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Old Aug 23, 2005 | 09:57 PM
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There's nothing like having 1 car that you really want to drive all of the time versus 2 cars that you kind of want to drive.
Screw all of this, get a 911 turbo!
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Old Aug 24, 2005 | 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by rai,Aug 23 2005, 03:05 PM
A Bentley GT can lap faster than a Miata so what's your point?

I gaurantee you a M5 won't pass a well driven C5 Z06 or C6 and that's what we're talking about if you're spending ~$40K for a used M5 .
if you re-read what i quoted from you in my first post, this wasn't the point....

i was speaking about the whole "trying to do too many things, but end up doing nothing".

price has nothing to do with this issue.

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Old Aug 24, 2005 | 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by PLYRS 3,Aug 24 2005, 09:38 AM
if you re-read what i quoted from you in my first post, this wasn't the point....

i was speaking about the whole "trying to do too many things, but end up doing nothing".
My point was while a M5 is fast, being a 4-door sedan it ends up weighing 800 lbs more than a similarly powered Vette; or 2100 lbs more than an Elise.

Just as an Elise is compromised b/c it's not a 4-door and it's not full of luxury.

The M5 is compromised. You can put a lot of HP into a car but if it's 4000+ lbs it's still heavy and thus IMO compromised.

The ultimate sports car would be something like the Elise track car. The ultimate Luxury sedan would be something like the 750iL and the M5 is somewhere in-between but a lot closer to the 750iL (IMO)
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Old Aug 24, 2005 | 11:20 AM
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not to beat a dead horse rai....but there is a big difference between the word "compromise".....and your statement.
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