My BMW Journey

[OnlyJans]

From 325i E90 6AT to 335is E92 DCT to ///M4 F82 ZCP 6MT.

I spent the first half of my life living in a rural province in the Philippines. Where I'm from, if you had the latest Toyota Corolla you were considered to be doing well in life. We had one guy in the city who owned an Evo VIII and his family owned the local Mitsubishi dealership. (Just to put things in perspective.) I don't think I ever saw a BMW there. When I was 12 years old, my parents told my older bro and I that our documents were ready and that we are finally gonna reunite with them here in California. (They came here 6 years before my bro and I did.) I remember seeing the first M3 I've ever seen just hours after I landed at LAX. It was my next door neighbor's Blue E46 M3 ZCP. I only knew about the M3 because of an episode of Top Gear where Jeremy reviewed the E46 CSL at The Isle of Man. I remember just falling in love with that car at first sight. I told myself I'll have one someday. A few years later I got my drivers' license and my dad gave me his 2004 C240 for my first car. It got totaled a month later because someone rear ended my car while I was driving to school. My mom wanted to use the insurance money to buy me brand new Honda Civic because I was too young to drive a nice car anyway and the only reason I got a C Class for my first car was cause nobody was using that car anymore. I somehow convinced my mom that a certified 3 series would be a better buy because it would come with free maintenance and warranty and I promised her I will go straight to college after high school. That's how I ended up with my E90. I drove that car for 70k miles in 4 years. I then got a brand new 2014 Infiniti Q60S 6MT which is the first car I leased after college with my own money. I only had it for 9 months cause the thirst for boost got the better of me so I traded it in for a 2012 CPO 335is DCT. I thoroughly enjoyed the DCT for about a week or so until I found myself just leaving it in Drive for some reason and I never really used the paddles anymore after that. Had the E92 for about a year then it got totaled when an old lady counter flowed and hit me head on. I had a hard time deciding between a used 997.1 Turbo or a new C63S AMG or an F82 M3 ZCP. I then decided that an out of warranty Porsche could cost me a lot of money maintenance wise and it came down to C63S vs M4. In the end, it really came down to me asking myself why won't I get the car I've dreamed of since I was 12 when I finally have the chance to do so? One day after returning from my a trip to Japan, I spotted a beautiful Austin Yellow M4 with SO interior, ZCP and more importantly, 6MT at Center BMW. The MSRP was 80k so it was gonna be an uphill battle to get me to my budget payment of 1000/month for 72 months purchase but we somehow got it done. (1006/month, 0.9apr, 3k down.) I just about cried when I was signing the paper work. I could not believe my dream was coming true. It was surreal. It was amazing. It was better than the day I lost my virginity to be honest. Well that's my story. I'm writing this at 2AM so forgive me if I made any grammatical errors. Lol If anyone was wondering, I'm 24, I'm a nurse and I do still live at home with my parents. Because free rent lol

On to the pics!

C240 - Riced out lol


E90 - H&R Sport, style 197, plasti dipped grilles and red tint on the tail light to make them all red lol

G37S/Q60S - Avant Garde M580, KW V3, Stillen Gen 3, Tanabe Medallion

E92 335is - H&R sport, BBS LM, OEM BMW Performance high kick deck lid spoiler.

M4 - Stock

PS - The black ATS V was my older bro's. He has since traded that in for the YMB F80 in the last pic.

[F80Dreamer]

Looks great, congrats!!!

[shahano]

great story man.. Congrats keep up the hard work.

[2000Z3M]

living the american dream, congrats!!!

[Gibson6594]

Congrats, great story. Glad you were able to realize a dream.

And if you were my kid, and were paying $1k a month for a car without giving me some rent, you'd catch a whooping.

[FirstF80InSpace]

That`s a fine collection of cars you had. Congrats!

[M3Ronnie]

"Congrats, great story. Glad you were able to realize a dream.

And if you were my kid, and were paying $1k a month for a car without giving me some rent, you'd catch a whooping."

+1

[RobC2]

Great story. Looks like a nice deal on the car too. 2016 or 2017?

[mike@x-ph.com]

Nice!

[Super Spartan]

Awesome story bro! Congratulations! I love the Rims on that Infiniti you posted!

[OnlyJans]

Originally Posted by RobC2

Great story. Looks like a nice deal on the car too. 2016 or 2017?

2016. Didn't want the 2017 for warranty and maintenance reasons lol

[OnlyJans]

Originally Posted by Snappy Phoenix

Awesome story bro! Congratulations! I love the Rims on that Infiniti you posted!

Thanks man! Those are Avant Garde M580 20x10 square set up iirc.

[OnlyJans]

Originally Posted by M3Ronnie

"Congrats, great story. Glad you were able to realize a dream.

And if you were my kid, and were paying $1k a month for a car without giving me some rent, you'd catch a whooping."

+1

Ahaha I go the extra mile for our family business so at least in my head it's justified lol

[OnlyJans]

Originally Posted by FrozenCommunist

That`s a fine collection of cars you had. Congrats!

Thank you! There are people out there who have way better car history but I am proud of mine.

[M3Ronnie]

Enjoy the car anak

[dzvero]

Nice write up . Keep the dram !

[SROC3]

Gosh if I had no rent.....Living with my parents....I'd be driving a Huracan But heck, I'm over 40

Good job at 24 yrs of age and making your dreams come true!

[frKENm3]

$3k down?! thats not even half of tax!!! =P anyhow... congrats on getting the car of your dreams!! try not to think you are better than the person driving a civic or so that happens to be next to you on the road..lol