Remember My Mom's Coworker's New M4?

"m-b-w loves his SUBAROO" (m-b-w)
05/12/2015 at 00:04 • Filed to: None

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It’s now sitting at the insurance auction after an encounter with a tree. Apparently, he has a new one on order, which will be his 3rd 2015 BMW M4.

https://www.iaai.com/Vehicles/Vehic…

DISCUSSION (56)

Cherry_man1 > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO
05/12/2015 at 00:07

Kinja'd!!!

I was gonna ask if that was blood.

m-b-w loves his SUBAROO > Cherry_man1
05/12/2015 at 00:07

Tree bark

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO
05/12/2015 at 00:07

Paging Tavarish

Tavarish to the auction lot

WarShrike > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO
05/12/2015 at 00:08

“Tree bark...Hey, it’s the one with bite!”

m-b-w loves his SUBAROO > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
05/12/2015 at 00:08

Haha. From what he told my mom, that car is completely fucked. He was driving in the rain, and somehow managed to slide off of the road and into a tree at speed.

scoob > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO
05/12/2015 at 00:08

Gotta keep them sneaky tire pressures even!

Seriously though, 3rd car? Sigh...

Cherry_man1 > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO
05/12/2015 at 00:09

I figured after reading. thats why i said was.

m-b-w loves his SUBAROO > scoob
05/12/2015 at 00:09

First was a wrong order, and he figured it out after about a month when he realized it was missing features, this one, and now the third one is on order.

m-b-w loves his SUBAROO > Cherry_man1
05/12/2015 at 00:10

Got it.

scoob > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO
05/12/2015 at 00:10

...At least he crashed only one? There’s nothing good to come out of this.

Well maybe the Corvette photobomb.

Your boy, BJR > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO
05/12/2015 at 00:11

....something something something BMW Owners something something complete.

m-b-w loves his SUBAROO > scoob
05/12/2015 at 00:11

Actually, it was leased, so no big deal.

PheeNoIVI > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO
05/12/2015 at 00:13

Typical BMW driver. Didn’t notice the missing features day one, and then crashes the second.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO
05/12/2015 at 00:14

THIRD?? Dafuq happened to the first two?

m-b-w loves his SUBAROO > PheeNoIVI
05/12/2015 at 00:14

Apparently, he’s a nice guy, and doesn't park like an asshat, so at least theres that.

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > Your boy, BJR
05/12/2015 at 00:14

something something tire pressure was off by 1.5 psi.

m-b-w loves his SUBAROO > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
05/12/2015 at 00:14

First was missing options he ordered, so BMW swapped it out, this one was wrecked, and the third one is on order.

scoob > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO
05/12/2015 at 00:17

Ah, ok then.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO
05/12/2015 at 00:18

...I wonder if those seats would bolt into an E36...

m-b-w loves his SUBAROO > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
05/12/2015 at 00:19

Haha, don't know, but you'd have to buy the whole M4 to find out.

Clown Shoe Pilot > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO
05/12/2015 at 00:19

Thank god. That paint color is fuck ugly, I don’t care if it IS named after the place I work, sort of.

Clown Shoe Pilot > Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
05/12/2015 at 00:20

Digital gauges man. It’s in the book.

PheeNoIVI > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO
05/12/2015 at 00:20

I retract my statement, partially.

m-b-w loves his SUBAROO > PheeNoIVI
05/12/2015 at 00:21

Haha, ok.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO
05/12/2015 at 00:21

Damn. Though if the engine is salvageable that might not be terrible.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO
05/12/2015 at 00:22

Ah. Well It could be worse I suppose. :p

m-b-w loves his SUBAROO > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
05/12/2015 at 00:22

It won’t start, and went off road for a bit before crashing, so, I wouldn’t count on it being perfect.

m-b-w loves his SUBAROO > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
05/12/2015 at 00:23

I guess he can never keep one past the break in period.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO
05/12/2015 at 00:24

Well, he really dun fucked up that poor thing.

m-b-w loves his SUBAROO > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
05/12/2015 at 00:24

Yeah, sadly he did.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO
05/12/2015 at 00:35

How many miles did he have on that one?

m-b-w loves his SUBAROO > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
05/12/2015 at 00:40

A little over 4,000

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO
05/12/2015 at 00:42

Jeezus...If something happens to the third one(BMW gods, don’t screw this one up), He may as well go all out and get an M6.

DrScientist > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO
05/12/2015 at 00:42

somehow?

PatBateman > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO
05/12/2015 at 01:00

Just a thought... Perhaps he should get an F250 with a Ranch Hand front end replacement instead.

PatBateman > Clown Shoe Pilot
05/12/2015 at 01:03

I DESPISE the fact that the color is called “AUSTIN Yellow”.

Street Surgeon > scoob
05/12/2015 at 01:36

Hah, got to the thread late and the first thing I was going to mention was did he even check his tire pressure?

ThatbastardKurtis > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO
05/12/2015 at 02:50

I wouldn’t trust him to take my blood. He definitely needs the Jalopnik edition 320i.

M4 convertible, hits a tree, 3rd 2015 M4...yeah, he’s a bad driver.

And the insurance will pay out? It's not like the tree jumped out in his way. And this is his 3 M4?

ThatbastardKurtis > PheeNoIVI
05/12/2015 at 02:52

He’s a nurse, so I guess he is not good at hitting the right vein (that is if he draws blood).

LongbowMkII > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
05/12/2015 at 06:31

Tavarish would never buy it. But he would recommend you buy it. Preferably after the title has been washed in Texas.

thebigbossyboss > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO
05/12/2015 at 07:25

something something typical something something tree is not a parking space something.

BKRM3 > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO
05/12/2015 at 07:29

Sad, and I don’t even like the M4. He should try to drive the next one within the bounds of his talent, which is to say slowly and with all nannies turned on. Of course he can feel free to kill as many convertibles as he wants...

JGrabowMSt > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO
05/12/2015 at 07:34

I guess he forgot to check his tire pressure before heading out that day.

I bet one tire was six pounds low.

JGrabowMSt > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO
05/12/2015 at 07:35

It took him a month to find out the car was missing featues? This guy belongs in a Camry.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO
05/12/2015 at 07:41

Were the tire pressures uneven?

Devilishprune > JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder!
05/12/2015 at 08:12

Why buy a reasonable used car when you can get this lightly-salvaged M4 for the price of your sanity and your marriage?

theuserformerlyknownasaluminumfoil > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO
05/12/2015 at 08:23

Tree blood?

OPPOsaurus WRX > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO
05/12/2015 at 08:29

Kinja'd!!!

this is a hint to not buy another one

Kinja'd!!!

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO
05/12/2015 at 08:39

This is why we can't have nice things.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > BKRM3
05/12/2015 at 08:48

hahaha

Imirrelephant > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO
05/12/2015 at 10:00

Time to institute a “you’ve wrecked too many awesome cars and you are now cut off from buying more of them” policy...

BKRM3 > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
05/12/2015 at 10:45

I know there’s no real reason to sass people who drive like dipshits - insurance does pay for stupidity, after all, but I just can’t help myself. There are very few justifiable causes for wrapping 3 feet of M4 nose around a tree, and I think if the reason was “a child ran in front of me,” we’d have heard it already. =P

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > BKRM3
05/12/2015 at 10:55

I was especially laughing at your convertible comment. One of the great things about our car is how predictable it is - linear power delivery and fairly neutral when losing traction. Some of the reviews of the new car say it can be a bit of a handful at times, a bit scary at the limit (I don’t even remember seeing an E9x go flying over the center median on a wide, straight road). I’m sure operator error was at play here, but the car may not have helped...

Confidence-inspiring, even in the wet:

BKRM3 > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
05/12/2015 at 11:37

I never get tired of that video, not just because of the outcome but because, after living with the car, I was astounded by how insightful Chris and Jethro are. You can listen to hundreds of their reviews but unless you have first-hand familiarity with the test subject, it’s not going to really hit you how good they are at their jobs.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > BKRM3
05/12/2015 at 11:53

Yeah - top notch.

I’d read nearly all the reviews available prior to buying my car, and the thing that really got me is how much some of these journalists still loved the car so much after a long-term test with it. Winning a comparison is one thing; driving a car for a year and still loving it at the end is another. All of this was in my head when I finally test drove the car I ended up buying, and the experience of driving it just further solidified everything I’d ever read and heard about the car.

Some quotes here:

http://www.m3post.com/forums/showpos…

finn's arm > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
05/12/2015 at 16:55

No. E46 seats work though. E90 seat rails are different and the seats are wider. E46’s can be either a perfect fit or might require a grind of the hole.

My E46 sport manual leather seats were a perfect fit. (Unicorn seats - pulled out of a 330Ci ZHP). They takes up more room than the E36 seats though.. so FYI. E46 M3 seats work too. Good luck finding manual seats.

You can splice the electronics to work, but airbag sensor can be an issue... (Read: Don’t get in an accident b/c no airbags or can deploy during installation)