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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by jewpac42
How about instead of comparing it to two cars that are both going to be in the 100K neighrborhood, lets compare it to other cars with a similar price tag.
MSRP is close enough. Mark up doesnt count.

The M3s brakes are good enough. that dude used a car he owns, i'm sure his brakes weren't in perfect shape, and by the looks of it, i'm sure he's spent some good laps on the track in his car.

oh and one more thing: 98% of performance car owners can't drive to their brakes limits anyways. I learned that with my car at T-hill when a pro beat on my car and made the brakes even better lap after lap. I glaze the brake with soft everyday driving. Simply amazing...
Old Apr 1, 2008 | 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by joltdudeuc
MSRP is close enough. Mark up doesnt count.

The M3s brakes are good enough. that dude used a car he owns, i'm sure his brakes weren't in perfect shape, and by the looks of it, i'm sure he's spent some good laps on the track in his car.

oh and one more thing: 98% of performance car owners can't drive to their brakes limits anyways. I learned that with my car at T-hill when a pro beat on my car and made the brakes even better lap after lap. I glaze the brake with soft everyday driving. Simply amazing...
I didnt watch the video yet since IM at work, but I will later or tomorrow. A 911 GT3 starts well over 100K no markup, you could almost get 2 M3's for the price of one GT3.
Old Apr 1, 2008 | 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by joltdudeuc
MSRP is close enough. Mark up doesnt count.

The M3s brakes are good enough. that dude used a car he owns, i'm sure his brakes weren't in perfect shape, and by the looks of it, i'm sure he's spent some good laps on the track in his car.

oh and one more thing: 98% of performance car owners can't drive to their brakes limits anyways. I learned that with my car at T-hill when a pro beat on my car and made the brakes even better lap after lap. I glaze the brake with soft everyday driving. Simply amazing...
Seriously i'm too scared to use my brakes anywhere near their potential on the street.
Old Apr 1, 2008 | 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by shagginwagon
It wasn't just Automobile magazine. Autocar.co.uk did a comparison of the new M3 vs. 911 GT3 vs. Nissan GTR a coupla months ago. Each car did one out-lap and then a timed flyer lap. During the M3's timed lap, the driver blew through the brakes and went off track (and it was his personal car, so I presume little, if any, bias here). 2 laps = brake failure?

Watch it for yourself (brake failure at 5:40).
Heh.... Hmmmm.
Old Apr 1, 2008 | 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by jewpac42
I have no problem with your preference, but to imply that BMW's had bad brakes before the 135 becuase they were floating calipers is just ignorant. And yes, I have driven an M3.
WOW!! I don't really have the time to slowly re-explain what I am trying to say for you. For now - we have a difference of opinion - and I'm cool with that.

Somehow I doubt that you have driven a new M3, the topic of this silly BS, and if you have, I doubt that it would be in such a manner as to make you an authority on the car's abilities. Ignorant, huh? If that makes you feel better...
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