New cousin......

[MexicoCityM3]

Saying hello to its elder Bavarian cousins last night @ the office parking lot.....



We ended up getting this GT4, last allocation for Mexico after the original buyer who ordered it backed out at the last minute. It's a 4 year lease on which I pay a one third share. Shared with my life long friend and business partner and his brother. I drafted the rules. Basically I get the car every 3rd week and the car must always be available for track days (we are all members of the same track club) independently of when they happen. At the track it would be shared between as many of us as we can show up. Maintenance is divvied 3 ways and if you break it you pay it. I also got a first option to buy it at the end of the lease at 10% below market value because I found the car.

I drove it a bit yesterday between the dealer and the office in hellish rush hour traffic. All I can say is it sounds great and rides a bit less harshly than expected. Definitely not the best way to navigate traffic. It also looks exotic and draws looks like a Ferrari (almost). In a completely different league from my cars which are only noticed by weird men like myself.

We'll go on a weekend mountain drive. I'll have more to say then. I'll bring along one of my cars.

I am happy but it's a very different feeling than my other cars that I bought outright. This makes all the sense in the world financially but does feel a bit weird to be honest.

Before, when taking delivery....



Dash stroking before leaving the office last night....

[Rich]

Woohoooo!  Party times at the 'Spins

Cheers

[2o6]

Nice! 

[Xer0]

Holy shit!

You officially have the coolest garage and 1/3 here.  That is sweet.  Your next track day, please slap a GoPro somewhere on that thing and upload a video.

Congrats.

[MrH]

Wowwww. 

Even got it in the best color and everything.  I"m jealous.

[MrH]

So your collection consists of:

-E46 M3
-E60 M5 (currently broken though )
-1M Coupe
-1/3 of a Cayman GT4

Quite the lineup.

[Raza]

Too many roofs. Kind of nice though, I guess.

Congratulations.

[CaminoRacer]

[MexicoCityM3]

Thank you all. On Sunday we'll go on a morning drive nearby and I will post some driving impressions.

So your collection consists of:

-E46 M3
-E60 M5 (currently broken though )
-1M Coupe
-1/3 of a Cayman GT4

Quite the lineup.

E60 M5 and "currently broken" are sort of synonyms.

[12,000 RPM]

Was not expecting the follow through. Good work, report back with further impressions.

Is the E46 getting the boot?

[giant_mtb]

Beautiful color.

[Payman]

Wicked. 

[MexicoCityM3]

Was not expecting the follow through. Good work, report back with further impressions.

Is the E46 getting the boot?

No. The beauty of this arrangement is that everything can stay as long as the business continues to do reasonably well.

[12,000 RPM]

Fuck.... living the dream

[Laconian]

OMFG

[Cookie Monster]

Damn son. Congrats!

Is your wife cool with rolling around in a Mini when you're balling out of control with your whips?

[giant_mtb]

Also, if you need any employees or a chauffer or anything ever, or even a personal detailer, do please let me know.

[MexicoCityM3]

Damn son. Congrats!

Is your wife cool with rolling around in a Mini when you're balling out of control with your whips?

She says she is. But you know how it is....there is grumbling about how we lack a spacious and reliable family car for highway family travel. And she's not wrong. The MINI is a bit tight (trunk) and the M5 could leave us stranded with a crying baby in the middle of nowhere.

So....given that her birthday is in a month she'll be getting something. And that something has to keep dad from missing the M5 too much while traveling.

Happy wife happy baby happy life happy dad shit is getting expensive fast.

[SJ_GTI]

Damn, amazing car. I feel like I must have missed a thread somewhere because I had no idea you were even considering a purchase like this.

So congrats, and can't wait to see some pics from a track day. 

[MexicoCityM3]

Damn, amazing car. I feel like I must have missed a thread somewhere because I had no idea you were even considering a purchase like this.

So congrats, and can't wait to see some pics from a track day. 

Thanks! I've been blathering about this and a 997.2 on the Car Chat for the past few weeks.

It looked like it wasn't happening but at the last minute it did.

[BimmerM3]

Happy wife happy baby happy life happy dad shit is getting expensive fast.

Well, yeah. What'd you think owning 3 1/3 German performance vehicles was gonna be like? Plus the MINI, if you contribute to the purchase/maintenance of that.

Congrats though! It's a brilliant looking car.

[Payman]

Also, if you need any employees or a chauffer or anything ever, or even a personal detailer, do please let me know.

You too can become an illegal immigrant... the New American Dream!

[Laconian]

She says she is. But you know how it is....there is grumbling about how we lack a spacious and reliable family car for highway family travel. And she's not wrong. The MINI is a bit tight (trunk) and the M5 could leave us stranded with a crying baby in the middle of nowhere.

So....given that her birthday is in a month she'll be getting something. And that something has to keep dad from missing the M5 too much while traveling.

Happy wife happy baby happy life happy dad shit is getting expensive fast.

It is, when your path to happiness is high end cars

[mzziaz]

WOW, congrats!

Looking forward to your driving impressions.

[Galaxy]

[12,000 RPM]

Fuck... now that I can see it.... glorious.

[MexicoCityM3]

Fuck... now that I can see it.... glorious.

Thanks!

Today before leaving the office a couple of hours ago (took the 1M).





1M looks huge compared to the GT4 in that pic.

[FlatBlackCaddy]

I'm glad you finally knocked some sense into your BP.

I'm sure it was hard for him to sell the family burro, and I'm sure you'll have to put your dreams of owning a taco stand on hold, but I think both of you made the right decision.



ETA: Congrats aside, I hope that sweet machine isn't going to waste.

[Rupert]

Yes! Welcome to Porsche ownership, have fun paying the parts gods.

[MexicoCityM3]

I'm glad you finally knocked some sense into your BP.

I'm sure it was hard for him to sell the family burro, and I'm sure you'll have to put your dreams of owning a taco stand on hold, but I think both of you made the right decision.



ETA: Congrats aside, I hope that sweet machine isn't going to waste.

Thanks! It will see the track about once a month or so. No garage queen, this.