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03-16-2023, 09:32 AM | #1 |
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Revisiting an M Coupe - Meeting your hero
Featured on BIMMERPOST.com The BMW M Coupe Proves It's Not Wrong to Want to Meet Your Heroes https://www.caranddriver.com/feature...m-coupe-drive/ |
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03-25-2023, 05:17 AM | #2 |
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Early this century I had a pale yellow M-Coupe. It's the only car I wish I still had!
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03-25-2023, 11:59 AM | #3 | |
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03-25-2023, 12:02 PM | #4 |
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In December 2001, I took delivery of a Toledo Blue E39 530i through the Performance Center Delivery program in Spartanburg, SC. (I became a huge fan of this program and have done it a couple more times since then.) Back then, before you took delivery of your car, there was a fleet of available models in the parking lot, and you picked whichever one you wanted to drive yourself the short distance over to the factory tour. The one I picked — and I'm still a little shocked it was available — was a blue Clown Shoe exactly like the one pictured in that story. Driving my new 5-series home later that day made me a lifelong BMW fan, but rowing the gearbox in that lovable M Coupe earlier in the day definitely did not hurt the cause.
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03-25-2023, 12:23 PM | #5 | |
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Over the past 2+ decades, I've thought about selling but each time I just go for a long drive and come back not wanting to sell. |
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03-25-2023, 01:50 PM | #6 |
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Please share some pics!
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03-25-2023, 01:54 PM | #8 |
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great car—-drove a few times years ago. A friend bought one a few years ago and sold it. I loved how unhinged it felt under load and pressure—something I love about my 1M too but older M cars didn’t make you feel confident until you LEARNED it’s behaviour and I love that feeling.
from a time when sports cars were still sports cars and didn’t come with cringey gimmicks, AWD, and slush boxes.
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03-25-2023, 02:58 PM | #9 |
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The clown shoe was the first time I started obsessing over cars when I was in high school. Yours was absolutely beautiful.
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03-25-2023, 04:11 PM | #11 |
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I almost bit the bullet on a Boston Green / tan s52 car post Covid, but purchased an e28 instead.
One of the best color combos on any BMW, even more so on a clown shoe. Still on my short list of cars to pickup at some point. |
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03-25-2023, 04:25 PM | #12 |
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This car was like the XM; an experiment from BMW.
Only this car is actually cool and I wish I could have one. The XM on the other hand… |
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03-25-2023, 04:36 PM | #13 |
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This post brings back so many memories...
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03-25-2023, 04:51 PM | #14 |
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Weirdest looking car ever...
but damn cool and I want one.
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03-25-2023, 05:37 PM | #15 |
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...but damn sexy when viewed from the rear.
I've done some fun runs with a bunch of clownshoe devotees in my Z4MC. They are definitely entertaining! The antiquated rear suspension can limit the cornering prowess somewhat, but nothing dampens the enjoyment. |
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03-25-2023, 05:38 PM | #16 |
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So goofy looking, yet so freaking cool. Quirky in a very good way!
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03-25-2023, 06:54 PM | #17 |
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Back when being different wasn't ugly, whereas now most of BMW's new lineup is pretty ugly lol. But then again, what do I know? I think the Z4 coupe is one of the best looking cars but I'm usually in the minority.
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Man... this brings back a funny moment from college.
I had a great thing going, I helped a sorority set up and run a charity car wash one Friday afternoon... IT WAS AMAZING!! A dude drove up in one of these and the girls laughed so hard the dude drove off... even after paying for a scrub-a-dub. (it looked like a small P3%!$ mobile they said.) Everytime I see one, I chuckle now
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Love ours...such a wacky fun car
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Boston green was only offered 1 year in 1999 before they switched to Oxford green. Mine has 43,000 miles and I was starting to think I should trade it for an e30 M3, but not after this post. Long live the clown!
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