Hope you're all well, thanks for watching as always! ❤️

As always, such a classy, detailed, stylish video…with a clear enthusiast’s flair, uniquely “Joe Achilles” which is what we’re here for! Love all the personalised touches you’ve done to this car to make it your own, especially the spacers and the new thinner steering wheel with the 12 o’clock marker in orange. I, too, would code-out the fake exhaust noise!

Just a massive shout out to you for staying true to who you are and legit killing it. Love it dude!

Joe you are so underrated. You deserve far more subscribers and likes. Such quality journalism, and you can obviously handle yourself around a track. Well done on another entertaining and informative video!

Another great watch @joeachilles! Can't wait for your @petrolheadtours full video!

Those open Spanish roads with such a magnificent spec G80 - The dream

Great video as always Joe, and you're right your M3 is a stunner in every aspect.

I’ve been following your M3 journey since the beginning as I ordered my M4 Comp about the same time as you ordered the M3. Traded my M2 (which I loved) for this. I’ve had mine for about 3 weeks now and had the 2000 km service done today. One amazing machine. Super super impressive. Love everything about it. Like your steering wheel. I’m thinking about an exhaust too.

Great, honest review as always. Cheers, Joe!

Great Review Joe…with great impute & feedback…3.5ks already?…you are not messing about mate…speaks volumes though of how much you are enjoying being behind the wheel!! Good for you!! Can’t wait the tours video…best 19 minutes video for the day👊🏾 Thanks for sharing your experience!!

Brilliant video Joe! I'm impressed you managed to fit this in during your rest day on tour, bravo mate, glad to see you are still loving the car.

The car looks awesome Joe,have a great time and keep living the dream!

Been watching for ages, glad you got the m3 as it was always the next logical step in my mind for your next car 😂

I’ve fallen in love with this car saw one in person for the first time yesterday and was Stunned

Man, Joe’s a stand up guy. Great review mate, keep em coming!!

Fantastic car Joe and great review. Appreciate how honest you were regarding the steering and gearbox. I haven’t driven one but understand what you mean from my old M140.

the front end looks better in the metal than in those first pictures, great car, even better review - thanks for sharing this - RB

so satisfying when you see a car youtuber who knows what theyre doing on track

That interior is absolutely stunning!!

Hey Joe. Awesome video! Got my M3 Comp in March…it was the first and only one they had in the Washington DC area. Couldn’t pass it up! Love everything about it and wouldn’t trade it for anything! See you in your next video!

Great as always mate, just to let you know that this week we had the first good news in 9 months, that my wife’s cancer hasn’t spread and we now move on to the next stage, we still have a long way to go but it was positive, so today i paid the balance on our holiday trip down to st ives so i little road trip for us, in my 335d tourer which i love but just thinking about changing for the 340d 🙏👍

Fantastic review and video as always Joe!

Your new M3 is gorgeous, i’m in love of that

Always watch your videos all the way from south africa keep up the good work Joe

Straight fire, love this spec! 🔥🔥🔥

Great clip Joe. Appreciate your honesty 👍

Fabulous car, great presentation. Pure class from start to finish 👍🏼

Really interesting to watch your 2 pence on the car in this tbh! Was amazingly to the ground considering you own one, also nice to see the driving outro is back in true form ;)

What an amazing car. The petrolhead tours always look incredible!

It does look amazing Joe. I saw a silver version in central London last week, that rear end is cartoon like! 👍

Fantastic review Joe. Honest and balanced. Looks stunning over in Spain. Looking forward to the PHT vid dropping 👍

What a beautiful car, stunning scenery. Very honest review, a car you most obviously love. 👍

It was fantastic to meet you in person and see the M3 in action… wahey! #bananaskins can’t wait to see the PHT video

Listening to the transmission comments, I have an M2 comp with a DCT and find it great. Under full throttle in sport plus the gear changes snap the car thus the changers are so fast. Most of the time in lazy mode, efficient, it’s smooth except the odd jerk from 4th to 3d.

Fantastic Joe. I love your honesty. I do think it looks and sounds great though.👍 Happy motoring 👍

Great insights as always Joe, thanks. It’s a shame to hear about the lack of guts low down, I would have guessed the S58 would have been MORE ballsy than the B58 but maybe the turbos are too big for quick spool? 🤷🏻‍♂️ With regards to the ZF8, with the likes of xHP tcu software being so popular, you would have thought bmw M would have just made the stock software more hardcore. For anyone open to these soft mods, most of the quirks you mention can be resolved, such as the TCU software, coding out the active sound which is off putting and remapping for earlier power delivery. Shame about the steering feel - not so easy to repair 😅🤷🏻‍♂️

Well done joe,its refreshing to see someone buy a nice car and actually use it and put a few miles on the clock aswell as on the track,basically behaving like a normal person with there dream car,,lots of other "channels" won't mention any names🤭😂 seem to just like showing off what they own,are having done or buying next without ever really driving anything they own!

Love the number plates. Nice work

Great video and looks like a great road trip. Nice spec on this car Joe, still not loving the front end style or even the rear arches as much as those on the F80.

My Portimao Blue on Kyalami Orange AWD G80 is in the paint booth as you posted this video. I went for AWD to experience something new from BMW ///M and to make sure I don't spin the wheels every time I floor it at 40mph or less. The RWD G80 appears to have good traction with new tires but we've seen videos where it spins more than others depending on conditions, and I'm not talking about wet/rainy days!

Damn im such a fan of these type of videos!

Lovely car Joe - I feel jealous. Lol. I bought BMW M140i after watching your videos over 2 years ago. I wish you the best. Keep up the good work.

Great video. Definitely have the active sound coded out!!!

Great review Joe!

Great video. I disagree with on the gear box but I totally agree on the steering. The steering kind of sucks. BMW is replacing my steering column so I hope that helps.

Beautiful car. Great review. Lovely setting Congrats.

Great video 👍👍 You just make me wonder if you have script prior to the filming or not. Cuz it feels like you don't but all the points are delivered so smooth and detailed.

Great car - great spec - great roads - what more could you want Joe? Well done and keep up with the great channel - thanks!😀👍

Great video, great roads, great spec, great commentary Joe but I cant get over that grill, such a shame as the normal 3 series is pretty... rest of the car looks great

In love with this spec. The day I buy an M3, I’d get it in this exact same interior and exterior spec. DDCoding offers XHP Gearbox map for BMW ZF’s and they do make a difference. My dads X5 40i gearbox is now so much more aggressive in sports mode thanks to the XHP map

Great vid, as per!!

Great car and comprehensive review

Joe I love your videos SUGGESTION: please as a matter of course add a googlemaps link to the locations of all your drives: Uk, spain, tracks, wherever. Lots of us who watch your channel are drivers and are always seeking another interesting road. Thanks! Keep up the good work.

Wicked video Joe

Joe, great video 👌 please add drone shots on your future videos. Would love to see your M3 cruising those roads.

That orange interior - stunning.

love the pictures of the m3 en España, my country!

It's a terrific car! 😍

Love the honesty of your review despite the fact you’re a BMW fanboy!

That was a smooth lap, I can't imagine anyone going faster.

Great assessment !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Another great video as per usual mate. You highlighted exactly the reasons why I couldn’t trade my CS for the G8x. After test driving the G82 a while back, I felt so underwhelmed after coming out of my car. My car feels like a Gokart in comparison and so connected to the road. Let’s see what BMWM have in store for the new M3/M4CS. 😉

Absolutely cracking car

The car looks fire in the thumbnail.

Great video, Dct for the win 👍🏿👍🏿.

Thanks for indirectly confirming that the F80 remains the "better" driver's car. I took my 2018 comp to Brands Hatch yesterday and it was epic with the PS4s on. Amazing grip, fantastic feedback & steering and unlimited torque. I'm feeling slightly jealous for the comfort levels of the new one, especially as I will be driving myself and the family Cambridge-Elafonisos(Greece via the Balkans) next month but frankly even in sport plus I feel that the car is comfy enough and I suffer from mild sciatica. The only thing that bothers me a bit in the F80 is the tyre noise on bad tarmac. I will be putting some 3M thinsulate on boot, archwells, floor to begin with and if not enough I might put some on the doors and roof as well. If that doesn't do the trick I will be using 18'' wheels for my winter setup and that should sort it out. Also have not seen any G80's with extended leather on the dash, I tried the BMW configurator the other day and it seems that if one goes for Carbon seats or the Ultimate Pack then the extended leather is not available! What's that all about? Audi and BMW cheapening out on the leather dash is a bit frustrating on this category I believe as it really uplifts the interior. Anyhoo, enjoy your Euro-trip. Thanks for the amazing content mate, always a pleasure to watch your no-nonsense videos. First class!

living the dream in an M3!

Nice Video! Driving in my mother country Espana 😉I am waiting for when the M3 wagon is released in AUS... And move on from my original M135i.

Joe, I’ll take the XDrive Competition. The competition pulls on a base 911 992, but it doesn’t beat it out of the hole. Second, theyve already made 1,080hp and 1,200nm on a stock bottom end S58. Stock turbos on the s58 and a jb4 already netting 650whp. This is going to be the standard for people that want to tune them, especially since the s58 bottom end is completely forged. Including Mahle forged pistons from the factory. We also have to remember that, in America, they don’t run the AWD cars on the rollers for emissions testing. Great review. Your car looks amazing. 🙌🙌

Awesome video as always mate…thanks for sharing, hope you are keeping well 👍

Another great video! Did you notice the suspension tweaks you had done up in Knutsford?

Kick-ass ride! 😎👍

Love the combined twin vids Spain and Goodwood, looking very good and importantly FAST❗🏎💨⚡

Another amazing video Joe. Thank you again.

"So in my new" Dreams do come true :)

watching all the way from South Africa. the roads and the scenery, you'd think you're in LA or somewhere in South Africa... nice

Waiting for your comparison with an alpina b3! Enjoy your car in good health buddy!

Can't wait to hear it when you get an aftermarket exhaust. In stock form it seems to have a nice tone, just a bit too quiet.

To be honest I didn't really like the G80 when it came out but now its really growing on me it looks so much better in person as well

Big turbos and mapped to have low boost. Huge turbo lag, but thats exactly one of the main reasons why it puts the power down so well

Those roads 😍😍 and what a car to drive them... Another great video buddy, I'll ignore your negative comments hahahaha

Great Report from Sunny Spain 👍👍😎

Your Michelin man in the back seat looks comfy :) . @4:37 - Re - tyres. I plan to do similar with my BMW with the Michelin Pilot4 S tyres when I need to replace them. :)

Hi Joe, loving the content as always. I have the 2021 X3MC (and a pillow until I install the MSS springs 🤣🤣). Now I might be mistaken but I'm sure I've seen in the options menu the ability to turn off the enhanced engine/ exhaust sound BMW pump in through the speakers whilst still being able to use the active sports exhaust.

Epic video 👍

Beautiful car Beautiful

- Appreciate You JA

Planning on getting the m3 comp in xdrive as my DD and getting a gt4 in a year or two as my special weekend car

Love the honest thoughts Joe. A wonderful car, and seems like a lovely place to rack up the miles... Makes me want to invest in a fun "weekender" to do what the X3 M40i (which I bought based on your review!) can't. Like that the sunglasses match the interior too 😉

That track driving was 🔥

The ZF has s tune that could be applied that helps it perform like a DCT, increases clamping pressure and shifting times. I forgot which UK company does it but I've seen on of Hampshire Photo's channel.

Interesting on the low down torque point I wonder why BMW have tuned it this way? Great content as always, can't wait for the tour video Joe

What nice Video !!!

Recently drove this car on track and comparing to m2c, I agree with your major negative points: to me the car feels grippy, is certainly fun, but I didnt like the lack of torque at lower rpms, slower shifting, front end/grille. But still, with xdrive and in touring, this will make a great all-rounder. For edgy driving m2c will give you better sporty feel.

Great video and even better to see u make it to Spain. But FCDO advises "only essential travel to Spain". Wouldn't stop me either 😀

WOW right to the Portugal border !

U can tune the trans completely changes the “smoothness” u just confirmed my purchase for next year.

I just discovered your channel and am thoroughly enjoying the content! I'm happy to hear you still love the seating position. In your 1st look video you indicated that you're 6'4" tall. Do you mind sharing how much you weigh or your trouser measurements? I'm waiting for my allocation and am conflicted about the seats, since I'm a large human. Thanks!

Great video!!! You need a carseat for your back passenger...

Joe, I’d like to see a back to back comparison with an e92 M3. The last ‘true’ M car. I have a low mileage one if you need. It will be interesting to see how much different there is in performance but more importantly, how it makes you feel.