Very nice. Aside from the numbers, if you’ve had seat time in a prior m3p, how does the acceleration and power compare? What are your overall impressions of the car?
I have had some but limited time in a prefl m3p. But it has been a while so hard to make direct comparisons.
As for the new car.
The power felt strong and consistent. Traction is excellent. It was damp with wet patches and it still pulled strong with no tramlining. Mashing the throttle at 30mph was smooth and gained speed very very quickly, as you would expect. Based on my 25years of fast car driving, felt every bit of 550hp.
The suspension is a strong point, good damping over stronger bumps like speedbumps, very smooth on the highway at 65mph, very quiet allthough some tyre noise could be heard over coarser roads. I purposely had the stereo off to make noises more obvious.
The steering had good turn in, very pointy, very controllable, slightly artifical at times, allthough as I was on a public road in a test car I wasn't pushing too hard. I think it will be a hoot on track.
Didn't really get to test the brakes, 1 pedal driving was easy.
The seats were comfortable and fit me perfectly, 220lbs 5ft4, short and stocky.
The seat cooling was wonderful and covered all the way to the neck allthough you could hear the motors.
Based on my 35mins of driving, anyone who buys this car will be extremely happy, especially at the price.
It's well sorted, comfortable, more than fast enough at legal speeds (here's hoping it has the top end to match) but even so, there has been so many upgrades it feels like what the car should have been to begin with.
