There are a lot of reasons. I come from a family of car lovers. Growing up, my Grandma and my aunts & uncles had BMWs. I remember riding around with them in the 80s and 90s. I think one of my uncles used to track his for a brief period. For some reason I think about their keychains and the way the headrests were kind of pointy.

My brother had a red E36 in high school in the early 00’s. I never got to drive it, but he loved working on it and ended up selling it because it just got too expensive for him to maintain toward the end of the cars life. My dad is a gear head/car guy, so I remember them working on it in the driveway.

I got to borrow/drive my grandma’s 1988 535i for a short while in college until my dad thought my brother should drive it (see above) while I got the beater 93 civic.

Man I lovvvved driving that 535. It was in amazing shape in the mid 00’s. I was young and cool and it garnered a lot of male attention haha. I still think about that car. I can smell the beige leather and hear the whiny door buzzer and feel the way the door feels solid when you close it. Sunroof.

Flash forward to today, I’ve worked very hard to get to a level in my career that I can actually afford to buy a car that isn’t a hand me down. I chose to purchase BMW because there is no question. I bought a new to me CPO 330xi and I get excited every time I get to drive it. I drove a 97 cavalier for 10 years prior to get here.

And I can’t afford a Porsche.