Thanks for the kind remarks all! Put a lot of effort into trying to keep it succinct, enjoyable and informative.
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Originally Posted by Ryan13
Well, I don't have the turbo version, but my wife tracks a souped up manual 128i and I track a Z4m.
I play around with both on the track, obviously very different cars. I offered to get her a Z, but she didn't like sitting so low and far back. She does about 15 track days a year. The running costs are pretty low compare to the Z
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Great to hear and you touched on the real differences right there between a sports coupe and sport sedan. Lowering running costs would be nice!
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Originally Posted by W///
Fantastic post! I thought about doing the exact same thing comparing my E36 M3 vs E92 M3 vs Z4MR
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Do it! I know more than a few people who have cross-shopped those cars including myself.
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Originally Posted by KevinM
Very nice post, thanks! I agree with your comments, except the appearance of the coupe. I'd give it a 9/10
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Hah, I'm trying not to be overly biased. A 10/10 would be an exotic in my mind, but I find the Z4M looks growing on me and different colors bring out different lines.
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Originally Posted by deemo319
That's what make it interesting. Very nice.
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Thanks for the honest thoughts, writing for fun mostly but trying to share something others would appreciate.
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Originally Posted by Hops128i
Really good article, and really relevant to me as I'm considering making my 128i a track car and buying a DD like a 228i, or buying something like a z4m as a track car, and keeping the 128i as a DD.
It's too bad a manual 228i is so hard to find.
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I have limited 1 series experience but I imagine the 228i to be only a slight upgrade. Yes, my wife and I waited 14 weeks for her custom order MT 228i (dealer initially ordered the wrong car with the ZF paddleshift
). The Z4M makes a beastly (and pretty) track car but expendables are not cheap, plenty of folks running non-M Z4s or an E36 M3 instead.