Thanks everyone! I got a little bonus time on the skid pad in an M4 Comp yesterday. My instructor buddy offered the M4 as the very best car he's seen out of M. He'll be at VIR this weekend and has been at the wheel of BMWs since before he started as an instructor 20 years ago. THAT is high praise.

This one had the carbon seats. Real.. nut grabbers, if you knowutImean. THe car even has a 'drift mode' where you can analyze your best drifts. He hopped in and quickly bested the 4.25 stars to 5. It was then he told me he'd never driven that one. He'd had exactly 5 minutes at the wheel. Yikes.

My, uhhh, *performance* was, well.. not even ONE star.

In other news, our plans now include a few days at the beach in Edisto Beach, SC. From there? Well, who knows. Maybe Tampa to visit family.

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