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Help Me Decide!!!
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My name is mike. Back in the day, I had an extensively modified B6 Audi A4. I then sold it and purchased myself an E46 M3. I love that car but sold it after only owning it for about a year to buy my current vehicle, a Ducati. I live in FL and thought a bike would be fun. However, I am now in the market for a car. I have saved up $36k and have about $10k of value in my bike, which I intend to sell. I love it to death, which is the likely path, should I choose to keep it.
Anyways, with a grand total of around $45k, what would you buy? I am currently thinking either a C4S or a E46 M3 and spending the change on modding it. Your thoughts? I need to decide this in the next month, so the clock is ticking!
My name is mike. Back in the day, I had an extensively modified B6 Audi A4. I then sold it and purchased myself an E46 M3. I love that car but sold it after only owning it for about a year to buy my current vehicle, a Ducati. I live in FL and thought a bike would be fun. However, I am now in the market for a car. I have saved up $36k and have about $10k of value in my bike, which I intend to sell. I love it to death, which is the likely path, should I choose to keep it.
Anyways, with a grand total of around $45k, what would you buy? I am currently thinking either a C4S or a E46 M3 and spending the change on modding it. Your thoughts? I need to decide this in the next month, so the clock is ticking!
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I had a fully modified supercharged m3, and I just got an 02 C4s.
Put it this way, you can't even compare the m3 to a C4s... The only thing I kind of liked better about the m3 was that it was rwd (fun to mess around in sometimes) and that the car had room, plenty of passenger/trunk space. The powerband is also really cool, but it gets annoying having to rev the motor up so high...
With the C4s, I am loving how the car grips very differently than the m3 in the turns, and I feel so confident driving the Porsche, with the m3 I always felt a little nervous...
-Alex
Put it this way, you can't even compare the m3 to a C4s... The only thing I kind of liked better about the m3 was that it was rwd (fun to mess around in sometimes) and that the car had room, plenty of passenger/trunk space. The powerband is also really cool, but it gets annoying having to rev the motor up so high...
With the C4s, I am loving how the car grips very differently than the m3 in the turns, and I feel so confident driving the Porsche, with the m3 I always felt a little nervous...
-Alex
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modify the e46 m3
I was thinking C4S before I saw that you typed it
I had a fully modified supercharged m3, and I just got an 02 C4s.
Put it this way, you can't even compare the m3 to a C4s... The only thing I kind of liked better about the m3 was that it was rwd (fun to mess around in sometimes) and that the car had room, plenty of passenger/trunk space. The powerband is also really cool, but it gets annoying having to rev the motor up so high...
With the C4s, I am loving how the car grips very differently than the m3 in the turns, and I feel so confident driving the Porsche, with the m3 I always felt a little nervous...
-Alex
Put it this way, you can't even compare the m3 to a C4s... The only thing I kind of liked better about the m3 was that it was rwd (fun to mess around in sometimes) and that the car had room, plenty of passenger/trunk space. The powerband is also really cool, but it gets annoying having to rev the motor up so high...
With the C4s, I am loving how the car grips very differently than the m3 in the turns, and I feel so confident driving the Porsche, with the m3 I always felt a little nervous...
-Alex
Get you a nice 996 that has been modded a little. The prices are good now. I looked for a year and bought my car 1 week after the test drive. It pays to be patient.
Ferrari 348. Excellent bang for the buck in my opinion.
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i like my C4S a lot. mine is a daily driver. i don't track it and it's plenty fast enough for me. it's also very solid and stable up into triple digit speeds. also -- and this is just a personal preference -- i rarely like going sideways. 
but if you need cargo space, forget about it. and you won't be taking on many backseat passengers unless they're double amputees.
but if you need cargo space, forget about it. and you won't be taking on many backseat passengers unless they're double amputees.
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OR, you can throw your 45K into a tax free muni bond and gain the equivalent of 7-8% annual growth (after tax benefits), then take out a loan on a car from Pentagon Federal (rates for used cars staggeringly low—from 5%) and finance the car keeping your 45K as investment and still buying the car
Hey,
My name is mike. Back in the day, I had an extensively modified B6 Audi A4. I then sold it and purchased myself an E46 M3. I love that car but sold it after only owning it for about a year to buy my current vehicle, a Ducati. I live in FL and thought a bike would be fun. However, I am now in the market for a car. I have saved up $36k and have about $10k of value in my bike, which I intend to sell. I love it to death, which is the likely path, should I choose to keep it. Anyways, with a grand total of around $45k, what would you buy? I am currently thinking either a C4S or a E46 M3 and spending the change on modding it. Your thoughts? I need to decide this in the next month, so the clock is ticking!
My name is mike. Back in the day, I had an extensively modified B6 Audi A4. I then sold it and purchased myself an E46 M3. I love that car but sold it after only owning it for about a year to buy my current vehicle, a Ducati. I live in FL and thought a bike would be fun. However, I am now in the market for a car. I have saved up $36k and have about $10k of value in my bike, which I intend to sell. I love it to death, which is the likely path, should I choose to keep it.
Anyways, with a grand total of around $45k, what would you buy? I am currently thinking either a C4S or a E46 M3 and spending the change on modding it. Your thoughts? I need to decide this in the next month, so the clock is ticking!
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This sounds very interesting. Please tell me more! I couldn't fine any info on a supercharger by RUF. Can I afford this option?
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OR, you can throw your 45K into a tax free muni bond and gain the equivalent of 7-8% annual growth (after tax benefits), then take out a loan on a car from Pentagon Federal (rates for used cars staggeringly low—from 5%) and finance the car keeping your 45K as investment and still buying the car
I like where your head's at.
i like my C4S a lot. mine is a daily driver. i don't track it and it's plenty fast enough for me. it's also very solid and stable up into triple digit speeds. also -- and this is just a personal preference -- i rarely like going sideways.
but if you need cargo space, forget about it. and you won't be taking on many backseat passengers unless they're double amputees.
but if you need cargo space, forget about it. and you won't be taking on many backseat passengers unless they're double amputees.
