Owned an e39 m5 and f80 m3 for a combined 100k miles of driving - never tracked them (which is a shame).

I have been a die hard 4-door sports car guy for ~20 years, from a Saab 9-2x aero (2005 version), a 2001 m5, a 2015 m3, a 2008 Legacy GT 5mt, and now a 2021 BMW m550i.

And the 2007-2008 got a slightly modified version of the STi 6 speed manual as well

Problem with many tire tests is that they test the tire WHEN NEW.

If I had to buy one car, had to drive it for 15 years/250k miles, and WANT to actually drive it that amount...

“Don’t Do This Cool Thing We Are Showing You!”

In all of their press release, I see no actual market research or data. Which means they are lying POORLY (not just lying) and not contemplating how their new product will:

I think some people have had (or shared publicly) an inexperience like they went to the dealer to replace an air suspension and got a $6-8k bill and then terrify the public with it.

NP. And people who are saying the repair costs will melt your credit card are overly dramatic a tad.

Let me save 12 slides and 36 advertisements that take up 2/3rds a normal screen size plus at least one full screen pop up that I’m pretty sure uses mouse tracking to perfectly time when you are about to click on something so that you “accidentally” click on it:

These are quite rare and pretty awesome, but I still vote ND at that price given the issues noted.

Credit to Chevy for hitting that weight. Consider that Chevy has put out a mid-engine v8 with AWD and these performance figures at this price point and it weighs ~150 pounds less than a BMW m4 comp package.

Just a minor comment on modern VW since the writer downplays that screen interface:

It’s not capitalism, it’s consumerism. The issue isn’t the price-setting of an independent business for a non-necessity, the issue is the constant demand for a product not tied to it’s real value but funded by credit.

This value is only relevant because it’s a one off built by Porsche.

Around 2017 I had my 6MT f80 m3 (2015 m3) and I came up to a light next to a tuned RS7. I don’t know how tuned. I knew I would lose - it was cold out and I knew I couldn’t hook up, plus I wasn’t going to abuse my clutch - but I wanted to have some fun anyway. So we raced.

BMW had the hoffmeister kink, the kidney grills, and slab-sided cars with clean crease lines. They had a shark nose, then dulled that. Their gauges were iconic too, as well as the driver focused cockpit which slowly faded. But for, what, ~25-40 years they had super identifiable and consistent brand traits.

I’ve owned an e39 and an e61 and strongly consider owning a current gen m550i.

Somewhere along the way, I found I was consistently dissapointed in every other tire besides Michelin and just went all-in on Michelin. Better balance, better road-holding, less tramlining, better construction, fewer bubbles/blowouts, even wearing, less noise OVER THE LIFE OF THE TIRE, and better all around…

It’s always a shame when someone writes an article that shows their total lack of understanding of the subject matter at hand.