Hi all,
Been a while since I've posted -- happy to announce I'm finally back in an M3 and couldn't be happier with the decision. I bought it from a guy out in the Mesa area of Arizona and drove it back to the burbs of Philly -- didn't skip a beat the whole time with 185,xxx on the clock. I took some pics along the way with my iPhone, and some after when it was detailed. My plans are to keep it stock with the exception of the already installed 19lb F1 flywheel and exhaust -- forget the brand but he added an additional resonator in the middle to eliminate some rasp -- it sounds awesome IMO and I don't notice any difference in power.
Apologies in advance for the multiple posts -- scroll down for more pictures. All in all the trip was cool -- Kansas is quite flat... Zona is scary at night... Colorado is beautiful... Illiniois is blah... Ohio is blah... the car is not so blah... -- was cool to see how different the midwest is from the Eastern/Western coasts -- they live very different lifestyles from what I could tell.
Some pics along the way (NM, CO, AZ):
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Last edited by hkovalcik; 08-29-2017 at 02:10 PM.
01/98 Porsche 996.1 911 - 2/6 - Current
'03.5 M3 2/6 - Arizona bought - Wrecked 09/2018
'06 WRX fully built/6 - Sold
'95 323is/5 - Sold
'95 325i/5 - Sold
'01 540i/6 - Sold
'03.5 M3 2/6 - Sold
'02 M3 vert/6 - Sold
'98 Cosmos M3/2/5 - Stg 2 AA Supercharged - Sold
'98 M3/2/5 - Sold
01/98 Porsche 996.1 911 - 2/6 - Current
'03.5 M3 2/6 - Arizona bought - Wrecked 09/2018
'06 WRX fully built/6 - Sold
'95 323is/5 - Sold
'95 325i/5 - Sold
'01 540i/6 - Sold
'03.5 M3 2/6 - Sold
'02 M3 vert/6 - Sold
'98 Cosmos M3/2/5 - Stg 2 AA Supercharged - Sold
'98 M3/2/5 - Sold
01/98 Porsche 996.1 911 - 2/6 - Current
'03.5 M3 2/6 - Arizona bought - Wrecked 09/2018
'06 WRX fully built/6 - Sold
'95 323is/5 - Sold
'95 325i/5 - Sold
'01 540i/6 - Sold
'03.5 M3 2/6 - Sold
'02 M3 vert/6 - Sold
'98 Cosmos M3/2/5 - Stg 2 AA Supercharged - Sold
'98 M3/2/5 - Sold
01/98 Porsche 996.1 911 - 2/6 - Current
'03.5 M3 2/6 - Arizona bought - Wrecked 09/2018
'06 WRX fully built/6 - Sold
'95 323is/5 - Sold
'95 325i/5 - Sold
'01 540i/6 - Sold
'03.5 M3 2/6 - Sold
'02 M3 vert/6 - Sold
'98 Cosmos M3/2/5 - Stg 2 AA Supercharged - Sold
'98 M3/2/5 - Sold
Nice. What year is that?
How long did you devote to the drive?
04M3 TiAg 69k slick-top 3 pedal
99M3 Cosmos 61k S50B32 euro 6Spd
88M3 AW 43k miles Project FS
WTB: 3.5" Eurosport/Conforti CAI
01/98 Porsche 996.1 911 - 2/6 - Current
'03.5 M3 2/6 - Arizona bought - Wrecked 09/2018
'06 WRX fully built/6 - Sold
'95 323is/5 - Sold
'95 325i/5 - Sold
'01 540i/6 - Sold
'03.5 M3 2/6 - Sold
'02 M3 vert/6 - Sold
'98 Cosmos M3/2/5 - Stg 2 AA Supercharged - Sold
'98 M3/2/5 - Sold
Welcome back to the fold!
Darin
Current:
16 220i Active Tourer Platinsilver MET (C08)/Dakota Black (PDSW), P7ACA, P7LDA, P7LHA, P9BDA, 6sp Manual - Wife's new toy!
05 325it Electric Red(438)/Gray(N6TT) ZCW, ZSP 5sp Manual Back set cover, trunk mat, Euro Infra-Rot front windshield, and mud flaps! Mr. Wagon My new Winter car.
05 M3 Imolarot II(405)/Gray(N5TT) ZCW, ZPP 6sp Manual C.F. Lip, CSL diffuser, SSK, Euro Infra-Rot front windshield and a trunk liner! Mr. Go_Fast Stored for the Winter
Past:
95 318is Montreal Blue Met (297)/Beige(K1SN) RIP, killed by an Idiot.
84 M535i gray market Burgandy Rot Met/Black Leather Lowered by Intrax on bilies, poly everywhere, B&B cat back system, K&N, and a hitch! Da Beast - Still running w/400k+!
91 316i euro Tizianrot/Gray cloth - E-36 w/M-40 RIP, but great on gas! Best was 38 MPG
82 528i euro Saphire Blue Met/Blue Leather RIP
79 525 euro Green/Green RIP
79 318 Silver/Black - The first one that got it all started
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Nice! I might be picking one up this weekend in SD!
Mind if I ask how much you got yours for? I live in AZ and didn't see this one FS!
Nice pick up! Always a good way to test out the reliability by taking it on a looooong drive.
Nice pickup! I just picked up an '06 ZCP and drove it back 1,135 miles.
2016 328ix | Wagon | M-Sport | Alpine White | Black | iND | 513M | AC Schnizter | MPerformance |
2005 330CiC | Sparkling Graphite | Black | 6MT | ZHP
2004///M3 | Individual Sterling Gray | Imola Red | 6MT | Eisenmann | Style 163M | SOLD
2011 X5 35d | Black Sapphire | Nevada Brown Cinnamon | Sports Package | Totaled
2009///M3 | Interlagos Blue | Pallidum Silver | DINAN | MPerformance | DCT | SOLD
2002///M3 | Steel Gray Metallic | Imola Red | 6MT | Convertible| SOLD
2006 X5 4.8iS | LeMans Blue Metallic | Creme Beige | SOLD
2006 ///M3 | Silver Gray | Black | Competition Package (ZCP) | 6MT | SOLD
2000 ///M5 | Oxford Green Metallic II | Caramel Nappa Leather | BMW Individual Black Birch Trim | SOLD
2003 X5 4.6iS | Black Saphhire Metallic | Black Sport | SOLD
2006 X3 3.0i M-Sport | Silver Gray | Terracotta | SOLD
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