Sad day but after 10+ years of ownership I finally said goodbye to my n52 coupe. What started out as a weekend car slowly converted to full time track car. Had no intentions of selling but good friend of mine was looking to replace his Elise and one thing led to another...
I will say the car was rock solid reliable and the motor pulled as strong as it did on Day 1. Headers, LSD, 3.73 gears, suspension, 255 square with some mild weight reduction made it the perfect track weapon. None of these are my PB but it shows what the n52 is capable of against other higher hp cars (with just street tires no less):
Lime Rock
NJMP
As for what’s in store for me, considered anything from e9x m3, m235i, and 987.2 but end of day I still have too strong of a connection to the E85/86, and frankly none of those cars have that special sauce. Hence I’ll be looking to jump into a M roadster. Never owned a convertible but it seems really appealing for a 3rd car (and I’d get more ‘utility’ vs a purpose built track car). I’ll update this thread once my replacement car is picked out.
How she looked week 1 after getting tints.... and then more recently, Aero trim, full suspension with Arc-8’s 17x9.5 square
Edit: See
post 12 for my replacement car!