[dutchm2]

Originally Posted by Bumpinjeep

Owned this bad boy for approximately 30 minutes. Yes, this was the day after I purchased it as the motor nearly grenaded as I was driving home from the dealership.

Damn bro .... How you sorted?

[DjMarkOne]

In 2010, I bought my first BMW as a way to celebrate me graduating college. Picked up an 05 M3 coupe with smg. As bad of a rep the smg tranny gets, I actually liked it. Ended up trading it in 3 years later and kinda regretted it. In March of 22’ I’m back with my current 10’ e92 M3 w/ dct.

[Bumpinjeep]

Originally Posted by joao.toscano

Damn bro .... How you sorted?

It's a long story. Here is the TLR portion
Bought 2 year old M3 with 11K miles from the local BMW dealership.
Drove her home all happy.
Car started giving me warnings about the motor overheating on the way home from the dealership.
Pulled over on the side of the freeway to see what the hell was happening. This was of course after the dealership closed.
Went to a local auto parts store to see about coolant. Looked at the car and the street and there was coolant leaking all over the road.
Called tow truck when I got home and they picked the car up back to the dealer.
Dealer said it was a loose hose and everything was fine.
Didn't sit well with me. Returned it and canceled the sale.
Posted it about my experience on the forum.
Got a message from the original owner about the insane story with the car.
Thank God for Bimmerpost lol

[dutchm2]

Originally Posted by Bumpinjeep

It's a long story. Here is the TLR portion
Bought 2 year old M3 with 11K miles from the local BMW dealership.
Drove her home all happy.
Car started giving me warnings about the motor overheating on the way home from the dealership.
Pulled over on the side of the freeway to see what the hell was happening. This was of course after the dealership closed.
Went to a local auto parts store to see about coolant. Looked at the car and the street and there was coolant leaking all over the road.
Called tow truck when I got home and they picked the car up back to the dealer.
Dealer said it was a loose hose and everything was fine.
Didn't sit well with me. Returned it and canceled the sale.
Posted it about my experience on the forum.
Got a message from the original owner about the insane story with the car.
Thank God for Bimmerpost lol

Wow! Well in the end it turned well but how stupid a dealer can be!

[Bumpinjeep]

Originally Posted by joao.toscano

Wow! Well in the end it turned well but how stupid a dealer can be!

Stupid enough to not put oil in a car when they were changing it and drive it until the heads blow. Then offer to either rebuilt the motor or buy the car from the owner, who wanted his car but a new motor because he didn't trust them.

Anyway, don't buy used sports cars, ever. You're buying someone else's problem as far as I'm concerned. Lesson learned.

[Joaco135]

I'm on my 3rd BMW:

-2012 135i DCT Crimson Red

*2016 M235i 8sp Auto Alpine White

*2020 M2C DCT Long Beach Blue

[dutchm2]

Originally Posted by Bumpinjeep

Stupid enough to not put oil in a car when they were changing it and drive it until the heads blow. Then offer to either rebuilt the motor or buy the car from the owner, who wanted his car but a new motor because he didn't trust them.

Anyway, don't buy used sports cars, ever. You're buying someone else's problem as far as I'm concerned. Lesson learned.

That's a heck of an experience. I've until now bought 2 Premium Selection cars that are like most of you know cars that are on sale by official BMW dealers. I've zero complains so far. First bought with around 25k and drove up to 130k with no problems whatsoever. Second car bought with 17k on the clock and currently with 106k and again no problems at all. This premium service also runs with 2 years warranty but it won't cover everything. So i guess you need to be also lucky somehow - but I don't have as achievement buying cars from random car dealers or privately. I need somehow some secure base. Buying second hand cars will never be a safe decision.

[dutchm2]

Originally Posted by Joaco135

I'm on my 3rd BMW:

-2012 135i DCT Crimson Red

*2016 M235i 8sp Auto Alpine White

*2020 M2C DCT Long Beach Blue

That's a great line up so far! Do you have any pics of them? And I would love to read from you a short overview from car to car. I mean you've been upgrading beautifully. Just wondering if somehow all this moves correspond to your expectations.

[SunnyD]

Past:
2007 M Coupe
1998 M3 5MT
2006 M5
2009 135 6MT
1990 318i
2011 E92 M3 ZCP
2014 i3

Current:
2016 M4 GTS
2011 E90 M3 ZCP

The one I miss the most:

[Bumpinjeep]

Originally Posted by joao.toscano

That's a heck of an experience. I've until now bought 2 Premium Selection cars that are like most of you know cars that are on sale by official BMW dealers. I've zero complains so far. First bought with around 25k and drove up to 130k with no problems whatsoever. Second car bought with 17k on the clock and currently with 106k and again no problems at all. This premium service also runs with 2 years warranty but it won't cover everything. So i guess you need to be also lucky somehow - but I don't have as achievement buying cars from random car dealers or privately. I need somehow some secure base. Buying second hand cars will never be a safe decision.

The crazy thing is I purchased it from a very large BMW dealership locally. I agree with you, not all used cars are bad, of course. But used sports cars on the other hand, pass.

[dutchm2]

Originally Posted by SunnyD

Past:
2007 M Coupe
1998 M3 5MT
2006 M5
2009 135 6MT
1990 318i
2011 E92 M3 ZCP
2014 i3

Current:
2016 M4 GTS
2011 E90 M3 ZCP

The one I miss the most:

Beautiful! Any else pics of this gorgeous line-up?

[John Simon]

2004 M3
2009 M5 and now owns a Mercedes E63s AMG

[dutchm2]

Originally Posted by John Simon

2004 M3
2009 M5 and now owns a Mercedes E63s AMG

Pics of the M's please!

[T-Dubbs]

Originally Posted by joao.toscano

Nice! Any pics of the '87 E30?

old pic, but you get the idea

[dutchm2]

Originally Posted by T-Dubbs

old pic, but you get the idea

Spectacular!

[Edwardsc1]

Originally Posted by joao.toscano

That's a great line up you had until now. Any pics to share?

Oh I've always got pictures haha the E92 is definitely a special one; I was lucky enough to have it with the Individual Rust Brown interior. Would love to own another one some day.

Edit: not sure why these didn't show up in order lol

[dutchm2]

Originally Posted by Edwardsc1

Oh I've always got pictures haha the E92 is definitely a special one; I was lucky enough to have it with the Individual Rust Brown interior. Would love to own another one some day.

Edit: not sure why these didn't show up in order lol

Thank you! Yes the 2011 E92 M3 is a epic car!

[spooni]

First car: E28 533i - wrecked before I had my license

A couple years later, E32 735i.. transmission quit a week after driving it around. Then turned out the seller didn't even own the car. Towed it to his house and demanded my $2500 back. Yes I got it..

Fast forward 15 years: Space grey E92 M3 bought in January 2020, sold in late 2021. Bought an M2C that wasn't for me.. sold it for what I paid 3 months later and picked up my LMB E90. Well, after getting into a track incident with that I decided to part with it and pick up my current Jerez E92 that I got in June 2022. Now that's going to stick around as my track toy

[DjMarkOne]

Originally Posted by spooni

Bought an M2C that wasn't for me.. sold it for what I paid 3 months later and picked up my LMB E90.

What factors made you get rid of it so quickly?

[dutchm2]

Originally Posted by DjMarkOne

What factors made you get rid of it so quickly?

Following

[spooni]

Originally Posted by DjMarkOne

What factors made you get rid of it so quickly?

One track day and I hated how twitchy it felt. Very much the opposite of confidence inspiring. Not to mention you when you turn off DSC and can't use auto rev match, dumb.

[HEY32G]

'87 328i, '06 Z4 3.0si, '08 335i, '15 Z4 sdrive35is, '19 440i Coupe.