What would you trade an M3 for?

[mrmckie]

My biggest gripe with the Lotus is there is no place to put your left foot. It must stay on the clutch pedal at all times. My guess is that is why they eat clutches. The front wheel well is right next to the clutch pedal, and if you try to pull your foot back and rest it flat, your knee goes into the bottom of the dash. If you happen to have big feet, (size 12) that makes everything worse. The steering and brake pedal feel vague as well. They also seem to have lots of mid corner and corner exit understeer. I wanted one until I drove one, now I'd rather have something else (I'm not sure what.)

Will

I noticed that too when i sat in one at a car show. I'm fairly short(5'7) and have small feet(8.5) so i think i should be ok..lol. Unfortunatly i don't know anyone that owns one yet though so no driving time yet :(.

hopefully BMW buys them if they go up for sale again and they get a nice overhaul like they did with Mini.

[gwb72tii]

this. depending how clean your M3 is. 1972 2002tii

[KenC]

I'm on the 993 program as well.

I have the E39 M5 already and I didn't, nor would I have traded for the M3. They are cars for two very different purposes.

With 993 TT values that keep climbing, it may be a while before I replace the M3, but that will happen some day in the next several years. Just wish it would be a straight trade :P

Oh, and I'll take mine in Guards Red please:

993TT is a car that's appreciating, but you're lucky to find one under $60k.

A friend has a black/black one on LMs that's putting down around 600hp. Crazy fast.