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Originally Posted by ImportConvert I have always liked the Z4, but the Z4M was the last Z4 I ever lusted after. I always considered one, but by the time I

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Old 03-11-2013, 11:24 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I have always liked the Z4, but the Z4M was the last Z4 I ever lusted after. I always considered one, but by the time I could afford a car, they were all older than I felt comfortable buying, being $$$$$ to fix when out of warranty. I did have the joy of racing one years ago in my bone-stock WS.6, and I put the smack down on it from a freeway roll. It was funny. Anyway, I always wondered how they felt in the corners/what the weight dist. was on them?

Could it be the alignment and tires that sucked for you? That matters a lot to me. I have had cars that felt like crap until I changed tires and alignment, and vis-versa.

As to the GS and Z06, the performance is somewhat similar, in the same way the V6 and mustang GT perform similarly, but they felt TOTALLY different to me. I've driven both the Z06, ZR1, and GS on track, and the Z06 by far felt the most "race-car" like, while the ZR1 and GS felt like very similar cars, one just had a MUCH! larger performance envelope. I was glad I had bought the Z06, but I honestly think I would have kept it if I had gotten the MRC/Z07 package.
Possible on the tires and alignment making some difference. But those wouldn't change the mushy steering and clutch feel. It felt like it was trying to cater too much to the business class and leaving it's sports car attitude in check. For me, I didn't feel too big of a difference between the GS and Z06 and I was driving both hard on the track back to back. Granted, I did slightly better times in the Z06 and it pulls ever so slightly on the GS. But for the fractional time differences, I'd rather save the $20Gs.
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