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Originally Posted by falcon_wizard
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...
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I'd say being a passenger and being a driver are vastly different when it comes to understanding the car from a feel perspective, as well as comparing a stock car to a modified car doesn't make much sense.
I'm glad you enjoy your car and how it is set up for your needs, but I don't think your comparison as a passenger in an M2 to being a driver in your modified BRZ has much value.
Easily if we are to look at anything under 100k, a modified S2000 would absolutely smash the twins in every single performance category, but then some genius is going to bring up rear seats in a performance discussion. We also have older Porsches available.
Stock, the twins are great cars, a car meant for driving and to force you to be better at it; greater than the sum of it's parts easily. Your car is not a stock car, and you've not driven the M2. It'd be like me saying my CTR is better than a 911 because I modified it for me and that I think the driving dynamics are better in my CTR while only ever having sat passenger in a 911.
That's just not right.
The amount of information given to the driven from the car as opposed to the passenger is immense.