Orange is the new black

[Rasya]

A few samples from an autumn shoot with my two ///M's. These cars are so different to drive, but both are amazing in their own way. On the way to the Ring the 1M didn't have any trouble keeping up with the pace, once there it was a whole different story

[ExxelDistributions]

Looks Great!!!

[Powerbeast]

Great pair.

[johnr265]

[WestBankM4]

Nice combo, thanks for sharing.

[INDVDL///M]

Great looking shots! Love the rollers

[Osiris]

Wow. Great. That's exact combo I should be having in few days when the gts arrives. 1M in garage waiting. Is yours MG too? I guess I will be USA version of the same combo. Anyone else out there?

[KKSigs]

Very Nice!!!

[white2abbit]

What a great duo!

[dh3622]

Great pictures! More awesome vehicle!!

[Rasya]

Originally Posted by Osiris

Wow. Great. That's exact combo I should be having in few days when the gts arrives. 1M in garage waiting. Is yours MG too? I guess I will be USA version of the same combo. Anyone else out there?

Mine is MG as well! So indeed you're my stateside cousin :-) I'm loving the color on this car.

[Osiris]

Originally Posted by Rasya

Mine is MG as well! So indeed you're my stateside cousin :-) I'm loving the color on this car.

Nice. I should try to post pictures soon.

[Osiris]

Originally Posted by Rasya

Mine is MG as well! So indeed you're my stateside cousin :-) I'm loving the color on this car.

So how does the car feel compared to 1M?

[Jay-K]

Crazy pair!.
must be a whole load of fun right there!

[Rasya]

Originally Posted by Osiris

So how does the car feel compared to 1M?

Well, they are totally different cars in my opinion, besides both having a turbo inline six and weighing roughly the same (the gts is actually lighter, which I think is quite an achievement for the gts!). I'll try to describe how they behaved at this trip to give you guys an idea.

First big thing is entering the GTS and taking off. It looks way more purposeful, which is enforced if you climb in the deep bucket seats. Then you set it on fire and it sounds really angry. It's probably the loudest stock car I've driven. A lot of sounds enter the cabin, like the fuell pumps, gearbox clunks, gravel in the wheelarches, suspension squeecks,... This makes it really feel like leaving your driveway with a touring car. In comparison the 1M (mine is stock except midpipes) is like a pumped up 1 series. The GTS is more like a toned down racer feelwise.

Then leaving town you are breaking necks everywhere. It just sounds angry. It feels really connected to the road, in a more planted way then the 1M. Brakes feel way more solid, not comparable even. The mid range is more progressive and with less lag in the GTS. More linear feeling, more NA-like, while 1M is clearly turboed. All sounds change around you while getting more revs in, not only the engine's.

On Highways it just feels solid, more planted at higher speeds then 1M for sure. Tramlining is worse, which is logical. We have bad roads in belgium..

Then around Spa, we dove off the highway and onto twisty backroads with a lot of elevation changes up to 1000m height, direction Nurburg. The 1M really shines in the narrow curves and hairpins, where it feels as a fish in the water (mine is on Toyo R1R's, which I can't say anything bad about). The GTS feels grumpy in these sections, is harder to put into a soft slide and it's just slower on this type of roads.

Then we entered Germany and were welcomed with better and larger roads. As soon as curves and roads get wider and faster, it's a totally different story. The GTS enters and exits in slight slides, feels very confident and the brakes are rock solid. The sound gets to level amazing. In little towns everybody you meet applause for the sound they heard you produce in the hills .

In the end, we did some laps at the Nordschleife. There was a lot of traffic, but GTS felt at home and I was not passed in the few laps I did. Didn't time the laps, sorry, probably in the 8min range. In the 1M the faster sections are less secure in my opinion. I need better brakes on this car.

All together, I do get the negative complaints on the car. But I just don't care about the things they complain about. I do care about the nimbleness, the racecar feel (yes, I've driven 'real' race cars), the turn-in, the sound, the power delivery, the looks inside and out. And in the end, I LOVE the fact that it's so polarising, because so am I .

[Osiris]

Originally Posted by Rasya

Well, they are totally different cars in my opinion, besides both having a turbo inline six and weighing roughly the same (the gts is actually lighter, which I think is quite an achievement for the gts!). I'll try to describe how they behaved at this trip to give you guys an idea.

First big thing is entering the GTS and taking off. It looks way more purposeful, which is enforced if you climb in the deep bucket seats. Then you set it on fire and it sounds really angry. It's probably the loudest stock car I've driven. A lot of sounds enter the cabin, like the fuell pumps, gearbox clunks, gravel in the wheelarches, suspension squeecks,... This makes it really feel like leaving your driveway with a touring car. In comparison the 1M (mine is stock except midpipes) is like a pumped up 1 series. The GTS is more like a toned down racer feelwise.

Then leaving town you are breaking necks everywhere. It just sounds angry. It feels really connected to the road, in a more planted way then the 1M. Brakes feel way more solid, not comparable even. The mid range is more progressive and with less lag in the GTS. More linear feeling, more NA-like, while 1M is clearly turboed. All sounds change around you while getting more revs in, not only the engine's.

On Highways it just feels solid, more planted at higher speeds then 1M for sure. Tramlining is worse, which is logical. We have bad roads in belgium..

Then around Spa, we dove off the highway and onto twisty backroads with a lot of elevation changes up to 1000m height, direction Nurburg. The 1M really shines in the narrow curves and hairpins, where it feels as a fish in the water (mine is on Toyo R1R's, which I can't say anything bad about). The GTS feels grumpy in these sections, is harder to put into a soft slide and it's just slower on this type of roads.

Then we entered Germany and were welcomed with better and larger roads. As soon as curves and roads get wider and faster, it's a totally different story. The GTS enters and exits in slight slides, feels very confident and the brakes are rock solid. The sound gets to level amazing. In little towns everybody you meet applause for the sound they heard you produce in the hills .

In the end, we did some laps at the Nordschleife. There was a lot of traffic, but GTS felt at home and I was not passed in the few laps I did. Didn't time the laps, sorry, probably in the 8min range. In the 1M the faster sections are less secure in my opinion. I need better brakes on this car.

All together, I do get the negative complaints on the car. But I just don't care about the things they complain about. I do care about the nimbleness, the racecar feel (yes, I've driven 'real' race cars), the turn-in, the sound, the power delivery, the looks inside and out. And in the end, I LOVE the fact that it's so polarising, because so am I .

Lovely description. Thank you Belgian cousin :-))

[Osiris]

More to come after clean up

[Rasya]

Originally Posted by Osiris

More to come after clean up

Woa, that is so funny weird to see! Is your 1M stock as well?

[Osiris]

Originally Posted by Rasya

Woa, that is so funny weird to see! Is your 1M stock as well?

Yes all stock.

[vladberca]

One of the best M pairs!!! Congrats to both of you! 👍

[Rasya]

Originally Posted by Osiris

More to come after clean up

Did you manage to get some more pics of the brothers?

[Osiris]

Originally Posted by Rasya

Did you manage to get some more pics of the brothers?

Not yet. It's been freezing here. I washed one but to cold to wash the other. I don't go to car wash. I barely had a chance to drive them. But the gts is scary though.