Reunited with an old friend...

[Kevlar]

Recently, I've been driving kinda calm and controlled... nothing as extreme as I used to drive. In fact, so calm, I noticed that my MPG has gone up from a avereage 19.5 mpg to 23mpg. Driving calm and controlled... while boring tends to save the car some... and since the tires have been reduced to dry weather only tires ... I'm better off safe than sorry.

Well tonight... I had to break the calm driving cycle. I absolutely had to be somewhere in as soon as possible... which would require some knife edge driving. Now it has rained all day and the roads are slightly damp... I'm going to need to be on the top of my game for this drive. I leave and I'm moving... giving myself plenty of room and taking everything in stride... but pushing hard.

As I started to take my first really serious corner, the back of the car started drifting... and for a split second I thought to myself, "welcome back old friend". While the calm driving is better and a little more cost effective, it really turns the car into just that... a car, or simply a tool to get from point a to point b. Driving calm, removes the whole "M" aura that envelopes the car. As I returned to my former driving self, pushing to the limit... the car reminded me... that it is indeed M.

As the car started to drift, time started to slow down and the drift seemed to last forever as if I was being reunited with an old friend that I haven't seen in years. The car started talking to me through the seats and the steering wheel telling me everything it was going to do... every groove in the road, every distinct gradiant change, everything peeble. I in turn started talking back to the car through distinct actions modulating the steering wheel and gas pedal to achieve perfection. After all, a good driver and a good car can achieve a unity that provide for the perfect arsenal to attack any corner or circumstance.

The car continued to drift through the corner which seemed like forever. The car and I talked to maintain the desired line before straightening up and rocketing off into the distance. As I completed the corner I felt a sense of warm fuzziness come over me thinking that I just pulled off the first of many drifts for the night and what a wonderful time I would have driving the M.

Routine everyday driving doesn't give you opportunity to appreciate what the M in M3 stands for. Only when you start to push it does the M really mean something and you start to feel at one with the car under the circumstances. Needless to say, I didn't arrive at my destination on time, but I was pretty close and the best part about it, I had an excellent time doing it knowing that the car wouldn't suprise me with any craziness or insanity. I felt whole again pushing my car...

If this is what M means ... then I'd like to personally thank the people who put this car together for making a wonderful driving machine. Something that makes driving more than routine and mundane, but instead making it something to look forward to and want to do over and over again...

[AvusBluR]

Well said Kev!! I think all BMW's are infused with that, and the M's even more so. It takes a very special car indeed to evoke feelings like that.

[Stylin]

Dont need to have a lil M to see that old friend Kev..

[///Arman]

Dont need to have a lil M to see that old friend Kev..

True.....all BMWs are basically the Ultimate Driving Machines


Sometimes I drive slow, going to work, school....it be so boring. I have to be pushing it at least once in a while.

[Kevlar]

Originally posted by Stylin
Dont need to have a lil M to see that old friend Kev..

Yeah, True... but the story sounded better that way

[Bobby ///M3]

So I guess the car isn't for sale anymore?

-Bobby

[Uber328]

Originally posted by Bobby ///M3
So I guess the car isn't for sale anymore?

-Bobby

HaHaHa!!! Probably not!!

Great story Kev. On my days off when I can really DRIVE my car,
the great feeling I get from driving it and the sense of pleasure
from knowing that I'm not driving a Crown Victoria or run-of-the-mill Honda or something is awesome!!! Some would say that it
is arrogance, but it is just the feeling that for me it is the "right"
car and I get a big old grin on my face every time!! That's a good thing isn't it?

[SilverStreak]

Great story, Kev! Well written!

[Matthew C Smith]

wwwwheeeeeee


Sounds like somebody's having fun.

The more I read, the more I was expect, and then it got away from me and I wrapped it around a light pole.

[Uber328]

I made about 100 trips back and forth to Home Depot today, cussing under my breath that I should never have traded my trusty Ford truck in because I could have made only one trip in that. Then...a fast, twisty section of road presented itself and I ripped around the turns going much too fast, chirping the tires as they fought for traction. I could barely wipe the grin off my face!!!


Screw the truck !!!

[Kevlar]

Yeah... i came home after an awe inspiring drive... I had to type that up.

[SilverStreak]

It's fun re-discovering your car when you haven't had a chance to really DRIVE it the way it's meant to be driven in a while.... :

[PECivil]

I think we all know exactly what you mean...

I will never forget the nite I got it and driving home and feeling so amazed how different if "felt" than all the other cars I ever had...

the ultimate driving machine..heh:

[MDabney]

Glad you got back to actually "driving" Kev... we all know these cars are a pure joy to drive, but especially when you open it up.

[SilverStreak]

It only takes about 1-2 miles everytime I get in my car for that smile/smirk to take over my face.... :