I’m too young to have seen real “stock” cars raced by NASCAR, back when they were not all Oval shit (pre 1970), but I have seen them at local dirt tracks. I have zero interest in NASCAR becuase I cannot buy one of them myself. I do enjoy driving on the Charlotte roval (thank god for track night america). The NASCAR…

same! If I had known this a few months ago it would have changed by most recent car purchase.   I would have found a n54 powered wagon

forgot the best part, xdrive can be disabled with a android phone, a cable and an app, so you have RWD fun when you want it

I have a 2009 128i with a broken cic idrive screen I’m researching what I can replace it with this week. The future is here now, idrive parts are discontinued

this deserves more stars, owning both the toyota parts/service department is horrible, they have folding chairs and I would prefer to never go back there agian (I own a 19 TRD 86 and many bmws (135i, 128i, z4, x5, r53, r53 jcw)

Good choice, I too own a 09 135i (FBO n54) and I own a 2019 TRD 86. That said even with M3 arms, coilovers & square RS4s the 135i just does not handle like the 86, it needs about 50 % less power steering as it numbs the road too much but they are both lots of fun

why by a supra when a M2 exists, with a manual trans.  I have a 135i, 335i, and a new 86.   The toyota dealer experience is awful, the service department is awful, they cant seem to fix early FR-S just wait till they try to fix bmw engines

I own a 135i and a 128i, the 128i is broken right now. I have not had reliability issues with the n54's and I’ve owned 3 cars with them, one of them from new in 08 until last year

thankfully he is wrong. Size matters, modern big heavy cars use big brake pads that cost quite a bit. A spec 944 has very low consumable cost and they are very easy to work on, same for spec e30

not sure I would want to be on the track in any car from the 80's without safety equipment.   I would think a spec e30, spec 944 or a b-spec car would be a much safer route and still under 10k

ok so same thing bmw/mini have used for many years?

I cant even ride that thing to work and back (45 miles highway). Not to mention all of my riding friends actually ride on the weekend, this bike cannot do that

no, trackdays are for salvage title cars not low production overpriced cars

you forgot add negative camber up front, these things like to destroy the outside edge of the front tires, mcpherson sucks suspension

this is a feature, modern infotainment is a distraction at best

if the rear wont slip, does that mean the car is setup to understeer? Something is going to slip at some point, sounds like it is setup to understeer, not unexpected with today’s drivers.

Mini has had the fuel over-run in it’s tune for quite a few years, my 06 jcw does it, and my 05 track car does it by default, and will blow flames (right through a high flow cat) in downshifts at the track, or so I was been told by drivers behind me yesterday.

I keep hearing good things about the 4cyl mustang and how they handle better, but why is that not represented in autocross national results? The v8's have dominated there, speaking of v8 those m3's really put a hurt on FS this year

can a buick grand national v6 handle 450? Seriously you don’t know what a buick grand national is?  465 is childs play for that engine

Perhaps I was not clear,  what are you comparing it to?