I came close to the M1 because I can't afford it... I got an M6... kept it
for 10 years and sold it for twice the price I paid for it...

The M6 a very fast car... but the M1 has a unique look quite like the Alfa
Romeo Montreal...

On Sat, Jun 4, 2022 at 2:59 PM Edward Maglott <emaglott3@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for sharing that!  When I was a teen I worked at a newspaper that
> was next door to a small bmw dealership in a small city in VA.  I would go
> in after school and develop film for the photographers.  One day one of the
> reporters grabbed me and said there was something I had to see next door.
> He was a car guy from way back.  A customer was taking delivery of a M1 at
> this little dealership.  I knew it was a cool car but not much more than
> that.  My colleague gave me some of the details and I was more impressed.
> When the low key customer picked it up he drove it off the lot in 3rd gear
> instead of 1st because he was unfamiliar with the shifter.
> Edward
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 3, 2022 at 11:45 PM Tom Hargrave <thargrav@hiwaay.net> wrote:
>
> > That's about 560K out of my price range!
> >
> > Thanks, Tom Hargrave
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> > Of Alistair Bell
> > Sent: Friday, June 3, 2022 9:56 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: Friday - maybe once in a lifetime car pairing
> >
> > This one was an unicorn for me. Never I’m my wildest dreams would I
> > imagine a M1 parking by me. Let alone an inspection of the car and a
> chance
> > for a ride .
> >
> > Funny how life is
> >
> > Alistair
> >
> > > On Jun 3, 2022, at 9:10 AM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > When I picked up my new to me 84 the PO told me a great story about
> > taking it out of storage in NJ.
> > >
> > >    It seems very famous folks with very nice sports cars were there as
> > well.  When the van came out so did a lovely unique sports car.  The
> folks
> > around at the time flocked to the van to check it out and left the car
> > lonely and standing there alone.
> > >
> > > I’ve had this happen at invitation car shows.  It is very fun when it
> > happens.
> > >
> > > I know which car I would check out first.
> > >
> > > Eric Caron
> > >
> > >
> > >> On Jun 3, 2022, at 11:06 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> BMW M1 parked beside my van . No, it’s not a joke :-)
> > >>
> > >> https://shufti.blog/2022/06/03/vanagon-rare-pairing/
> > >>
> > >> Alistair
> > >
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