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10-27-2023, 03:32 PM | #1 |
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BMW M Track Day at Sonoma
My son and I experienced BMW M Track Day at Sonoma yesterday. We did three years ago and we had so much fun that time we decided to do it again.
As usual, BMW puts on a well-run event. I have no idea how they can take over the whole racetrack for 4 days in a row and put on this event. Just the cost of renting the facility must be way higher than the revenue they take in from us. For me, at $625 of a 1/2 at the track and driving so many of BMW's performance cars is a bargain. I may have shredded that much in tires alone! We got to drag race (they call it 0-60 in performance SAVs, including the ixm60, the new XM, the X3 M Competition, and the X4 M Competition. Next it was track time in lead-follow format on the Sonoma course that is used for NASCAR. We got 8 laps each as a driver, and 8 laps more as a passenger. We used M3 Competition and M4 Competition. Perfect cars for this event. Finally, it was autocross time in M2s. My thoughts on the event:
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10-27-2023, 05:21 PM | #2 |
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Heck yeah! That looks like it was an amazing experience. If one of those events was closer to home I would definitely go.
Can you tell me more on how the new M2 drove? Hoping to test drive a used one if one comes available in my local market. I don't know if i want to buy one but would love to try one out.
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10-27-2023, 06:14 PM | #3 | |
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It was amazing. Our grins are still at 100%. We drove the M2 on the autocross track. So, there was no real chance to open it up the way we were able to do with the M3 Comp and the M3 Comp on the full road course. That said, the M2 was brilliant for the autocross. They set it up for us and told us not to touch the settings. We got plenty of wheel spin around the turns and we slid quite a bit too so they let us have some fun with it. Certainly, some nannies were in place or we would have most certainly taken out some cones. As it was set up, the M2 made us feel like better drivers than we really are! Amazing car really. My personal preference is the M3 just for size and 4 doors. The all wheel drive M3 Comp would be my choice if I was headed out to buy a performance car today. Lucky for me, I'm quite happy with my lowly 328i for the way I drive every day. It's too bad BMW has nothing in your area. They do Milwaukee. Maybe you can go there next year. Edit: Here's a pic of that M2. |
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In my case, my son has been a BMW guy since he was a teenager many years ago. Why? I handed down my first two BMWs to him, an '88 528e and a '97 540i. He loves BMWs but not enough to keep driving them. He has a Tesla 3 now and he loves it. You try to raise them right!! Oh well. |
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What a sweet car! My close friend has a light blue 1976 2002. He has done quite a bit of work on it and the car is really clean. I rarely see 2002's on the roads around here but when I do it's always cool.
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looks like a great day! Def recommend these events to anyone if you can get the opportunity happen. Nice post OP
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