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[maxxsp]

It would either have to be the E92 M3 or C63 AMG for me.
There is no replacement for displacement. The sound of both of these cars is incredible.
If you itch for more power later on, there are plenty of FI kits for the E92 M3

 

[primus2211]

1M or the CaymanS would be a great choice unless you really need the large space at the rear seat for carrying air around.

1M, hard as hell, drives like a hoot, only available in MT, sounds like hell coming home, beautiful car, almost pulled the trigger on the last 1M they had in Ingress.

CaymanS, nothing drives like a Porsche, especially a mid engine, MT unit. Handles like an AWD but minus the extra weight of the running gears. Probably one of the most balanced car I've driven. Where Porsche's are concerned, the power is deceptive as hell since nobody believes that a car that quick only has 3++ bhp. Cheap to run as well.

 

[Nightswan]

Thank guys.

Interesting opinions so far. The truth is, IF i have that kind of money, I would be biased a little tiny wee bit to M3.. but then, thats just me! Maybe I need to go out and try other makes more.

 

[haywire]

In a couple of yrs, u can get a 3 yr old 1M.. which wld be priced similar to a 5 yr old M3.
The 4-series coupe is expected to debut at the 2013 Detroit Autoshow.

Wow 1M, really nice car. Shame they stopped producing any more of it. Would love to have one of those if can afford it.

Now can only get BR 1M (Bantuan Rakyat 1 Malaysia). Oh shit actually that one also cannot get hahahaha

 

[_M_]

CaymanS, nothing drives like a Porsche, especially a mid engine, MT unit. Handles like an AWD but minus the extra weight of the running gears. Probably one of the most balanced car I've driven. Where Porsche's are concerned, the power is deceptive as hell since nobody believes that a car that quick only has 3++ bhp. Cheap to run as well.

The 3++ bhp of CaymanS was quiet evident during last wknd's impromptu bfast run when even our non-///M car front runners (E46 330 Stage 2 and F30 328) were able to tail it all the way to Ulu Yam.
The CaymanS was really trying to keep up with the rest of its supercar buddies but the performance gap was too obvious. It was very stable manoeuvring the fast & bumpy corners but it lacks torque (at 340Nm, its even less than the 328i) going out of the corners and was left behind by the "real" supercars.. which we took full advantage and enjoyed the experience.. :burnout:

Cruising thru Ulu Yam and taking the corner towards Genting

 

[primus2211]

The 3++ bhp of CaymanS was quiet evident during last wknd's impromptu bfast run when even our non-///M car front runners (E46 330 Stage 2 and F30 328) were able to tail it all the way to Ulu Yam.
The CaymanS was really trying to keep up with the rest of its supercar buddies but the performance gap was too obvious. It was very stable manoeuvring the fast & bumpy corners but it lacks torque (at 340Nm, its even less than the 328i) going out of the corners and was left behind by the "real" supercars.. which we took full advantage and enjoyed the experience.. :burnout:

Cruising thru Ulu Yam and taking the corner towards Genting

There are 2 possible reasons that I could see this epic fail on the Cayman side of things.

1) Failure on driver side, the CS needs to be kept on the boil at very least 5k rpm to be fully effective. Most people don't seem to get that?

2) As in my post, MT is a must. If it is a pre 2009 car, the tiptronic box is a POS. You can never harness the full capability of that chassis or engine with that. PDK still not too bad, but shifts too early if left in auto mode.