Daily Driving my Manual G80 M3 for a Year | Long Term Ownership Review

[@RS3jack]

I own a 2024 comp X drive and love it

[@lny9233]

Subscribed because of this video 10/10

[@ferozmoto6766]

Thank you! Welcome to the channel!!!

[@Massimo_U]

thank you for this very detailed review ! I can only aggree with you...I own the MT G80 since 2021 (80'000km on the clock) and it's just a brilliant car, through and through. And I love the Manual...gives me the connection to the car. yes, you feel the engine is tuned for the auto...but still plenty of power. It's so much fun and also just to cruise around absolutely great. Thank you BMW, really. Awesome car!

[@ferozmoto6766]

No problem! Thank you for watching!

[@benfl9636]

4 track days on and I'm still on the factory set of pads. I too am genuinely surprised at how well they performed and lasted. Never experienced brake fade and stopping power was phenomenal.

[@ferozmoto6766]

They are an amazing dual duty pad id say, just sucks it squeaks and has so much thick dust.

[@anthonyprocida2135]

Loving the increase in quality of these videos keep it up!

[@ferozmoto6766]

Thanks Anthony! I appreciate your feedback

[@AdriannaCiccarelli]

Wow, Ryan. Great moves. Keep it up. Proud of you.

[@ferozmoto6766]

Thanks Ms. Ciccarelli 😘🥰

[@EMena911]

Keep the awesome content rolling 💪🏼 OEM +

[@ferozmoto6766]

Will do brother 😎

[@jakefox3677]

I just placed an order for a manual G80 myself should be here around January but the wait is going to kill me. Nice video.

[@ferozmoto6766]

Congrats! You’re going to love it. Thanks for watching!

[@yourpalbobbyboi]

Don’t get the ventilated seats they suck . I think I paid $300…. Now $500. I hope your getting that alcantara steering wheel!

[@ferozmoto6766]

I’m jelly of the steering wheels the newer cars are getting, might be an upgrade in the future

[@yourpalbobbyboi]

@@ferozmoto6766 my 1st love was the e46 m3. My classmate in college had one with the alcantara steering wheel with the csl package. I will keep my car stock but if I was ordering a 25 now it definitely be on my build . A year early but I cannot complain . I am driving my dream car . Life isn’t so bad. Keep up the videos man and saving the manuals 👍🏼 .

[@ferozmoto6766]

E46 m3 is another car I’d love to own. Maybe someday ☝️

[@nelsonfong8101]

I just bought a 2021 M340i, it's a good daily car to drive. I'm hoping to get a S58 M3 manual in the future. Manual is much more fun to drive!

[@ferozmoto6766]

Those are great cars! B58 is legendary, I wish they came in manuals they would be such a popular choice!

[@Yukon6255]

Super clean spec, looks great. Only thing I'd do is upgrade the splitter to CS BMW oem one. You barely lose clearance and it looks sick. Enjoy your beautiful car and love that you don't mind racking up the miles.

[@ferozmoto6766]

Yeah, once this lip goes those are the options I’m going to go for. Thanks for the kind words and watching!

[@JuliaFeroz]

at this point marry the car 😟

[@shplorf1977]

Thanks, Doug!

[@ferozmoto6766]

I forgot to rant about the quirks and features!

[@shplorf1977]

@@ferozmoto6766 not to mention the lack of a doug score

[@waywardsoul4918]

Very informative video. May I ask does lowering the car like that affect the ride feel?

[@ferozmoto6766]

It does very slightly for the ones I have on, but overall it was not a significant impact in ride quality. I’m very pleased with them.

[@waywardsoul4918]

@@ferozmoto6766ok thank you.

[@Screaming-Trees]

It's interesting to me that a lot of car enthusiasts have opted for the auto. I guess it's to do with AWD. I would really like the manual but I live in a mountainous area and could actually use the AWD for a part of the year. So now I have to choose and it's a terrible compromise to have to contemplate. I'm sure the auto is just fine and I would love it but I drive a manual now and I enjoy it. I am pretty sure I'd enjoy the manual in a M3 even more. Not sure why BMW can't just offer AWD in a manual as well. Seems like an artificial limitation but I can't figure out why they would do this.

[@ferozmoto6766]

The take rate of manuals are low as it is, they probably did not want to have to engineer anything special for a niche spec although I would see it selling like wonders. Would be a bullet proof sti in some sorts. If they had a manual xdrive I would have gotten one in a heart beat. Biggest limitation is the clutch and transmission as they are somewhat carry overs from the previous generations. Good luck on your decision. I know many manual guys moving to autos and not the other way around so don’t feel bad on what you land on. Thanks for watching!

[@Screaming-Trees]

​@@ferozmoto6766 Fair enough. I am still leaning towards a manual and I guess I'll just have to keep another car around for the winter. Did you happen to buy the M Driver pack when you bought your M3? That's the one that unlocks the top speed limiter and includes a day at the track course with an instructor. For sure I don't have anything against automatics. IN fact there is a better deal in terms of interest rate on an auto in my area at the moment which might throw a spanner in the works on the whole thing anyway and I might still end up with an auto. It isn't the end of the world but there is a sense of accomplishment in a manual when you pull off a quick start or a perfect rev match etc. It can't really be replicated on an auto where you just mash the accelerator basically. But hey, it is what it is now. Is the manual really that much slower than the auto though? I see a lot of threads and videos talking about AWD being faster but I don't know. The manual is still 500hp. Can't imagine it being slow.

[@ferozmoto6766]

I got this car used and I don’t think it came with the package. I think this car is very balanced for what it is. For a drivers car it’s never about numbers but how it makes you feel and how the power is usable. I think the tuning and delivery is perfect for the chassis and makes it enjoyable to rev out and shift. The car is plenty fast. If you’re chasing numbers the auto is always the answer but if you want to just enjoy the m3 and have nothing to prove it does its purpose.

[@Screaming-Trees]

@@ferozmoto6766 Well said. I don't really care about the numbers. The car, stock, with the limiter off will hit almost 190mph. That's already more than you can ever use in North America. It's a little slower to 60 than the auto sure but I think the manual would offer something else compelling to offset the acceleration thing. Great video by the way. Videos like yours are invaluable in this day and age where it's difficult to see cars in person and you have to make decisions online a lot of the time. Thanks again and keep up the great work.

[@ferozmoto6766]

@@Screaming-Trees I appreciate the kind words! I will continue to share my car and what I learn on this platform. Stay tuned for more! - Ryan

[@Yukon6255]

sweet driveway.

[@ferozmoto6766]

Thanks!

[@ALIVE-Company]

Great video! Yea the iDrive on my 330i blows, too many menus just give me an AC button...

[@ferozmoto6766]

Physical button supremacy 💪

[@clubracer6]

Is it hard to get the back end out? I loved how driftable my 15 F80 M3 was. Super controllable, but it did beautiful 2nd gear slides.

[@ferozmoto6766]

It’s very easy and controllable to slide the car, just doesn’t feel as snappy which feels more confidence inspiring

[@brettsneyers7019]

no issues with the clutch?

[@ferozmoto6766]

Nope! Clutch has been fine with the driving one been doing. I don’t clutch dump or do many launches which could be why

[@DrewHolmes]

1 year and 17,000 miles is not "long term" but i think your video is really well done. I had cars in my 20's I owned for 5-7 years and put 80K miles on them. Thats long term haha

[@ferozmoto6766]

Most of the owners of my car keep them as garage queens and rarely see the mileage I’ve been doing. But I do agree with your sentiment. 1 year ownership review would be more fitting. Thanks for watching!

[@alangil40]

I keep my cars a long time. I have had my E60 535i M-sport manual for 12 years and have put 120k miles on it. I put 100k+ of my own miles on a 1986 Mustang GT, 1990 300zx Twin Turbo, a Supra Turbo, a BWM E39 540i Sport, an Audi Q7, a Volvo XC90 and a Toyota 4-Runner. I should point out that I bought all of those cars pre-owned with 30k miles, so sold most with 130k+ miles on them. Now those are long term!

[@jakubM3]

you do infact have the shadowline package bc ur mirror caps and spoiler are black, its odd that ur tips are not tho

[@ferozmoto6766]

My headlight housings aren’t blacked out which I thought was the tell tail sign. It appears I do have it but maybe since I’m a first year car the housings might have been an additional option.

[@reginald8703]

I only put 11k miles on my ‘21 G80 M3 6MT 😮😅

[@ferozmoto6766]

My bmw app says I drive more than 97% of other m3 drivers. It’s a real shame

[@EndofDays213]

Wait you paid 3k for a replacement headlight under warranty?

[@ferozmoto6766]

Nope! Fully covered under warranty

[@EndofDays213]

@@ferozmoto6766oh ok that’s good man. You have a beautiful car 👍 rip one this weekend!!

[@ferozmoto6766]

Thanks brother! Will do 😎

[@YookGears]

Do you know your tint percentage? 35% 50%? I think it looks like 50%

[@ferozmoto6766]

Definitely more than 50%, I can see through the interior completely fine from a distance. I wish I knew to do the same for the front windshield. Hope that helps!

[@YookGears]

@@ferozmoto6766thanks!

[@E82N55]

Hey man my 135 will blow the doors off your M3 😤

[@ferozmoto6766]

Let’s run it 😈

[@JuliaFeroz]

at this point marry the car 😟

[@ferozmoto6766]

Rings are for Audis 🙈