A Midnight Cruise somewhere over the city of Los Angeles

jmg · 03-11-2025, 01:03 PM

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I got together with a few M2 owners for a late night canyon run. It was extremely dark and cold, but there was very little traffic, and we had most of the canyon to ourselves.

The G87 continues to impress me how fun it is to drive and how intoxicating it is to hear the roar of the S58 echo off the canyon walls. No, I’m not as fast as a GT3 RS, but I’m smiling nonetheless.

It was quite a nice change of pace from the daily commute through clogged city highways plagued by half-asleep traffic zombies.

fzr100098 · 03-11-2025, 03:36 PM

Great shots

DanieleT80 · 03-11-2025, 04:58 PM

Nice pics!!

jmg · 03-11-2025, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by fzr100098

Great shots

Thanks!

Viffermike · 03-11-2025, 05:45 PM

Do a little exposure touch-up on the M2s, OP, and those are damn near worthy of wallpaper. Nice shots!

jmg · 03-11-2025, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Viffermike

Do a little exposure touch-up on the M2s, OP, and those are damn near worthy of wallpaper. Nice shots!

Thanks! Yeah maybe I’ll do another pass.

mencio · 03-11-2025, 06:21 PM

Very nice shots and I agree there's nothing better than a fun night canyon cruise to clear the mind from the daily grind.

RPM33 · 03-11-2025, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by jmg

I got together with a few M2 owners for a late night canyon run. It was extremely dark and cold, but there was very little traffic, and we had most of the canyon to ourselves.

The G87 continues to impress me how fun it is to drive and how intoxicating it is to hear the roar of the S58 echo off the canyon walls. No, I’m not as fast as a GT3 RS, but I’m smiling nonetheless.

It was quite a nice change of pace from the daily commute through clogged city highways plagued by half-asleep traffic zombies.

Pictures look great! Almost looks like computer generated graphics.

jmg · 03-11-2025, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Viffermike

Do a little exposure touch-up on the M2s, OP, and those are damn near worthy of wallpaper. Nice shots!

Took another shot at the edit. What do you think of these?

carlos916 · 03-11-2025, 09:33 PM

i cant wait to head down south and catch a couple of nice scenic drives..

G87inJAX · 03-12-2025, 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by jmg

Took another shot at the edit. What do you think of these?

Subtle improvement but definitely improved. I love how the first shot kind of has the M colors represented in it. Now you just need a Toronto Red in your next drive.

Scott Z · 03-12-2025, 07:26 AM

Hands down the best pics I’ve ever seen on this forum. A plus.
Really well done.

MikeyP · 03-12-2025, 07:40 AM

Pictures made my home front page of Reddit!!! Beautiful pics.

jmg · 03-12-2025, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Scott Z

Hands down the best pics I’ve ever seen on this forum. A plus.
Really well done.

Thanks! I actually am not completely happy with them though. Took another swing:

Viffermike · 03-12-2025, 10:55 PM

jmg Both retouches are great. I'm partial to the second one - to me, good wallpaper draws the eyes to a central image yet has darker, uncluttered edges so icons can be easily seen.

Well done, sir!

Scott Z · 03-13-2025, 07:32 AM

Definitely the second one. I like seeing the sky and mountains.

W/// · 03-13-2025, 08:20 AM

Wow, these are killer! How are you liking it compared to the G82?

Jboss12 · 03-14-2025, 12:08 PM

Wow the last picture is incredible. Usually these long-exposures a played out, but these are awesome. Great work.

Kevin_The_Clean1 · 03-31-2025, 09:28 PM

Pretty sick shots as usual. I really like the lighting of the very first photo with the blue + white M2's of the very last photo. If you could photoshop the cars from the last photo into the first, you'd have the golden money shot.

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mencio First Lieutenant 432 Rep 366 Posts Drives: 2024 X5M (F95) LCI Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: SF Bay Area iTrader: (1)	Very nice shots and I agree there's nothing better than a fun night canyon cruise to clear the mind from the daily grind. __________________ 2024 X5M MBB \| IG: M3ncio Past: 2016 M3 MW/SO 6MT \| 2018 X5M F85 \| 2020 Tesla Model 3 \| 2018 VW Golf GTI \| 2014 335i M-Sport AW 6MT \| 2011 WRX STI \| 2004 Audi A4
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Viffermike Colonel 1869 Rep 3,036 Posts Drives: Coming: '25 SG/black M2 Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Big D iTrader: (0)	jmg Both retouches are great. I'm partial to the second one - to me, good wallpaper draws the eyes to a central image yet has darker, uncluttered edges so icons can be easily seen. Well done, sir! __________________ --Life is a journey made more exciting with a fast car.-- --Helmets are for closers.-- <<Current: 'Johnny Boy' '23 CR MINI JCW 2-door. Gone (but not forgotten): 'Allie' '18 NBM Porsche 718 Cayman; 'The Blackened' '15 MG 228i M Sport w/aFe filter/scoop, JL 600/6 w/Hertz drivers, P3Cars multigauge, other goodies>> Last edited by Viffermike; 03-12-2025 at 10:55 PM..
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Kevin_The_Clean1 Major General 4724 Rep 5,150 Posts Drives: 2020 X3 MC Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Campbell, CA iTrader: (12)	Pretty sick shots as usual. I really like the lighting of the very first photo with the blue + white M2's of the very last photo. If you could photoshop the cars from the last photo into the first, you'd have the golden money shot. __________________ 1998 E36 M3 - Totaled 2003 E39 M5 - Gone but not forgotten 2011 E90 335i M-Sport - Daily Driver 2017 F87 M2 - Sold & missed 2020 F97 X3 M Competition - Finally arrived ///
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