Originally Posted by stevepow

I taught my wife to drive a stick when we were dating. Last time we both did a DE she beat my times and several of the other guys too. I thought it was pretty hot watching her make an M5 do it's thing.

She's no car nut - far from it, but seems to keep up peripherally.

We're hoping to save up for a trip to Birmingham for a Porsche DE and there's now way in hell she'd let me go without her.

And yes, she knows what a Panamera is.

Originally Posted by SARGEPUG

Speaking of an M5, the Nurburgring taxi is driven by a woman Sabine Schmitz!

Originally Posted by LlBr

Nice. Thanks for the short break.

DARN! I sure wish the styling would get better looking faster. They're so darn ugly to my eyes. My current Bimmer is getting old.

Originally Posted by SARGEPUG

What bimmer is that? You are looking to replace w/ a Panamera?

Originally Posted by LlBr

Nah, No to Panamera. E46M3. I think I'd get a new M3 or M5 but they are so darn fugly. Well, if not fugly, they have too much "fake" flair. Like a middle-aged guy wearing a fedora and trying to be serious.

Originally Posted by stevepow

That was one of the great things with the e39 M5 - all the goodies were under the skin - near stealth other than the small ///M. But buyers wanting more bling complained that it looked too plain.