Is your M3/M4 a daily driver?

[John dillinger]

my daily is a hp4 - m4 waits patiently : )

[IMMLaw]

Struggling to enjoy the car because I love it so much that I over protect it. I get paranoid parking it anywhere that doesn't have massive space on either side of the car. It's my first actual nice car in my life.

ED delivery in December 2014 and up until today I don't even have 3,000 miles on it.

My daily is a 2008 Honda Accord sedan.

[mark5092]

2012 Nissan Sentra DD

[Acturater]

Originally Posted by Tacoma

Are you using winter tires on your S4 as well? If you are then the rating scales between it and the M3 appears off. If the M3 is truly a "3" on the scale, I find it hard to believe the Quattro S4 is only a "4" on the same scale, especially on uphill traction in deep snow where the AWD should have a clear advantage all else being equal.

Yes of course I use winter tires. You've gotta remember his scale for the M3 was relative only to the M3, and likewise my scale for the S4 is relative only to the S4. I don't think you can compare my scale to his, it's not calibrated that way. But I think it's still useful info to know he didn't rate the M3 a 1, for example, during the winter and a 5 for the summer.

[X2Board]

Originally Posted by IMMLaw

Struggling to enjoy the car because I love it so much that I over protect it. I get paranoid parking it anywhere that doesn't have massive space on either side of the car. It's my first actual nice car in my life.

ED delivery in December 2014 and up until today I don't even have 3,000 miles on it.

My daily is a 2008 Honda Accord sedan.

Who are you saving those miles for; the next owner? I did ED on 12/5, and I'm already coming up on 8400 miles. Get out and enjoy your car, life is too short to waste time not doing the things that make you happy. If something happens to it, the factory is still making them, and that's what insurance is for.

[Lups]

Originally Posted by X2Board

Who are you saving those miles for; the next owner? I did ED on 12/5, and I'm already coming up on 8400 miles. Get out and enjoy your car, life is too short to waste time not doing the things that make you happy. If something happens to it, the factory is still making them, and that's what insurance is for.

I've been a member here for a year and a half and I've read a million posts stating the exact opposite to your advice. Thank you for reminding us all doing this out way is allowed.

[MFNATIK]

Originally Posted by X2Board

Who are you saving those miles for; the next owner? I did ED on 12/5, and I'm already coming up on 8400 miles. Get out and enjoy your car, life is too short to waste time not doing the things that make you happy. If something happens to it, the factory is still making them, and that's what insurance is for.

AGREED. Not sure why ppl have that mentality to preserve the car. Enjoy it while its still new. I'm breaking necks all over Europe right now and I have 1500 miles and it hasn't even been 2 weeks LOL.

[gearboxtrouble]

Of course it is. It is a glorified 3 series for crying out loud. It is meant to be daily driven. Its not some exotic or classic that needs to be babied and weekend driven only. It is also currently my only car so I use it in all conditions for everything. The only time I feel the need for something different is during flooding/heavy thunderstorms when a 4x4 of some sort would be safer.

[M Heart]

DD my F80. We have other cars I can drive, but, the ultimate purpose of this car is be a daily driver and a weekend warrior at the track. I have a child car seat at all times for my 2 year old and I even do Home Depot runs on it, fold the seats to fill it up with bags of mulch, home improvement and gardening materials etc. lol
I understand some (if not all of us) work very hard to have a car like this, but as some have mentioned, it's a car, a nice/fun one, but ultimately a mass produced car, so I use it as such.

[to_riffic]

Garage queen. I DD my MINI.

[bassplayrr]

My F80 is indeed my daily. I don't really have time for a daily + a "fun car", so I need them to be one and the same. I'll likely move on to something a bit more exotic for the next car, but I'm loving the F80 in the meantime. It's hard to beat for a DD.

[evanescent03]

DD.. I try to make excuses to drive it. especially if it's at the track! that's where I REALLY enjoy this these cars.

[Lups]

Originally Posted by bassplayrr

My F80 is indeed my daily. I don't really have time for a daily + a "fun car", so I need them to be one and the same. I'll likely move on to something a bit more exotic for the next car, but I'm loving the F80 in the meantime. It's hard to beat for a DD.

That's for sure.

It's hilarious how differently us daily drivers see the car. The car is fast, smooth, fun for the duty miles, and when I get a change for a few fun miles wouldnt have the time to start charging batteries of the car I haven't started in months.

One of the people I met in my last road trip has an SO F80, with a nice scratch on the hood. He stated that fuck it, shit is bound to happen, it's better to accept it sooner rather than later.

I'm just waiting for my pile.

[jttBimmer]

My DD. Had it for about a month now. Leasing but still try to find excuses to drive anywhere I can.

[SpaceGhost]

DD my M4....

[psedog]

This is definitely not the right car to only drive on the weekends.

Originally Posted by Fellfromdsky

Daily!

Just park as far away as possible to avoid everyone and be okay with walking a bit.. even though most of the time this results in some beat to shit car parking over the line next to you despite the rest of the lot being empty... which is infuriating lol

I'm the same way. My wife gave birth to our third child last night. Earlier that day we went to the store and I parked in the back and asked if she wanted me to park closer. She said she was fine. She is a trooper. She knows how I am about my cars

[DC-T]

I'll just leave this here

[The Swami]

Originally Posted by ASAP

will anyone drive 20k miles per year?

Yes, I have 20,000 on my M3 daily driver and I love it!

[Bluesun]

Originally Posted by DC-T

I'll just leave this here

Exactly! I do not understand this mindset I the least. Why pay $70-$80k for a garage ornament? Paying for an M but driving a Honda just doesn't make any sense to me. You could set your M on fire today and have one EXACTLY like it in about 3-6 months.

[IMMLaw]

Originally Posted by X2Board

Who are you saving those miles for; the next owner? I did ED on 12/5, and I'm already coming up on 8400 miles. Get out and enjoy your car, life is too short to waste time not doing the things that make you happy. If something happens to it, the factory is still making them, and that's what insurance is for.

Originally Posted by DC-T

I'll just leave this here

Originally Posted by Bluesun

Exactly! I do not understand this mindset I the least. Why pay $70-$80k for a garage ornament? Paying for an M but driving a Honda just doesn't make any sense to me. You could set your M on fire today and have one EXACTLY like it in about 3-6 months.

Thanks guys. I needed some tough love on this. I'm going to try my best and let go and begin finally enjoying this amazing machine.

[911Driver]

DD

[veloursfussmatte]

Originally Posted by ASAP

will anyone drive 20k miles per year?

I 'll be doing 35.000 km/year. And of Course: daily driver