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Originally Posted by M_Six

I know a couple of guys my age in my area who have new Corvettes. They're sharp looking, but not my cup of tea. I had fun with my Z4 around 10 years ago, but I'm done with the sports driving thing now. I like mellow and relaxed.

I still use the wife's Mazda 3 as a DD in town, and it works well for me because it's responsive to inputs, parks easy, and feels 2/3 the size of my car while having the same exterior dimensions. Less importantly, and because it's not lowered, I also don't have to spread 2X4s to navigate it in and out of our driveway.

This has lead me to thinking I'd like a more mellow and relaxed car for around-town driving. (I tend to lean on the MZ3 pretty hard, and it wouldn't hurt to get away from that, especially now that I'm homing-in on 80.)

Due to having owned so many BMWs, I'm pretty much committed to them and am considering ditching the MZ3 for a 5 Series. I've owned two of them before: an E12 (ancient, I know) and an E39 (ancient now, too, but not to us oldsters, right!), and while I'm not much interested in any of the modern tech that comes with a new German car, I think the current and previous 5 Series' generations could work. I'm thinking a G30 M550i with its AWD and V-8 might be the best way to make the transition.