My Philosophy on driving and cars

As usual, a Hamann to start. Hamann M6, one of my favourite BMW ever.

Today topic is about my philosophy on driving. So just let me say my story using BMW cars photos.

1. Why auto while there is manual? Why manual while there is semi-auto?
I simply hate to drive auto-transmission cars. Don't ask me why, I can't really tell you the reason. There are actually many types of transmission, but most of them are in three categories, manual, automatic or semi-automatic. Manual transmission is the simplest, and semi-automatic is just complicated that one may not even have the chance to know all of it.


The gear box on AC Schnitzer TENSION BMW 6 Series.


BMW Individual 760Li Yatchline Concept. Note that there isn't even a gear stick there.


BMW M6. Strange gear stick, only available on M series.


BMW Sauber F1.07. Obviously this is a F1 steering with all functions on it. Maybe this is most attractive streering for me.

2. Why drive slow while you can drive fast?
This one is rather simple. I just believe that every guys in my age that drive will have some passion in driving fast. Well, if there is any guy who hate driving fast, I can't say he is not usual. Just that, maybe he haven't discover the wonderfulness of driving fast. But of course, by the mean of driving fast here, I don't mean that fast enough to make yourself harmful to the others.


BMW Le Mans Classic. It sure is classic enough.

3. Why 4 doors while there are 2 doors cars?
This is some kind of strange thoughts. Even if there are two same cars, I will prefer the one with just 2 doors instead of 4 doors. Well, car with just 2 doors simply look cooler and better than 4 doors car. And I really love 2-door sport cars.


BMW 3 series coupe.


BMW 3 series WITHOUT coupe.

4. Why roofed while there are convertibles?
Convertibles are best. I love convertibles. Many said that, "Hey, in a world that is full of air and noise pollution, convertibles are not suitable." I don't care, I just want a convertible.


BMW M6 WITHOUT convertible.


BMW M6 Cabriolet. Here, cabriolet means convertible. There are still a lot of convertible cars that name differently like spyder or roadster. There is still some different between like spyder and roadster, however, they all mean "roof-less".

5. Why four seated while there are two seated cars?
You know what is the benefit of two seated cars? Simple. Imagine you with your boyfriend or girlfriend or whatever, will you want others to get into your cars interrupting you two? Of course not. So, here comes the importance of two seated cars. OK, two seated cars are designed more for stability and weight purpose, because 2 lesser seats means that it is lighter. But who cares? What I want is a car that just can fit in my girlfriend (if any) and me, and that's enough.


Hamann BMW Z4 M Roadster. It's two-door, two seated, roadster and more importantly, it's from Hamann.

6. Why unmodified while there is Hamann or AC Schnitzer?
Well, I have probably said that modified cars are usually look better than original ones. For BMW, there are some major modify companies, like the very famous Hamann, AC Schnitzer and Alpina.


BMW M6 on the right. The left one is M1, and the middle one is older version of M6.


AC Schnitzer ACS6 Sport.


Alpina B6. This is actually modified from 6 series, not M6.


Hamann BMW M6 Widebody.

7. Just car
After talking all the craps, I still need to note that, given the points I mentioned, I love to drive no matter what car. Even if you want give me an auto, 4 doors, 5 seats normal car that cannot go fast, I still want it.


BMW M5. Almost forget to put this one, because M5 just looks very common. I don't really like M5, and I think you should know the reason after the points I mentioned.