BMW M2C vs GR Yaris as a trackday car
Discussion
Hi,
I currently have two track cars: BMW Z4 Coupe 3.0si (a bit on a hardcore side: partially stripped interior, bucket seats, half cage, stiff suspension with alu/uniball bushings etc) and Suzuki Swift Sport ZC31S (very basic prep, just bucket seats and suspension). I also have a BMW M2 Competition, which is a weekend car and 100% stock currently with less than 25.000km on the clock. I want to reduce the amount of cars and preferably lower the maintenance costs. I thinking about possible options, and one option is to sell Swift and prepare M2 for track. I have two concerns about that though: first, it's a bit heavy for a track car, I imagine its running cost will be relatively high just because of tires, brakes and fuel consumption. And the second concern is that the experience will be relatively similar to Z4, so probably not so much sense to keep two trackday BMWs.
Another option I'm considering is selling M2 and Swift, and trying something different. My shortlist now is I20N and GR Yaris mk1. I didn't drive I20N yet, but I drove a rental I30N on the Ring and really enjoyed the car. But I don't consider I30N because it's also quite heavy and large, so maybe I20N would be a good fit. I imagine it should not be very expensive to track. It also seem to be one of the few hot hatches on the market that come with a mechanical LSD, which is nice.
Another option is GR Yaris (mk1, because mk2 is too expensive yet). That AWD thing could be very fun, and I really like both Lancer Evolution VIII and fox-eye WRX that I owned back then. I guess it will also be not super expensive to run it on a track, though I've started briefly looking at the parts and for example suspension (coilovers set) for GR Yaris and M2 do not differ that much (e.g. Nitron NTR R3 is £4450.00 for GRY and £4824.00 for M2).
What do you think, how likely that I will regret selling M2? Will running costs for GRY be lower than M2?
I currently have two track cars: BMW Z4 Coupe 3.0si (a bit on a hardcore side: partially stripped interior, bucket seats, half cage, stiff suspension with alu/uniball bushings etc) and Suzuki Swift Sport ZC31S (very basic prep, just bucket seats and suspension). I also have a BMW M2 Competition, which is a weekend car and 100% stock currently with less than 25.000km on the clock. I want to reduce the amount of cars and preferably lower the maintenance costs. I thinking about possible options, and one option is to sell Swift and prepare M2 for track. I have two concerns about that though: first, it's a bit heavy for a track car, I imagine its running cost will be relatively high just because of tires, brakes and fuel consumption. And the second concern is that the experience will be relatively similar to Z4, so probably not so much sense to keep two trackday BMWs.
Another option I'm considering is selling M2 and Swift, and trying something different. My shortlist now is I20N and GR Yaris mk1. I didn't drive I20N yet, but I drove a rental I30N on the Ring and really enjoyed the car. But I don't consider I30N because it's also quite heavy and large, so maybe I20N would be a good fit. I imagine it should not be very expensive to track. It also seem to be one of the few hot hatches on the market that come with a mechanical LSD, which is nice.
Another option is GR Yaris (mk1, because mk2 is too expensive yet). That AWD thing could be very fun, and I really like both Lancer Evolution VIII and fox-eye WRX that I owned back then. I guess it will also be not super expensive to run it on a track, though I've started briefly looking at the parts and for example suspension (coilovers set) for GR Yaris and M2 do not differ that much (e.g. Nitron NTR R3 is £4450.00 for GRY and £4824.00 for M2).
What do you think, how likely that I will regret selling M2? Will running costs for GRY be lower than M2?
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