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      11-30-2007, 12:22 PM   #54
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Originally Posted by footie View Post
That one opinion and it's a good one, but here's how I see it and you can see if you agree with me on this.

The high-performance saloon/coupe cars are indeed getting faster, much faster in fact but the problems is the type of people who are looking to purchase such motors, the upwardly mobile persons with families, ie. guys like me - early forties with young kids who want a fast car but don't necessarily have the ability to drive such a car with so much performance. So what do the manufacturers do, do they make the car to be the ultimate handling machine with cat like reflectes and a limit which when breached will kill you if your not quick enough, of course not they made a car which telegraphs it's limits with mild understeer and dull the steering response so that Joe average (me) will not put her off the road within the first mile of really opening up the throttle.

While all of this is great for the (me) people of the world it's not the kind of excitement that road tester expect from something with an M badge on it's nose. This downward marking and ratings started with the new M5 and M6 and has continued with the new M3. The problem is that the greatness is still there only it's limits are so high as mere mortals can't reach them and rate the car as no better than a 335i etc. This is the case with this Autoexpress review, just normal guys that happen to be journalists who are writing reviews on specialist motors and don't have the abilities to judge.

I say best leave such cars to the likes of EVO who clearly know how cars like this should be driven.
So, your point is save $20k and buy a 335??? If so, you can probably convince me.
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