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07-01-2013, 01:23 PM | #23 |
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Sounds as if you need to consider applying the old principal - "Absence makes the heart grow fonder."
Suggestion: buy one of these: http://www.rhinoshelters.com/5-instant-garages, park the old e90 in it and walk away from it for a week or so. When you finally get back to it and unzip the door, the sight should reignite that old spark - so to speak. It works for me. |
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Nice!
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07-01-2013, 01:48 PM | #27 |
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Seriously, OP. Get her to the track. At very least do it once before you make your decision to keep the car or not.
I'm lucky to have a local track, just about an hour away, but I also drove ~5 hours each way to get to Motorsport Ranch outside of Fort Worth last month. So worth the time... I hear you about the wife and kids (got three now - my youngest is just 5 months). If you don't do this already, being good about helping with the kids so she can go out with the girls from time to time goes a long way in making her okay with my track excursions and road trip weekends with the guys.
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07-01-2013, 02:37 PM | #31 |
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Lots of supercharger kits out there being sold for reasonable money
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Can't get one new anymore, but the 2014 C63 "507 Edition" is mostly the same flavor, minus some weight savings and the wider wide-body kit. (Much love for M3's though. So, I don't consider myself on the dark side of the Force...) |
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No matter how fast your car is, if you drive it enough, your brain adapts to the speed sensation and it won't feel as fast. This is a physiologic fact. Do this: Rent a base model Civic, Corolla, etc for a month. Do not drive your M3 during this time. Then, go back to your M3. Let's see how you feel then.
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I was on track this last weekend and that was making me seriously depressed. Every time I looked in my mirror either an S2000, miata, or Corvette was waiting for their point by. Next time I'm gonna run in the slow group.
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All cars become boring on the street. Regardless of power, accelerating in a straight line gets old after awhile. The track is where you realize that your car has a little too much power for your driving skill level and that feeling of wanting something else sort of goes away. When I feel like I'm getting bored with my car, it just tells me I need to get back out on the track.
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First world problems of course... but nothing wrong with that.
I try to focus on my current car and know that I'm pretty lucky to be able to afford it. I'm currently looking at the M3 and although I don't have one, I can see how any car can get boring. It's really a matter of finances. If you had unlimited cash, you could get anything at anytime without batting an eye. |
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Being passed by a $4500 110hp Miata in your $75,000 400-hp German behemoth is an experience not to be missed. Instead of being bored, you'll spend your days wondering about how to unbolt the seats, what's the lightest and most uncomfortable seat to replace it with, camber, lightweight wheels and tires, whether to disable traction control, and of course a set of track brakes that won't melt by the 3rd session. You have never lived until you've done 20 white-knuckle laps at Laguna Seca (or its local equivalent) while being hounded by little Japanese-made fleas. |
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