And as the temperature continues to drop, anyone who lives around here that sees me driving with the top down, wearing a jacket, gloves and a big stupid grin on my face, and thinks, "What a fool, he's just doing that too look cool." You can kiss my seat-heated butt. Because unfortunately for you, you'll just never understand what its really all about.

jd

Well, if I were to be too concerned with what other people think of me when I drive my Z3, then I would be in a different category of Z3 ownership. I enjoy the open and free feeling of topdown motoring, so I would do it with every chance I get. Whenever I can, I would try to find little back roads where there's no one else but me behind the wheel of my Z3 and the road ahead, kinda like playing 9 holes alone on a summer evening before the sun sets.

Driving a Z3 doesn't make me a better person, but it does make me feel better. To some, it's a beyond-reach luxury, and I appreciate the fact that I am fortunate enough to be able to have such a previlege. It may not be much compare to other luxo euro droptops (among other exotics like Ferraris) that I share parking lots with, but it's what makes me happy, and that's what counts the most. There's a friend of mine(I use the term loosely) that likes to change cars as often as he can, because he's never happy with any of the cars he had(actually he's never happy with anything he bought), and my other friends thought he is so lucky to be able to drive a new car every year or so. However, they don't realize that the guy is very insecure, and he always find flaws in everything, even if it was very minute. Every conversation I've had with him, he's always complaining about something, as if he's too good for this world. I wouldn't want to be in his shoes. I rather be happy with what I have than have everything in the world and still be unhappy.