MCarsFan
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This thread has been very helpful to me and I appreciate everyone for their time. I think the more I read some of the posts the more I realize that subconsciously I have a problem with mustang's size. I think deep inside, I need a small, nimble, tossable car.
You can certainly make a long and heavy car handle great. My M5 weighs 4400 lbs. Its about an inch or two longer than mustang and same width. It goes and goes and goes, it is so fast, so much torque and in public roads it handles so well. So then why do I need another car? (this is where my subconscious theory kicks in) because my M5 with its 190 inch length and 74 inch is not fun! Its too big. I want a car like GT3 unfortunately I cannot afford one for 130-140k now. So then all this "affordable" sports car search began and brought me here. But in reality, mustang will not make me happy I think, because its still a huge car that goes fast. I also have no resonators on my M5 and have eisenmann race exhaust. My car sounds louder than a regular base 350. But yet subconsciously I am not happy with it.
I think I need to either save some money and wait a bit and get a GT3 or maybe look into a e46 or e36. E92 can be made lighter, and the reason I prefer it is because 8400 rpm redline. But i am in a dilemma now. Not sure what to do.
Someone asked me before what is the purpose of this car:
- 60-70% canyon/country road driving
- 30% tracking for someone new who is learning
- It will be a second, toy/fun car.
I am not looking for a completely stripped bare metal race build. I need something that is more liveable but much more aggressive than a base stock car. GT3 is the only car in its stock form I would be happy with.
You can certainly make a long and heavy car handle great. My M5 weighs 4400 lbs. Its about an inch or two longer than mustang and same width. It goes and goes and goes, it is so fast, so much torque and in public roads it handles so well. So then why do I need another car? (this is where my subconscious theory kicks in) because my M5 with its 190 inch length and 74 inch is not fun! Its too big. I want a car like GT3 unfortunately I cannot afford one for 130-140k now. So then all this "affordable" sports car search began and brought me here. But in reality, mustang will not make me happy I think, because its still a huge car that goes fast. I also have no resonators on my M5 and have eisenmann race exhaust. My car sounds louder than a regular base 350. But yet subconsciously I am not happy with it.
I think I need to either save some money and wait a bit and get a GT3 or maybe look into a e46 or e36. E92 can be made lighter, and the reason I prefer it is because 8400 rpm redline. But i am in a dilemma now. Not sure what to do.
Someone asked me before what is the purpose of this car:
- 60-70% canyon/country road driving
- 30% tracking for someone new who is learning
- It will be a second, toy/fun car.
I am not looking for a completely stripped bare metal race build. I need something that is more liveable but much more aggressive than a base stock car. GT3 is the only car in its stock form I would be happy with.
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