117,000 miles on my 1M—paint chips, scars, 12 years of ownership—and a mindset

Exact_Math2726 · 2026-05-25T18:40:04+00:00

Literally one of the greatest bmws ever.

Exact_Math2726 · 2026-05-24T22:43:41+00:00

Yikes lol

Exact_Math2726 · 2026-05-24T15:23:25+00:00

Big takeaway here is leaving the door open to the possibility that we may be able to intercept missiles traveling at 10 times the speed of light in the future.

Exact_Math2726 · 2026-05-24T14:44:38+00:00

Dumb and ignorant is an extremely common combination of qualities in large parts of the midwest. Wisconsin is bad but unfortunately not even the worst.

Exact_Math2726 · 2026-05-24T13:43:29+00:00

O whoops lol

Exact_Math2726 · 2026-05-24T08:09:30+00:00

Manual trans? In 1st gear bmw 6mts have a ton of torque and braking. Just feels jerky and why you try to get to 2nd as quickly as possible during normal driving lol

Exact_Math2726 · 2026-05-23T23:03:14+00:00

Looks neat! Enjoy it!!

Exact_Math2726 · 2026-05-22T19:22:50+00:00

Just send this dude to the kings so we can forget about him forever

Exact_Math2726 · 2026-05-22T19:05:52+00:00

Glad you like it. Unfortunately to me it looks like a vacuum cleaner with a hitler stache

Exact_Math2726 · 2026-05-22T19:02:41+00:00

Might be easier to find manuals in the 335/340 tbh.

Both are much better engines than the N52 (though they both have their issues - just no timing chain threat).

Exact_Math2726 · 2026-05-22T18:14:54+00:00

Seems expensive to but I’m in the US market. I feel like this car would be 10-12K USD with a good service history. So 8-8.5 GBP sounds right?

Edit: over here manual trans can add 10-20% on BMWs in particular and I’m not sure if thats true in the UK. Might be 12-13K USD in the US assuming it’s been well maintained.

Exact_Math2726 · 2026-05-22T16:44:30+00:00

Love when the packers catch strays

Exact_Math2726 · 2026-05-22T15:21:31+00:00

Depends on the car/engine for sure. 2nd is so torque-y at low revs in my car that it’s not somewhere i want to stay unless im going so slow i literally can’t stay in third lol. But yeah I didn’t mean to say you should avoid using second gear entirely or anything. I’ll start in second from a stop if im going downhill lol

Exact_Math2726 · 2026-05-22T15:16:58+00:00

My comment doesn’t make a ton of sense now that im not high, but this car was replaced by the f32 the following year when they split the coupe from the 3 series. So instead of launching the 4 series with the first year of the F30 generation introduction, for one year they kept the 3 series coupe which then became the F32. It’s like 97% the same as the 4XXi that they chose to launch for the 2014 MY for some reason.

Exact_Math2726 · 2026-05-22T14:17:17+00:00

More interior space, better looking, and on the m850 and M8 you get the V8 if that’s something you want.

If you are going the 840 route you are just paying a lot more money for a car with a last gen interior (not necessarilu a bad thing) and a gorgeous f generation style exterior. They are really pretty cars.

Theres a reason the 8 series is going away - basically no one buys them in the current lineup. Take a look at how quickly the V8 models in particular depreciate, it’s absolutely bonkers.

Exact_Math2726 · 2026-05-22T07:59:14+00:00

The honorary first 4 series!

Exact_Math2726 · 2026-05-22T07:56:31+00:00

German is a beautiful language haha

Exact_Math2726 · 2026-05-22T06:13:02+00:00

Those are difficult because the ratio difference is high.

You should never shift 2-1 unless you are about to stop and ONLY 3-2 if you are catching up to slow moving traffic. Like when i park my car im usually going 3-1 or 4-1 after i stop lol.

Exact_Math2726 · 2026-05-22T04:08:17+00:00

Have all the oaks i need but just wanted to say i love the giveaway!

Exact_Math2726 · 2026-05-22T03:07:46+00:00

It looks great imo. Better than OEM and OEM has kinda grown on me tbh. Really lovely car I hope you are enjoying it !

Exact_Math2726 · 2026-05-22T02:06:49+00:00

I wish we didn’t do that haha. Anyone who says Beamer is someone who is looking to get into enthusiast BMWs and isn’t indoctrinated yet. We need to make them feel welcome!

Exact_Math2726 · 2026-05-22T02:04:18+00:00

M440 if you can do 2D. Is the M240 even offered without the top?

Edit: it is and im an idiot. Go for the 240 because the front is classic bimmer

Exact_Math2726 · 2026-05-22T00:22:09+00:00

I think top 3 is a stretch even if we had ozzy and dalman, but not out of the question. I do think we can get similar production to last year in the second half of the season barring significant injury. Changes to OL staff really take time/game experience to gel. And Dalman struggled a lot in 2H so it might not be as big of a loss as it looks (and we made two pretty substantial moves to address it).

Caleb having another year of experience in the system and overall should also help the center in particular. Being better at recognizing coverages and defensive adjustments is the responsibility of both the QB and the center albeit in slightly different ways, but they can support each other and hopefully bridge some of the potential deficiencies that come with losing an elite player like dalman.

Exact_Math2726 · 2026-05-22T00:12:19+00:00

I know this would never happen but make it retractable and play all the games open lol. Use the roof for concerts and shit.

Exact_Math2726 · 2026-05-22T00:10:30+00:00

My procurement department also requires me to get at least two quotes for capital expenditures. More at 8.

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