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quick funny story...(funny to me at least)
Took my kids to the subdivision pool yesterday. the 3 life guards (16-17 year old boys) were all on break talking about cars. The one kid was all excited about picking up his new car friday. It was fast, but only a V6 so insurance wasnt going to be that bad.
By this point, I had to know. So I asked, "what are you getting"
He proudly says, "1999 B M W, M3, Convertable"
I feal bad now, but my imediate reactions was, "dont get that, get a car with style"..."only posers get BMW's, especially old, slow M3's"..."you are buying a name plate, not a drivers car"
he started to get pissed, but then one of the other lifeguards laughed and told him to listen, as I obviosly had taste in cars and he pointed to my R.
As usual, my wife walked away frustrated that someone else validated my car obesession.
Took my kids to the subdivision pool yesterday. the 3 life guards (16-17 year old boys) were all on break talking about cars. The one kid was all excited about picking up his new car friday. It was fast, but only a V6 so insurance wasnt going to be that bad.
By this point, I had to know. So I asked, "what are you getting"
He proudly says, "1999 B M W, M3, Convertable"
I feal bad now, but my imediate reactions was, "dont get that, get a car with style"..."only posers get BMW's, especially old, slow M3's"..."you are buying a name plate, not a drivers car"
he started to get pissed, but then one of the other lifeguards laughed and told him to listen, as I obviosly had taste in cars and he pointed to my R.
As usual, my wife walked away frustrated that someone else validated my car obesession.
. The E36 M3 would easily run circles around our R's, stock for stock. The only way the R has a fighting chance is if that M3 is an automatic, it's wet, and because it's a heavier convertible. Ignore my username for the time being, because the E36 M3 is just about the worst looking abomination of a BMW of any of them. I am not a fan of it, however the performance of them doesn't lie. The R is easily a better overall daily driver, but to most it's still just a Volvo. I constantly get flack from people because I drive a brick. They can't understand why I didn't buy another BMW or at least a Mercedes or something. Who cares though, I like it. I went through the same thing when I had my E34 525i automatic wagon with 300k miles. "Nice wagon family truckster, Clark Griswold." I didn't care, it was a great looking car and I enjoyed the hell out of it. My point is, let the kid have his cake. Also, insurance is NOT cheaper because the M3 is a 6cyl...my '98 540i 6spd was $350 less per year than the '95 M3 coupe I priced out. Oddly enough, the 2004 S60R is $20 a year cheaper than the 540i too! 
