M-Driving School - Next Week!

#2
#2
Have fun. Would love to get my hand on one of those. Have you ever had a chance to drive on the Autobahn? If not, you would definately be in heaven.
 
#3
#3
No Autobahn experience. Would love too. BMW has an excellent Euro-delivery program; big savings and a European vacation rolled into one. If I ever do that, I'll hope on the Autobahn and head directly for the Nurburgring!
 
#8
#8
I keep hearing that the whole autobahn is going to have a speed limit imposed in the near future -- if it hasn't already.

Nice, though. Sounds fun.

I've been working on a couple BMW's at school... German cars perform well but they're nightmares to work on.
 
#13
#13
Just got back from the M-Driving School. All I can say is WOW!

We split time between the M-coupe in the opening post and the M5 (V-10; 500hp). Lot's of seat time spread across 8 different events. I learned a lot.

I did pretty well. There were 14 in the class. I won one event (race on a wet skidpad); finished mid-pack in another and came in 4th in the Autocross (full-course, 2 laps with M5s). My best lap time was 49.49 the winner was about 1 second faster and I missed 3rd by less than a 10th of second. Only 4 of us broke 50 seconds so I felt pretty good about that.

Save your money and head to Spartanburg!
 
#14
#14
Wow. I bet that was crazy. I'm loving my 335 -- although it's no M5! Can't wait to see the ramped-up '08 M3's. Did they have a prototype out there?

Oh, as for the PITA comment about working on BMW's -- one great thing about buying a new one is that all service is included for 50K miles, and you can extend that for a nominal fee to 100K. Nice little perk.
 
#15
#15
No signs of the new M3.

Unfortunately no M6's either. Their fleet was washed out - literally. The clean-up crew took a break and left the windows down and sunroofs open. Along came a hugh thunderstorm and you have 5-10 $100K cars full of water! I don't think those guys work there any more.

Agree completely with the warranty/maintenance comments - you may want to do an oil change between the "free" ones though. I've always gone 6 months 7500 with the synthetic. Waiting a year and 15K is just too much of a stretch for me eventhough it is technically the service interval.
 
#16
#16
We talked about that one in class, where the first oil change is a year and 15k. None of us got it, either.

Well maybe I can drive my '86 Nissan down to Tennessee after I finish it. Sure, it will only have 250whp after I finish my plans BUT it will also only weigh about 2,000 pounds even (about 1,500 pounds less than a modern BMW). I'll take on all you M-series wimps on any track. HA.
 
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