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Originally Posted by Jordanwolf
Let me be honest with you. Get the M2 if it's going to be your last sportscar. The M2 and its many variations right now I would consider to be more special than the BRZ/86. It's probably the only M car worth the money.
A BRZ will never be as special as an M2, just like how an M2 will never be as special as an NSX.
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It’s interesting you say that, in my last HPDE event, my instructor had a brand new M2, and so I took the opportunity to sit shotgun with him during one session on track, back to back after my own. The M2 is clearly more upscale than the BRZ, but my Turbo’d (300whp) BRZ was not only faster than the M2, but it felt a lot more connected and direct. The M2 in comparison felt heavy and subdued. I was really excited to try it initially, thinking this could potentially be my next car, and I got out of it thinking, wow, my car has nothing to envy to an M2 at all in terms of on driving feel, and particularly not when looking at upkeep costs for brakes, tires, etc. Not everyone will be willing to FI their car and will prefer a stock car, so each their own,but I can say that since I made the move, anything below 100k$ Became pretty much no longer interesting (and anything above way too expensive:-)) basically I came to the realization that the car I was « searching for » was already in my driveway (and paid for...).
There’s lots of reason why someone could want to upgrade from a BRZ (road noise, confortable ride, bigger backseats, more power, fancier interior, more expensive Branding, ...) however for someone who would primarily do so for power reasons but otherwise like the platform, I’d suggest considering FI as an alternative to changing car.
Though I’d share my own experience...