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Old 03-18-2018, 12:23 AM
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Default Finally brought my car home.

Well the weather finally seemed to break and so I decided to go pick up my new to me GS. It was up in Madison Wisconsin, about 300 miles away. Such an amazing car and way better interior than my 05 had. I bought it off the forum on a whim, I was looking for ZL1 but now I’m not looking back. It’s a 2011 M6 with 33k miles, 3lt trim package with navigation, magnetic ride, and dual mode exhaust. I’ve always loved orange on my cars and bikes but crystal red metallic looks amazing and it matches my currently Harley. On the way home I think I hit about every weather situation you can manage. It was nice and sunny when we left but I drive through rain, snow, and sleet, but it’s tucked away in the garage. It’s filthy and in need of good detail.
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Very nice ... congrats on the new ride
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The interior is two tone, red and black. It Took a little bit for the interior to grow on me but I’ve fallen in love with it.
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Sweet ride. I had the same kind of weather on my drive home from the dealer, and that was only ~100 miles.
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OH CRAP! You actually drove it through RAIN/SNOW and such! Your car is ruined. LOL, enjoy your new ride. Nice looking car!
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OH CRAP! You actually drove it through RAIN/SNOW and such! Your car is ruined. LOL, enjoy your new ride. Nice looking car!
I was thinking of turning it into insurance for a flood car after driving through the rain.
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Originally Posted by artz66
Well the weather finally seemed to break and so I decided to go pick up my new to me GS. It was up in Madison Wisconsin, about 300 miles away. Such an amazing car and way better interior than my 05 had. I bought it off the forum on a whim, I was looking for ZL1 but now I’m not looking back. It’s a 2011 M6 with 33k miles, 3lt trim package with navigation, magnetic ride, and dual mode exhaust. I’ve always loved orange on my cars and bikes but crystal red metallic looks amazing and it matches my currently Harley. On the way home I think I hit about every weather situation you can manage. It was nice and sunny when we left but I drive through rain, snow, and sleet, but it’s tucked away in the garage. It’s filthy and in need of good detail.
Nice ride and nice avatar
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Great color and stripe combo.
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The Comp Gray wheels are perfect with that color and the GS stripes. Car looks great! Congrats on a nice find.
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Originally Posted by artz66
The interior is two tone, red and black. It Took a little bit for the interior to grow on me but I’ve fallen in love with it.
Funny when I went to MacMulkin at the time to buy a new GS I said it has to be a 2013 (no leftovers) and it has to have the cobalt red/ebony interior, otherwise don't show me anything. They had it and I love it.

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Nice color, and the 6M is always fun to drive!
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Congrats, looks nice!

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Congratulations! Love the color.
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That. Is beautiful.
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Default Fresh detail.

The paint was super rough and felt like sandpaper so I took a clay bar to it and then buffed it with my porter cable and now it really shines


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