Originally Posted by
GeraldChan
I do own a somewhat rare and very desireable E30 M3 (if you are a BMW fan you will know that many consider this the only true M3). I drive it all year round and even on salty, snowy roads. I get grief from other BMW fanatics because eventually the shell will be consumed by rust. I don't care, as it is a joy to drive it in the snow with the winter wheels & tires. I even use it on the race track and risk losing it to a tire barrier or concrete wall.
And I'd be one of those that would be horrified. Between the wife and myself, we've had two E36 M3's, and I hated taking them out in the rain, and wouldn't even consider snow and salty roads.
The track? That's another story. Screw up there, and at least the car went down in a manner of which it was supposed to be used. That's battle scars, not abuse.
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