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Isnt the C4S coupe lighter then the E46 M3 coupe? So with the M3's 13 horse power advantage it should be a drivers race given a 6spd. I think BMWs SMG is lightning quick, so a SMG M3 might have a slight advantage. Going to Motor Trends site they list the following 2004 C4S 0-60 4.6 (seems fast) 1/4 mile 12.9 @ 108.7 2005 BMW M3 Comptetition Package 0-60 4.8 1/4 mile 13.3 @ 104.4 Of course every magazine has different numbers, car and driver had totally different numbers for their m3 for when it was new and when it had 40K on it so I didnt know what set to use.

Thanks for the replies everyone. Im sure I will find the right one. I guess my only anxiety is buying an expensive car and then taking it to tahoe (skiing). I don't plan on going if its snowing alot, but weather can be unpredictable. Last year every time I went up it never snowed, but once your off the freeway there can be patches of snow, so it really for very light duty snow use. Hopefully it will never see a snow storm. Im also attracted to the C4S not only because of AWD, but the turbo look and brakes.

Well my neighbor has a boxster and he gets in fine into the garage and the boxster has a listed gc of 4.1, so if the C4S is 4.3 it should be better. Of course the boxster has a shorter wheelbase that would aid it in my driveway. The problem isn't the airdam scraping, its the middle of the car as it goes over the "hump" My driveway is a 1/2 way underground garage, so you have to first go up a slight incline to get onto the sidewalk then down into the driveway, so when the front tires are descending into the garage and the rear tires are start to ascend onto the sidewalk the middle underside of my car scrapes. I will probably never be able to lower the car, but I think the C4S stock suspension should be good enough for weekend fun and maybe a track day or two a year.

I currently own a BMW M Coupe, and we have an audi we use to go snowboarding. We live in San Fran, right in the middle of the city and pretty much walk everywhere and we don't drive our cars to work. We have to rent an extra space for the audi, and we really don't need 2 cars, we just take the m coupe out on weekends for spirited drives, but we need a AWD for the few times we might go to the snow. So it seems the C4S coupe (or maybe even a C4 coupe) is the right choice for me to be able to have my sports car fun and be able to go snowboarding. We don't go every weekend in ski season, and we generally don't go if its dumping. But if it snows we don't want to have to put on chains. Ive done some research and searches and am aware of the RMS problem but I do have a few questions Id love to get some feedback on. 1. We are gonna need to get a roof rack obviously, however I don't want to tarnish the good looks of the car with a roof rack on all winter, so id like to be able to take it off and on alot. Any issues with scratching the paint from the rack? I know it bolts into the rack rails so it shouldnt touch the paint, but sometimes these racks can brace against the car in other places and dirt will get under it and possibly scratch the paint. 2. Hows the ground clearance on a C4S? Does it clear speed bumps okay? Currently my M Coupe is lowered and my cats scrape as I descend into my buildings parking garage. 3. How rare is the C4S, will it take some time to find the right one? Id love speed yellow, but that seems to be pretty hard to find and will settle for gray or black. 4. Price... I think 60K is probably our limit... Ive seen them for sale private party for 60K with low miles, but maybe with the RMS thing a CPO is a good idea. Any current owners get theirs porsche certified for that amount? I think a 2002 with ~30K miles is what we are going to be able to afford. many thanks