Sorry Bert - could have sworn I'd replied to this thread - loosing my marblesBertroex wrote:Where's pmjt when you need him ey?
What makes a 'drivers' car? In my personal opinion one that is perhaps compromised for the road but which rewards the driver every time you get in the interesting seat. One which may be a pain to drive in traffic - but once the road opens up, enables you to find the edge of the handling envelope - flatters you as you learn your craft and makes you feel like you're able to enjoy the act of driving.
The M3 is a road car - with the possible exception of the E30 M3 (which was a hoot to drive and rev'd sweetly with lovely turn in and delicate balance on the throttle) - the rest have all played on the 'original' - even the original M6, which holds a dear place in my hear - loved mine - they're all road cars and GT cars at that - wonderful for pounding accross Europe and hooning around but not a lot else. M1? Different kettle of tuna and one of my all time favourite cars.
Go look at any trackday - you'll see half a dozen M3's out there and they all wallow on turn in and snake under hard braking - even the CSL (and yes, I had one
) was a flawed gem - too hard in the places it should be and too soft to be a serious weapon - I ran in the Britcar against a race prepared CSL and it was quick(ish) on the straights - lost him on the twiddly bits. You could see he had to really think about braking points and he had some enormous discs on there (Alcon? AP).The Carrera however is a supreme car - best ones are the ones without any gizmos - headlight washers, roof, electric windows - pure and simple but with over 200bhp on tap and, if set up properly - and by this I mean replacing aging suspension and tyres - they are incredible - they allow you to push the car into the corners and, with the right technique, slide them through and out.
I owned, for a very short period, a really lovely low km's silver LHD Carrera 3.0 with no roof, wind up windows and no aircon - man it went and with the new suspension and tyres fitted it was a driver's car - pure and simple.
The M's - with the possible exception of the E30 and the CSL were road / touring cars - very comfortable but because of this they're compromised as a 'drivers' car.
For me? No question - 911 every single time
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