One More New Member Thread

[PastaSauce]

Seems like everyone's making new member threads here so I guess I will too.

Been looking for a fun sedan for a few years now, hovered over a few different choices before deciding on an M3. Nearly bought an RX-8 (twice), looked hard at the Quadrifoglio but couldn't stomach an automatic, considered an XJR for a while 'because luxury', and eventually settled on an M3 because it wrapped up just about everything I was looking for and was available with a manual.

After a few months of searching I found the right M3. 2018, 10k miles, Tanzanite over Sakhir, manual, comp, exec, and pretty much every other option aside from full leather and carbon brakes. I was lucky that it was close enough that I could drive it home.

Five hours on the highway convinced me to unplug the fake sound ASAP, found a DIY on this forum that was super helpful. Sometime this week I'll be pulling out the wireless charging dock that wastes all the center console space (with another helpful DIY). Aside from minor stuff like that it'll be staying stock, I'm nowhere near a good enough driver to need more performance than an M3 offers.

It'll be a weekend/road trip car, my daily is a Toyota 86. Needless to say the M3 is a big upgrade in everything but weight (ok, and maybe shifter feel).

[Will911t]

Congratulations on the new car. Love the colour combo and that it has a sunroof!

[2011ninja]

Outstanding!!!!!!

New owner threads never get old.

6MT and sunroof for the win!!!!!!

[Kilabyte]

Welcome to the 4 door 3 pedal family.

Look into an equal length exhaust solution unless you don't mind the stock sound

[Frözpeed]

Congratulations and welcome!

Nice to see another Ohioan here. What part of Ohio are you from?

[PastaSauce]

Originally Posted by Frözpeed

Congratulations and welcome!

Nice to see another Ohioan here. What part of Ohio are you from?

Near Columbus. Seems like there are a few options for dealers and independents around here, but if you have any recommendations I'll all ears.
I typically do basic maintenance myself but eventually something more complicated will need done.

Originally Posted by Kilabyte

Welcome to the 4 door 3 pedal family.

Look into an equal length exhaust solution unless you don't mind the stock sound

I've thought about it, but I plan on using the car for a lot of road trips, and aftermarket exhausts tend to sound great when you want to hear them but drone pretty badly on the highway.

[kwikshift]

Love me some Tanzanite. Congrats on the M3!

[McIntoshMotorSports]

Another tanzanite over sunroof, welcome!!

I would've loved my car's spec but with carbon roof, although I really do use the sunroof every day; and love it!

Congrats and enjoy!!

[SYT_Shadow]

Welcome to the forum!!

An Autosolutions SSK will go a long way to improving the 6MT feel of your F8X, highly recommended

[cobra2814]

Tanzanite is a great color. Welcome to the club!

[Kilabyte]

Originally Posted by PastaSauce

I've thought about it, but I plan on using the car for a lot of road trips, and aftermarket exhausts tend to sound great when you want to hear them but drone pretty badly on the highway.

It's the midpipe, sounds like stock on long trips with the valves closed. I jokingly said that because a few of us here think that the stock S55 sounds bad.

[Vitacura]

Welcome and Congrats! Tanzanite is one of my favorite colors.

[FAM3LYCAR]

Congrats! Nice find, and with low mileage I hope you get a lot of enjoyment out of it. Sounds like we have a lot of the same specs except interior color, and I couldn't be happier with mine after owning for a couple years now.