[Henry428]

Originally Posted by ESB

3 states in 1 day + a bonus pic

EPIC!

[ESB]

Made it to Texas! And yesterday was New Mexico.

[FMOS Racing]

It's a looooooong way across Texas if you're on I-10! Made that haul a few times.

[ESB]

Originally Posted by FMOS Racing

It's a looooooong way across Texas if you're on I-10! Made that haul a few times.

Yesterday’s drive was from Albuquerque to Bandera, TX. Loooong AF + losing an hour to time change. Mainly no interstate highway time but still 4-lane roads for most of it. Some time spent on two lane roads with no shoulder in what felt like the middle of nowhere! Highway 60 in NM and 84 & 83 in TX.

Today I’m doing the three sisters drive and then heading to Austin for a couple days. Then New Orleans on I-10!

[nismosao]

Originally Posted by ESB

Yesterday’s drive was from Albuquerque to Bandera, TX. Loooong AF + losing an hour to time change. Mainly no interstate highway time but still 4-lane roads for most of it. Some time spent on two lane roads with no shoulder in what felt like the middle of nowhere! Highway 60 in NM and 84 & 83 in TX.

Today I’m doing the three sisters drive and then heading to Austin for a couple days. Then New Orleans on I-10!

When you pass through Slidell on I-10, give a horn toot to a fellow M2C brother!

[Hank Scorpio]

Originally Posted by KiWiLiT43

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Are those the 763’s painted?

[KiWiLiT43]

Originally Posted by Hank Scorpio

Are those the 763’s painted?

No, Apex VS-5RS. I would have preferred 763's but I hate the color options and didn't want to deal with having to get them powder coated. The Apex's are very similar in style and have better color options. They're cheaper too!

[MikeF87LCI]

Went on recent drive out with some friends around the Lake District. There’s dozens of photos from the day, so I’ll just share a selection. Also check out the bonus R32 GTR 👌

[ESB]

There surprisingly wasn’t a “welcome to Louisiana” sign the way I came in so this serves as a worthy substitute I think.

Tomorrow I’ll be passing through Mississippi and Alabama on my way to Atlanta …

I guess I could go slightly out of my way to grab a “welcome to Florida” sign pic. Might as well I guess!

[IcewaterPete]

Originally Posted by ESB

I guess I could go slightly out of my way to grab a “welcome to Florida” sign pic. Might as well I guess!

Go for it! It won’t cost but a few minutes.

[thenwood]

Destination Nurburgring track day

[ESB]

Originally Posted by ESB

There surprisingly wasn’t a “welcome to Louisiana” sign the way I came in so this serves as a worthy substitute I think.

Tomorrow I’ll be passing through Mississippi and Alabama on my way to Atlanta …

I guess I could go slightly out of my way to grab a “welcome to Florida” sign pic. Might as well I guess!

Pretty disappointed in the east coast “welcome to ___” signs!! Some were either missing and the rest were positioned in a way that made it real hard to take a pic with it.

Also leaving New Orleans on Monday I got hit with super super super heavy rain (doing like 30mph on 70mph highway) so not a great time to get out of the car to take pictures 😂

nismosao here’s me passing through Slidell! https://youtube.com/shorts/2nbY61cr-...ri8nOar1gdOZ6. No doubt you would have heard me say hi to your M2 if it weren’t for the rain.

Yesterday I did the Tail of the Dragon which exceeded my expectations. I really really enjoyed it. Did it in both directions. I purchased a few pics from some of the photographers but am still waiting for them to be sent. Will post once they arrive. It’s so cool that’s a thing though - I wish photographers would post up on other cool roads 🤣

Today I drove 401 miles on the Blue Ridge Parkway from Asheville NC to Charlottesville VA. Some really scenic views but boy was it tiring driving 400 miles on mostly non-stop curvy road lol.

Tomorrow is the big day where the trip ends! I’ll try to find a cool shot to mark the arrival to DC after a 2 week journey. (Then the drive back is in July. Route TBD)

[nismosao]

Originally Posted by ESB

Also leaving New Orleans on Monday I got hit with super super super heavy rain (doing like 30mph on 70mph highway) so not a great time to get out of the car to take pictures 😂

nismosao here’s me passing through Slidell! https://youtube.com/shorts/2nbY61cr-...ri8nOar1gdOZ6. No doubt you would have heard me say hi to your M2 if it weren’t for the rain.

Haha that’s awesome man. Yes, the weather has been atrocious.

[ESB]

5668.3 miles later

[brugada_thug]

Originally Posted by ESB

5668.3 miles later

I love road trips!

Questions

1. Did you have some one help you with driving?
2. How fast were you able to rip it on the open freeways? I once drove out from CA to Ohio and back in my 2010 Honda Fit. Wish I had my M to just let loose lol.

[ESB]

Originally Posted by brugada_thug

I love road trips!

Questions

1. Did you have some one help you with driving?
2. How fast were you able to rip it on the open freeways? I once drove out from CA to Ohio and back in my 2010 Honda Fit. Wish I had my M to just let loose lol.

1. Nope all on my own!

2. Honestly my cruise speeds were fairly tame like I never cruised above 87 on cruise control and some days I just preferred 75. Definitely got to some much faster speeds when passing other cars or chains of cars. My radar detector saved me at least 2 times.

It would have been nice to have a seventh gear on this trip during instances where you’re just on cruise control for a few hours. This car on 6th gear is at a little over 3k rpm just doing 80.

It also would have been nice to have adaptive cruise control. Without it, if you set anything above 80 you end up needing to deactivate it and reactivate it even on a 2 lane road. At 75 you rarely need to do that because it’s more rare for you to be passing others.

I’ve read plenty of comments saying adaptive cruise has no place in this car because it’s a “drivers car”. Bitch please when I have a 9 hour day and have been doing “drivers car driving” for say 4 hours and then the rest of the trip is just on boring straight 2 lane highway it would be nice to just flip that shit on for a couple hours while I listen to a podcast.

But anyways - F87 M2 was such a fantastic car to do this trip with. I’m planning on keeping the car long term and went into this trip knowing I’d appreciate building this memory with it.

[ESB]

Here’s a pic showing the full zoomed out route (amongst a bunch of other stuff)

[ESB]

Tail of the dragon pics arrived.

In the second pic most of the dirt/junk that looks like is on the bumper I think is actually getting thrown in the air from the right rear tire which is pretty cool if that’s the case, haha.