BMW E92 M3 or Nismo 370z Tech?

ouchie

So, my lease is up SOON... Should I buy a CPO E92 m3 or a brand new Nismo 370z Tech?

I like REALLY like the M3 but expensive for repairs, 370z is beautiful and sexy BUT the interior looks kind of old, love the seat but not the plastics...

M3 is faster but I love the way Nismo's sounds...

So which one?

kenchan

3cpo?

ouchie

Hah! Certified Pre-Owned

njobe89

m3

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DavidZ370

E92 by a long shot no questions asked lpl

Z-Girl 12

Cpo m3

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Are you ok with a used sports car with 30K-50K miles on it?
If yes get the M3.
Else get the Nismo.

mishuko

Mileage and year? Just because cpo doesn't mean crap. Me personally I would never buy a used bmw anymore. If you do get one, grt the warranty and don't let it end

UNKNOWN_370

Yep. Used BMW unreliability for near New Z pricing? That's a no brainer. Maybe if you were leasing a new one I might give it thought? Maybe?

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ouchie

I leased a 2011 BMW 335i and I never had any problems, but yeah German does NOT mean Honda/Toyota quality

UNKNOWN_370

That's because those turbo bimmers start messing up at 75,000 miles.

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critical

what do you want out of a car? do you plan on modding it? i wouldn't drive a stock Nismo. it's not very pleasant. 50k is a lot for a Z too. for 50k you can get a twin turbo z that'd spank M5's if that's what you're about

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edk370

Who here has owned/leased an E92 M3? Ok, tell us about the reliability.

ouchie

About 5 of my friends. Leased and Owned, with 2 of them supercharge. Almost all of them have been to tracks at least 6x a year, never had any problems.

Now my problem is warranty 60k miles vs 100k miles, 40k miles is A LOT

tnav

Owning a BMW is kind of like going to Vegas, you only say something when you win money, when you lose your a-s-s you stay very quiet ... there is absolutely no way that BMWs don't have issues at 60k miles especially with track days, these cars see the shop every other month for something, everything goes wrong with them, computer, electronics, bushings, seals, everything leaks in these cars even the radio (exaggerating) I mean these cars have issues at 5k miles, stupid stuff goes wrong with them, if you sneeze too loud the check light comes on. The people that tell you they don't have issues, simply don't keep up with the maintenance and drive the cars until the doors fall off, and pay no attention to everything the car needs. Try replacing a battery, you can't, that's right, the battery is not only expensive, but you have to program the battery so the car can read it and actually start. BMW and most shops charge $120-150 per hour of labor, so your battery can run you close to $500-600

My most recent BMW had approximately $12k in repairs in a 2.5 year period totaling 7 visits, I sold it only because the warranty was about to expire and they would not extend it since they knew how many issues I had.

Leasing is different story, the car has bumper to bumper warranty, so who cares if the engine blows up every other weekend at the track ... you will see most cars for sale right before or aorund 50k miles