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To me, it was a number of things: | To me, it was a number of things: | ||
A throw back to the BMWs of my childhood. Small, simple, fast, reliable | A throw back to the BMWs of my childhood. Small, simple, fast, reliable | ||
Straightforward | |||
A bright spot in the days of raising a family, driving around in big ass trucks | A bright spot in the days of raising a family, driving around in big ass trucks | ||
An Early mid light crisis, the first of many | An Early mid light crisis, the first of many | ||
A perfect car (if you don't have a family..) | |||
After reading a lot about these cars, both the 1M as well as the original M2 it was clear I needed one, it hit all the spots. When BMW made the Competition Edition of the car, it was clear the time was now. Additionally I was running on the assumption that it would be the last manual BMW made, they later made a new M2 which continued the manual trans. | |||
In one of my many BMW mags I was subscribed to had an M2 Comp on the cover, I wrote note on it saying that "I needed to | |||
buy one of these". My wife read it and told me I should, I never pulled the trigger. | |||
== The car in the showroom == | == The car in the showroom == | ||
On one of my many visits to the dealership, I stopped in the showroom and there was this car, the perfect damn car. I was annoyed... | |||
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Latest revision as of 01:19, 17 September 2025
What is the F87 M2 to you?
To me, it was a number of things:
A throw back to the BMWs of my childhood. Small, simple, fast, reliable Straightforward A bright spot in the days of raising a family, driving around in big ass trucks An Early mid light crisis, the first of many A perfect car (if you don't have a family..)
After reading a lot about these cars, both the 1M as well as the original M2 it was clear I needed one, it hit all the spots. When BMW made the Competition Edition of the car, it was clear the time was now. Additionally I was running on the assumption that it would be the last manual BMW made, they later made a new M2 which continued the manual trans.
In one of my many BMW mags I was subscribed to had an M2 Comp on the cover, I wrote note on it saying that "I needed to
buy one of these". My wife read it and told me I should, I never pulled the trigger.
The car in the showroom
On one of my many visits to the dealership, I stopped in the showroom and there was this car, the perfect damn car. I was annoyed...
