I dropped my car off at my local dealer this morning to get the leaking rear door vapor barriers fixed, for the *third time* in the last 18 months.
While I was waiting for the paperwork, I wandered into the new car showroom, where they had not one but two new M5s. A black one and a dark blue one. I notice that the SMG shifter paddles are fixed to the back of the steering wheel rather than being fixed on the steering column. That's a surprise to me. I can see doing that in a F1 car where the steering lock is so small that you never take your hands off the wheel, but on a road car?
Back to reality: my loaner was a Hyundai Santa Fe SUV. Forgetting for a moment what I was driving when I left to go on to work, I started into the turnpike ramp curve quite a bit too fast. Not stupid fast, but fast enough to abruptly remind me of reality.