My Amazing M3 Purchase in Oahu

AIRHEIR · 06-18-2018, 06:46 AM

Congrats man. Nice story. Luv that ur wife pushed u to get the beast. She's a keeper.

Aapparition90 · 06-18-2018, 09:15 AM

Nice story. Now tell me Honestly the wildest moment you have had in this car

ashpal19 · 06-18-2018, 11:39 PM

Very nice story and a great upgrade from 335 to an M3!

PAY M3 · 06-19-2018, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Aapparition90

Nice story. Now tell me Honestly the wildest moment you have had in this car

That's an easy one. I had recently interviewed for a new position in my company and after leaving I was feeling pretty good. So of course I throw on some good music and begin getting on the freeway. There were no cars in sight so I decided to punch it! Problem was I did not realize the ground was a little wet from a light drizzle that happened while in my interview. Rear end slid to the left about a foot @ 75m mph, maintained control and took off like a rocket.

While not always fun, at times I'm pretty thankful for the nanny's this car has!

Aapparition90 · 06-19-2018, 07:45 AM

Haha yeah it wriggles ! Just keep the gas pedal buried !

ando · 06-19-2018, 08:05 AM

Major congrats and great story.

classyfast · 06-26-2018, 11:00 PM

This is a pretty cool story....mine was the opposite!! When I brought my wife into our dealership to pick up her X5, I got pumped when I saw an f80 in the showroom, took her over to show it to her as I've been debating on whether to get another rwd drive car to go through CT winters.....she sits on it, I have coral red Dakota w SBM on my f30 335, and the f80 had sakhir, close enough.....she looks at me and says "how the hell is this car over 80k when it looks exactly like your car now and it's basically a dressed up 3 series!" Lol. I explained the motor, brakes, body work, etc.....nothing worked.

I will still eventually get an f80 as I've owned every iteration of m3 since e36 (obviously pre-wife).

Have to put some work in!!

Enjoy your f80!

nano10 · 06-27-2018, 02:27 AM

Congratulations OP great story and cool to see you are getting your dream car and doing it on your terms. Great deal on the rate, Enjoy!!!

ZKing1208 · 06-27-2018, 02:37 AM

So you floored the car right off the showroom floor and then moved on to the other car? Lol. To each their own but this is exactly why I would never buy a car that's been test driven before. You may not care about the break-in period but that's a dealbreaker for some. Forget 1200 miles, you floored it before it hit 15 miles and most likely on a cold engine. Well done!

On a lighter note. Beautiful car!

Speedwell-Industries · 07-31-2018, 05:14 PM

Awesome story!! Glad that your wife and kids love the car too, and that your dream came true!

NVA2L8-II · 08-01-2018, 09:16 PM

Great write up and upgrade!

Congrats on your ride... ALOHA~!

mile2424 · 08-01-2018, 10:48 PM

awesome story and congrats on the beauty!

ashpal19 · 02-08-2019, 12:21 PM

This is simply perfect ! What more can one ask for?

Great congratulations!

Humdizzle · 02-08-2019, 01:02 PM

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It's all relative. When I was 18 2k seemed like a lot of money. I know a guy that bought a Tesla cash, right now that seems like a lot of money to me!

All about the math though, 80k can earn a ton of interest, so can 30k however I'm all about numbers and wanted my payment to be less than a certain percentage of our expendable income every month so that we don't affect savings each month.

I guess in the end it's whatever you are comfortable with, could I handle a 0 down payment? Sure, but I'd be bothered and have trouble sleeping at night if I was paying that much every month. Theres a magic number on what's acceptable as a payment for me with auto's. Same either way though.

smart man. and congrats

always a better idea to put down as much as you can in my opinion. the bank makes less interest off you. and your less likely to blow money on mods seeing a smaller bank account (at least that's what I tell myself lol).

06-18-2018, 06:46 AM	#23
AIRHEIR X3M Comp 444 Rep 718 Posts Drives: X3M Comp Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: NJ iTrader: (4)	Congrats man. Nice story. Luv that ur wife pushed u to get the beast. She's a keeper.
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06-18-2018, 09:15 AM	#24
Aapparition90 Captain 193 Rep 806 Posts Drives: 2016 lci m3 mw Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: sydney iTrader: (0) Garage List 2014 bmw 328i [0.00] 2012 bmw 328i [0.00]	Nice story. Now tell me Honestly the wildest moment you have had in this car
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06-18-2018, 11:39 PM	#25
ashpal19 Private 33 Rep 61 Posts Drives: 2016 328i, 08 335i(prev) Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Plano, TX iTrader: (0)	Very nice story and a great upgrade from 335 to an M3!
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06-19-2018, 07:45 AM	#27
Aapparition90 Captain 193 Rep 806 Posts Drives: 2016 lci m3 mw Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: sydney iTrader: (0) Garage List 2014 bmw 328i [0.00] 2012 bmw 328i [0.00]	Haha yeah it wriggles ! Just keep the gas pedal buried !
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06-19-2018, 08:05 AM	#28
ando Colonel 2001 Rep 2,148 Posts Drives: i5 eDr40, G80 and F80 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Chicago iTrader: (0) Garage List 2024 BMW i5 eDr40 [10.00] 2022 BMW M3 [7.50] 2015 BMW M3 [0.00]	Major congrats and great story.
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06-26-2018, 11:00 PM	#29
classyfast Banned 669 Rep 2,219 Posts Drives: e36m/e46m/E92 LCI 335/f30 335 Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: CT iTrader: (0)	This is a pretty cool story....mine was the opposite!! When I brought my wife into our dealership to pick up her X5, I got pumped when I saw an f80 in the showroom, took her over to show it to her as I've been debating on whether to get another rwd drive car to go through CT winters.....she sits on it, I have coral red Dakota w SBM on my f30 335, and the f80 had sakhir, close enough.....she looks at me and says "how the hell is this car over 80k when it looks exactly like your car now and it's basically a dressed up 3 series!" Lol. I explained the motor, brakes, body work, etc.....nothing worked. I will still eventually get an f80 as I've owned every iteration of m3 since e36 (obviously pre-wife). Have to put some work in!! Enjoy your f80!
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06-27-2018, 02:27 AM	#30
nano10 Lieutenant Colonel 448 Rep 1,846 Posts Drives: 2018 F80 M3 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Lake Forest, CA iTrader: (6)	Congratulations OP great story and cool to see you are getting your dream car and doing it on your terms. Great deal on the rate, Enjoy!!!
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06-27-2018, 02:37 AM	#31
ZKing1208 Second Lieutenant 220 Rep 250 Posts Drives: 2016 328i Msport MG Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Sacramento, Ca iTrader: (0)	So you floored the car right off the showroom floor and then moved on to the other car? Lol. To each their own but this is exactly why I would never buy a car that's been test driven before. You may not care about the break-in period but that's a dealbreaker for some. Forget 1200 miles, you floored it before it hit 15 miles and most likely on a cold engine. Well done! On a lighter note. Beautiful car! __________________ 2018 M3 Comp
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07-31-2018, 05:14 PM	#32
Speedwell-Industries 434 Rep 884 Posts Drives: 2017 YMB M3 Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: Southern California iTrader: (0)	Awesome story!! Glad that your wife and kids love the car too, and that your dream came true!
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08-01-2018, 09:16 PM	#33
NVA2L8-II Private 20 Rep 53 Posts Drives: F80 / M3 Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: HONOLULU iTrader: (0)	Great write up and upgrade! Congrats on your ride... ALOHA~!
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08-01-2018, 10:48 PM	#34
mile2424 Second Lieutenant 199 Rep 217 Posts Drives: Join Date: Jun 2008 iTrader: (0)	awesome story and congrats on the beauty!
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02-08-2019, 12:21 PM	#35
ashpal19 Private 33 Rep 61 Posts Drives: 2016 328i, 08 335i(prev) Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Plano, TX iTrader: (0)	This is simply perfect ! What more can one ask for? Great congratulations!
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