There is something funny about having children, or having a mid-life crisis. Seems that one of CAR's writers cannot refrain from collecting a car, here or there.
But there is something special about his new car of choice, the E12 M535. It was the first hand built car to come out of the M division, even before the M5. And Chilton says that interest has picked up on it because its numbers are dwindling quite fast.
Too bad we never saw one in the States...
CAR Magazine reports:
"There’s something about impending fatherhood that makes me rush out and buy cars that I have absolutely no need for. Maybe it’s a midlife crisis thing, I’m not sure, but I can tell you that children are certainly expensive, though not for the reasons everyone thinks.
Three years ago I bought a 1989 911 Carrera two weeks before my son was born. Now, with another baby less than a month away, I’ve convinced myself that what I really need is a 1981 BMW M535i, the blue car you can see in the picture. Yes, the picture in which there’s also a white E12 M535i. Regular CAR Magazine readers may have seen it before lurking in a long-term test picture when I dragged it out from under a tree with my old Lexus IS-F..."
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