Love your review and as an owner of a 2024 M2 with manual trans, I fully agree. This car is an absolute hoot to drive and proves to be a great daily driver and really fun toy when you want to have fun. I absolutely love it.
Thank you so much Chris for the kind words glad you enjoyed the video and felt the same about the drive and car. To have this press car for a week was an absolute pleasure. It’s totally my kind of car and genuinely is one of the best cars I’ve ever driven. It’s such a rounded great car and most importantly for me so so fun to drive and enjoy. Thanks again for the kind words Chris, please stick around as we need more good people like you on here with us 🙌❤️
Ordered a “refreshed” M2 last week (480 hp / 600 nm). Automatic. The manual might be good but it is old fashioned and - at best - slightly modified from previous generations. With the automatic the car is faster and you gain 50 nm as compared to the manual. Easy choice for me. Oh, and I have a 2022 MX-5 with the possibly best manual box on the market right now. So, I can have good old fashioned fun whenever I feel like it. Cheers and thanks for the brilliant review 👍
That’s a perfect choice and for the reason you give exactly what I would have done! Mega that fella, what colour is it? Thank you so so much for the kind words, your gonna love it so much I adore this car
I'm looking to use this year-round in Chicago, so driving in snow is a concern. Obviously, I'll equip it with a set of proper snow tires throughout winter, but it is a powerful RWD nonetheless. Have you driven in snow? What are your thoughts on this? Thanks.
I haven’t but it has got a very very good traction control system in it which I’ve been on a skid pad in simulating super bad weather and on everything turned done it’s very impressive. If you got some proper winters you would be fine 🙌
Hi I loved the video Have one myself manual best car I've owned for years Carbon seats is up to the individual!! I have the standard m colour seats and find these on a daily basis fine and are bolster adjustable as well 😊
Thank you so so much for the kind words. Like I said in the video it’s one of the best cars I’ve ever driven without a question of a doubt it’s amazing 🫶🙌 The seats wouldn’t ever be a deal breaker for me so I totally understand, I hear there more comfortable ❤️👌 Thank you so so much again for the kind comments, please stick around and subscribe as it’ll be great to have you around on here with us 🫶
There are pretty looks and then you have this chiseled and masculine. I think it's right on the money. Nothing like it in every respect on the road. Your review was very helpful, (great roads) Cheers !
Overall I love it, it’s only the front and even then I like it enough to overall love it if that makes sense haha 😂🫶🙌 Thanks for the kind words, glad it was helpful. Please stick around and subscribe as it’ll be great to have you around on here with us, we need more good people like you on here 🙌
I did purchase grills (zunsport)for the open front areas, and one for the under carriage to protect the coil. Will let you know how they go on @rformanceReviews
I'm guessing from the vid, you quite like this car? lol I am 1 week into new ownership of this amazing car (Manual with comfort pack) and loving it. At the beginning of your review 09:30 "Negative Flaw", you said you would show the app and how to turn off the lane change and speed limiter and to stay off. Sadly, you didn't touch on this. Speed limit isn't too much of a problem as long hold on the SET button on wheel turns that off but lane change, I still find I need to go into my shortcuts every time I start the engine. There is a lot to learn with all the modes and I'm trying not to overwhelm myself, just enjoying the car. Anyway, great review on a great car.
You need to set up a memory on your steering wheel m1 or m2 with everything turned off as you like it and you only need to press m1 or m2 at start of every journey and your sorted that’s what I’ve done in mine .. but know what you mean you need degree in computers to work it 😂 hope this helps
@@craigthornhill2373 Thanks Craig, appreciated. That's a good idea. I've updated M1 & 2 as I've found other things but never thought of doing it with that. Tending to run in basic mode for now during run-in.
Sorry I didn’t, I think at the time I had every intention to but with both my videos I was aware they were getting very lengthy, although for a user like yourself it would have been useful but a few would have got bored of the length lol 😂 Thanks for watching Gordon I appreciate it 🙌
I do like the M2 but it really is a car for the track. I took delivery of my new M240 2 weeks ago and it really suits UK roads more. It also cost £15k less.
I almost bought a M240i 6-7 months ago and I largely agree, certainly more suitable and it makes for a seriously good value beast but I guess the M2 is a little more special and I guess that what you pay for aside some other positive things. But yep I largely agree, unless your use to something fairly raw i guess! Thank you so much for watch Aba appreciate the comments 👍👍
It’s a tough one isn’t it, for me i personally prefer the M2 as a daily too but for most the M240i probably is a better daily as it’s softer which is definitely is. That for me isn’t a necessity and the M2 is very very liveable and to me close to perfect 🙌 Gotta be what you need though, overall if you have the money I’d personally always go M2 over the M240i, but if you have a limit on what you have to spend the 240 is incredible
Thank you 🫶 the previous one is still a very very good car and one of my faves, very very fun but this one is more focused and accomplished for sure 👌👍
It’s should have but believe it or not this car (being a press car only) I think they put PS4S’s on it, I think it’s because too many press bods kill them 🤣 cough cough Chris Harris haha
Yes there appears to be a tiny bit of difference but you kinda can only hear it from behind and in sports you don’t get the pops and crackle through gear changes as much as Sports plus. I’m going to upload a short showing a little of this 🙌❤️ thanks for watching Supreme95 🫶
Its a great review, but I've heard the opposite about the manual in a ton of reviews! Also in general, don't you think the RS3 is a better daily driver!? The interior gets fake sounds pumped in through the speakers from what i hear!
I would just go drive it and make your own mind up for sure, I loved it and strongly believe it’s a really good box. The RS3 is a better daily for sure AWD vs RWD is the main reason I’d say, but the M2 is a very very decent daily, really depends what your after. Safe or wild I prefer while and I own an RS3. I also have a very wild RWD car too.
@@speeddemon311I have a G87 M2 and even with a beautiful full titanium catback exhaust I can barely hear the car if the window is closed! The manual and carbon bucket seats are absolutely great, no complaints at all. I feel like if you are the type to drive mostly in comfort and occasionally drive in sport you would prefer the 'safer' Audi. I have only driven in Sport+ and MDM
This is the thing I kinda agree with incline in the sense of if your a 5 tenths kinda guy with the occasional blast and flat foot I’d say the Audi is better suited to you, the M2 is a bit more of a wild one but can be a very decent daily but the RS3 is better at safer daily duties
The cheap "Mustang" display is so incongruous to the rest of the interior. I know it is vastly more expensive for a few custom displays, a binnacle, switchgear and this is a huge savings for BMW but I don't mind paying for Porsche style analog gauges or something. The rest of the car is wicked and looks great.
Yeah it’s never to everyone’s tastes, overall I like it a lot inside but yeah I get what you’re saying for sure. Part of the reason I too love Porsche for that 🙌
No doubt the M4 display is better but the mustangs is still very decent in my opinion too 💪 also the price overall for the mustang and what you get is fantastic
Nothing wrong with a coupe for a daily. Outside of the poor pricing, the rear bumper (front as well to a lesser degree) and color selection the only things stopping me from getting one. Why can't I get Thundernight Metallic on a M2, just on a M240i again? It would likely look fantastic with more life than just black and hide the fugly bumper details.
I think on the super premium models they should be much offer every colour in the catalogue as a range to a customer, I understand the constraints I guess but I get you for sure
Ugh I'm so torn on the seats. Everyone says different things. Great for daily or uncomfortable. But they look great. Everyone does agree it takes finesse to get in and out. I'm a former track runner so I have thick legs so hopefully I fit 😆 I was snug in the regular sport seats
They are definitely firmer and less comfortable than the OEM type seats but are genuinely comfortable enough for daily and long term use. I used the car a lot over the space of a week and most my driving was hard and fast driving over not the best roads either and it was fine. It still would be nice without them but imho it does take the car to a level beyond in the interior and makes it seem much more high end. Haha yes honestly even for me at 5.6 ish ft it even takes finesse haha that I have to testify too, you do ish get used to it haha, the width of the seat though seems fine and has space
Currently I squat 405 lb x 6 reps and I love the carbon buckets! The problem is more for people who are obese, you should be good as long as you have stayed in shape.
I totally agree, it is strange. I’ve only seen one think or two since around Oct when they came out. I can only think it’s because when they come out some people see an M2 as a car that they think should be 50-60k and they were more. I think many didn’t realise how good these were and what you’re getting for the money. I would say more people ended up getting an M3 or M4 comp and it kind of does look that way. I see so many M3 and M4 comps on the road but your right zero of these. Thanks for watching my video and coming to our channel, did you buy one or are you thinking of getting one?
what kills this car for me is the dead and sticky steering. It feels like someone put peanut butter in the steering shaft. There is no self-centering either. It's bizarre. And for some reason, they all have bad alignments. The brake feel is also pretty miserable. I've had the E92 and E46M3 and this is just too far away from those standards. My other car is a 991.2 GT3, so it ruins a lot of cars for you, but c'mon BMW, how did you screw that steering up so badly????
Oh I agree, I didn’t find it as bad as some had personally but yes it’s the only one thing I’d highlight also if I had too. I wonder if some super sticky and wider front tyres would help…. I suspect it would. I have a MKIV Supra and that was an issue for it also imo but I now have semi slicks and wider ones at that and it has so much more feel/response and feedback now I have 🙌 Definitely love the YT community for this also 👌
Thank you so much, yeah I suspect so, I think manufacturers will always make them in low production numbers now in manual otherwise made to order. Auto is so much more popular these days and the manufacturers know it, manual is worth it though if you like the engagement imho
Love your review and as an owner of a 2024 M2 with manual trans, I fully agree. This car is an absolute hoot to drive and proves to be a great daily driver and really fun toy when you want to have fun. I absolutely love it.
Thank you so much Chris for the kind words glad you enjoyed the video and felt the same about the drive and car.
To have this press car for a week was an absolute pleasure. It’s totally my kind of car and genuinely is one of the best cars I’ve ever driven. It’s such a rounded great car and most importantly for me so so fun to drive and enjoy.
Thanks again for the kind words Chris, please stick around as we need more good people like you on here with us 🙌❤️
Ordered a “refreshed” M2 last week (480 hp / 600 nm). Automatic. The manual might be good but it is old fashioned and - at best - slightly modified from previous generations. With the automatic the car is faster and you gain 50 nm as compared to the manual. Easy choice for me.
Oh, and I have a 2022 MX-5 with the possibly best manual box on the market right now. So, I can have good old fashioned fun whenever I feel like it. Cheers and thanks for the brilliant review 👍
That’s a perfect choice and for the reason you give exactly what I would have done! Mega that fella, what colour is it?
Thank you so so much for the kind words, your gonna love it so much I adore this car
I'm looking to use this year-round in Chicago, so driving in snow is a concern. Obviously, I'll equip it with a set of proper snow tires throughout winter, but it is a powerful RWD nonetheless. Have you driven in snow? What are your thoughts on this? Thanks.
I haven’t but it has got a very very good traction control system in it which I’ve been on a skid pad in simulating super bad weather and on everything turned done it’s very impressive. If you got some proper winters you would be fine 🙌
@@PeakPerformanceReviews thanks for the response! That gives me more confidence
It’s surprising for a RWD no doubt but yeah honestly just turn it down and it’s amazing
Hi I loved the video
Have one myself manual best car I've owned for years
Carbon seats is up to the individual!!
I have the standard m colour seats and find these on a daily basis fine and are bolster adjustable as well 😊
Thank you so so much for the kind words.
Like I said in the video it’s one of the best cars I’ve ever driven without a question of a doubt it’s amazing 🫶🙌
The seats wouldn’t ever be a deal breaker for me so I totally understand, I hear there more comfortable ❤️👌
Thank you so so much again for the kind comments, please stick around and subscribe as it’ll be great to have you around on here with us 🫶
No problem keep up the good reviews 👍
Thanks fella ❤️🙌
There are pretty looks and then you have this chiseled and masculine. I think it's right on the money. Nothing like it in every respect on the road. Your review was very helpful, (great roads) Cheers !
Overall I love it, it’s only the front and even then I like it enough to overall love it if that makes sense haha 😂🫶🙌
Thanks for the kind words, glad it was helpful.
Please stick around and subscribe as it’ll be great to have you around on here with us, we need more good people like you on here 🙌
my 24 is due any day now, all black @@PeakPerformanceReviews
I love it in black, that’s awesome but you cannot wait ❤️🫶 keep in touch and let me know when it gets to you
I did purchase grills (zunsport)for the open front areas, and one for the under carriage to protect the coil. Will let you know how they go on @rformanceReviews
Please do buddy that’s awesome look forward to see and hearing how you get on 🙌💪
I'm guessing from the vid, you quite like this car? lol
I am 1 week into new ownership of this amazing car (Manual with comfort pack) and loving it. At the beginning of your review 09:30 "Negative Flaw", you said you would show the app and how to turn off the lane change and speed limiter and to stay off. Sadly, you didn't touch on this. Speed limit isn't too much of a problem as long hold on the SET button on wheel turns that off but lane change, I still find I need to go into my shortcuts every time I start the engine.
There is a lot to learn with all the modes and I'm trying not to overwhelm myself, just enjoying the car. Anyway, great review on a great car.
You need to set up a memory on your steering wheel m1 or m2 with everything turned off as you like it and you only need to press m1 or m2 at start of every journey and your sorted that’s what I’ve done in mine .. but know what you mean you need degree in computers to work it 😂 hope this helps
@@craigthornhill2373 Thanks Craig, appreciated. That's a good idea. I've updated M1 & 2 as I've found other things but never thought of doing it with that. Tending to run in basic mode for now during run-in.
Sorry I didn’t, I think at the time I had every intention to but with both my videos I was aware they were getting very lengthy, although for a user like yourself it would have been useful but a few would have got bored of the length lol 😂
Thanks for watching Gordon I appreciate it 🙌
I do like the M2 but it really is a car for the track. I took delivery of my new M240 2 weeks ago and it really suits UK roads more. It also cost £15k less.
I almost bought a M240i 6-7 months ago and I largely agree, certainly more suitable and it makes for a seriously good value beast but I guess the M2 is a little more special and I guess that what you pay for aside some other positive things.
But yep I largely agree, unless your use to something fairly raw i guess! Thank you so much for watch Aba appreciate the comments 👍👍
Imo G87 M2 is perfect street car, way better daily then F87 way more fun than m240i
It’s a tough one isn’t it, for me i personally prefer the M2 as a daily too but for most the M240i probably is a better daily as it’s softer which is definitely is. That for me isn’t a necessity and the M2 is very very liveable and to me close to perfect 🙌
Gotta be what you need though, overall if you have the money I’d personally always go M2 over the M240i, but if you have a limit on what you have to spend the 240 is incredible
great vid alex, would love to drive an m2 even previous shape
Thank you 🫶 the previous one is still a very very good car and one of my faves, very very fun but this one is more focused and accomplished for sure 👌👍
@@PeakPerformanceReviews for sure and so it should be, the old one just has a special place for me I think 👌🏻
The M2 has established itself as an epic iconic car without a doubt
Because you have the track pack I guess you have cup 2 tyres rather than P4S tyres. Hence why could be more lively in lower temps?
It’s should have but believe it or not this car (being a press car only) I think they put PS4S’s on it, I think it’s because too many press bods kill them 🤣 cough cough Chris Harris haha
Does the sound change when you change from „sport“ to „super sport“ ? Both have valves open, but maybe there is still a difference ?
Yes there appears to be a tiny bit of difference but you kinda can only hear it from behind and in sports you don’t get the pops and crackle through gear changes as much as Sports plus.
I’m going to upload a short showing a little of this 🙌❤️ thanks for watching Supreme95 🫶
From what I know in plus the 2 valves are open whereas in sport only one.
Yep spot on
Its a great review, but I've heard the opposite about the manual in a ton of reviews! Also in general, don't you think the RS3 is a better daily driver!? The interior gets fake sounds pumped in through the speakers from what i hear!
I would just go drive it and make your own mind up for sure, I loved it and strongly believe it’s a really good box.
The RS3 is a better daily for sure AWD vs RWD is the main reason I’d say, but the M2 is a very very decent daily, really depends what your after. Safe or wild I prefer while and I own an RS3. I also have a very wild RWD car too.
@PeakPerformanceReviews The new 8y RS3? I currently have one on order, and like both cars.a lot tbh!
@@speeddemon311I have a G87 M2 and even with a beautiful full titanium catback exhaust I can barely hear the car if the window is closed! The manual and carbon bucket seats are absolutely great, no complaints at all. I feel like if you are the type to drive mostly in comfort and occasionally drive in sport you would prefer the 'safer' Audi. I have only driven in Sport+ and MDM
@speeddemon311 no I have an 8V2 (2019) was starting to look at 8Y’s they are great cars and I’ve driven a few and even reviewed on too.
This is the thing I kinda agree with incline in the sense of if your a 5 tenths kinda guy with the occasional blast and flat foot I’d say the Audi is better suited to you, the M2 is a bit more of a wild one but can be a very decent daily but the RS3 is better at safer daily duties
might be able topull off lowering it in Cali as the roads arnt bad i somehow survived with a car 5cm off the ground there for a year
Yeah maybe a small 10-20mm drop max I’d say and it’ll be perfect
The cheap "Mustang" display is so incongruous to the rest of the interior. I know it is vastly more expensive for a few custom displays, a binnacle, switchgear and this is a huge savings for BMW but I don't mind paying for Porsche style analog gauges or something. The rest of the car is wicked and looks great.
Yeah it’s never to everyone’s tastes, overall I like it a lot inside but yeah I get what you’re saying for sure.
Part of the reason I too love Porsche for that 🙌
Cheap mustang display is a bold statement. We’ve had both the m4 and the mustang in my shop and the bmw display is much more crisp and responsive.
No doubt the M4 display is better but the mustangs is still very decent in my opinion too 💪 also the price overall for the mustang and what you get is fantastic
Nothing wrong with a coupe for a daily. Outside of the poor pricing, the rear bumper (front as well to a lesser degree) and color selection the only things stopping me from getting one. Why can't I get Thundernight Metallic on a M2, just on a M240i again? It would likely look fantastic with more life than just black and hide the fugly bumper details.
I think on the super premium models they should be much offer every colour in the catalogue as a range to a customer, I understand the constraints I guess but I get you for sure
Ugh I'm so torn on the seats. Everyone says different things. Great for daily or uncomfortable. But they look great.
Everyone does agree it takes finesse to get in and out.
I'm a former track runner so I have thick legs so hopefully I fit 😆
I was snug in the regular sport seats
They are definitely firmer and less comfortable than the OEM type seats but are genuinely comfortable enough for daily and long term use.
I used the car a lot over the space of a week and most my driving was hard and fast driving over not the best roads either and it was fine.
It still would be nice without them but imho it does take the car to a level beyond in the interior and makes it seem much more high end.
Haha yes honestly even for me at 5.6 ish ft it even takes finesse haha that I have to testify too, you do ish get used to it haha, the width of the seat though seems fine and has space
Currently I squat 405 lb x 6 reps and I love the carbon buckets! The problem is more for people who are obese, you should be good as long as you have stayed in shape.
@@InclineDumbbell 😆😆 is that supposed to be a lot?
I feel like there is a decent amount of room for most sizes but I would recommend the standard seats if you are a fairly Hench 👌🙌
@@PeakPerformanceReviews I don't think most were talking about size. It's the lack of adjustments
Lucky to have it on loan you can't get them!
Do you mean as me or have you got one on Loan? Yeah they are hard to get a hold of
Well I have watched just about every review on this car and everyone bar none have loved this car yet you don't see any on the road why is that
I totally agree, it is strange. I’ve only seen one think or two since around Oct when they came out. I can only think it’s because when they come out some people see an M2 as a car that they think should be 50-60k and they were more. I think many didn’t realise how good these were and what you’re getting for the money.
I would say more people ended up getting an M3 or M4 comp and it kind of does look that way.
I see so many M3 and M4 comps on the road but your right zero of these.
Thanks for watching my video and coming to our channel, did you buy one or are you thinking of getting one?
The odd part is how little stock dealers have of these.
I’ve heard the same, they never announced they were gonna be super low numbers but it definitely appears they are keeping production numbers down imho
Wouldn’t bother with the manual its 2024 levers and pedals are medieval
I’d love to try both back to back, I think BMW manuals have always looked like that tbf
Super car 🤣🤣🤣
It’s as quick as plenty of supercars around the Nurburgring, doesn’t have to be as quick as all of them in a straight line 😅
what kills this car for me is the dead and sticky steering. It feels like someone put peanut butter in the steering shaft. There is no self-centering either. It's bizarre. And for some reason, they all have bad alignments. The brake feel is also pretty miserable. I've had the E92 and E46M3 and this is just too far away from those standards. My other car is a 991.2 GT3, so it ruins a lot of cars for you, but c'mon BMW, how did you screw that steering up so badly????
Haha yep the 991.2 GT3 trumps so many haha 😝 I’m looking at a GTS 991.2 myself at the moment so I appreciate your comment big time haha
Love when people can be forthcoming with a serious flaw because it helps people see there are a few drawbacks in the M2!
Oh I agree, I didn’t find it as bad as some had personally but yes it’s the only one thing I’d highlight also if I had too.
I wonder if some super sticky and wider front tyres would help…. I suspect it would.
I have a MKIV Supra and that was an issue for it also imo but I now have semi slicks and wider ones at that and it has so much more feel/response and feedback now I have 🙌
Definitely love the YT community for this also 👌
Great overview and video! Would you say the manual option is quite rare to come by in the used market? I haven’t found a single one! 🥲
Thank you so much, yeah I suspect so, I think manufacturers will always make them in low production numbers now in manual otherwise made to order. Auto is so much more popular these days and the manufacturers know it, manual is worth it though if you like the engagement imho
@@PeakPerformanceReviews Totally agreed, thanks for the reply!
Your very welcome, thank you so much for watching, please stick around and subscribe as we need more good people like you on here with us ❤️🙌
@@PeakPerformanceReviews You are doing great stuff sir, keep it up!! :-)
Thank you so so much for the kind words I appreciate that 🙌