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Originally Posted by M3V8Driver
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3) In response to "You ask too much for a sporty street car, it's not a racecar. Once you start to beat on it regularly at the track any car will have issues."
Uh, no. All these maladies simply don't have to be present. They are avoidable. If a manufacturer is going to market a car as being track-worthy, then they should engineer it with the expectation that their customers are going to drive them on the track. So there is no excuse for all these little things to get in the way. Fixing any or all of them wouldn't affect their streetability. If you can get a $30K Nissan or Hyumdai with Brembo's, then there's no reason why a $60K+ car can't have them. And so on.
4) As for the tires, I understand they are not track tires. But they aren't even a suitable compromise. The Continentals that BMW fits on the M-School cars perform more consistently without overheating, and on heavier cars (M5 and M6)!
I'm not really a chronic complainer... it's jsut that this one more thing to worry about with my M3 at the track put me over the edge. And getting beat by a less experienced driver in a GTR didn't help! I still love the car... just a bit perturbed. Sorry for the rant.
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OEM Brembos do not mean performance by default.
Continental ContiSportContacts are not superior to Michelin PS2s. Continental has the tire contract and is a sponsor to the M School, why do you think their posters and tires were everywhere? When I talked to an instructor he said they are hoping for Michelins next time.
GT-R is blazing fast track car made to make intermediate drivers look like pros. You'll either need a GTR, which has Brembos that require a $8K service, or more driving skill.