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    Monterey Car Week / Legends of the Autobahn 2026

    I am in Monterey California for car week and attended the Legends of the Autobahn meet as a spectator earlier today. I took a bunch of photos with the intent to share them with you all here, knowing we have members from all over the world who may not be able to attend in person.

    I arrived and parked in the spectator parking area. You knew just by the cars in the parking area that this was going to be a good meet.
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    Here is the view as you walk into the event from the parking area. For those of you that aren’t aware, it takes place on the Pacific Grove Links golf course. The facility is immaculate, and the views were stunning. Unfortunately, the weather was gloomy with consistent drizzle. I felt a little bad for all the guys who worked hard to detail and prepare their cars for the judged portion of the show.
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    BMW showed up with a 40 years of M3 display. To be honest it was a little underwhelming, but still cool that they made the effort to show. Frank Van Meel was present and walking around the show as if he were a casual attendee.
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    The shear number of cars and the variety of cars to look at was a little overwhelming. Vintage restorations, concours level originals, stanced, OEM+, modern tuner builds, track cars, etc, there was something for everyone. I tried to take photos of a wide variety of cars to share with you all, but I probably only captured 10% of the cars on camera.
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    Last edited by Avedis; 08-13-2026, 04:08 PM.

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      #3
      Attempted to post around 30 additional photos but it was flagged as spam. Will update with more photos once moderator approves the post.
      Last edited by Avedis; 08-13-2026, 02:46 PM.

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        #4
        Thanks for sharing!

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          #5
          The 1/1 LSB E90 6MT escaped the gulag is INSANE.
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            #6
            Originally posted by Sharocks View Post
            The 1/1 LSB E90 6MT escaped the gulag is INSANE.
            😍 Then you see the sunroof 😭
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              #7
              Originally posted by Tbonem3 View Post

              😍 Then you see the sunroof 😭
              Sadly, they never made the e90 with a carbon roof. But not ordering that 1/1 with a slicktop is 😭
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                #8
                Thanks for sharing! I love the M4 GTS. Could be wrong here, but I think it is a forgotten and underappreciated car.
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                  #9
                  Hell Yeah! Thanks for sharing, I would love to do this car week one day.
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                    #10
                    Thanks for the pics!

                    Man, I'm SO glad I didn't push to make this, the weather would have really bummed me out.

                    That's funny you mention the BMW Car Club thing being half-hearted... when I talked to the rep he basically blew me off. No wonder, they clearly didn't have their shit together.

                    Since hotel rooms were non-existent, I was going to trailer the car in, leaving my house at 3AM. But they couldn't find a spot for trailers. At the last minute I just said it was too much trouble and bailed. Based on the pics, I would have swept the tuner class anyway. 😆

                    Oh well, there's always next year

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                      #11
                      This right here is why I quit taking my car to cars and coffee and any kind of "show"... EDIT: If that's a real GT and was my car, I'd lose it.

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                      But to OP thanks for posting pics, I missed the show by 3 weeks or so and was tempted to fly back; looks like the weather didn't' turn out so good.
                      Last edited by PSUEng; 08-14-2026, 04:49 PM.

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                        #12
                        He might just be pointing out the Motorsport lettering in the door handle, and be a few inches away.
                        DD: /// 2011.5 Jerez/bamboo E90 M3 · DCT · Slicktop · Instagram
                        /// 2004 Silvergrey M3 · Coupe · 6spd · Slicktop · zero options
                        More info: https://nam3forum.com/forums/forum/m...os-supersprint

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                          #13
                          Avedis Did you leave your m3 at home? Didn't know you were out here !

                          It's always foggy in the morning in Monterey, but this was particularly wet on Thursday. Fortunately, it cleared out after-noon. It was awesome seeing an e36 m3 GT and M1 for the first time. Legends felt like an OG meet of the old days without all the burble tunes for once.

                          Today (Friday), the weather is amazing. Car week has been lit as always.


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                            #14
                            Originally posted by bavarian3 View Post
                            Avedis Did you leave your m3 at home? Didn't know you were out here !

                            It's always foggy in the morning in Monterey, but this was particularly wet on Thursday. Fortunately, it cleared out after-noon. It was awesome seeing an e36 m3 GT and M1 for the first time. Legends felt like an OG meet of the old days without all the burble tunes for once.

                            Today (Friday), the weather is amazing. Car week has been lit as always.

                            Yup I’m out here for the weekend. I’ll be staying at the Andril Cottages until Monday morning. Shoot me a message if you’re attending any events and we can meet up.

                            I didn’t bring my M3, I was actually considering showing it next year after I attended the meet. I think it has the potential to win the super clean class depending on who shows up.

                            I agree with you in that the meet felt different. Far less douche-baggery than the average local shows I’ve been to. Seemed to be more filled with long term lovers of the brand rather than the newer crowd just looking for attention.

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                              #15
                              Beautiful, thanks for sharing!

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