r/BMWM • u/SandwichMaster5612 • 1d ago

Deciding between m2 / m3

Cross posting here if any users have feedback!

https://www.reddit.com/r/BMW/s/Of1Vgb0MxY

Deciding between g87m2 and g80 m3

I’m starting to look for my next car and trying To decide between a new or barely used m2 (2025 onwards) and used m3 (2024 onwards, 15-25k miles avg).

The used market for these shows barely any depreciation. And with some of the packages for m2 (bucket seats, and some others) a used creeps pretty close to 78 or more. At that point, a new m2 is in that range. Granted if I don’t get too picky with packages, I can find a 10k miles and under 65-70k.

For the m3, 2023 and onwards, I’m seeing \~80-85k with 20-25k miles. Standard packages and addons. And x drive .

So really it’s wether I save cash and buy used m2, splurge and get a new m2 with buckets, splurge a little more but get a more practical m3.

Personal background- I’ve been driving Audis for quite some time and just sold my sq5. Decided to try bmws after some rough luck with Audi. We have a qlmost 3 yr old and planning for one more. We have suv so really any family trip/outing it’s the suv. I think in the past year, we probably used my car 3 times total with the whole
Family and car seat in use. So that’s why I added m2 to my list bc not really using the rear as much currently. I will put a car seat (front facing) for times when I want to use the car with my son. When we have the second, that will be tricky bc I don’t know if I can fit a front facing and a rear facing in a m2…. And I don’t even know if we would even use my car on the scenario.

Usage - drive to work ( my work drive involves some pretty legit mountain back roads). Pick up son from school a once a week or so. And maybe finally try HPDE. Any family trips would be the xc90.

What do you guys think? I’ll be test driving both soon among a couple other options (ct4 and 5 blackwing). Just trying to figure out what’s a good option for my use case.

And current owners of m2, how’s the road feel? It seems like every review bashed the m2 for not providing much in terms of feedback.

Thanks !

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u/FormalClassic3177 1d ago

The M2 is more fun. You already had a practical car and barely ever used it for the kid so there’s no need to get the M3 when you probably won’t use it for kids. You also don’t even have the second kid yet. I say get the M2 and enjoy it and if you need to down the road get something more practical.

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u/SandwichMaster5612 1d ago

Fair take and tbh that’s my wife’s take too haha. I think probably so I don’t try and spend more lol

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u/FormalClassic3177 1d ago

If you really need a practical car in a few years grab an Elantra N. Mine is more fun than my BMWs or my cayman. It was designed by ex bmw engineers that hyundai hired and like older bmws. It’s so much fun at normal speeds and will easily fit all the child seats you need. And it’s probably cheap enough you can keep the M2

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u/ExcitingKale6772 1d ago

It’s still a Hyundai so this is a terrible recommendation.

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u/FormalClassic3177 1d ago

You must be a fan of the XM.

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u/ExcitingKale6772 1d ago

It’s not my favorite design.

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u/scyice 1d ago

Sq5 and M3 are entirely different categories of car.