• darkstar@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    I’d love to drive this and compare it to the E85. My friend has a 2006 Z4M and we’ve been to the track with our cars. He let me take his around Watkins Glen for a session and the fact that you sit right in front of the rear wheels means the car feels like it’s rotating around the driver. It’s such a different feeling, almost like a go kart. I never thought much about the Z3 or Z4 platform, but I’ve changed my tune since driving his car. It really punches above its weight.

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      1 year ago

      the fact that you sit right in front of the rear wheels means the car feels like it’s rotating around the driver

      Isn’t that the case for any roadster?

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        1 year ago

        What classifies a car as a roadster beyond being a convertible? I drive an R8, and I’ve driven the convertible, which absolutely didn’t drive like the Z4M. You sit too far forward for that, because the R8 Is more of a GT.

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          1 year ago

          There’s obviously a grey area, there’s no argueing that an MX-5 is a roadster by today’s standards. I drive an S2000 which is a roadster, an Audi TT convertible could be called a roadster. But as they get bigger, they become heavier and clunkier, and less of a roadstrr. I wouldn’t call an R8 or an F-type a roadster. They’re more of a sportscar, but I suppose that’s subjective.