Added an M2 to the mix last week. 1600 miles and two track days later, I really like it.

 

MINI Cooper S

 

Very true. And you can still find low-mile e92 M3s in the high 40s / low 50s. Although even in the last 4-6 months, the selection has shrunk. I know several F8X guys who have come back.

I loved my E46 (though not as much as either of my E92s). But the low mile examples in top condition are getting harder to find and they often sell for serious coin. I expect we'll start to see this with the E92s soon, too.

 

2017 ND Miata

No better daily out there. Whips in and out of traffic and parking spaces effortlessly. Weighs less than 2300 lbs. Capable of 40+ MPG on freeway.

 

I saw one of these for the first time this week. Really cool looking car as well.

 

Side note: M3 lease much better than M2 last I checked. Obviously if you're buying, there's a big savings on getting M2.

 

But for a DD, the back seats and the huge trunk of the RS5 are a big bonus over the R8.

 

Good recommendation. Love my E92. Added some Bilstein Clubsports, M-performance exhaust and other goodies, and the car is a phenom on the street, and sounds WAY better than any turbo car.

 

I've got a 2015 Z28.
It's a baddass car.
Not sure I'd daily driver it, but many do.
Check out the Z/28 forum , lots of feedback there.

 

Get a brand new SS 1LE, optioned exactly as you want. It'll cane the M2 all day long, has an N/A engine, a great transmission, and a smaller, leaner body than the last Camaro.



$44k

 

Love it so much I have two...lol
270,000 km DD/track car (with intact rear subframe :P)
Car is same age as my youngest...both learned to drive standard on it.

 

Why not get a base 991.2?

I found the M2 to be ordinary, horror story interior - very over rated. BMW have not produced a decent M car in a long time. Not a great deal of point tuning a M3/M4 when they can't get the power down in stock form.

Whats the difference between a golf ball and a BMW - the golf ball can be driven 200 yards (my negative sentiment is due to my immediate family, which has 40 years of history with BMW - so much so I have never owned one - clearly others like them )

Lexus have some great DD offerings - comfortable, bullet proof and as refined as you want them to be. At the end of the day it probably comes down to how you use your daily. There's plenty to choose from these days.

 

i dislike the BMWs uninspiring dash with too few gauges and that horrible i-drive controller crap, personally Im sick of cars designed to look futuristic inside by using screens of some kind, gimme five gauges and a radio

 

A base everything Carrera would be an ideal daily. We can agree on that.

The OP's price range is at least 40k lower though.

 

I bought an manual M2 a few months ago as a DD, and love it. It's fun to drive in a different way than the GT3...you can drive it on the street at legal-ish speeds and it's fun. the GT3 is so capable it needs to approach arrest me speeds to get a rise.

I didn't cross shop with the Camaro, so i don't have any input there. i don't think you can go wrong with either! Just get the one that appeals to you.

I agree with others about the interior, it's pretty mediocre. i would have gladly paid another $5k for an interior upgrade option!