Hannes has a point. The M3W is no bike, and never will be. Unique it may be, but you get the worst of both worlds with one in that you can't filter, you have to sit in traffic and park with the cars 99% of the time.
Having had one, it was great. For me as a motorcyclist I wanted a side by side tourer rather than a front & rear. We had a couple of years of fun, but the drawbacks of it when on holiday weren't immediately obvious but travelling to somewhere was fine. You'd kit up, pack and stack and arrive in style. The issues were when you were just going somewhere for a bite to eat.
Kitting up to drive a few miles to grab some food was a chore. Coming out of a cafe or restaurant and doing the whole thing again with potentially soaking gear was depressing after a while.
Last January my eldest and I went down to Bicester and it poured. We were sopping when we arrived and had to walk around in wet kit before putting the wet stuff on again to come home, with the hot bath etc afterwards. For me it was the final straw.
With a four wheeler, you have choices. You can choose whether to run roof down or not, you can choose whether to have heat or not. With the M3W I couldn't.
None of this is the fault of the car, it was my usage expectations that changed.
Only you will know whether or not to swap, no-one can make that decision for you. Just buy one for what it is, and not what you wish it to be.
It really IS a toy, but for me, I use the big GS for that. The bike covers ground in such a way that it's by far the most comfortable of anything I currently own, but it's the Mondeo of the bike world and people just walk past as if it's invisible..!!
Bear in mind also that the large engined 4/4 you have is quite a sought after beastie, so you would lose far less swapping to an M3W than the other way around..
Happy New Year, chum & good luck!
