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Originally Posted by AlexFL
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Originally Posted by jstein55
That's the point though. You get the sports car and SUV, each for their dedicated purposes. Why sacrifice both fun and practicality in one package when you could have both excel in what they are meant to do. If you are limited to $80k why not go X3 and Miata/BRZ/Random Used Sports car and maximize the fun and practicality without sacrificing either for one car only and blowing the budget. That's what the wife and I did over an X3M, Macan or GLC63. We did GLC300 for boring but practical stuff and Z4M for weekend fun. This is of course assuming you are limiting your funds... if you have a s**t ton of cash go ahead on the x6m but to argue an X6M as a do it all vehicle in just one package just isn't as good as having separate vehicles with different missions in my opinion.
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High performance SUVs are a ton of fun to drive. I test drove the X3M, GLC63s, and Macan Turbo, and they are all really fun vehicles. |
Not saying they aren't, they are much better than what SUV's were 20-years ago. I remember when the X5 first came out and changed the game, even have an original X3 in the garage which was far sportier than any SUV on the market at the time, I just don't see the purpose if you have a particular budget to get only an SUV as a do it all vehicle when its fundamentally going to be flawed. If you have the cash to get both a high performance suv and sports car more power to you, I don't see the issue there, but if you only had say $80k to spend on a vehicle(s) or simply have the cash but don't like the idea of spending an excessive amount of money, would you rather have only an X3M, or would you rather have both a regular X3 (or other SUV) and a dedicated sports car like a Miata, BRZ, or other used vehicles, etc, why settle when you can have your cake and eat it too so to speak, but again this is if you are limited by budget. I think they are fun, but for someone like myself who goes to the track often, loves handling and balance, as well as small and nimble vehicles and of course the dying art of stick shift, I don't see myself ever purchasing a high-performance SUV at least not for $80-130k.