See ^^^^^^ straight from an (ex) owner's mouth. But hey the car is more than twice the sticker price so I would expect better workmanship.

AND

CKit, I only have the one car. Being limited to the S2K is kinda a pain at times. But hey that is what good friends with trucks are for....hehehe.

 

Yeah if you only own one car and it's an s2000, you must either have a lot of friends or you don't carry much...hahaha

I could not live with the s2k as my only ride for sure!

Thank god I have "choices" among my garage stable.....

The s2000 is not a normal car and most people who buy one love it for what it is and not status or anything else - however I must note that I get less attention in my m3 than my s2k at many places. I had a few guys come up to me and ask me "what kind of Lotus is that?" Funny thing is that my Spa wasn't even de-badged and clearly said "s2000" on the side! Maybe it was those Ricks2k badges.

I think the bay area is just flooded with m3's anyways!


rick

 

I'm at a time in life (almost retired and children out of school) where I could have bought just about anything - in fact I looked at an 05 S type R Jag. I bought the S2000 because it is what I wanted/want.
BMWs or anything else wasn't what I wanted.

 

I was literally days away from buying an M3, and passed on it to get the S. I somewhat regret it, but I liek having more money to mod the S and fix up the house. If I'd gotten M I wouldn't have been able to afford anything for it for a while. Plus the cost on parts for the M is just stupid high. I do love the E46 M3, and highly doubt it will ever be topped.

 

First four years you don't pay for a thing to maintain it other than tires. As for reliability, at least on the E46's, I heard of very few problems on them.

So, I don't want to say you're wrong, but I think you might have a stereotype engraved in your mind.

 

do you trust what consumer reports says about the e46?

 

one is a $32k car new and one is a 50k+ car new.


Of course I would trade 32k for 50k+


I don't see how you can compare the two

 

No. I don't think Consumer Reports is nearly as unbiased as they try to appear.

 

I had an BMW M coupe and got the s2000. [I know, it's not an M3 but...] It had a great engine but in every other respect the s2000 is a more fun car to drive.

 

what theory do you have that consumer reports would favor japanese and not german?