In the hands of a capable driver, the M3 is a fairly potent weapon and can hold its own vs the 997 generation (although I know which car I'd prefer if I didn't have kids) One early Sunday on one of my car-floggin drives in the backroad twists (where you can drive pretty hard with no one being around), I came upon a 997TT who was doing the same thing and he tried following me for a while and I let him pass and did the same. At no point did we get away from each other, if anything I was able to pull a little on broader sweeping turns once I got the revs up (but he was def quicker out of the tighter turns). After about 20 mins we both stepped out at this small grocery store at the next town and while we both recognized that I was the better driver, but he was like "wow, I think the M3 is pretty much perfect for roads like these...I had such a hard time keeping up with you". Yeah the M3 is no Porsche, let's not kid ourselves, but it's pretty damn good for a sedan
