Matt Farah of The Smoking Tire picks up an E46 M3

[K-Dawg]

https://enthusiastauto.com/bmw/m3ser...oupe-2058.html

Not a slicktop. He says it will stay stock.

Why do these threads always come down to color?Who cares? The silver/red looks nice, and condition counts more than color, at least to me.

Like a lot of Youtubers, he comes across as a douche, but I like to hear what he has to say about cars I'm interested in.

The E46 M3/Fiesta ST video came out several months before I got my car. I'll have to watch it again, but he must not have said anything too damning about the E46M because I still bought mine.

[Slicktop]

Here we go again with launch colors, I'm talking about color desirability and how it has changed (along with other tastes) for e46 m3 owners these days. So you're saying the colors become more and more popular as the cars age? Why?

Doctors and lawyers weren't buying e46 m3s when they were introduced, what's your context/basis for this statement?

When did you purchase your m3?

I bought mine last year. My dad had a deposit on one in 2001 (Silver) but the dealer had told him a 6 month wait to get the car in and he never followed through because of the wait time. If you remember most very early cars into the US were silver with no options because dealers were trying to desperately fulfill deposits.

Silver has always been desirable, but when you look at total production, rarity is what drives the value. So colors like LSB and Phoenix are massive hits now. Most people care about how low production their car is and those colors help.

Doctors and lawyers were 100% buying these cars new. The amount of street parked M3s I saw with MD designated plates accounted for a good % of the cars in the area. Funny enough I saw an original owner vert yesterday with those same plates.

I mean of course tastes will change because barrier of entry is totally different. Most cars are no where near MSRP value again and the demographic that originally bought them has moved on into other Ms or P cars.

Personally when I was looking for my car I wanted silver because of how much easier it was to find slicktop but I ended up getting a rarer color and I'm happy with that

[lastMleft]

I wonder what he paid for it....I remember him dogging the e46 several time...the Ford ST had better steering feel, and he test drove a turbo charged M3 he said it felt slow. But he is right the e46 is the last true M along with the e9x everything after 2013 are just not the same.

[Obioban]

Here we go again with launch colors, I'm talking about color desirability and how it has changed (along with other tastes) for e46 m3 owners these days. So you're saying the colors become more and more popular as the cars age? Why?

Doctors and lawyers weren't buying e46 m3s when they were introduced, what's your context/basis for this statement?

When did you purchase your m3?

Seems to happen to all cars— especially 911s. Circle of car life.

[FBloggs]

Perhaps he'll do something to it in the interests of self promotion...
you know; like converting it to EV.

[jet_dogg]

I mean the cars aren't new anymore. Follow the trends for modern BMW launch colors and they aren't silver. Even this gen M3 launched in LSB so I fail to see the undesirability. Yes they sat more initially because no doctor or lawyer wanted to roll up in a bright blue or baby puke one to their office, but bright colors have always been popular on M cars.

I never heard of a dealer having a hard time selling a new E46 M3 ever.

Here we go again with launch colors, I'm talking about color desirability and how it has changed (along with other tastes) for e46 m3 owners these days. So you're saying the colors become more and more popular as the cars age? Why?

Doctors and lawyers weren't buying e46 m3s when they were introduced, what's your context/basis for this statement?

When did you purchase your m3?

[Slicktop]

Is this real life?

Titanium silver was a very popular color specced when the car was new (and still looks great if paint is maintained) while lsb and phoenix couldn't be given away. Seems this current generation prefers the undesirable colors as compared to the old, original guard.

I mean the cars aren't new anymore. Follow the trends for modern BMW launch colors and they aren't silver. Even this gen M3 launched in LSB so I fail to see the undesirability. Yes they sat more initially because no doctor or lawyer wanted to roll up in a bright blue or baby puke one to their office, but bright colors have always been popular on M cars.

I never heard of a dealer having a hard time selling a new E46 M3 ever.

[jet_dogg]

Is this real life?

Titanium silver was a very popular color specced when the car was new (and still looks great if paint is maintained) while lsb and phoenix couldn't be given away. Seems this current generation prefers the undesirable colors as compared to the old, original guard.

[Slicktop]

When you overspend and end up in a Tiag car.

LOL

I already see the elitism oozing. EAG, Museum quality, 6-Speed. Congrats on getting scammed on a mid spec M3

[Sharocks]

When you overspend and end up in a Tiag car.

LOL

[TexaZ3]

Can't stand the guy. Him buying E46M is just following a recent trend. All of these guys will be looking to buy E60 M5 in a few months.

[oceansize]

One of my DD is a modified 2016 Focus ST that I bought new. I love that car. I’m guessing he only bought the M3 due to its current status among collectors.

[jet_dogg]

I can't stand that guy but that is a nice clean m3. I've no idea why hagerty has him in some of their vids, the other guy sucks too, forgot his name.

Does it have a sunroof?

[Maxima SE]

EAG didn't have a Ford Fiesta ST to sell him?

[shibui]

Purchased from EAG. Will be interesting to see if he does anything to it or keeps it stock. I know some people were angry with his Fiesta ST comparison a few years back, but I thought his original assessment was quite fair. He obviously likes the car enough to have purchased one (at a premium!) years later. The other half of The Smoking Tire (Zack) also drives a Mystic/Topaz Blue M3.

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