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Originally Posted by SFV1LE

I'm surprised a former F80 owner would say Porsche for best value, I'd have to say the F80 M3/M4 would be next in terms of cost/value for a high-power performance car. Guys at tracks her in CA are putting down very fast times in these once they're properly dialed in with alignment and tires. The new M3 should be impressive, I may get one.

After that I'd choose the GT-R, even without mods a 2020 GT-R is very fast for $113k and the ones with basic mods (E85/tune) and excellent driver still often do fastest laps of the day. I've seen them crush great drivers in GT3 RS, the passing speed of a modded GT-R on straights is door-blowing.

Porsches have become VERY expensive, a 911 TT now starts at $171K. I couldn't justify that kind of money vs. investing.

On the other hand a 718 GTS 4.0 is an amazing, light and reliable mid engine track weapon starting at $87k, but it only has 394 HP so I don't think it qualifies for the category being discussed here.

If you read any of my previous posts talking about my F80 experience, you would know I am NOT a fan and was very disappointed in my whole F80 ownership.

The damping sucked (especially on the rebound stroke), the rear-end was unstable and all over the place, the brakes would shimmy (5 repair attempts), the traction/stability control system was way over zealous and worked against you instead of with you, it has traction issues (even with extreme performance rated tires), all 4 door seals creaked when going over driveways or speed bumps...

I could go on and on.

I am NOT a BMW fan