Thread:Peashooter In Black/@comment-28273225-20160722064748/@comment-27593884-20160920060729

Kinetic1 wrote: Awesome Pete, very impressive. As attractive as the 1M is, I ordered my BMW 2 series a couple years ago and have always wanted a Porcsche since I was a kid. Aside from the tall gear ratio, the GT4 is the most appealing to me. I'm not a fan of convertibles. What makes the 1M so much more desirable to you? More sensation/feedback? The chassis is much more mobile, especially at reasonable speeds. As a driving instructor I'm comfortable with traction and stability off, and drove the M that way almost exclusively. At high speeds that was scary, but at lower speeds it was tremendous fun. The car simply can't put power down, and that makes it much more involving if you enjoy playing on and over the edge.

The GT4 has far more stick and far less torque, so it's a limpet by comparison. Too stuck for sane street driving unless it's wet or your have the very best of roads. Almost too good around town. The M2 has polished a lot of the rough edges of the 1M, but for my purposes it's less of a car because of it. My favorite cars are characterful a little bit scary- 996 GT2, powerful older 911s, etc. How scary depends on the road, but the GT4 is honestly too tame as a street car for my taste. As a track car, however, it's a million times better than the 1M. The GT3 RS 4.0 splits the difference wonderfully, but unfortunately I missed that boat...