacious than expected.


I had a guy walk into a store today, somehow figured out I was the owner of my car, shouted a comment so quick my wife had to clarify what he said, then sat in his car in the parking lot till I came out and then proceeded to tell me he dislikes bmw's, but likes mine, and asked to sit in the seats, adjusted it to his liking and couldn't stop praising the car.

I personally dislike any sort of attention, but I should have been more prepared with this car.


The car is insanely planted, on roads my 135 feels like it would rather be sideways on, the m2 knows where it is meant to be, no 2nd guesses.

I will probably add to this thread again in a few days, but this car is such a weird combo of luxury, modern sports car, and space ship.

[JCZ5]

Grass is always greener…I have a 992, but I have been lusting after the new M2. Heck, I would even take back my previous F87 M2…should never have sold it.

Thank you for sharing the impressions!

[c1pher]

Originally Posted by 4NIQUES

I thought the 911 Was the ULTIMATE SPORTS CAR!! Tell me why you think it isnt? I asked BMW if I should get an M8 or 911 next and they said the M8 is for someone over 65 LOL... I love my M4 so badly!! I sometimes wonder how I will give it up for a 911

I definitely think it depends on what you’re looking for. There’s a reason why M cars and Porsches get compared in reviews all the time. The performance envelopes definitely overlap. One might be a little more luxurious or faster etc but you’re talking about very good, some of the best cars made that regular humans can possibly afford (aren’t hyper cars for billionaires).

[c1pher]

Originally Posted by JCZ5

Grass is always greener…I have a 992, but I have been listing after the new M2. Heck, I would even take back my previous F87 M2…should never have sold it.

Thank you for sharing the impressions!

I am trying to continue to own my 992 while also having the G87 lol.

[JustinHEMI]

Originally Posted by sl0m0

I'm going to revive the theme of this thread, which is initial g87 owner pressions (thank you JustinHEMI ) and not pcar comparisons.


I have a few other impressions I might add later but to reroute this thread let's get started.


Coming from my manual 72 super beetle more recently, my 135i(dct), and a while back an E36(mt and a/t) m3 here are my thoughts:

The steering is a little more numb than I had hoped, but holy smokes is it precise, setting a line on a turn rarely requires an adjustment.

The clutch is surprisingly more numb than I had hoped, I'm hoping CDV delete can improve this, but I have little hope.

The seats (carbon buckets): I wish I could have gotten them as a stand-alone option as I prefer a sunroof, but the seats are my favorite part of the car so far, I could sit in the for days, and I intend to use my m-driving experience. The seats are amazing! The seated position is lower than expected and ergonomics are great.

The back seat is more spacious than expected.


I had a guy walk into a store today, somehow figured out I was the owner of my car, shouted a comment so quick my wife had to clarify what he said, then sat in his car in the parking lot till I came out and then proceeded to tell me he dislikes bmw's, but likes mine, and asked to sit in the seats, adjusted it to his liking and couldn't stop praising the car.

I personally dislike any sort of attention, but I should have been more prepared with this car.


The car is insanely planted, on roads my 135 feels like it would rather be sideways on, the m2 knows where it is meant to be, no 2nd guesses.

I will probably add to this thread again in a few days, but this car is such a weird combo of luxury, modern sports car, and space ship.

The attention was insane. Another memorable one was a woman with her nails painted a similar shade and wanting to take all kinds of pictures with it.

I had an existential crisis about my manhood after that.

[sl0m0]

Originally Posted by JustinHEMI

The attention was insane. Another memorable one was a woman with her nails painted a similar shade and wanting to take all kinds of pictures with it.

I had an existential crisis about my manhood after that.

With 2 daughters my manhood has had enough crisis's. My toenails have been painted for the past 6 years.

2 other observations:

1. The visibility is phenomenal, almost as good as our beetle. It's a pretty big car compared to my E36, and I'm not going to say "it feels smaller than it is" because it really doesn't, but it's easy to be confident of where the edges/corners are.

2. ZB gets better every day. I liked it since I first saw it in SC, but the more I see it at sunset, or in the shade, or in my garage, etc, it just looks better and better.

[DSTR]

Originally Posted by sl0m0

this car is such a weird combo of luxury, modern sports car, and space ship.

Its a PERFECT combo of Luxury, Modern Sports-car and space ship!

The combination of hardware, design and software to offer such performance is quite impressive. Yet we hear how BMW fails to offer true driving machines.

This I find false.

The focus of light and utter performance feedback is found in Caterham and other, similar, Lotus-esque machinery. If that is your primary focus this is not the car for you and that is UTTERLY obvious.