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A few days later, the metro police found my M3. It had been towed all along -- a simple filing mistake had lost it for 9 days. Sheesh. Luckily, my girlfriend was in the market for new wheels, so she took the M3 off my hands and I still get to drive it whenever. So no problem, right? Well, sort of...
The looks of the M Coupe are just now starting to grow on me. I always have a smile on my face when I'm behind the wheel, but I'm still find myself wishing it were sexy, which it clearly isn't. It's masculine and racy-looking perhaps, but certainly not sexy. When I pay $50k for a sports car, I want it to turn people's heads in a good way, not in a "what the hell is that?" kind of way. ;-) Still, the M Coupe is *all* about driving, and I love the idea of that. Don't get me wrong, I understand that the M Coupe is *vastly* superior to the Porsche Boxster, even though the Boxster wins the beauty contest handily. I have become addicted to driving the M Coupe and my M3 addiction has even waned a bit as a result. It almost feels too comfortable by comparison! ;-)
The dilemma becomes greater now that I want to take the M Coupe to Dinan and supercharge it. The large investment in cash will commit me to the car, in a sense, for at least a year, I'd say. But I can't decide whether I'll buckle under the pressure in 6 months and trade it in for a "attractive" sports car, like a '98 Porsche 993 widebody. I'm tempted to go hog-wild on upgrading the M Coupe instead -- primarily because of how forgiving it is vs. the Porsche. I mean, I want a car I can toss into corners without worrying about "snap oversteer."
Perhaps I should buy a nice silver M3 coupe instead and Dinanize that? Perhaps I should keep the M Coupe for a year, but not supercharge it? Perhaps I want my M3 convertible back permanently? Can someone talk some sense into me? Thanks!
Alex
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