I just did an extended test drive with a M235i. It was SUBLIME. Definitely a front runner now. Man everything was just so perfect, it sounded great too! I know it comes from the speakers but you could never tell. It was comfortable on the road, steering was perfect, iDrive is state of the art, and it looks great. So well proportioned and extremely fun. Felt faster than my Z, despite its underrated hp figures. I can't imagine how awesome the M2 is gonna be.
Funny thing about the speaker sounds in the M235i, I was reading on the forums that you can reprogram the soundtrack to that of the M4! Lol hilarious.
A part of me wants to get in the BMW game, maybe even wait a bit for a hardly used M3/M4, or save a bunch of money on a '15 Ford Mustang GT. I'll test drive that this weekend.
However, ford is revealing the Focus RS on February 3rd, and if it comes in auto (keep in mind LA traffic), I'm gonna get that for sure!
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