discussion M2 competition vs CS

[VinceM]

I was looking at these models and saw the price difference.

Anyone that moved from competition to CS?
Are you happy with the move, is the CS worth it over the competition?


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[TurboLlew]

I am curious to know how many CS owners bought them to actually drive them vs. for a collection or investment purposes.

 

[zabbo]

I am curious to know how many CS owners bought them to actually drive them vs. for a collection or investment purposes.

This is a very real question and the answer may make us all sad too :-(

And typically the real difference between the cars will only become apparent under extreme (racing) conditions and not on the daily commute to the office.

 

[TBP88]

Chris Harris made this exact swap, so I suspect for serious drivers there's a difference. But again, given the price premium for "normal" people I can't see why it would make sense to pay the massive premium for marginal gains (hell, for most normal people I think the M2 is already silly fast, then again I saw somebody drinking a coke in their GT2RS while driving around CT CBD the other day LOL).

 

[Nukleuz]

I think the guys who bought it as an "investment" are in for a surprise. Much like the guys who forked out insane amounts of money for the M4 DTM and GTS , and now they can be had for half of that

 

[Taran Rodrigues]

While currently owning an M2comp, In my personal opinion I don't think its worth it at all, you can pretty much buy everything to take a comp to a CS for way less, the main thing that makes it faster around a track Is the suspension which is 30K and marginally the extra power i don't think the rest makes a big difference, and all the tests between the cars are done on different tyres. The cup4s are way better than the super sports.

And I don't think they going to hold value as well as people think.

Just my personal opinion

 

[TBP88]

I think the guys who bought it as an "investment" are in for a surprise. Much like the guys who forked out insane amounts of money for the M4 DTM and GTS , and now they can be had for half of that

Could go either way though - look at 1M? I'm always weary of the "investment" car buyers. The truth is, cars are never a great investment, even the likes of a 250GTO since new has only marginally outperformed the S&P500 (probably under if you take into account insurance and maintenance and storage). And certainly no car has, on a risk adjusted basis, outperformed the traditional 60-40 stocks and bonds portfolio on any meaningful horizon.

If you bought an M2CS, enjoy it, drive it, if it's worth more in 10yrs time than you paid, awesome. You had a cool car, drove a cool car and maybe didn't lose too much cash. Much the same with any Porsche etc. etc.

Having test driven an M2Comp though I can't see why anyone would drive that and think "this isn't fast enough". It's absolute lightening, makes the Z4M feel postively slow. The only thing the Z4M has over the M2C is the sound and the look (and even that's subjective, I think the M2 cars all look absolute mustard but prefer the drama of the Z4).

 

[VinceM]

I think the guys who bought it as an "investment" are in for a surprise. Much like the guys who forked out insane amounts of money for the M4 DTM and GTS , and now they can be had for half of that

I’m ready to pounce

If it comes down in price I’d be on the queue.

Enjoyed this review on YouTube by RBR

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[Crash_Nemesis]

On the street, I'd be hard pressed to say you would notice much of a difference bar straight line speed.

But on the track, the CS has wowed many car review veterans with it's ability to slay giants. Much more capable than the competition variant in said environment.