Here's Why the BMW M3 E92 Was the Craziest BMW M3

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The E92 BMW M3 was the craziest BMW M3. Today I'm going to review the E92 M3 to show you why the V8-powered M3 was the craziest -- then I'm going to show you around the E92 M3. Then I'm going to drive the BMW M3 to show you what it's like on the road.

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[itsalgud]

I have to disagree with you on one point, Doug. That is not “cheap“ plastic. That is VERY EXPENSIVE plastic. 😂

[AdamG]

"Not As Unreliable As The M5 E60"

That's the highest level of praise for any BMW and reliability

[lawrencegreer]

As an owner of an e92 (not an M3, but I wish) I can say the turn signals are really easy to operate and I really love how they function

[reginaldpurnell]

When the mechanic open the hood and see the m3 logo that means he’s getting paid lol

[robertj]

"Is that a hood bulge, or are you just happy to see me?"

[Shahzad-Khan]

11:20 that is the scariest noise if you own a bmw. If you know, you know.

[TheGamingDistrict]

BMW really was smart in putting their experimental turbocharged engine in the 335i instead of the M3. For all the praise the N54 got and still gets due to being a highly capable engine, reliability issues would’ve really tarnished the M3 had that engine been used instead of the V8.

I own a modified N54 335i, driven e9x M3s and even though people say a modified 335i is an “M killer”, I say that the M3 is another beast in its own right

[raptor]

Doug: The center temperature dial is there so that you can have cold air on your face when the heat is on. Warm air on your face makes you sleepy on long drives, so the cold air keeps you awake without the rest of your body being cold.

[constipatedparker]

Daddy Doug reviewing the E92 has finally fulfilled my wish.

[jackson._.goulding]

I truly believe this era of turn signal was superior in design, but people unfortunately did not know how to use them. There were two "levels" of signaling like in any car. if you pushed it lightly, the signal would blink three times to indicate say a lane change on the highway. If you moved it all the way, the blinker would stay on until you completed your turn; also like any other car. What people had a difficult time with was turning it off because they would push the stalk all the way in the opposite direction when they really only needed to bump it to the "3 blinks" level to deactivate it. With some practice you see the reasoning behind the design as it does not click back into place when you complete a turn, but rather remains silent and gives the car a more premium feeling. I wish more manufacturers had caught onto this trend and allowed more people to become accustomed to it.

[jjsun]

Being from SoCal, Doug can be excused for not understanding the separate climate control for the center vent. If your from somewhere with really cold winters and your cold to your bones, you want to jump in your car and crank the heat. After awhile though you might start feeling warmer, but if you start feeling drowsy, what better than to blow some refreshing cold air on your face, while keeping your feet warm. It's a safety feature -- keeping you awake.

[machina_spirit]

Yay Doug reviews a car I’ve actually owned! And one I had extensively researched before purchasing, a few things to note:

-I was surprised at Doug’s non-explanation of the Power button. It’s for the sensitivity of the throttle pedal. Its doesnt actually effect engine power at all, just makes the throttle more sensitive and makes the throttle map’s 100% WOT at say only 3/4 of the pedal travel compared to being at the very end of the pedal travel with it in Normal. It can also be configured for your M Mode so pressing the M button on the wheel will activate it along with your other settings (dampers, servotronic steering, DCS MDM)

-Surprised Doug didnt mention the carbon leather trim. It’s a desirable option for buyers. Cloth seats are very rare too, its not part of some ‘enthusiast’ package like Doug mentioned, but most of these cars just came with the Novillo leather (mine had red).

-You can get the adjustable dampers outside of the Competition package, it was part of the tech package and even available al carte in the early pre LCI years iirc. The only difference with the Competition pkge ones was the Sport setting was retuned and now was dynamic like the Comfort and Normal settings.

-Don’t think that’s a rear armrest Doug. That piece pops out to allow the ski pass through (car has cold weather package), the little panel behind it is a door that opens into the trunk. You can see the little door when he drops the seats when he’s going over the trunk quirks.

-Doug kept mentioning the V8 but didnt mention its crazy redline of 8, 250 rpms! How do you not mention that! This small V8 is a revver and not torquey, I’m glad he did mention its characteristic of being high revving and not having grunt down low though. Also surprised he didn’t point out the warmup gauge around the tachometer that slowly reduces from red to yellow into the redline when you cold start the car as a quirk!

-He mentions the steering, it feels great cause its hydraulic. Last M car to have it, the M3/4 after this one have electric steering.

-This particular car also has the enhanced premium audio option, you can tell from the silver rings around the speakers (compared to black on the base audio)

-In case anyone cares, mine was a 2011 Space Grey Competition Package (ZCP) with 6MT :)

[therichboy]

We all waiting for the day doug gets pulled over “testing” a car by going 80+ in a 35mph suburban road

[shapeshifter]

"What is my purpose?"
"You pass the seatbelt"
"Oh my god"

[unpaidintern]

As a little summary about the quirks that might be too confusing:

1. Turn Signals
The turn signals are actually quite easy to understand. Push once lightly is 3 (or one, configurable in the on board computer) signals, pushing it lightly and holding it activates the indicators for as long as you are holding the lever and finally, if you push the lever beyond that little resistance it activates it until a certain steering angle has been reached and returned from. Deactivating the permanent signaling is achieved by either pushing it to, but not beyond the resistance, the opposite direction or just tap it lightly in the same direction
Once you use them accordingly, they are exactly what you need in every situation.


2. Secondary Climate Control Dial
That dial in the center that He thinks is overriding the settings done in the main AC cluster is actually only controlling the front fan's temperature. The overall temperature that is set will still be targeted by all the other thousands of vents in the car. The reasoning behind that is, that you might want to have a litte more hot or cold air blown towards you.
Example: An extremely hot day. You get into your BMW and turn on the AC. But instead of being blown with frozen air you might want to have a mild breeze that won't freeze your eyeballs. Turn that dial towards hotter air (red).
Another example: An extremely cold day. Same thing, you want things to heat up quickly and the climate control does so by blowing very hot air into the cell. You might hate that and want air that is just a little lower than what otherwise would give you first degree burns. Turn that dial towards colder air (blue)
If you are fine with how the AC and climate control works: Set it centered. It's a drivers preference thing, not an overall climate control.

So yes. It's brilliant. :)

3. Fond of the Coupé (A coop is where chickens live.)
While it is true that there is not a lot of nice things left to whoever has to sit back there, but he completely washes over the fact, that the rear passengers actually have the same climate bias dial as the front row. Also there are not a lot of coupé style cars from that era who even had vents back there.
As someone who owned both versions (E90 325d LCI and E92 335d LCI, both maximum spec) the back seats in the coupé are actually more comfy than those in the sedan since they are a bit more like a bucket seat. Probably to get the rear passengers lower down since the roof lowers "quicker" than in the sedan. However I cannot confirm that personally since I'm very tall and also the owner. I will never sit back there.
It is true, that the moving slide is a bit annoying if someone has to leave the back row rather quickly, but it prevents those buffoons from scratching your entryway with their belts or purses or whatever shit they think they need. As he said though, if you plan on taking more than one person with you on a very regular basis, consider the E90.

[YBTheFinesseKid]

After seeing how complicated those turn signals are I understand why BMW drivers don’t use turn signals.

[No-bbjq]

Here's how Doug's video title vocabulary widened over the years:
2017: "Bargain"
2018: "Here's why"
2019: "Crazy"

[holydiver]

The center armrest is split in two because the driver side can move forward and extend itself.
Also the point of that extra manual dial on the climate control is so that you can get cold air blowing on you while the car is keeping the temperature warm by blowing hot air from the other vents, like on those days where you are cold, but you feel uncomfortable having too hot air being blown in your face.

[Electrilyfe]

Turn signal: double click for full turns or when you want it to stay on. Single click for when you are just changing lanes. Single click in the same direction of the turn can also be used for turning off a double click.

[sean]

That dial for the center vents is amazing! You can have heat on your legs, feet, but have cool / cold air on your face.