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Those teenagers who think they are skilled and mature enough to handle a 414 hp car as their first car are de facto not mature enough. Show me a teenager who understands the magnitude of 414 horses and respects and even fears the idea of having that much power at the disposal of his right foot, and I'll show you a teenager who might be mature enough to drive such a car.

Even then, is that teenager skilled enough to handle even 50% of the capability of the M3? Maybe...if they've been racing for years and have NASCAR or F1 scouts knocking on their door. And if the teen is not going to exercise the capabilities of the car, why get an M3 at all? There are other motorized status symbols that are much safer.

I've raced with the SCCA (Spec Miata) and have put in hundreds of hours at the track in lesser BMWs and I sometimes wonder whether the E9x M3 is going to be too much car for me. If you're a teenager and you don't have that attitude of respect for the M3, you're not mature enough, period.