Great stuff! Thanks for all the references at the bottom too. Neerpasch was definitely the most important influence behind the development of //M and it was brilliant to steal him away from Ford.

It’s relative, up to a point, for me. The calculation would be something like no more than 100% of my yearly income minus yearly upkeep of the car, up to around $150k. Presently, that puts me in M5 territory. After that price point, like you stated, the tendency is rub the car with a diaper in the garage rather than…

I'd much rather see BMW enter an LMP1 prototype into WEC. The regulations are much better at allowing for innovation and for constructors to use the technology that matters most to them. It's also a lot more relevant to technology transfer back into road cars. BMW already has some nice advantages here in technology…

I really hope BMW does NOT return to F1. There's nothing in it for them. They've never made V6 engines past the prototype stage, and don't seem overly interested in putting them into their cars (and I hope they never do). It's a huge waste of money for no real gain.

Butthurt intensifies...

I mostly go to the BMW CCA HPDEs and our chapter runs a tight ship. I don't think lap timers are banned, but are highly discouraged. There was a GT-R at my last track day, and while the driver wasn't as bad as this fool, he was constantly and unsafely riding the bumper of a couple other guys in his group, before they…

At least in the US, if you've been watching the Tudor USCC, you notice that the Balance of Performance (BoP) modifications they make to the cars to even out the field in performance is severely impacting the Z4s. The BoP mods impact the high revving 4.0L V8 more than they do the larger displacement V8s and V10s in the…

Ah, except that most of the hydroelectric power up here actually gets sold to CA. That state has a mandate to use a certain percentage of renewable energy, so instead of selling that electricity to WA residents for reasonable money, PSE sells it to CA for loan shark rates because they literally have to buy it to meet…