A 2011 automatic white sedan with a beige interior is what I should have gotten as my DD

"E90M3" (e90m3)
06/14/2018 at 10:24 • Filed to: WTF is wrong with E90M3, unnecessary car shopping with E90M3

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! Yeah, it’s done 3 times the miles the 3 series had done when I got it, but it’s less than half of what I paid for my 3 series. Plus with the white paint and wonderfulbeige interior, I would be a lot cooler in the summer time.

Plus with the automagic transmission, my left leg would never again tire in traffic. Just bask in the magnificence of the cockpit.

Plus with the 2ZR-FE under the hood, I would have much cheap maintenance costs.

Before you say WTF is wrong with you, of course I’m kidding. When I say “A 2011 automatic white sedan with a beige interior” what I mean is this:

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ; before you say I thought your favorite color is green, green was never available unless you opened your wallet and whispered “BMW individual” when you ordered your M3. Otherwise, you were limited to these:

As a result, I would have speced my M3 in alpine white over beige leather. As I did many times in the configurator back when I was in college. Just look at those seats:

I also love the style 359s.

If I didn’t owe so much on the E92, I might be tempted to trade it in and DD something like this, now that my commute is less than a third of what it used to be. Why would I want two M3s? Because reasons.

DISCUSSION (23)

WilliamsSW > E90M3
06/14/2018 at 10:30

I thought this was a cry for help initially.

That’s a nice M3, although personally I don’t like white cars (and my wife has a household ban on white cars, I kid you not).

But seriously though, why get the same car again when you can buy this?

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1991-bmw-m5-28/?utm_source=dailymail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2018-06-14

E90M3 > WilliamsSW
06/14/2018 at 10:33

Oh fuck me. I need that. I would have no problem putting a second E90 M3 outside, but that? No, it needs a home and sadly I have no place to put it. I also probably couldn’t finance an E34, and while I have the cash to buy one I probably shouldn’t clear out some accounts to do so.

Also why I wouldn’t actually buy another E90 M3, I like to dream but I’m reasonable enough not to actually get it.

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > E90M3
06/14/2018 at 10:33

“WTF is wrong with E90M3?”

It’d be a shorter list to name what’s not wrong.

E90M3 > BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo
06/14/2018 at 10:34

Truth.

bob and john > E90M3
06/14/2018 at 10:35

I had 4 SV650s in my garage at one point.

get your numbers up rookie.

WilliamsSW > E90M3
06/14/2018 at 10:38

Hm, I thought you were gonna get serious about the E34 soon? Or nah?

Any M car should be garaged unless it’s a wreck, really.

Future next gen S2000 owner > E90M3
06/14/2018 at 10:43

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This is rhetorical, right?

E90M3 > WilliamsSW
06/14/2018 at 10:53

I need to get a house first. Saving a lot of self-deprecating remarks, that might happen within a year or so.

I wouldn’t feel too bad about something like this, knowing it’ll probably get a home sooner or later.

E90M3 > Future next gen S2000 owner
06/14/2018 at 10:53

Yes it was.

random001 > E90M3
06/14/2018 at 11:13

Sell me your other M3, buy this one, profit!

WilliamsSW > E90M3
06/14/2018 at 11:28

House = multiple car garage! Yay!

Kidding aside, that’s a good plan. Home ownership can be a PITA but has its rewards, too.

E90M3 > WilliamsSW
06/14/2018 at 12:07

Basically the only reason I want a house. It would at least make “project car” a reasonable hobby.

E90M3 > random001
06/14/2018 at 12:11

I could actually do that.

random001 > E90M3
06/14/2018 at 12:13

Unlikely after you hear how much I can afford to pay for it...

Heh....

WilliamsSW > E90M3
06/14/2018 at 13:41

I would dearly love a project car, but I’m going to have to wait until my son gets a bit older for that. Plus, we intend to move in the next year or two also, so we have to get that behind us.

One of my moving requirements is a bit more driveway space — we already have a 3 car garage, but with 4 cars and a very short drive, it’s still a headache.

E90M3 > WilliamsSW
06/14/2018 at 14:23

I was hoping to meet someone before I bought a house, but I’ve decided I’m just going to do what I want and if that happens great and when it doesn’t oh well.

WilliamsSW > E90M3
06/14/2018 at 15:16

Best to do what you want and let it all happen. You can always sell it and move if the need arises.

I owned a house for 9 years and then a condo for 5 more before I met my wife. If anything, owning a home makes you look a shade more attractive to women who want to settle down, because responsibility or something.

Vicente Esteve > E90M3
06/14/2018 at 22:08

That is probably the last color combo I would choose. I don’t enjoy beige.

Vicente Esteve > E90M3
06/14/2018 at 22:08

That is probably the last color combo I would choose. I don’t enjoy beige.

E90M3 > Vicente Esteve
06/14/2018 at 22:34

It’s more tan than anything else.

pip bip - choose Corrour > E90M3
06/15/2018 at 08:22

i’d rather have black or grey interior.

E90M3 > pip bip - choose Corrour
06/15/2018 at 08:28

Maybe grey, black is too hot.

pip bip - choose Corrour > E90M3
06/15/2018 at 08:32

not in my experience