{"id":3200,"date":"2012-11-06T17:03:29","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T00:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/?p=3200"},"modified":"2012-11-06T17:05:45","modified_gmt":"2012-11-07T00:05:45","slug":"3rd-annual-mcbg-fall-drive-bbq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/index.php\/2012\/11\/3rd-annual-mcbg-fall-drive-bbq\/","title":{"rendered":"3rd Annual MCBG Fall Drive & BBQ"},"content":{"rendered":"

As it’s been over a month, and I have not done a write-up of my own M Coupe event, Alex was generous enough to let me post his. It was pretty awesome to have one of the largest coupe gatherings in the country at my house. It was an epic day! From Alex as copied from his blog, Life on the Lee-Side<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Fall is officially here, which means it’s time for the M Coupe Buyers Guide Fall Barbecue. M Coupe Buyers Guide is the best M Coupe resource on the internet. \u00a0We meet at its creator Jon’s house every spring and fall to stretch our car’s legs a little and geek out in his driveway. This year we had a record setting 9 M Coupes, 2 M Roadsters, 3 E90 M3’s, 2 E36 M3’s, and 2 motorcycles. \u00a0My brother John flew out for the weekend and drove the new addition to my fleet, a track prepped M Roady (I’ll post more about that later).<\/p>\n

The New Addition<\/strong><\/p>\n

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As the cars rolled into Jon’s neighborhood the numbers in attendance this year became staggering compared to previous years. \u00a0Lindsey travelled the farthest distance, coming all the way from Bozeman, MT in his Cosmos Black M Coupe with gold wheels. \u00a0Colby had the newest addition, with his nearly mint Dakar Yellow M Coupe. \u00a0Seth, who I met by refusing to allow his oil to be changed at Jiffy Lube came up with his Estoril Blue M Coupe.<\/p>\n

A Record 9 M Coupes<\/strong><\/p>\n

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After the obligitory photo session we drove out usual route through Poudre Canyon and Stove Prairie. \u00a0The High Park Fire this year had scorched large swaths of the canyon, while the ongoing drought had reduced the Poudre River to a trickle. \u00a0The colors of the canyon were diverse, with the usual yellow and orange colors contrasted deeply by black and greys in the burned areas. \u00a0There was a certain beauty to the destruction that contrasted the vivid colors of our M Coupe’s brilliantly. \u00a0The impact of the fire on the community, even after three months, was still fresh. \u00a0Signs thanking firefighters were posted by many residents and on Stove Prarire helicopters were dropping straw on mud slide prone burn areas.<\/p>\n

80 Years of Automobile Evolution Separated by a Gas Pump<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staging Before the Canyon<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Colby’s Dakar Yellow M Coupe<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Firefighter Gratitude<\/strong><\/p>\n

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John Driving the M Roady<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Into the Canyon<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Drought Stricken Poudre River Slowed to a Trickle<\/strong><\/p>\n

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More Gratitude<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Headed Up Stove Prairie<\/strong><\/p>\n

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See the Helicopter?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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John and I had to break off at the end of the drive, but not until we all got together for one last photo session overlooking Horsetooth Reservior.<\/p>\n

One Last Group Shot<\/strong><\/p>\n

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John in the Roady<\/strong><\/p>\n

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As it’s been over a month, and I have not done a write-up of my own M Coupe event, Alex was generous enough to let me post his. It was pretty awesome to have one of the largest coupe gatherings in the country at my house. It was an epic day! From Alex as copied from his blog, Life on the Lee-Side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[88,41],"tags":[92,124,123,126,115,58,125,127,33,128],"class_list":["post-3200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-mine","tag-alpine-white","tag-black-sapphire","tag-cosmos-black","tag-dakar-yellow","tag-estoril-blue","tag-imola-red","tag-m-roadster","tag-poudre-canyon","tag-steel-gray","tag-stove-prairie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3200"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3207,"href":"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3200\/revisions\/3207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.mcoupebuyersguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}