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Originally Posted by ruff
IMO, one of the reasons the M division no longer dominates it's competition is because auto journalists have given the M division a free ride for to many years. And as you know, too many free rides is not conducive to critical self-evaluation ie, motivation and determination to stay on top.
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Good debate here, good points on both sides. Without wanting to get right in the middle I HAD to comment on this point above. Total fallacy, come on Ruff, you know better. Other than a couple early "comparisons" (which were based on barely driving the cars) the M3 has once again DOMINATED the comparison tests against not only against its closest true competitors (RS4, IS-F and C63 AMG) but has also beat out some cars like these as well as the GT3 in another test. Look we all know the M3 is not faster in a straight line than most of these cars but that is far from the single thing that needs to be judged to evaluate a car for the street, even if used frequently on the track. The competition is getting a lot closer indeed but the boys from Garching are hardly asleep at the wheel.
P.S. I do not praise every move made by BMW so don't even begin to go there.
Cheers
P.S.S. Any closer to a personal decision on a car yet? You can't put it off forever.