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There are of course a lot of these threads but the ones that I've seen never seem to focus on these two vehicles. Lots of discussions about the M2 CS or the Civic M3 or the M3 CS...

This is a real situation for me to be decided over the coming week so I would love your and put and perspective, especially from anyone who has lived with both of these vehicles.

For $60,000 would you buy a low mileage 2018 M3 ZCP 6MT or order a new 2021 M2C 6MT? Why?

I have driven an M2C DCT, M2C 6MT, M3 ZCP 6MT and M4 CS DCT. I didn't like the M2C DCT much at all. I thought the M4 CS was a hoot, even though it had a DCT, but I don't want to live with a cardboard door card and some of the racing compromises of that car. liked the M2C 6MT and M3 ZCP 6MT equally well.

This new car will be replacing my wife's 2014 320i. I will daily drive the new car and she will take my 2019 X5 50i M Sport. We will use the X5 for road trips, grocery getting and other everyday tasks that demand comfy driving. I will use the new car to commute to work 3x a week (only a couple miles each way - I live in San Francisco), for fun weekend drives and for autocross events and track days 10x a year if I am lucky.

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