Sometimes...I just love my MS3...

[camrycev6]

...but isn't that why you buy a car?

Today I drove it during 92 degree weather for a few simple errands, and I thought I love this car because:

1) The AC blows cold.
2) The interior is nice.
3) The stock stereo sounds good.
4) While I can't call it a powerful car, it sure is fun to drive -- peppy I say.
5) Looks good without looking like a rice mobile.
6) Practical...Practical...Practical!

Just had to share some of my love for the car!

 

[boostdog]

Glad you like it! getting new cars are always fun!

 

[Antonio DiMarco]

Not powerful?

...but isn't that why you buy a car?

Today I drove it during 92 degree weather for a few simple errands, and I thought I love this car because:

1) The AC blows cold.
2) The interior is nice.
3) The stock stereo sounds good.
4) While I can't call it a powerful car, it sure is fun to drive -- peppy I say.
5) Looks good without looking like a rice mobile.
6) Practical...Practical...Practical!

Just had to share some of my love for the car!

I need some perspective

What are you comparing it to when you make the statment "While I can't call it a powerful car, it sure is fun to drive -- peppy I say."

That said it's nice to see someone who reflects on the good opposed to the "not so good". Noting in life is perfect.

 

[TonyBSRT]

I know what you mean. You'll know you truly love a car after you have had it for a couple of years and still look back as you walk into a store. I just waxed my SRT4 today and found myself not wanting to leave it!

 

[camrycev6]

I need some perspective

What are you comparing it to when you make the statment "While I can't call it a powerful car, it sure is fun to drive -- peppy I say."

That said it's nice to see someone who reflects on the good opposed to the "not so good". Noting in life is perfect.

I drove a supercharged G35 coupe for a couple years...that car was powerful... Like I said, don't get me wrong, the MS3 is peppy and fun to drive, but after 3rd gear, it really isn't that impressive. Still love the car and you really can't compare my old car and my new because of the price, but it still doesn't change the reality of the situation. I hope you get my meaning.

 

[TonyBSRT]

^^^S/C G FTMFW!!!

How could you ever give that up?

It's be like me buying a Civic!

 

[Antonio DiMarco]

That's a great point

I know what you mean. You'll know you truly love a car after you have had it for a couple of years and still look back as you walk into a store. I just waxed my SRT4 today and found myself not wanting to leave it!

Yeah I'm like that with My 2004 Mazda 3 4dr S and my wife's Mazda 5. Mazda really did a nice job creating some very sexy-looking cars. Like you I often look back at my car and am amazed at how good looking it is. It's the type of thing that makes getting the MS3 bittersweet. I love my Mz3 4dr and won't be happy to see it go. I can only hope I have the same reaction with the MS3. But I'm a bit scared.

It wasn't like this with any of my other 6 cars. What's wrong with me! I'm such a sally!

 

[Antonio DiMarco]

Thanks for the clarification

I drove a supercharged G35 coupe for a couple years...that car was powerful... Like I said, don't get me wrong, the MS3 is peppy and fun to drive, but after 3rd gear, it really isn't that impressive. Still love the car and you really can't compare my old car and my new because of the price, but it still doesn't change the reality of the situation. I hope you get my meaning.

I guess it's all relative. The MS3 will be the fastest car I've ever owned.

 

[CTGrey02]

I guess it's all relative. The MS3 will be the fastest car I've ever owned.

You got many more years ahead of ya to drive things faster. Problem is it gets a lot more expensive once you hit 12's and below.

 

[CantCMe]

I drove a supercharged G35 coupe for a couple years...that car was powerful... Like I said, don't get me wrong, the MS3 is peppy and fun to drive, but after 3rd gear, it really isn't that impressive. Still love the car and you really can't compare my old car and my new because of the price, but it still doesn't change the reality of the situation. I hope you get my meaning.

Now that sounds like a nice ride (supercharged G35). I remember back in the day I thought the fastest thing on the planet was my dad's '78 Z28, but nowadays I guess fast is determined by what you're used to. I had a Mustang that could run low 12's in the quarter and now my daily driver is a Pro ES, so I'm in need for WAAAYYY more power. The MS3 would be a nice speed upgrade for me right about now.

 

[SwampAss]

it is relative. The MS3 is the fastest/quickest car I've ever owned. A fair number of my friends have cars that are really fast. 10-11 second street cars. It's a whole 'nother world out there. When you stomp the gas in one of those and the passenger has never experienced something with that much power, it's usually followed by a slew of expletives about how fast that car is. My MS3 doesn't get the same response.

 

[camrycev6]

Exactly Swampass...I agree totally. TonyBSRT... the reason I gave up the G35 was that it was completely impractical. I couldn't drive it hard in cold weather, rain, snow, etc. It was basically a car that was good 7 months of the year. It was a little hard to give up, but I realized there was more to a car than just pure power. Of course if you are old / rich enough to own 2 or 3 cars, no problem...but I was neither at the time.

Oh...and she ran in the mid 12s.... and I could still break the back end loose going in a straight line in 4th gear if I hit it too hard. Exciting but still scary.

In all, my MS3 is the perfect balance of power, fun, finance, and practicality. In so many ways it is actually superior to my G35.

 

[shamrock]

I drove a supercharged G35 coupe for a couple years...that car was powerful... Like I said, don't get me wrong, the MS3 is peppy and fun to drive, but after 3rd gear, it really isn't that impressive. Still love the car and you really can't compare my old car and my new because of the price, but it still doesn't change the reality of the situation. I hope you get my meaning.

(uhm)

Isn't 3rd gear where the MS3 gets faster, because of more boost.
Gears 1-2-10psi and 3-6=14psi. I dont get your meaning at all

 

[CantCMe]

Exactly Swampass...I agree totally. TonyBSRT... the reason I gave up the G35 was that it was completely impractical. I couldn't drive it hard in cold weather, rain, snow, etc. It was basically a car that was good 7 months of the year. It was a little hard to give up, but I realized there was more to a car than just pure power. Of course if you are old / rich enough to own 2 or 3 cars, no problem...but I was neither at the time.

Oh...and she ran in the mid 11s.... and I could still break the back end loose going in a straight line in 4th gear if I hit it too hard. Exciting but still scary.

In all, my MS3 is the perfect balance of power, fun, finance, and practicality. In so many ways it is actually superior to my G35.

I think I'm gonna talk my cousin in getting a surpercharger kit for his G35...but I feel ya. My 'Stangs were NO fun driving in the rain or snow...I didn't have the money to have 2-3 cars so had to make due with what I had. But I do miss having all that power at my disposal.

 

[andrew.savage]

I think he is saying after third gear. Third gear is the power gear and after that he feels that it is not as impressive.

 

[SwampAss]

He's saying that after 3rd gear in the MS3 compared to after 3rd gear in his SC G35, its not that impressive. I can only speak from a 350Z's perspective as I have a good friend with one that's twin turbo'd. His old car gets faster the faster it goes. 55-110mph in the MS3 is nice, but 55-110 in a 400+hp car is ****** silly.

 

[funkyman]

Don`t worry with an upcoming Garret Gt30r Turbo upgrade kit ,with all supporting mods, the SC G35 coupe won`t stand a chance.WE will have 400hp under the hood except that our cars weigh lessThe stock MS3 has been reported to already do a 0-60 5.4/14sec qmile flat with 263hp only,so with 390hp&390lbs torque+ we are talking stg1-2 E46 M3&G35 stg1-2 turbo times.It`s all a matter of time.

 

[TonyBSRT]

^^^

YEah, all a matter of time before it goes BOOM!

J/K

 

[camrycev6]

He's saying that after 3rd gear in the MS3 compared to after 3rd gear in his SC G35, its not that impressive. I can only speak from a 350Z's perspective as I have a good friend with one that's twin turbo'd. His old car gets faster the faster it goes. 55-110mph in the MS3 is nice, but 55-110 in a 400+hp car is ****** silly.

Right again swampass...exactly what I was saying. 4th and up in the MS3 are uninspiring.

 

[MS3ICA]

...but isn't that why you buy a car?

Today I drove it during 92 degree weather for a few simple errands, and I thought I love this car because:

1) The AC blows cold.
2) The interior is nice.
3) The stock stereo sounds good.
4) While I can't call it a powerful car, it sure is fun to drive -- peppy I say.
5) Looks good without looking like a rice mobile.
6) Practical...Practical...Practical!

Just had to share some of my love for the car!

"can't call it a powerful car?", are you didy? the car has 235 wheel hp, 250 wheel tq, what is powerful to you 5-600 hp?