Lady Elanore

No idea, but his speed of correction at one point was bordering on telepathic and the nervousness under braking that would have me rather ''excited' didn't phase him remotely When you think how many powerful RWD cars crash at the Ring, it just makes me appreciate people like Robert Kubica even more. I'd like to know the spec of the M4 too

Joe Achilles has a vid with a blip at the end (sounds like a soft limiter) and the audio limiter on the sound mixer has reduced the sound and pop to a purr and a click. it's a shame the extra engine brace is no longer the lovely carbon fibre boomerang, but if it saves money and does the job as well, who can complain. No doubt M will sell you a sexier version if you have the dosh.

Well the haters are gonna hate, but it is an M4 thread and they have started to release the press videos, so here are a couple. There is one by Schmmeeeeeeeeeeeeee but as I can't stand the man and his weird falsetto voice (bit personal I know, but that's how I see it) I haven't linked to it. I know there are a few fanboys of his on here, so I will leave you to have a look at his vid on your own ...until it gets posted on here obviously sadly the only vid that seems to have any sound of the car on it is masked by ruddy daft music, oh and those weird exhausts tips appear to be the MPE option rather than the GTS version. The body kit that goes with it looks like a cross between a DTM racer and a 'ricer'

They've realised a lot more photos and I have to say the colour designer has been smoking powerful doodoo. The interior colour combos are like a kid's first Civic (type R wannabe) after a splurge at Halfords trying to make their car stand out for peer approval https://www.carscoops.com/2020/09/2021-bmw-m3-and-m4-combine-controversial-looks-with-awd-and-up-to-503-hp/

I think it looks like an M8 which probably isn't a coincidence. If I had the money and it was smaller, I would definitely be having a look at one when they are launched. I expect they will be pretty nice to drive... JUST TOO BIG!!!!!!

I'm just pleased the M4 RK drove had uprated brakes. He would have melted the standard ones. I bet when they got out of the car all they could smell was 'hot M4' in the air

It's the way top drivers seem to be running at a different frame rate to the real world. A car he isn't familiar with, on a track he apparently isn't familiar with and yet so much faster than anything else on the ring, even one or two really quick looking cars were dispatched with ease. It's a so sad that his F1 career was curtailed after the accident.

This is a nice video. Robert Kubica appears to have wandered into Apex rentals and ask to drive a car around the Nürburgring Ring. The chap in the video said sure and could he come along. Interesting back story to why RK was there and the video of his 'safe' lap is extraordinary quick for a modified road car and a track he doesn't know that well!! Reminded me how talented he was (Btw the insane giggling of the poster eventually stops, mostly as I think he was concentrating on other things)

The rounding down to the leading lip and the bonnet sculpture softens the grills at least to my eyes and with a number plate attached it's quite a homogenous look. Now if it was only 10% smaller and 25% cheaper.... Hmmmm , what would you call a car like that.....maybe an M2?

A drinking and romantic place!! Sounds perfect. We need co-ordinates - now!

Definitely growing on me. But why did they use those colours! I find them worse than the front end And the interior shot looks like it was coloured in by a 6 year old on a sugar high. But the exterior...yep, I am really starting to like it https://www.carscoops.com/2020/09/2021-bmw-m3-and-m4-leak-online-before-official-launch/

I will forward your recommendation for me to have a basically free Porsche until I die. I can't see anything going wrong with this idea

All pictures are made better with a shed in them

That certainly doesn't look like the North Sea

Lightroom. It has a feature specifically for purple and green fringing. You can eithe3r use an eyedropper of move sliders about to cover the purple/green range you want rid of. It removes the edge colours you don't want, but leaves the same colour elsewhere in the image (mostly, depending on settings). So you could get rid of green fringing without removing the lovely green sea for instance. Great photo. Was it luck you saw it, or were you waiting for 'your moment'?

I hope you don't mind I ran that through a prog and removed most of the purple fringing (high contrast edges can do that as you know) It's a great catch

Hmmm, depends if they want to check my bank balance or not. I do have a nice selection of old VHS films in the loft, they must be worth a deposit on a 911/C63 I would have thought. I also have lots and lots of thermos flasks they might be interested in and I could certainly part with half a dozen if it sweetens the deal

I have forwarded your recommendation and eagerly await their response. I'm looking forward to December/January when many of the BMW dealers suddenly stick all their pre-reg cars up for sale at massive discounts. Although a half price C63 would be nice, even though I will still need a 50 year 0% finance offer like the one that Porsche will do me (I'm assuming it's a cert')

I wonder if Porsche would do me a free redundancy insurance on a 911? (and generous 0% finance on a 50 year HP loan)

I see cars like that and I feel sad :( I'm sure Sarah Connor fought them off to prevent the evil future becoming a reality

Funnily enough, I now want a fish supper (haddock please) Un-funnily enough, there aren't any decent ones around this bit of the North West :(

They have stopped doing tea and coffee...and no free muffins :(

I've come equipped today.... Notice I've even brought my own coffee

No this place is really busy. Lots of people coming to look at cars and take delivery etc. I suspect the service dept is quite busy as people start to catch up on servicing, at least if like me they have put it off due to not running the car and/or being skint. It just seems to sad that one of the nicest salesmen I've ever known has gone. End of an era I guess. The other weird thing is all these cars on display and they are all locked. I normally like to spread my greasy fingerprints all over the exterior and interior of ridiculously expensive cars, as well as occasionally going "brummm brumm" and pretend to waggle the steering wheel

So I am at the local BMW dealer and thought I would pop across to the sales dept to say hello to the lovely Nigel, a slightly older chap who has sold me cars before...or done his best to It was super sad to hear he has been made redundant. He must have been with this firm 20 years or more I imagine. Quite upsetting really. I hoped he took voluntary redundancy as I guess he must be approaching retirement age, but he showed no signs of not enjoying his job. Whats even weirder is that the dealership is rammed. I drove around for ages trying to find a parking spot, not something I have ever had to contend with before. Lots of new cars flying out the door.