Picking up my 435i xDrive M sport next week...

[BimmerBoomer]

I just wanted to comment that coming from E36 and E46 M3s, then a 335i coupe with Dinan stage 2 (all 6 speed manuals) and then an E92 M3 DCT coupe I'm very impressed with the dynamics of this car (with the 8 speed auto) for real world driving. It strikes me that there are a lot of wannabe racers and poseurs on these forums and writing for the car magazines with too much time on their hands.

[Lups]

I completely own up to every fault listed above.

[humpday]

Originally Posted by Lups

I completely own up to every fault listed above.

I too am a huge poser. Can't fool this guy.

[Lups]

Originally Posted by humpday

I too am a huge poser. Can't fool this guy.

It was like he read my mind, and listed all the things that are wrong with me. I feel healed now.

[19x]

Not sure if serious...

If yes, wow! I'm such a poser for driving my 6-spd!

[Lups]

Originally Posted by camber

Not sure if serious...

If yes, wow! I'm such a poser for driving my 6-spd!

Let's take this extremely seriously. Life without fun is a life with less emotions, and that would of course be better, wrinkles are expensive little fuckers to undo.

[BhamDavid]

I remember my earliest days as a poseur. I would drive my mom's automatic 1966 Ford Falcon letting off the gas and moving my hand as if actually shifting gears. Only the purist would realize that no Falcon of that vintage was available with a manual transmission. Little did I realize that the factory Cruise-O-Matic transmission was expertly designed to provide the optimum shift points for ultimate performance.

Still it was fun and even to this day, I enjoy pretending to be more adept at what gear I prefer to be in at any given moment that letting a super computer make the decisions. I know that it is mere folly to think I could ever approach the efficiency and performance of an automated transmission, but I really prefer my dream world of revving engines and shifting gears on my own. I know I'm still very child-like and immature, but I do have fun. Maybe one day I'll grow up, but not bloody likely.

[solstice]

Congrat's on your new ride, love the look of the F32 M-sport!
But it ain't no M3, you'll be back

[BimmerBoomer]

This will be a two year car. Maybe an M2 next?

[Falafel Combo]

Go home Jim, you're drunk.

[Sapper_M3]

Originally Posted by Jim Pearce

This will be a two year car. Maybe an M2 next?

Don't jinx it! This is the kind of talk that's going to keep the M2 from being produced!

We're living in a conditional universe; never forget it.

[Lups]

Damn, you made me laugh again! This is starting to be a habit.

[Sapper_M3]

Originally Posted by Lups

Damn, you made me laugh again! This is starting to be a habit.

I'm not certain that comment was directed at me, but I'm willing to take credit for it.

[Lups]

Originally Posted by Sapper_M3

I'm not certain that comment was directed at me, but I'm willing to take credit for it.

Glory is for the fast ones, so be my guest! I will not provide the bumper sticker that will spell this moment of glory to the other road users of the world, so your on your own on that one!