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1999 BMW M3 User Reviews

1999 BMW M3 Review Ratings

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Average Ratings from 22 reviews

  • Performance:4.7 out of 5 stars4.7 out of 5 stars4.7 out of 5 stars4.7 out of 5 stars4.7 out of 5 stars 4.7 / 5
  • Appearance:4.6 out of 5 stars4.6 out of 5 stars4.6 out of 5 stars4.6 out of 5 stars4.6 out of 5 stars 4.6 / 5
  • Build Quality:4.3 out of 5 stars4.3 out of 5 stars4.3 out of 5 stars4.3 out of 5 stars4.3 out of 5 stars 4.3 / 5
  • Overall:4.5 out of 5 stars4.5 out of 5 stars4.5 out of 5 stars4.5 out of 5 stars4.5 out of 5 stars 4.5 / 5

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PROS
"power" 10 reviews
"ride" 10 reviews
"handling" 9 reviews
"speed" 7 reviews
"beautiful car" 3 reviews
CONS
"fuel economy" 5 reviews
"insurance" 3 reviews
"high maintenance" 3 reviews
"expensive car" 3 reviews
"tires" 2 reviews

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Sunny writes:
1999 BMW M3 Convertible Review
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Anyone would love it..

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I can't see one apart from Mileage!!!

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Still Love It The Bmw 2dr Std Convertible. — Pure top down, wind in your face, diving pleasure. There are other convertibles that offer more in the way of raw performance, but none that just work so perfectly together -- it's much more than the sum of its parts. And you can drive the daylights out of the 1.9 liter motor without losing your license. Perfect handling, neutral to power-on oversteer. One of the best looking cars of the past 30 years. Top goes up or down in seconds -- with no complicated power mechanisms.

Primary Use: Sport/fun (spirited driving, track racing, off-roading, etc.)

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GabrieleSandoval writes:
1999 BMW M3 Convertible Review
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Parts are inexpensive considering it is a BMW. Plenty of Power, smooth delivery. Handles beautifuly. Get many thumbs up. Convertible makes driving experience all the funner

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N/A I love this car. Its sporty but practical at the same time.

GabrieleSandoval
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M\\\power Top Down Fun — I cant say anything bad about this car, its been great. Parts have been very afordable, easy to get. The convertible makes it that much better for me. The next lucky owner will not be disappointed with this beauty. Deserves to be considered one of the best M3's of all time.

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phillipk writes:
1999 BMW M3 Coupe Review
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Supercharger makes the motor come alive.

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Maintenance / Reliability decline proportionately as well.

phillipk
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Good Fun Car For The Price — Stock the e36 m3 makes a great cheap daily driver / track car. Not as aggressively styled as the 1st or 3rd gen but it gets the job done! The s50 / s52 motor is one of the more forgiving BMW motors to maintain stock.

Primary Use: Sport/fun (spirited driving, track racing, off-roading, etc.)

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Cottaquilla writes:
1999 BMW M3 Convertible Review
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Dinan enhanced performance.  Exciting to drive.  

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Nothing sucks about this car.

Cottaquilla
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Superb Performance, Beautiful Exhaust Note, Great Looks. — The Dinan badge on this 1999 BMW M Roadster is for real and professional upgrade costs were about $10,000.00. With that in mind this car is by no means overpriced. All technical upgrade work done on this car was of the highest quality.

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Michael writes:
1999 BMW M3 Convertible Review
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For a convertible it has excellent cu.ft. just odd shaped, dependable, sporty convertible,
No squeaks and rattles - great build quality, Finding an independent BMW Mechanic

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BMW Dealer, no back support

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A Great Ride And Value Even Good Mpg — Quick, great brakes, awesome handling. good mpg, lighter than newer e46. E36 even bests e46 in lap times the first couple e46 years despite E36 giving up 93hp.and getting 5mpg over e46. Thats BMW Awesomeness in the e36 before the bigger better trend. The greatness of a 3 series BMW with the power you always wanted - and yeah it is what you always wanted.

Primary Use: Commuting to work

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Teja writes:
1999 BMW M3 M3evo Review
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Everything

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Nothing

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Wats A Review Title? — Best car I've driven so far, and the best car any one can drive. I would sell my legs, arms, liver to keep this car, and there are a lot of people that would do the same. ///M3=wolf in wolfs clothing.

Primary Use: Sport/fun (spirited driving, track racing, off-roading, etc.)

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Brandon writes:
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Makes you a much better driver than you actually are

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Gotta pay to play

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Uncompromising Performance — Handling that exceeds cars 10x the price, FUN and addictive to drive. Repairs are costly and frequent, but that goes the same with ANY heavily modified vehicle... Absolute blast to drive and scare the hell out of your friends when you get the chance!

Primary Use: Sport/fun (spirited driving, track racing, off-roading, etc.)

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Aarik writes:
1999 BMW M3 M3evo Review
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acceleration is fun, and hp is from 10 years ago but comparable to modern cars

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BMW makes u pay to much for maintinence, cantfind one with good milage

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Awesome Car Even Though Its Old It Is As Good As A Modern Car I Would Get It But Milage Is To Much — beautiful car, loved the suspension and breaking i dont want to get to specific but it had around a 330 bhp engine V6. Ownership not very sure, but sells pretty good on market it keeps a good value through the years.

Primary Use: Family transportation

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Nicholas writes:
1999 BMW M3 M3evo Review
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fast like race car

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moneyyyy

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Fast Like Race Car — excellent daily driver, power band is very thoural, handles decently for a stock car, attracts females lol, sexy car, its a BMW and it go fast like race car. very fun car to drive.....DTM FTW... k luh you bye

Primary Use: Sport/fun (spirited driving, track racing, off-roading, etc.)

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Stephen writes:
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handling. torque

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damn window rollup.

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Great All Around Performance — 18x9 SSR Comps 255/35/18 Bridestone RE01-R KW Variant 1 Coilovers Vorshlag Camber Plates Powerflex RTAB Bushings ECIS Cold Air AC Schnitzer Cat Back AC Schnitzer Side Skirts and rear Bumper ZKW Headlights with HID Rare Cosmos Schwarz/Sand Leather Interior combo.

Primary Use: Sport/fun (spirited driving, track racing, off-roading, etc.)

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Cost $39,700 Original MSRP $6,418 Average Instant Market Value $15,276 Average Instant Market Value
Gas Mileage (highway) 26 30 19
Horsepower 240 138 394
Cargo Volume (cu. ft.) 10.3 15.0 11.1
Front Leg Room (inches) 41.20 41.1 41.7

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2013 BMW M3 Reviews

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2012 BMW M3 Reviews

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2011 BMW M3 Reviews

Great Car By rrhartman

I like the car - very fast and nimble. Great looks. Complicated adjustments to practically everything. Hungry for power and gets a little persnickety at low speeds. Rated as highly likely to be a f... Read More

Pure Driving Pleasure By EgyptianMagician

Can't wait till this car is modified. With 600hp under the hood I'm quite sure I can kick a 911's engine-toting rear end! The amazing road stability this car maintains, whilst pumping out 420hp is rea... Read More

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2010 BMW M3 Reviews

Ultimate Bmw By GG42

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The Muscle Car By Fabio

The BMW M3 Convertible is performant in the acceleration and in the handling, good to do the turns but it's not good in the speed; this doesn't mean that it isn't a fun car to drive! I Have three word... Read More

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2009 BMW M3 Reviews

Lemon By M3haver

I heard really good things about this car, but it turned out to be a piece of crap. It barely ever starts up, it leaks oil, transmission fluid, power steering fluid and brake fluid. The bearings go ... Read More

As An Overall , I Loved This Car By Yaser

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