370z vs 335i Coupe

Originally Posted by shadoquad

Ok, I'll bite.

I love the M3, but it's not bang for the buck imo.

It depends on your measures of success. If you just go by mag time, 0-60, lap times, it's pretty competitive. With around 70-80 extra peak hp on tap, it ought to be faster than a Z, and for twice the price, it ought to be faster than a Mustang.

But if you want to talk about "pure sports car" as in, the pleasure of driving, road feel, then almost nothing beats the Miata for the money (all trolling and jokes aside). For 20k, you can buy a tight-suspension FR roadster that'll hang curves and put a huge grin on your face.

Now, back to the M3. Stock-for-stock, probably crushes a lot of cars. Dip into the aftermarket, throw a supercharger on the Z or the stang (still coming in under the initial purchase price of the M car), and you may have quite a race.

Just my double penny. Thank you for playing.

Oh, but if I had the money, I'd rather have the M3 over all of the cars I've listed.

Originally Posted by Shamu

The new Mustang Boss Laguna Seca edition will waste the M3 and costs under $40K. But I'd still take my Nismo over either of those bloated pigs.

Originally Posted by LostMarine

see, thats where personal preference clouds things. something like the DCT transmission is well worth its price, dds to that fun and exhilerating experience. the interior itself, im sure you wont argue is leaps and bounds above what a miata would offer. so when you factor in the BEST of every concievable want and need, the M3 does stand above the rest

Originally Posted by LostMarine

see, this is when i would get aggressive and say thats only because you
A. havent driven a better engineered performing machine,
B. you cant afford the above mentioned better performing machines

but I wont go that route as i like to remain civil

Originally Posted by Red__Zed

wow.