Coming out of the post office yesterday, a brand spanking new M3 convertible let me merge into traffic. Nice guy, I thought. I turned into a side street and so did the M3. Then M3 started honking. I stopped and out comes this guy smiling from ear to ear. Says his name is Rich and he just wanted to stop me because I have "great taste" in cars. He then went on to say that even though the M3 convertible (silver, all options but no nav) is barely 1.5 months old (around 1800 miles), he looked at my car (silver) and basically lamented the fact that he jumped the gun on the m3. He asked for a 10 minute ride and I complied. I then went in his car for couple of minutes and immediately felt like the car is huge. Coming from driving an e46 convertible myself, I was surprised now how large the car feels compared to the 996. Though the low end grunt and exhaust sounds were very evident, it *just wasn't the same* and even Rich concurred. <img src="graemlins/bigok.gif" border="0" alt="[thumbsup]" />
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In London we are learning not to trust nice smiling guys, even ones with an M3. There are too many examples of car-jacking and we have to be a bit wary Still, it does restore your faith somewhat when you make a new friend like that.
[quote]Originally posted by paul s uk: <strong>In London we are learning not to trust nice smiling guys, even ones with an M3. There are too many examples of car-jacking and we have to be a bit wary </strong><hr></blockquote>that's what I was thinking. You got REALLY LUCKY on this one man.
The situation is even worse in Belgium than it is in the U.K. Honking, waiving anything like that is cause to drop it two gears and be gone. Sad world isn't it? S.
Though I initially didn't think much of it, my wife freaked out when I told her last night and made me promise never to do that again. And now hearing you guys' opinions, I don't think I'll ever stop again not even if the guy pulls up in a R-turbo. Better be safe than sorry
Hey...pick up all the passengers you want. Just be sure you have this in your hand or your driver's door pocket. <img src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" border="0" alt="[hiha]" />
Eric, Whats the part number? Is the barrel arctic silver, I'd hate the colours to clash
Eric, Whats the part number? Is the barrel arctic silver, I'd hate the colours to clash
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