Which car would you have from the list?

[ronk]

It's impossible to get a true consensus of opinion I would say, as there are so many differences, driving styles, requirements, costs,looks etc etc.

How many of us have a one car garage?

 

[R.E92]

The new M4 is a moderate performance boost vs a E92 M3 in stock form. But the real benefit of the new M3/4 comes when you start tuning them.

There's already been some work done by the likes of BMS who have provided a port of their JB4 piggyback solution from the N54 to the S55 engine. Once tuned the car is capable of an 11.1s 1/4 mile which puts it in a whole new league.

Once people start putting some serious development into a full ECU tune the car will move on again, likely into 10 second 1/4mile times. I personally wouldn't let a piggyback near any of my cars but it just shows what the engine is capable of and that it's more than the standard 6cyl engine found in the 35i/40i models.

 

[sharkman07]

The E92 came after a string of cars, two E46 M3's, an E36 Evo, E39 M5 and E30 M3 (god I wish I had kept that), as well as several 911's both air cooled and water cooled. So I have pretty decent experience of high-performance cars. The E92 was the most disappointing car I have had in years, I really wanted to love it, and the engine was a beauty, but the car was just too heavy and unwieldy. Too far away from the core values a real drivers car should have. Oh and I have had an M4 for a couple of days recently, now that is much better!

 

[matthurley]

On another note, we've got the E89 and M235i which are current production cars and then we have the old M3, why not the M4?

The idea of me choosing these 3 cars for my poll are that they are possible replacements for my Zed in a couple of years. I didn't include an M4 as that would be out of my budget