Originally Posted by blackout

but this wasn't the issue. the issue was you saying in not so few words that it couldn't be done because the m was so much better by default. i was just saying that if you're going to pay that much for a luxury sports car of its caliber, it damn sure should be- BUT if you bought it solely to beat up on imports at the track, prepare to be surprised when one with a few things done in the right places blows your doors off, and the guy paid less than you to do it. so you could then make yourself feel better on the way home in your beautiful leather interior and 6-speaker surround sound, or whatever the hell else other creature comforts you overpaid for. (note- if i did have the money, which i don't and don't feel any less of a man because of that, i would buy an m3 with the quickness. i'm just arguing with these people in this thread because they're so off base with the shit they're spewing out.)

Originally Posted by IAm-Topik

Have you ever seen someone driving a completely gutted M3 at the track? "Free modding" such as this makes these a lot faster because of all the worthless bullshit thats in them. I've driven a few e46 M3's, driving one without all the fancy bullshit (interior/speakers everywhere/climate controlwtf? etc.) is very different. It was VERY noticeable.

Note: I'm not trying to be an asshole with this arguement, just pointing something out.

Originally Posted by Brian T

Yeah I definitely won't argue with that. But why buy a M3 then gut everything that arguably made it a 47k car in the first place?

Originally Posted by Brian T

Yeah I definitely won't argue with that. But why buy a M3 then gut everything that arguably made it a 47k car in the first place?

Originally Posted by blaxican25

Most likely because on top of performance, there's luxury. I don't think you'd need that luxury at the track.

Originally Posted by Brian T

Obviously, but why get the car if you strip out everything that makes it a M3? To me the M3 is the quintessential sport/luxo...take out the luxo part and I can think of better cars for the money. Unless you're just balla-style like that and can buy 47k cars and rip out 15k worth of crap and throw it in the garage.

Originally Posted by IAm-Topik

I don't think you reall could beat it for the money... When you throw out all of that garbage the car still cost the same amount, whereas its shed a few hundred lbs.

Originally Posted by blackout

so you could then make yourself feel better on the way home in your beautiful leather interior and 6-speaker surround sound, or whatever the hell else other creature comforts you overpaid for.

Originally Posted by Brian T

No I meant for less than 47k you could get a better a better performance car that doesn't have leather heated seats and 6-speaker sound system. What makes the car so expensive is that is has that performance plus all that crap. Otherwise it would probably be a 35-40k car.