Manual, V8, drop-top 6-series

"E90M3" (e90m3)
10/09/2019 at 14:48 • Filed to: unnecessary car shopping with E90M3

Today, in unnecessary car shopping with E90M3, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! just in time for fall. As with most cars featured, this is complete with the oppo-spec 6MT.

While some may not like even the post-Bangle styling, I think it’s a fantastic looking car.

At just under $27k, it’s not what you’d call cheap, but it’s not exactly expensive either. If a nyone here need a drop top 6 to roll around in, I’m implore you to consider this one.

If you wondering why the frequency of unnecessary car shopping with E90M3 has gone down, it’s because I haven’t been shopping for cars like I used to. Both of my cars are paid for and it really doesn’t make sense for me to get another car anytime soon. I’ve also not been on the internet as much as I used to be, I’ve also been shopping unnecessarily for watches instead. Come to quite like the Rolex Day-Date with the Buckley dial, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! :

Unfortunately , like most cars I shop for, it really doesn’t make sense for me to buy something like this. So, like with the cars, this is just some more unnecessary shopping. That is, unless someone wants to give me 10k.

DISCUSSION (35)

For Sweden > E90M3
10/09/2019 at 14:53

Someone please tell me why this is not a n ice price

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > For Sweden
10/09/2019 at 15:00

Helluva GT for the price.

For Sweden > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
10/09/2019 at 15:02

I think my new stalker agrees

Kinja'd!!!

Future next gen S2000 owner > E90M3
10/09/2019 at 15:04

That’s a fine ass car. I would love a decent 6 series droptop. Didn’t know manual was an option either.

Tripper > E90M3
10/09/2019 at 15:06

A “friend” of mine has a V10 M6 (one of the few BMW chassis codes I don’t know) I’ll never have another ragtop but ripping that thing is NEAT!

I say “ friend” because he is really an actual friends brother and the guy is a very selfish, condescending asshole. However he’s always really nice to me in a condescending way . He’s also constantly intoxicated, so if I see him out he’ll always ask me to drive him home when I go and let me hang on to the car until he needs it back. If I don’t he’ll just drive drunk, plus whos passing up that opportunity.

This does not happen often anymore mainly because I have a family and thus I don’t stay out late, but there were times when I had that car for WEEKS. One time I took him home and he was going to get the car in the morning. H e took a bunch of Xanax, got himself arrested, got out and took himself on a trip to Cabo to “de-stress” for two weeks...

I had it so long that time I had to have it serviced! As you can probably guess by now, this guy was not big on maintenance. $5300! Luckily I found his credit card in the console full of empty cigarette packs and rolled up dollar bills lol.

Arrivederci > E90M3
10/09/2019 at 15:07

This seems very NP.

rcasi > For Sweden
10/09/2019 at 15:10

Totally! I really love your opinions :)

For Sweden > rcasi
10/09/2019 at 15:13

Just a note; I don’t remember seeing you in Oppo before, and I am a moderator here. Follow the rules and you won’t be banned.

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > E90M3
10/09/2019 at 15:21

Whoa whoa whoa... couple of red flags... new valve cover gaskets, and new clutch, at 50k!?

Says I leak oil and the previous owner was a bit of a hoon.

Cash Rewards > For Sweden
10/09/2019 at 15:28

Uh..... What's going on here? This is creepy, and amusing from afar

Sammyno55 > E90M3
10/09/2019 at 15:28

Literally on my way home. I may go look at it. I'm looking for a new summer car and this is the best time of year to buy one.

rcasi > Cash Rewards
10/09/2019 at 15:31

I tried to compliment For Sweden on how great his totally not dickish reply to my comment o n a Jalopnik thread - so he got big mad and decided to stalk my old comments on Kinja and post them , so I politely returned the favor.

For Sweden > Cash Rewards
10/09/2019 at 15:35

Sometimes the Deadspin bros wonder over here.

E90M3 > Sammyno55
10/09/2019 at 15:36

Perfect timing, let me know if you buy it, be the first car someone bought from unnecessary car shopping with E90M3.

E90M3 > merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc
10/09/2019 at 15:37

It seems all of the gaskets of that era leak, had to have some gaskets replaced on the 3 and I think some need to be replaced on the M3.

E90M3 > Arrivederci
10/09/2019 at 15:37

That’s what I was thinking.

E90M3 > Tripper
10/09/2019 at 15:38

A V10 M6 was really the car I learned stick on, it sounded glorious with the top down.

E90M3 > Future next gen S2000 owner
10/09/2019 at 15:38

Manual ones seem to be pretty rare, probably custom orders.

Sammyno55 > E90M3
10/09/2019 at 15:45

I may have seen this 6 at another used dealer in Alpharetta in July. It was on the corner of a busy intersection and only there for a day or two. I pointed it out to a friend who was looking for a drop top.

Cash Rewards > For Sweden
10/09/2019 at 15:46

Yeah, see his reply to me.

For Sweden > rcasi
10/09/2019 at 15:47

And then you proceeded to go full-boomer.

For Sweden > Cash Rewards
10/09/2019 at 15:47

I did see it. He hasn’t broken any Oppo rules yet though.

For anyone stumbling across this: This is the exchange in question

https://jalopnik.com/1838915618

E90M3 > Sammyno55
10/09/2019 at 15:48

Which one in Alpharetta? I went to high school in Roswell and my parents still live there.

Cash Rewards > For Sweden
10/09/2019 at 15:51

Yeah, that exchange looks like fun. Enjoy the new friend!

Sammyno55 > E90M3
10/09/2019 at 15:59

I can’t remember which one but I’m pretty sure it was off Mansell. I m oved from Roswell to Cumming last year.

412GTI > E90M3
10/09/2019 at 16:12

Wow don’t know what I’d want more the car or that Rolex! Not huge on black on black but that has to be super rare.

Textured Soy Protein > E90M3
10/09/2019 at 16:15

I sort a kinda dig it, except for the color combo. Not a fan of black on black in general and especially not on a convertible.

E90M3 > 412GTI
10/09/2019 at 16:17

I’m not sure which I’d want either. Would love something like the 6 to occasionally cruise around in when the weather is prefect. Black on black isn’t my preference either, but a manual 6 is rare . Wish I had been willing to buy something like that day-date when I was shopping for my Datejust. I’d probably be willing to buy something like that now, but I got mine from a major retailer because I wanted to flush out the possibility of getting a fake.

E90M3 > Textured Soy Protein
10/09/2019 at 16:18

The color combo is less than ideal, but then as rare as these are, it’s hard to be too choosy.

Textured Soy Protein > E90M3
10/09/2019 at 16:25

I suppose if I was dead set on a 6MT 650i vert then I might go for it . My 135is was black on black, even though I’ve never been a fan. I went for it because it was sitting right there on my local dealer’s lot and they wheeled and dealed plenty on it . It was at least Carbon Black which is metallic and has a blue flake to it. Oh, and the seats had very subtle blue stitching on them. But still.

I was so ready to be done with black on black by the time I was done with the lease, that I bought my 335xi from across the country to get the color combo I wanted.

Tripper > E90M3
10/09/2019 at 17:30

It’s one of those cars I could drive backwards down the freeway like the “Hypnotize” video

12and35 > E90M3
10/09/2019 at 18:02

Mmmm manual 6 and I a quite happy with my Bulova watches. Not exactly Rolex or Tag Heuer but.... at least I don’t feel tooooo guilty if I toss it on the coffee table.

E90M3 > 12and35
10/09/2019 at 18:22

That’s fair enough. My Rolex case and bracelet has some scratches, but I did get it to wear it every day. I enjoy it more that way.

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > E90M3
10/09/2019 at 19:00

Yeah I wouldn’t doubt it for a minute. I’m due to replace mine after less than 30k on the last gasket set. However I can’t be sure the leak wasn’t due to improper install. I was rushing a bit to get it buttoned up and may have rolled the spark plug gasket a bit when I installed. But mine was leaking pretty bad at 55k when I replaced it last time, but it was almost 10 years old at that time too, so it’s bound to happen time to time. Germans and plastic valve covers, sheesh.

CompactLuxuryFan > E90M3
10/14/2019 at 21:15

“Dual clutch” ?? Is this private sale or a dealer? Seems like NP for the right buyer. Unfortunately I don’t think there are many right buyers for this.