[Silverlining_m2]

Kind of a crazy story, but here it is.

In March 2020 I decided to get my first BMW. It was a jet black 2013 328i sport line. Hella base. small screen. Cool dad shades though. Loved that car. Modded her. Took tremendous care of her, even though she sounded like she was gargling screws. Was incredibly stoked on the car. Until I discovered the dreaded timing chain issue. Once BMW settled the lawsuit I knew I had to get rid of her. I took the money required to do the timing chain guides and made a move. That was October 2020.

I welcomed my first BMW 6 cylinder with open arms. A 2015 435 m sport.. Fully loaded. Minus adaptive dampers, blue brakes, and heated steering. A beauty. Well maintained. I went immediately to work. My 435i got all the treatments. Stage 2 bm3. Beauty mods I enjoy. New wheels. Meticulous maintenance. A fairly inexpensive car that garnered a lot of attention, that I was very proud of. That brings me to this week.

For many of us who love BMW the M is the pinnacle. The m4 being my personal dream car. On Friday night I was messing around on BMWUSA website building a 2022 g82 m4. At the end of my $95k build it asked if I wanted to check the trade value of my car. I did. They offered $18k and it said "local dealer may contact you". I literally thought nothing of this. Next day, my brother's friend John texts me up, tells me he works at BMW here, and ABSOLUTELY HAS AN M4 HE CAN GET ME IN. Honestly I had just added coilovers and did the brakes on the 435i a little over a week ago. Had the ofhg fixed too. But to his credit, he did have a gorgeous, incredibly well maintained, winter garaged, 2016 mineral white m4 with 30500 miles. Non comp, pre lci, with 437m's, mpss's, front led's, executive package, dct, rear shade, full merino leather, enhanced Bluetooth, black grilles, and m perf exhaust and titanium tips. He was able to get me a price low enough that even with loan rollover I was only a couple thousand above clean retail value. Put down a few grand, got a great rate, and today I am the owner of my dream car (and a higher car payment). Let the build begin!