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dbm said:
[At the end of the day, that was my main reservation on the car. I'd rather save up another 5k and buy a second hand M3 for about 30k than spend the 25k a fully equiped RX-8 would cost.
Dan
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You'll be lucky to get a decent (i.e. well specced, good colour, low mileage and great condition) M3 for 30k, more like 35k in my experience, in which case you are looking at 10k worth of difference... and if you are spending 35k on a used BMW why not spend just another 5-6k and get a new one, but then hold on! A decent 911 996 C4 or 993 C4S is the same money and a better car than all of the above /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Price is not an issue, expcially when the comparison is S3 vs Rx8. My comparison with the M3 was a superlative for the Rx-8 and not an attempt to throw it in as a 3rd option, and is by no means a "reservation" about the Mazda, far from it..