What We Learned After Testing a BMW M3 Over 40,000 Miles | Car and Driver

Read the full story https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a38904698/2022-bmw-m3-reliability-maintenance/ Speed is an expensive habit, and the more you pay, the more you get. Take our long-term 2022 BMW M3. We could have spent more for the more powerful Competition trim or the quicker all-wheel-drive variant. Instead, we went with the $70,895 base model, which not only was less expensive but also allowed us to get a manual transmission. Our 2022 manual-transmission M3 delivered a lot of grins and very few gremlins over 40,000 miles. Subscribe to Car and Driver http://bit.ly/SUBSCRIBEtoCARandDRIVER 00:00 Intro 00:18 We got the perfect spec 01:43 The driving experience 03:35 Acceleration results 04:00 The benefits of short gearing and fuel economy 04:45 People seem to like its styling 05:28 Criticisms and complaints 06:42 Driving in winter 07:41 Tire wear 08:48 Brake caliper wear 09:40 Maintenance and other costs 10:17 The verdict