325i vs IS300
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If you are both stock cars - The IS300 is going to outpace you every time with a manual vs BMW auto - as long as he has a clue about shifting. IS300's are neck and neck with 325 manuals with times - Even up top they (IS's) are solid cars.
Without some modding on your part - it's going to be IS every time unless there are some twisties in there that let the true heart of the BMW shine.
Without some modding on your part - it's going to be IS every time unless there are some twisties in there that let the true heart of the BMW shine.
true. well, i guess i have the bad habbit of looking at both the type of car and the price together- only because, to me, that seems more fair. (the is, 325, s2, and wrx all fall in the 33k to 40k range, whereas the nsx is well over 100k.) but, yah, they are not the same class cars in the technical sense.
coolmonk said:
An NSX would outperform both the S2000 and WRX....twisties or straight. 
C'mon...these cars are not in the same class as the IS300 or 325i.
C'mon...these cars are not in the same class as the IS300 or 325i.
Please, put down the crack pipe.
"The best sports car the world has ever produced. Any time. Any place. Any price."
"We've been over a century developing the automobile. The Acura NSX has made it worth the wait. This is more than just a new mid-engine hyper-performing super-advanced rocketship, exotic sports car. The NSX goes far beyond that. In the way it utilizes the best available engineering practices of its time toward the concept of the possibilities of all the things a car can do for its occupants, the NSX has just become the standard for the world.
"The Acura NSX is a stunning achievement of the pursuit of excellence, a brilliant display of the genius of simple elegance, a marvelous mixing of advanced technology with the fundamental concept of Car.
We've spent over 100 years developing the automobile. After driving the NSX, it's been worth the wait."
- Motor Trend, September 1990.
"The best sports car the world has ever produced. Any time. Any place. Any price."
"We've been over a century developing the automobile. The Acura NSX has made it worth the wait. This is more than just a new mid-engine hyper-performing super-advanced rocketship, exotic sports car. The NSX goes far beyond that. In the way it utilizes the best available engineering practices of its time toward the concept of the possibilities of all the things a car can do for its occupants, the NSX has just become the standard for the world.
"The Acura NSX is a stunning achievement of the pursuit of excellence, a brilliant display of the genius of simple elegance, a marvelous mixing of advanced technology with the fundamental concept of Car.
We've spent over 100 years developing the automobile. After driving the NSX, it's been worth the wait."
- Motor Trend, September 1990.
Funny reading the last couple of post, But My First Love was a 1988 Honda civic dx with a B16A in it. Till i blew it up and got my 325I, Now that lil honda was fun to drive and cheap to maintain. But i cant pick up chick on a honda hatch. As for the NSX funny i have three kids ...... Not even when i retire will i be able to afford one. ![[offtopic]](/images/smilies/icon_smile_offtopic.gif "Off Topic [offtopic]")