02-26-2017, 10:51 PM | #67 |
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I picked up my LBB in October. I should preface by stating that it's only a weekend car but, except for a couple of google eyes here and there, it hasn't garnered a lot of attention. Oddly, last weekend the wife and I were driving to a restaurant that we go to all the time and along the way I had three different people pull up at different red lights and want to either race or have me make some noise. The next morning I was in a parking lot and a Challenger came slowly rolling by with the windows down and some kid, couldn't have been older than 20, yelled "Damn! That's bad ass". I just started laughing and he drove off. No attention since then including tonight when we went to the same restaurant.
Certainly not like my Z3 I got back when they were actually rare. I would literally walk out of a store and there would be a crowd around it in the parking lot. For at least a year I couldn't get gas without someone wanting to talk about it. Then all of a sudden they were everywhere along with every other manufacturer's roadster. Last edited by jtfields; 02-26-2017 at 10:57 PM.. |
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Yes,I sold it a few months back when I heard the CS was going to be made.The market is different in the UK compared to the US as it seems there are more available here threatening the used sales prices.I also found the performance too similar to the m*35i models. |
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Hi,she has 30%rear,20%side rear and 50%front tint.
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My motivation to pick MG was the same and I also removed the M2 badges (were possible).
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Oh,I see,it's about how one must feel the love when you drive the M2 as to not do so gives you the worst kind of tunnel vision. Obviously the feeling of being loved up was wasted on me by all accounts then...blinkers back on |
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These days in my area I see lots of cars with very strong flashy colors so that it seems a trend, for any kind of car really.
Given that, the M2 generally kinda mixes with rest and does not stand out too much when in motion -- that is, not because of the color. It does get the car enthusiast's attention but I have a feeling it is not much about the color but more about the car and the ancestry of M-series. Actually I've noticed the sound gets maybe more attention than the color. When you make the burbles noise I see heads turn around and follow like sunflowers. Considering also that people mainly drive cars with more subdued noise vs. USA, it looks like the car enthusiast always has an ear ready to detect the occasional sporty car passing by Also I've had the opposite experience on the road than a couple of fellow forumers: I can drive even slower than anyone would drive normally and 99% people seem to stay behind without complaints and don't try risky overtakes. Only 1 time there was this douche coming in quick behind me, the "get out, I cannot wait 1 millisecond" kind of guy: he initiate an overtake in a prohibited area AND 100mt before an intersection -- I could not resist and accelerated leaving him to eat some dust. 10 seconds later on a straight, safe area I slowed down for him to pass... guess what now he wouldn't even overtake when I drove slower than the speed limit. I hate when people drive with their brain up in their a$$ |
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I followed an M235i into the parking garage at work the other day. I had it in burble mode (mostly because I like the level of traction/stability intervention at that setting but also for the noises). After I parked up in the furthest corner he walked over to take a look and was like "damn that's cooler than mine."
It definitely doesn't get as much attention as my red FR-S did in 2012 though (2013 MY, one of the first in town). I'm okay with that. |
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Are the rear reflectors gray or black?
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^^This happens to me all the time in my neighborhood. I'm always at or below the speed limit in the area as there is a school. Yet with my cars being a bit louder, people automatically assume increased volume equates into increased speed. It must by psychological lol, but I've pissed off many moms
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I pissed off an old lady walking her dog the other day, due to sound only. I wasn't speeding. I rather enjoyed it.
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