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Originally Posted by Roostie
Someone said earlier that the dealership experience is better at BMW. Well, YMMV. I have a Chevy dealer that treats me great and wastes no time fixing my Camaro; OTOH, dealing with the local Penske BMW dealer was a hassle.
When I owned an M3, I found the cost of parts annoying. My BMW and my wife's both disappointed us in terms of reliability. As others have said, a better can to lease or own short term, than to buy and hold.
I drive a Camaro V6 1LE on track and have found it's pretty similar to the M2. I know the M2CS is faster, but I am not impressed with the M2 or M240i's track performance. Probably a nicer car inside, but less driving feel I bet. I test drove the previous generation M4 and ended the test drive early, I hated how numb it was.
You mentioned you're considering a CT4V Blackwing. If you could get one of those, that seems like the best of both worlds. The CT5V would be a good GT car and probably does fine on track.
You only need a 2-person car, there is also the Cayman to consider. It's a good daily driver and has a wonderful lightweight feel. At your price range you would have to go used, and used cars aren't good values these days. But depending on how soon you buy, that could start to change.
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Good points all. I'm also very curious as to whether the M240i will feature a locking rear differential if it's released in 2WD form- the absence of which would be unacceptable.
The Nissan Z base model, 40K, 400HP and another worthy seeming option- supposedly does not have the locking differential either so I'm kind of back, value-wise to the Camaro SS. I do agree that for something you can leave in the garage for 10 years and expect to find affordable parts, none of the other cars is a match. CT4-V Blackwing is probably the perfect car for me, if I can't fit in a Camaro they MAY be available used at a 10K discount someday, or not.