M3 e46 vs s2000
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From: Glendale
My friend & I were up in Buttonwillow with our cars. He has an M3 and it is a really fun track car. He hasn't had it too long so he was only driving it about 8/10th's. We had an S2000 behind us once and we were pretty impressed with that car in the corners, it kept up quite nicely, but on the straight it quickly lost ground, and a few times it would swerve off the track, it was pretty obvious that guy was driving it hard to keep up.
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From: Orange Park
Hmm, that isn't the same story I have on the matter.
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From: Lexington
My M3 is a convertible. The s2000 will not hang with it under any sort of acceleration test. None. When this car hits 100mph the disparity increases exponentially. However, the s2000, for me, is more fun to drive. SMG takes some getting used to. If my wife was not driving it I would have gone with a manual transmission. It has become a nice change of pace though, considering that I already have that configuration in my Honda. When the sport mode is switched on this car rages, literally. On each downshift, depending on speed, the computer blips the throttle to maintain RPMs. In effect it is heel and toeing for you. Sometimes this occurs when you do not want it to, such as slowing down next to some innocent un-suspecting drivers who are startled by the abrupt sound of my engine rev. You just want a tell them, "hey, it's the car not me". This effect occurs under all of the SMG selections, not just the sport mode, but it certainly is more pronounced.
