Colorado Spring M Coupe Drive

Including both variants there were only 2870 BMW M C0upes produced for the North American market. I know of about 10 in Colorado, of which I know 6 of the owners to some degree. Chris in Ft. Collins, who imported one from San Diego, is the newest M Coupe on that list. All winter long my friend Mike and I have been itching for a window of nice weather to get our M Coupes out for a drive. Meeting up with Chris to check out his new M Coupe for was the perfect excuse to make that happen. I did a drive with Mike last year and it was one of the funnest drives I've done with the car. Unfortunately, Chris couldn't make it, but we posted an invitation on a local BMW board and a few other locals came out.

Our route took us through the continuously twisting canyon roads in the foothill of Colorado's Front Range. We met at the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon and headed West to the Peak to Peak Highway. From there we Headed North through Nederland accidentally parading our cars through the Frozen Dead Guy Festival, with a photo stop at Barker Meadow Reservoir. After the photo stop we continued North to Ward for lunch at the Mill Site Inn. After lunch we descended back to the flat lands down Left Hand Canyon finally parting ways in North Boulder. The route had a great diversity of road types including tight switchbacks, high speed sweeping turns, long straight sections, constantly changing elevation, and beautiful scenery throughout. It was a little early in the year and there was still deep snow in the mountains resulting in some residual sand on the roads at time.

It was a great group of people, our caravan included 2 M Coupes, 2 M3's, an E30 Race Car, a 5 series, a Subaru WRX, and a Lincoln LS! I'll let the pictures excessive number of pictures below tell the rest of the story.

Meeting Up

Coal Creek Canyon

Barker Meadow Reservoir Photo Shoot

HDR Shots

Peak to Peak Highway

Pit Stop

Left Hand Canyon

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