You should follow your own car once from behind

fdsjkl · 01-16-2015, 05:55 AM

Picked up wife's Macan S two days ago.
On the way home, I asked her to drive my manual M4 and I followed behind her just to see and hear the car from a third person perspective.

Man, it looks so much more sexier in motion than stationary and more importantly, sounds so much better than as if you are sitting inside the cabin, even idling at traffic light. I yelled 'damn' and 'fxxx' more than 20 times on my way home that day especially when I asked her to rev all the way to 6k rpm in 2nd gear(that's already too much for her to handle my M2 mode, sport+, DSC off) and quickly let go off it.

I may be silly, but I really wish Active Sound pumps sound from exhaust tip rather than engine. Whenever I want to enjoy the sound of my M4, I have to wind the window down with A/C on, mute music and put it in sport+ mode(I'm pretty sure it sounds not as aggressive in sport than sport+).

Lups · 01-16-2015, 06:12 AM

Suggest this to anyone sane (not a car person). That should give you the good meds.

I have not done this, I just wanted to experience the power of my friends ten year old Volvo while going into the same direction.

/// M sa · 01-16-2015, 06:51 AM

I ve done that as well and I agree M3 here

M4ever? · 01-16-2015, 07:07 AM

Will definitely try that as well. Problem is, I don't know how to stay behind her close enough to listen... her car is a FIAT Uno.

mkoesel · 01-16-2015, 07:46 AM

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You should follow your own car once from behind

Can one follow a car from in front?

cotmfk · 01-16-2015, 07:59 AM

Has anyone figured out how to turn the active sound off yet?

Blindside_137 · 01-16-2015, 08:00 AM

I do this for my dad all the time so he can see his Z06 and hear it drive by. It's tons of fun.

Heck even when he's in my E93 I am like damn my car looks good! Everyone should do this with their car at some point. It offers great perspective!

hyperboost · 01-16-2015, 08:10 AM

I completely agree!

MaynardZed · 01-16-2015, 08:28 AM

It must sound good from outside the car. A bunch of times at the track I've had guys come up to me to tell me how awesome the car sounds listening to it going around the track.

Wei718 · 01-16-2015, 08:34 AM

Just this past Monday I saw a F80 exactly like mines and I followed him for a little bit and my god that sure does looks good. Then I went besides him and threw him a peace sign and he followed me. We were both admiring our own cars. While I was in front of him I kept looking at my rear view mirror just to see the front end in motion. It look so aggressive and beefy especially with the led headlights.

cctm4me · 01-16-2015, 08:34 AM

I had to valet against my better judgement recently and I just sat there stared at it while it was driving away as long as I could. Even jumped in front of other cars pulling in so that I could see it longer.

Doctor///M · 01-16-2015, 09:02 AM

Sport+, windows down, 1st gear in a parking garage.

Powerbeast · 01-16-2015, 09:12 AM

YES! I have done this exact thing before and this really makes you appreciate the cats sexiness.

Lups · 01-16-2015, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by mkoesel

Can one follow a car from in front?

Dear M, are you feeling okay? I gave spotted you letting loose this week two times already. I'm worried about you, our cranky dude!

Take it was, laughter causes awful things like wrinkles and happiness and above all, following people from the front.

rubber_ducky · 01-16-2015, 09:49 AM

How do you like the Macan?

catch · 01-16-2015, 03:50 PM

I agree with you completely! Seeing your own car driving is always an experience, one that non car people will never understand

YMB-M3-J2 · 01-16-2015, 04:18 PM

just did this same thing yesterday... i rarely let my better half drive the car because i cant stand being without it but i thought it was time that i see it in action... very sexy and sounds lovely.. I even caught a few people taking pictures of it that i normally wont see when actually driving the car.

M3Robby · 01-16-2015, 05:56 PM

Wife followed me to the store the other day. Said a guy jogging tripped and feel in the grass watching me go by. Got up and just stood watching.

nene · 01-16-2015, 06:40 PM

Holy cow Aussie, this post is dejavu for me.
Went to pick up a Macan Turbo with the wife at the beginning of December, and I drove the Macan just so I could see the car in motion from different angles.

She sure is purrrrrrty (the wife of course, in case she is reading this)!

Accel Junky · 01-16-2015, 06:46 PM

I know what you mean. Have followed behind my wife in her F80 while in mine and it is like the best of both worlds: seeing and experiencing at the same time

GrussGott · 01-16-2015, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by M3Robby

Wife followed me to the store the other day. Said a guy jogging tripped and feel in the grass watching me go by. Got up and just stood watching.

You gotta move away from that bar.

MaX PL · 01-16-2015, 07:09 PM

wait, so two users here went to the dealer with their wives, to pick up cars for their wives, and want to convince us that they wanted to see their Ms from behind instead of being first to drive their wives new cars home?

01-16-2015, 05:55 AM	#1
fdsjkl Private 54 Rep 93 Posts Drives: 2014 M4 Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: QLD Australia iTrader: (0)	You should follow your own car once from behind Picked up wife's Macan S two days ago. On the way home, I asked her to drive my manual M4 and I followed behind her just to see and hear the car from a third person perspective. Man, it looks so much more sexier in motion than stationary and more importantly, sounds so much better than as if you are sitting inside the cabin, even idling at traffic light. I yelled 'damn' and 'fxxx' more than 20 times on my way home that day especially when I asked her to rev all the way to 6k rpm in 2nd gear(that's already too much for her to handle my M2 mode, sport+, DSC off) and quickly let go off it. I may be silly, but I really wish Active Sound pumps sound from exhaust tip rather than engine. Whenever I want to enjoy the sound of my M4, I have to wind the window down with A/C on, mute music and put it in sport+ mode(I'm pretty sure it sounds not as aggressive in sport than sport+).
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/// M sa Major 241 Rep 1,418 Posts Drives: F80 MG Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Delmarva iTrader: (0)	I ve done that as well and I agree M3 here
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M4ever? Private 5 Rep 71 Posts Drives: M4 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Germany BW iTrader: (0)	Will definitely try that as well. Problem is, I don't know how to stay behind her close enough to listen... her car is a FIAT Uno.
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cotmfk Major General 2051 Rep 6,110 Posts Drives: M3 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Somewhere between DC and FL iTrader: (12)	Has anyone figured out how to turn the active sound off yet? __________________ When you say impact instead of affect/effect, you are communicating that you don't understand the difference between the two words, and are too lazy to learn.
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Blindside_137 Lieutenant General 6710 Rep 10,598 Posts Drives: 2011.75 SSII E90 M3 ZCP Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Raleigh, NC iTrader: (2)	I do this for my dad all the time so he can see his Z06 and hear it drive by. It's tons of fun. Heck even when he's in my E93 I am like damn my car looks good! Everyone should do this with their car at some point. It offers great perspective!
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hyperboost Captain 66 Rep 813 Posts Drives: M3 Boxster Corvette M5C Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Boston iTrader: (0)	I completely agree! __________________ 21 M5C DD\|21 M550 xDrive\|05 E46M3 race car 6SPD\|2019 2LT Corvette GS 7SPD track car\|22 Tundra SR5 TRD Sport\|19 Q7 V6 & 22 Q7 2.0T\|20 G63\|19 Vantage 4.0TT\|22 Boxster 25 Year 6SPD sold\|08 Porsche Cayman 5SPD sold\|18 R8 RWS sold\|Many previous cars
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MaynardZed Lieutenant Colonel 1231 Rep 1,789 Posts Drives: wife crazy Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Phoenix iTrader: (0) Garage List 2019 Ford Raptor [0.00] 2016 Porsche 991.1 ... [0.00] 1987 Chevy Camaro I ... [0.00] 1972 Chevy Corvette [0.00] 1999 BMW M3 race car [0.00]	It must sound good from outside the car. A bunch of times at the track I've had guys come up to me to tell me how awesome the car sounds listening to it going around the track. __________________ Road course laptimes for BMW M4 2015 6MT WHP East Track: 1:04.880, Arizona Motorsports Park: 1:54.352 Road course laptimes for Porsche 911 991.1 GTS 7MT WHP East Track: 1:02.770, Arizona Motorsports Park: 1:48.889
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01-16-2015, 08:34 AM	#10
Wei718 Major 340 Rep 1,089 Posts Drives: 718 GT4 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Hayward iTrader: (9)	Just this past Monday I saw a F80 exactly like mines and I followed him for a little bit and my god that sure does looks good. Then I went besides him and threw him a peace sign and he followed me. We were both admiring our own cars. While I was in front of him I kept looking at my rear view mirror just to see the front end in motion. It look so aggressive and beefy especially with the led headlights.
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cctm4me First Lieutenant 137 Rep 372 Posts Drives: 2015 F82 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Orlando iTrader: (0)	I had to valet against my better judgement recently and I just sat there stared at it while it was driving away as long as I could. Even jumped in front of other cars pulling in so that I could see it longer. __________________ M4 - White Sex Panther E46 M3 - Pablo the cocaine smuggling donkey
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Powerbeast Lieutenant General 5414 Rep 10,825 Posts Drives: F80 M3 RarriRot Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: SoCal iTrader: (4)	YES! I have done this exact thing before and this really makes you appreciate the cats sexiness.
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01-16-2015, 09:49 AM	#15
rubber_ducky Colonel 386 Rep 2,989 Posts Drives: roach coach Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: boston-ish iTrader: (21)	How do you like the Macan?
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catch Major General 668 Rep 7,148 Posts Drives: F80 M3 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Thornhill iTrader: (27)	I agree with you completely! Seeing your own car driving is always an experience, one that non car people will never understand __________________ 2016 F80 M3 Mineral White/Sakhir Orange 2013 BMW S1000RR Flat Silver <stolen> 2007 BMW E92 335i Jet Black/Jade Grey <sold>
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YMB-M3-J2 Major 258 Rep 1,309 Posts Drives: YMB M3 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: South Florida iTrader: (0) Garage List 2016 BMW X6M [0.00] 2018 BMW M3 [0.00] 2015 BMW X4 35i [0.00] 2015 BMW M4 (SOLD) [0.00] 2012 BMW 328i SL(SOLD) [0.00] 2008 BMW 328i (SOLD) [0.00] 2007 C230 Komp (SOLD) [0.00] 1999 BMW 328i (SOLD) [0.00]	just did this same thing yesterday... i rarely let my better half drive the car because i cant stand being without it but i thought it was time that i see it in action... very sexy and sounds lovely.. I even caught a few people taking pictures of it that i normally wont see when actually driving the car.
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01-16-2015, 05:56 PM	#18
M3Robby Private 45 Rep 74 Posts Drives: BSM/SS F80 ///M3 Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Chicago iTrader: (0)	Wife followed me to the store the other day. Said a guy jogging tripped and feel in the grass watching me go by. Got up and just stood watching.
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nene Second Lieutenant 137 Rep 236 Posts Drives: Various Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Boston, MA iTrader: (0) Garage List 2015 BMW M4c [9.00]	Holy cow Aussie, this post is dejavu for me. Went to pick up a Macan Turbo with the wife at the beginning of December, and I drove the Macan just so I could see the car in motion from different angles. She sure is purrrrrrty (the wife of course, in case she is reading this)! __________________ M5C:G550:RS6:Macan-T:911TT :: (M4:P90D:XKR:550ix:M3:TT:545i:CLK:S4)
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Accel Junky High on Acceleration 671 Rep 1,439 Posts Drives: 08 M3, 90 GTR, 21 Gladiator Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Georgia, USA iTrader: (6)	I know what you mean. Have followed behind my wife in her F80 while in mine and it is like the best of both worlds: seeing and experiencing at the same time
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MaX PL Major 533 Rep 1,415 Posts Drives: M3 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: NY iTrader: (0)	wait, so two users here went to the dealer with their wives, to pick up cars for their wives, and want to convince us that they wanted to see their Ms from behind instead of being first to drive their wives new cars home?
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