Quote Originally Posted by kendogg
You guys talk about straihgt-line racing, why not run a stock STi on the highway vs. a stock M3? Yeah, anybdoyu willa dmit that the STi will rape it off the line, but it's AWD< so be hoenst, it does have ana dvantage tehre. The gearing sucks for highway sue, thoguh, double overdrives, vs. the close ratio 5 speed the M3 uses, and yes, STOCK E36 M3's have slightly pulled stock STi's to the 155 mph limiter on the M3. Modded, thast a whole nother story. The STi becomes alot more of a monster with basic turbo mods.
That is the first post that remotely resembles a coherent statement.

You're absolutely correct. This is exactly what several people have tried to say several different times. Comparing an M3 to a G35 is NOT a fair comparison. Comparing an STI vs an M3 from a DIG is also not a fair comparison. ANY car can and sometimes is better than ANY other car given the right mix of circumstances. But to say that my BMW's shit don't stink merely because it's a BMW is stupid because shit is shit. It stinks regardless.

Your buddy wants to race at a track, fine. Road Atlanta is a track, but so is Commerce and SDR. Why is one track a track and the other not in his book??? Because he'd get his ass handed to him in one and not the other. That doesn't make his car the ultimate anything, except in one place. That's been the point all along.

I'd put my money on Matt's SE-R, or Val's Evo, or Matt's WRX, or Patrycja's Supra, or Turbo Dave's 240, or Charles' Evo, or a ton of other people's cars against MR. Dinan and his M3 in a host of races. Problem is your buddy only wants to race in the race HE thinks HE has the advantage in ONLY. Don't be a pussy if you wanna run your mouth.

The saying goes, "Run what you brung and hope you brung enough!". Not, "Run what I got in my backyard ONLY to make sure I don't get beat, so I can keep the fairy tale of the ultimate driving machine alive..."