If only the preborn baby had a gun to defend itself. 

If it was a legitimate shooting, the body has ways of shutting that whole thing down

And then one day you wake up and realize that there is a lot more to a car than horsepower figures. I can guarantee you that if you spent 20 minutes behind the wheel of this F430, you’d never compare it to a mid-tier pony car again. That’s not to say that today’s pony cars aren’t incredible — they are — they’re just…

a 14 year old model screams “I want attention but I can’t afford a real Ferrari.”

NP. Quick check online reveals two surprises: there are a lot of these for sale out there and this one would be among the lowest priced and lowest mileage examples. The real surprise? That so many commenters don’t realize Ferraris are expensive mistresses. Just because you can’t afford it doesn’t mean it’s crack pipe.

I did the knee-jerk thing and clicked on the crack pipe vote...because gross interior 25-year-old rusty truck, amiright?

Nah, your point still ignores the M3 and M5 that existed long before 1999, unless your definition excludes them as enthusiast cars. 

“The last couple decades” is 1999-2019. There were M cars long before 1999. Do you not count the M1? Or the 507? Or the 3200CS? 

“with a single-turbo (BMW calls it a TwinPower just to mess with you)“

The real problem with the Z4 is that the Miata is just so much more fun to drive. It’s lighter, it carries a presence that just feels less complicated, your inputs feel more natural, and there’s the big one.

As a E85 Z4M owner I’m biased, but the new one does look really good in blue...

Surprise M**********R

Umm, ok Justin. 368 WHP would definitely be more than 382 at the crank.

It can also be that the guys running the dyno have not accurately compensated for the gearing and tire size of the Z4. That sort of information is seemingly more difficult to get out of automakers than it used to be, so if they were guessing at the total ratio (individual gear the run was in and final…

You won't be regretting anything. I was right seat in that crash and I regret nothing. Mike (the driver/owner) said after it was still worth it and is already talking about the next build. Do it.

Will make a Man or Woman out of you. That wall is close.

Jalopnik commenters: “If automakers would just offer more manuals, they’d see that people are willing to buy these cars!”

Then build it yourself.