///M Coupe Owners Please Respond

[4Gotten]

Wow, unless I'm missing the M Coup section here, these cars must be more rare than I expected. I need some honest opionions. I'm looking at purchasing a 2000 M Coupe as my daily driver. I've read all the standard M Coupe reviews, now I need real world experience.

1) Is this car expensive to maintain (outside the normal)
2) Creature comforts
3) Every day driving comfort (1-10?)
4) I'm 6.1" and weight about 210, fairly broad shouldered, will I have a problem with comfort? I'd expect it to feel similar to my 93 vette, as far as being packed in...maybe??

Thanks in advance for helping me out with my decision.

[3ZTT]

Good luck getting a response in here.
1. Its built with a lot of parts from other, more common, bmws, so its not really that much more or less expensive.
2. Same as a z3 or so. But much better looking interior, and awesome 2 tone interior combos.
3. Cant comment on this one
4. You might want to test drive one to determine this. I think you *might* be pushing it with your weight, but its been a while since i had last researched these. I already have my mind set on one.

[B R]

Yes, they are very rare, I hardly ever see any on the road around here, I see lots more Ferraris. I don't use mine as a DD, so I can't answer some of your questions, but I haven't had to replace anything unusual other than the front strut mounts. It's been a great car so far, & I've pushed it pretty hard on a few occasions. It might be a little tight for someone your size, best thing to do is take a test drive, or at least sit. I had an 88 Vette, & I think the Vette had a little more room.

[Quest330is]

1) Not expensive to maintain, same as any other M, maybe less.
2) Cooler than Roadster
3) 10, I drive this car from Grand Prairie to Richardson 3 or 4 days out of the week for work and I love it.
4) I'm 5' 7" about 135lbs so any car is fine for me but I do have a couple of friends over 6' and they fit ok in the car. You'll probably be as comfortable as you would be in a vette.

Let me know if you want to check the car in person before you get yours. Also check the Z section on bimmerforums.com, there are quite a few more Z owners there.

[4Gotten]

If the lack of responses correlates to it's commonness than I'm in. Sightings here in Dallas of an ///M Coupe are rare, as long as it's due to some mechanical with the car...I'm even more excited about test driving one. "I think the vette had a little more room" That is the only potential problem I see. Thanks for the feed back all.

Quest, since I live in Frisco and work downtown Dallas, I may just take you up on that little offer

[Quest330is]

Send me an email if you want to meet up sometime, I rarely check this board. The M Coupes are very rare but there are plenty of owners on other boards, there's just very few here for some reason.

[Hamann M Coupe]

Hey Quest 330IS, where do u get the custom projector headlights? I want to get a set cuz i have HID on my M Coupe, but i don't think the HID is as nice as what i seen on the projector headlamps. I bought the factory BMW 5 series HID from the dealership.

If u can give me some info on that headlamp it would be great help thx!!!

[Quest330is]

Hey Hamann, nice Coupe.

About the lights, I did the installation myself. Used some e65 bi-xenons and HID, the lighting is really good. If I had a choice though, I would have gone with a smaller projector because these barely fit in the car because the fender comes so close to the front. I did a writeup on bimmerforums...I'll find it for you.


EDIT: Here's the thread

[Hamann M Coupe]

Yeah that look really nice. I was just surfing some of the forums and i notice now that they have actually projector lights for sale along with angle eye. how do u think that looks?

But the price for the projector sound kinda steep. I read ur post already, did u only made one side with projector? How about the high beam??

Btw, sorry for so many questions, but do u use icq or msn?

[purv944]

1. I haven't spent anything extra on my Coupe (excluding mods). So far it's been flawless.
2. I really love the interior, it gets just as many complimants as the car. (And the heated seats have come in handy this winter.)
3. I'll give it an 8 as a daily driver. It's a two seater sports car and the rear tire is a foot from your ass. You feel the bumps but you don't notice them over time. It is seriously the funnest car I have ever driven.
4. I'm 6'2" weighing in at a solid 200 lbs and I fit and has some room to spare. The best thing to do is go for a test drive in one.

Just get it, you won't be disappointed.

[mazenz]

ive actually been getting very interested in getting one down the road myself, and am having a very hard time finding one for sale! what do m coupes usually go for used?

[3ZTT]

Id like someone to compare this to an Evo for tearing up back roads as we know these are both capable cars.

[Iron Chef]

Wow, is it always this dead in here?

[Quest330is]

Yes.

[Schneller Bayer]

m coupes are cool