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Originally Posted by champignon
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Originally Posted by CarJunkie
In 10 years, I'll be 57 and may be ready to retire my left foot, and the M2CS will be ready and able to assume the role!
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Are you serious? Honestly, buying a new car and making plans for it, 10 years from now? Lots can happen in 10 years. |
Sure. I don't plan to sell the 1M, but the time will come when it will start costing too much to maintain for track use. Will something else woo me away between now and then as a replacement track car? I suppose it's possible but there is no P-car dealer or reputable Indy shop with P-car credentials within 165 miles, and I probably would never track a brand new car. The M2cs in stock form will be an equivalent replacement for my heavily modded 1M, which I will enjoy further modifying for the next few years. At some point, I will be done with that and will want something with unmodded reliability to replace it and there is literally nothing else I would buy right now that fits the bill. If I had a local dealer, or even if our best Porsche Indy guy didn't leave town in March to become crew chief for a Porsche racing team, the GT4 would have been a serious consideration.
And there is something to be said for owning both low production BMW M cars from this millennium and being able to drive them back to back whenever I want to. I am, after all, a self proclaimed CarJunkie. My wife has declared herself my enabler, and can't wait to drive it.
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1M track toy mods: BMS chargepipe, BMS OCC, ADE FMIC, ADE motor mounts, MadDad/Lightweight Ti exhaust, ADE custom oil thermostat/cooler, custom MHD tune, F10 550i clutch, Ohlins R+T, Vorschlag camber plates, M3 'vert FSB with Turner endlinks, Stoptech Trophy BBK.