[hankolerd]

Originally Posted by DS_BMW

Dang MG looks good!! Side note, I thought the M2 came standard with the full nav screen?

Originally Posted by hankolerd

Unless the US ordering guide for the M2 is wrong, heated/power seats, nav, and H/K are standard for all US bound cars. All of which were lacking on the school's cars.

[DRTMGRT]

Originally Posted by atxsk8r

More images.

AW has painters tape covering the badges, protect from rock chips lol

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Something about the LBB M2 in this pic that makes it the best shot I've seen of it to date. Weird. Very e92 reminiscent maybe...

[AGAV13]

Originally Posted by DRTMGRT

Something about the LBB M2 in this pic that makes it the best shot I've seen of it to date. Weird. Very e92 reminiscent maybe...

Agreed plus we were out standing on the track I had to take a shot of it

[Kouper]

Originally Posted by DS_BMW

Dang MG looks good!! Side note, I thought the M2 came standard with the full nav screen?

Yes, it does/will in the U.S. See post #65 above. These appear to be early prototype cars.

[AGAV13]

Originally Posted by LBBDrew

What are your thoughts on the exhaust? I know you said it was better than the M3, but would you leave stock? Go for the MPE?

I thought the standard exhaust was awesome. Pops, snaps, and gargles a plenty, sounded nasty on down shifts. It's sounds almost twice as good as the PE on my 135is. If I were getting one I would hold off on the performance exhaust for a little until the stock exhaust got broken in however I still have yet to hear a M2 w/ PE. These cars we were driving had less than 2k miles.

[matlok]

Boring clip but might give a sense of what it sounds like:

I agree with AGAV13... it sounds really awesome.

[Bosozoku]

Originally Posted by hankolerd

...
If it were me, I would take an M2 in BSM with a 6sp manual, Michelin PSS, and a track pad
...

Me too.

Weird thing about the new NSX. I haven't even seen one in person yet.
But I'm already bored by the styling. The lead designer is a drop-dead gorgeous California blonde (woman).
But the car's styling kind of leaves me cold.
(See Jay Leno's Garage for an interview with the lead designer.)

[confusion]

Originally Posted by Bosozoku

See Jay Leno's Garage for an interview with the lead designer.

2:20

[AGAV13]

Originally Posted by Bosozoku

Me too.

Weird thing about the new NSX. I haven't even seen one in person yet.
But I'm already bored by the styling. The lead designer is a drop-dead gorgeous California blonde (woman).
But the car's styling kind of leaves me cold.
(See Jay Leno's Garage for an interview with the lead designer.)

It's absolutely stunning in person. The photos don't die it justice.

[goj]

I was just there in December! How I wish I saw these!

[rr006rbc]

Damn. I wish those were there when I was at Thermal.

[M3 Number 86]

That looks so boring. I want to go to the cca event next week but I would be drifting all those sweeping turns but don't think they'll let you lol

[BwoodBMW]

I'm out in la Quinta and headed to dinner drove alongside a caravan of New Jersey plated BMWs. Orange 1M up front, dark red X5M in back and LBB M2 in between them. LBB looked very teal out in the sun but I gotta say, that car had some serious presence. Looked really awesome. I passed them as they were slowing to get on the freeway (headed to thermal I assume) so didn't get to hear any good noises, but pretty sweet seeing it rolling in the flesh. I'm a big F80 fan but the M2 looked MUCH better in person than I thought it would

[Bosozoku]

Originally Posted by AGAV13

It's absolutely stunning in person. The photos don't die it justice.

I'm certain that's it. Looking forward to seeing one in person.
(Note: I have always been repulsed by the Acura corporate "beak" aka "can opener" grille.)

[doccyber]

Nice. Thanks.

[bmellion]

While I haven't looked at all the replies, the only thing I don't like about the M2 are those damn mirrors. So standard BMW :

[jzmundy]

That BSM is making me regret giving up my allocation...

Must...stay...strong...

[LDSM]

Originally Posted by BruceM

Are you saying you got fade on the M2 steel brakes, then? Did they get soft or squishy over time? Or are you saying that it wasn't a matter of fade, but just stopping power? At Laguna Seca, there is clip after clip of drivers praising the M2's brakes as being solid after hard use over many laps....

I was at this event too and had a similar opinion about the m2's iron brakes vs the ccb's.
Not taking anything away from the M2's brakes, I didn't experience any fade from them at all, and stopping power was the same, they never got soft or anything like that, but jumping from those straight to the CCB's, you can really feel the difference with the CCB's.

It's not really a performance difference, it just has more to do with the feel of the pedal when braking hard. It's difficult to describe since it's not something you can measure, but the CCB's felt a little more firm and gave me more confidence when braking hard, and that feeling was more pronounced since we were driving them back to back.

-Devin

[Robin_NL]

Originally Posted by confusion

2:20

She's looking better than Jay for sure

Who designed her?

Cheers
Robin

[-JLT-]

Originally Posted by LDSM

I was at this event too and had a similar opinion about the m2's iron brakes vs the ccb's.
Not taking anything away from the M2's brakes, I didn't experience any fade from them at all, and stopping power was the same, they never got soft or anything like that, but jumping from those straight to the CCB's, you can really feel difference in the CCB's.

It's not really a performance difference, it just has more to do with the feel of the pedal when braking hard. It's difficult to describe since it's not something you can measure, but the CCB's felt a little more firm and gave me more confidence when braking hard, and that feeling was more pronounced since we were driving them back to back.

-Devin

nice pic of MG

[AGAV13]

Originally Posted by M3 Number 86

That looks so boring. I want to go to the cca event next week but I would be drifting all those sweeping turns but don't think they'll let you lol

Haha. I started to drift the M2 during the autocross session and got a stern talking to over the radio. They didn't want anything tot happen to the limited amount of M2's they had on site.

[hankolerd]

Originally Posted by -JLT-

nice pic of MG

That's the black sapphire metallic (BSM), unless I am seeing a different photo than you.

Originally Posted by LDSM

It's not really a performance difference, it just has more to do with the feel of the pedal when braking hard. It's difficult to describe since it's not something you can measure, but the CCB's felt a little more firm and gave me more confidence when braking hard, and that feeling was more pronounced since we were driving them back to back.

I agree completely. Basically they feel like they have stronger initial performance with not as much pedal travel, so you usually have room to ask for a little more from the Carbon Ceramics. But ultimately the braking performance of the M2 and M4 in an emergency stop was very similar if not identical. Though I will also say the only time I went off track was in an M4 with carbon ceramics. I kept it on pavement, but there was a double-apex right hander, where you trail brake through the first apex up to the turn-in code for the second apex. I carried too much speed through the first apex and even the carbon ceramics were not going to slow me down. I had to let the car roll out over the rumble strips and go around the second turn-in cone to avoid hitting it.

I can't remember which pad the 94 325i I raced in chump had, I think it was the Performance Friction Carbon Metallic. I feel like a pad like that on the M2 would hold its own against the Carbon Ceramic's lap after lap. I must say though, my knowledge of track worthy pads is very limited.