Stop twisting my words jackass. And I'm sure the M3 did bad because it was a Japanese driver. I'm sure the M3 would fair better at the Ring, but that would simply be because of a tremendous power difference. The M3 is good at what it does. But what it does is not solely performance while you could argue a S2k is solely for that purpose.

 

I have seen an 88 M3 take out many cars in VIR and it's damn near 20 years old, how's that for performance? The M3 was not built solely for performance, it was built to perform and look good doing it. Bottom line is, given the same driver, same road course and same conditions, the 240 would lose to the $47K E46 M3 and to the $18K E30 M3. If I'm wrong, I'll shut my pie hole now.

 

cant say much....been through both worlds...my girl cousin drives a 03 E46 M3 and my brother has a E30 M3. Both white, i like them and they are nice. Im the only one with imports in my garage lol...I love 240's they are quick with swaps but........I cant hang with my cousin top end....but quarter mile i can.....eh...Im not hating on both of them. I say its built differently for different purposes.....thats all...

 

Never argued against that. You could also argue the e30 was more performance driven then an e46 and the e46 has fallen victim to over-engineering and compromising decisions.

 

ok.. I don't know what road course you're talking about (not down with all these japanese janx) but the E46 M3 is a superior car to both this 240 and your precious S2k. Who cares if a japanese driver doesn't like it? Take both of the around Summit or VIR and see what happens.

 

just because an s2000 outperformed an e46 m3 with an out of place driver behind the wheel does not mean an s2k will come close to the M with a competent driver behind the wheel.

quit going by one instance.

 

guess no body saw that i had an encounter like this. But it was with a lowly 5 series all stock. i was far from stock sans the motorsetup which was stockish 150rwhp.

falken azzennis 245/45/17's
300zx brakes on all 4
slotted rotors
ebc "red" pads
lsd
HKS hyper dampers
JIC magic rear toe and camber arms

and i could only hang with him in braking and corners. i'm an intermediate road course driver.

 

Ok so a race car driver who has won LeManns titles is incompetent? My one instance is better than everybody else's wild ass guesses or magazine comparisons.

 

That car looks so familiar Greaser, is that the same one you sold Mark?

Brian T: Judging from your posts in the past, it seems you are DragVa's know-it-all and disagreeing with you is pointless. I shall eat my sushi for lunch and proceed to hate my BMW.

 

so you are saying that an s2000 will outperform the e46 m3, right?

and i didnt say incompetent. quit trying to turn this into some big drama cry fest. i said an out of place driver, meaning he does not race euro cars.