One of the best post I've seen here on Bimmerforums. Awesome trip and the Yas Marina Blue M3 is beautiful
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My first post in 5 years is to congratulate your wife and yourself on the amazing trip and dual M3's. Feel special!
Lovely, thanks for sharing!
Now to get the mrs. on board and for BMW to impress us with a new Zcoupé M :p Idk if she'll let go of the cooper s
I've seen this all over the internet but I didn't know it was posted here. Loved reading about the trip, congrats to the both of you on picking up two very nice M3's!
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Congratulations on your purchases and the trip. I imagine it was a truly unforgettable experience.
I just completed an order on a Yas Marina Blue M3 with anticipated completion in late January. I have been given the green light by my wife to do a European Delivery. However, with that time of year I am a little leary to take delivery and drive the car around. I have contemplated just going over to take delivery of the car and enjoy the experience but rent a car for 5 days to see the sights I want to see and leave my car with BMW instead.
Based on your experience, do you think that would be a waste?
Congratulations again!
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This was amazing to read. Thanks for taking the time out to share. Best of luck to you both and enjoy those gorgeous mechanical achievements!
Your sir win at life! amazing trip.
Probably not the most financially conservative decision we've made but sure does make for a great story and hell...life is short!
Thank you and thanks for reading! Where else have you seen it? It has been on a few forums that I know of. I was trying to get Car and Driver to put a picture with their Save the Manuals campaign...but nothing yet.
Hi, Chris. I've done ED in June and now Oct. Frankly, Oct weather was amazing. I thought it would be getting too cold or starting to snow but there was none of that. As for late January...I can only speculate that the weather will be less than ideal. If it comes down to not driving the car...I would recommend delaying the trip. I think being able to drive the car there is a big part of the experience. Especially if you are a big car nut...you'll want to drive a lot of mountain passes and hit the Nurburgring etc... which isn't going to work in the winter. Just my $0.02.
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First place I saw it was here
http://www.bmwblog.com/2014/10/21/ma...bmw-m3-munich/
I know I've seen it in a couple of other places but its totally slipping my mind right now.
2000 BMW M5 Evolve Alpha-N Tune, Evolve Carbon Fiber CAI's, UUC Short Throw Shifter, Dinan Front STB, Dinan Rear Sway Bar
2001 BMW 330i Dynavin N7 Pro
1985 BMW 745i 18" Style 37's, Team745i Chip, Getrag 265/6, Clutchmasters FX-300, UUC Short Throw Shifter, Strut Tower Bar, Bilstein HD's ("Build" Thread")(SOLD)
1986 BMW 735i Getrag 265/6 Swap, Strut Tower Bar, Bilstein HD's, Euro F/R Conversion, 3.46 L/S Diff (Scrapped)
2016 Ford Mustang GT Performance Pack Stock
2004 Mercury Marauder Eaton M112, 3.4 Billetflow upper, Accufab SBTB + Plenum, 4.10's, Stainless Works LT's, 2.5" Exhaust, Borla Stingers, FX-R projectors, Addco F/R swaybars
2003 Mercury Marauder JLT CAI, SCT Xcal4, Stainless Works LT's, SW 2.5" Catback
1996 Ford Bronco 4" lift, 35" BFG A/T's, MH1 projectors
This is amazing!! Thanks for sharing. I want to do something like this one day. I have to admit, ONE THING made me chuckle a bit and then give the nod of approval:
"she has no track experience, no rear wheel drive experience, and wasn't even familiar with basic performance driving concepts like apexing."
... and she chose a 2015 M3 MT6 to gain this experience. Gotta love that! I hope you both thoroughly enjoy them!
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I read that too and thought, well then why bother getting her an M as well? Surely with her lack of driving experience a 335i would have been more than enough to handle, and a good bit cheaper as well.
Either way, incredibly jealous! Showed my dad who is set on ED of his next Bimmer!
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thanks for sharing, youre doing it right!
As I stated before, communicate well and often, especially when the news is not going to be pleasant.
wow not one but two..... crazy amazing, please tell me what both of you do for a living?
Honestly, the reason she wanted the M is pretty mundane. The 335i with the tan interior had a partially tan dash and tan door panels. The M with Sonoma Biege has an all black dash, carpets and door panels (with SB inserts). Also, some of the tech features that are standard would have run the 335i price up as well. So in the end, it was what she wanted and I think it helped me convince her to agree to the twin Ms.
It's OK, she'll floor it with the nannies on and they'll keep her safe She has driven a lot of powerful cars that I've owned in the past so she is not beyond handling the straight line stuff.
Thanks!
My wife wears the financial pants, actually lol. She is a family nurse practitioner. I wear a few hats...marketing/social media professional + USMC reserves (NOT for the money...the money is less than minimum wage/hr) + independent web design + a little investing every now and then.
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Wow thats great congrats to the both of you again. did you get the cars stateside yet?
Congrats, such a cool story. The blue is too awesome. Props for taking it on the track immediately.
I was going to say WTF at getting two of the exact same car, but it's already been covered so I won't =D
Sure did! Have had them home for almost a month now. Check my sig for the performance center re-delivery story. More reading to waste time on
Thanks! The blue is pretty damn interesting. I felt it was worth the risk to drive it on the Nurburgring right away. It had 500-600mi on it so I think that was enough for me to feel good about 3 laps with my half-ass skill.
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This looks like a great adventure, I'm a huge fan of the new M3. Great shirts by the way.
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Great story and beautiful cars! Bravo on the manual as well
Awesome trip and amazing vehicles. Were you the one with the E39 M5 that had the engine issue?
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