Finally you do a braking test at various speeds, which was probably the least interesting thing to me, but still good to get a sense for the real stopping distance at various speeds. A cool experience and insane to feel the difference it makes. Then we did a skid pad in a m340i with the instructor where you get to try it with traction on and off. It's crazy how brutishly fast and nimble the m2 feels in that environment. The driving experience was lots of fun, we went on a short road track for probably around 10 minutes per driver, maybe a bit less. Interestingly it only had 300 miles, so safe to say the break in period isn't exactly being respected on some of their cars. We were the first people to drive their G87 M2, a white auto with carbon trim and roof (though no buckets, rather the blue stitching black seats). Then you go out onto the track and get matched the the closest analogue they have in their performance fleet to what you are getting. Once you arrive you are given a brief classroom overview of driving tips and an overview of the day as well as a sales pitch on BMW safety and performance tech. In the morning you get together with a group of 7 other couples for the shuttle ride over to the performance center. Nothing special but due to how far the hotel is from the city center it's nice to not have to leave the hotel the night before. All the hotel staff congratulate you on the BMW experience and they give you a BMW branded meal in the hotel restaurant, which was fine. The hotel experience (Greenville Marriott) was charming, if a little dated. The whole time me and my wife were anxiously awaiting the Monday delivery. We spend the weekend exploring Greenville (Biscuit Head is fantastic and Unity Park is a great area with lots of food and drink options). We flew down on Saturday to meet up with my Brother who lives in the area, my Delta credit card + status finally paid off and we got a double first class upgrade for the couple hour flight from Boston to Charlotte, NC. With all that said onto the actual experience. I could write an essay about the time between putting the money down and getting the keys to the car but suffice it to say, Dealers suck, living through a controversial car reveal when you have a deposit down is not something I want to relive, and I'm so glad that weird limbo period is finally over. With the only caveat being that it had to be a manual.Ĥ69 days later we picked it up from the Performance Center in South Carolina. Last April me and my then-fiance (now wife) decided to put a deposit down on a next generation M2.
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