OT-Best place to own a fast car - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

mweel · 11th May 2002, 02:41

Where is the best place to own a fast car or a M5 for that matter. It seams to me that it sucks in Southern California.

- On the freeways you can not get up to decent speed (relative term) without traffic.

- The closest race track is a couple hours from here in the middle of the desert.

The only good thing is you can drive the car year round and it does not rain alot.

Just Venting

Gene · 11th May 2002, 03:00

Not in NY! But you can still have some fun in France or Italy.
Go there this summer rent a Beast and let it go. Forget about it in US, or at least where I live - way to expencive and a lot of trouble with licence and insurance. Ask me how I now? Good luck.

KRM · 11th May 2002, 03:22

Germany (autobahn country) of course!

Rave E55 · 11th May 2002, 03:36

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Not in NY!

True!! Germany would be my pick.

Jim Dolan · 11th May 2002, 03:36

Florida is excellant outside the metro areas. Long straights with moderate traffic.

RAREM5 · 11th May 2002, 04:43

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Originally posted by Jim Dolan
Florida is excellant outside the metro areas. Long straights with moderate traffic.

I second Jim's comment.

Bart Carter · 11th May 2002, 04:50

Nevada is good. Lots of long straight-a-ways. Though not many curves.

The race track is only 25 minutes from my house!

TonyS555 · 11th May 2002, 05:01

Believe it or not, here in SE Ohio we have plenty of good `roads - anything from mostly empty four-lanes to tight twisty two lanes. I think a couple of the two lanes made it on Car and Drivers "best roads" list a few years back.

tfung · 11th May 2002, 09:01

definitely germany... how can you beat the autobahn? especially with the parts without a speed limit?

chunpng · 11th May 2002, 09:05

Living in the San Francisco Bay Area, I never thought I'd say that it's a great place to own an M5. It's true that I can't do high speed (95+) around here because of traffic and cop saturation. However, I'm never a speed demon. For pure high speed motoring, I'd say Nevada.

What I found this spring is that there are lots and lots of heavenly mountain, country and coastal roads around here where the driving thrills/rewards far exceed that of pure speed rushes. And if I get out early, say 6 am, the byways are actually empty.

I think you can find similar routes through the Malibu Canyons, or Highway 1 (101?) by the coast. You may have to go earlier than 6 am for clear roads though.

I've had so many wonderful drives this spring I'm almost in heaven.

CP