[Fran05]

I didn't expect to spark such a great discussion. When I sold my talon and picked up an M3, I had a few thoughts about it afterward. I watched some of the videos of my launches, 1/4 mile passes and so on. It brought back some memories, and always does.

I've had the talon for 3 years and it went from completely stock form to a high 11sec 1/4 mile car with just a 16g and ethanol on stock block. I wasn't entirely sure how much longer I had left in my block after countless pulls while tuning, lots of 1/4 mile passes and a lot of more or less aggressive street driving.

I suppose that in my case, I wanted more refinement, luxury, nice and smooth quiet ride, superior handling, instant torque, and German build quality along few other factors. That is the reason why I chose e36 M3. Sometimes I miss the rush of 400whp.. My bimmer only has 240 to the crank, but the power delivery is so smooth and undramatic that even that power is very satisfactory. I am able to take corners in such a way that I was not even aware possible before. It is really an incredible driving machine.