M Coupe Buyers Guide

I can’t believe it’s already been a year since our last fall get together. As you can tell from the photos, winter started a little early in Colorado. It had snowed almost a foot at my house just a few days before. The day of the BBQ though, the temperature was around 50, the roads were dry, and there was fun to be had. It also made for some interesting photos. The weather did keep a couple of our mountain living friends stuck at home, but it was a great day overall.

In attendance were:

• Jenn and My 2002 Steel Gray over Imola Red M Coupe
• Alex’s 2002 Imola Red over Imola Red M Coupe
• Kevin’s 2002 Alpine White over Black M Coupe
• Colby’s 2002 Alpine White over Imola Red M Roadster
• Todd’s 2010 Jet Black over Fox Red M3

It’s interesting that all but Kevin’s coupe had red interior, and all but Todd’s M3 had an S54 (though his 4.0L V8 is not so bad either). Jon road up with Alex because his imola red S52 coupe was having some cooling system issues after a track day earlier in the week.

We started at our house at 9:30 am. Even though this is my 4th coupe BBQ, it still feels like Christmas morning sitting in the garage and first hearing then seeing coupes driving down my street towards my house. When everyone had arrived, we set out on our usual route up Poudre Canyon then back on Stove Prairie Road. We were not sure what the roads would be like (especially on the far less traveled Stove Prairie), but were very pleasantly surprised.

Our first stop was at the intersection of Stove Prairie Road with Poudre Canyon where we took so many great shots last year. It was a little muddy this year and far less scenic, so we didn’t stick around too long.

Stove Prairie and Highway 14

The Interloper

Instead we sent Colby and my sister Lindsay back down Poudre Canyon about a mile to the tunnel to take some moving photos which came out very nice.

M Coupes in Poudre Canyon

M Coupes in Poudre Canyon

Alex's M Coupe

Todd's M3

Kevin's M Coupe

My M Coupe

After that Colby put down his roof and had Jon drive his roadster while he turned around and took some photos.

Stove Prairie Road

Alex Taking Off

Stove Prairie Road

Coming Through the Trees

We all made it safely back to our house and enjoyed some brats, beer, and time staring at my beautiful driveway. Until next spring…

Back to My Driveway

Side View

Side View

Rear View

All the photos of are courtesy of Colby and Alex. See more on Colby’s Flickr Photostream and Alex’s SmugMug page.