[Eldi Z]

[Roostie]

Makes sense that the M2 Comp is a happy medium between the Audi and Camaro. Of course for the cost of an M2 Comp, you'd be able to get a ZL1. Shoildn't that have been the comparo?

What I resent about my BMW shopping experience is that when I tried to shop for an M2 a year ago, the dealer told me it was not available, sold out for over a year, and when I said I had to have MT, made me wait 1/2 an hour while the salesman fetched their one M4 with stick, a convertible. I hate cars that get good reviews in magazines but aren't actually available at the dealers. Hello, Civic Type R and BMW 1M.
When I drove the M4, the steering felt dead, the motor sounded boring, and it was a sterile device to me. Crap. Presumably the M2 is better, and the Comp better still.

As for their picks, I say there's an ass for every seat. Depends on what you want. One could easily drag in GT 350 and Cayman S into consideration. And the Toyota Supra will be along in a year or so.

[JamesNoBrakes]

Originally Posted by Roostie

Makes sense that the M2 Comp is a happy medium between the Audi and Camaro. Of course for the cost of an M2 Comp, you'd be able to get a ZL1. Shoildn't that have been the comparo?

What I resent about my BMW shopping experience is that when I tried to shop for an M2 a year ago, the dealer told me it was not available, sold out for over a year, and when I said I had to have MT, made me wait 1/2 an hour while the salesman fetched their one M4 with stick, a convertible. I hate cars that get good reviews in magazines but aren't actually available at the dealers. Hello, Civic Type R and BMW 1M.
When I drove the M4, the steering felt dead, the motor sounded boring, and it was a sterile device to me. Crap. Presumably the M2 is better, and the Comp better still.

As for their picks, I say there's an ass for every seat. Depends on what you want. One could easily drag in GT 350 and Cayman S into consideration. And the Toyota Supra will be along in a year or so.

I looked at the M2, but somehow our dealer got it up to 73+K, not the competition, but m-driver's package, but just wildly priced for what you end up with IMO. It's not that I was totally adverse to spending that, but I'd need a whole lot more for the price, like an M4 at least, and yeah, ZL1. I sat in it a bunch, my last car was a BMW as well. I was somewhat interested in something like an M, but Chevy has really been doing things right for a bunch of years and is just a powerhouse of performance these days.

I do like the concept of the M2 Competition, although my car still spanks it, the M2C is a lot closer to what I think the M2 should have been from the beginning, although it's still too heavy for it's size.

[USAFS197]

I noticed in the beginning that the 1LE had Michelin's on but, I couldn't tell which ones--I think Sport 4S's.

[TJay74]

We have a 1LE in the house and a Audi SQ5 that is modded. For having almost 500hp at the engine and weighing 4300 or more pounds it scoots along pretty good and handles really well.

The RS3 is a beast of a car. 400hp from the factory with AWD and it weighs 3600 pounds. It has a faster 0-60 than the Camaro SS and is only 55hp away from the Camaro SS but weighs 200lbs less.

A straight line race between the two will be a drivers race for the Camaro SS. The RS3 takes to mods really well, there is one running around making 600hp to the wheels right now running a 9.83 1/4 mile time.

I just told the wife the other day I am tempted to sell my 2016 Sierra 6.2 since it is paid for, pay off her Audi SQ5 and then buy a RS3. Something about that car make me think it would be a great daily driver only if I could get over the idea of knowing a truck suits us better for the things we do around our house.

[wjones14]

My BMW 2 Series was a really nice car that combined luxury and sport. It wasn't the M2, but was the same size and weight. I traded it for the Camaro and never looked back. But the ONE thing I do miss about that 2 Series was its size - it was a foot and a half shorter than the Camaro and six inches narrower - just a perfect sized car. And that size made it so easy to drive on narrow roads, in traffic, in parking lots, and of course it was easier to park as well.

[nasbagoat]

"The Camaro is the drunken whiskey drinker at the end of the bar that keeps playing I Love Rock and Roll on the juke box. Except this is a hotel lobby, there is no bar, and its already been asked to leave... twice."


This assessment pleases me.

[Eldi Z]

Originally Posted by nasbagoat

"The Camaro is the drunken whiskey drinker at the end of the bar that keeps playing I Love Rock and Roll on the juke box. Except this is a hotel lobby, there is no bar, and its already been asked to leave... twice."


This assessment pleases me.

A very good one indeed
These reviewers make the vid fun to watch.

For me, the size of the Camaro really makes it a challenge in narrow roads and unfortunately my area now has lots of them.

For this reason, I daily drive my Leon FR (It is the SEAT equivalent of the
Golf GTI, 1.8 TSI)