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And the push button on the floor to turn your brights on/off with your foot

 

[rubberduck]

And the power steering you could spin with no effort with one finger and look like a boss parallel parking.

 

[Roadhawk]

You must not be old enough when everything American was V8. I still miss cars with front bench seats. Those were some great times.

Well I am actually. But when all my friends were into muscle cars - I was more into Fiats, Aphas, Triumphs, MGs and such. But not being so mechanically inclined my 2 seater ended up being a supercharged MR2 in 1989. I've certainly spent time in friend's GTOs, Javelins, Chargers and the like back in the day....but they were never the car for me.

Don't get me wrong....its not that I don't love the V8s and muscle cars (up to a point)...I'm just more of a zig zagger vs straight line speed....though not allergic to that either...

The 4 V BW is the first American car I've ever bought. By the time I was buying cars for myself Japanese cars seemed a better fit to my interests (and lack of mechanical acumen)...then when I had a bit more $ I was more into the Germans (first being my 2001 Audi S4)...but an M5 was always going to be too big and heavy...and to me todays M3s might as well be M5s. And forced induction with its ready torque and easy ability to enhance....well...who needed a V8?

Even a 4 V BW is borderline too large and heavy a car for me. If it weren't such a great car I'd have bought something smaller like an M2 comp....and even that car is on the porky side as far as I'm concerned. Thats just me.