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Originally Posted by John Tanglewood
Car feels light and tossable, and it is.
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Boy howdy...How BMW has brainwashed the masses.
When the E46 M3 first came out, the biggest complaint about it from the enthusiasts and the HPDE crowd was that the E46 M3 was a FAT PIG. And it was. At 3,450 lbs, up to that point it was certainly one of the HEAVIEST 3 series ever built. Those that are used to driving, say, the E30 M3 at the time, all thought that it was an unyielding beast with the heft approaching E39 5 series range.
The flip side of that, was many also said that BMW did a good job hiding all that mass and the car handles more like a smaller car. But this is the FIRST that I've ever seen anyone describe the E46 M3 as "light and tossable."