Well, I am about two weeks away from picking up my M3 from Chattanooga, TN . It's a 2005 with 35k miles and the SMG transmission (I'd have preferred a manual, but decided against it because of the commute to class each morning).

I've attached a few shots of it that were sent to me. I had a PPI done, and the mechanic's words to the SA were "it's perfect" which sounds perfectly alright to me .

 

Looks very nice and clean! Congrads on your new ride.

 

Dude, you're going to love that car.

 

Yeah, no doubt. Sign up for a DE event at your local track, and get some time learning the cars capabilities with an instructor in a safe(er) environment. Getting some serious seat time in an M5 with my friend, and seasoned instructor was one of the best things I've done for my driving abilities. He started taking me out when I was 16, and helped me with heal-n'-toe, apex, lines, vision, and over/understeer. As a result, I feel comfortable jumping into most capable cars and driving them safely, properly, and respectably quick. These aren't skills solely helpful on the track, you can use them everyday.

Have fun with it this summer, and make sure to take a decent trip with an attractive young girl in the passenger seat!

 

Thanks for the comments guys! I really appreciate them.


The first "mod" for the car is a trip up to BeaveRun for a DE event . I figure that's as good a place as any to start with a car like this.

Just one decent trip?

Joking aside, thanks for the concern & the thoughts - they're truly appreciated.

As far as the car is concerned, I've hit a snag; the PPI checklist came in and the tires are at half-life. When we negotiated, I was told that they were "brand new tires." Bull.

After talking to him today, he tried to tell me "they were brand new when we got the trade-in... 1200 miles ago," which I find incredible. Were they on the Nurdburgring or something? What a load of bull.

The car is in great shape other than that, so after our discussion I did some more digging with DJ's help and crafted this email:

We'll see what happens tomorrow. I'm furious that they tried to pull this over on me. Combined with the fact that this dealership (which is one of the largest in the region & has nothing but positive remarks - including from Mike at BMW of Chattanooga when we talked about them while making hte appointment) wants me to wire-transfer the money, I'm ready to eat the money I paid for a PPI and tell them to buzz off.

It's mind-blowing.

 

Yay another //M douche on the board.






Kidding of course, bummer about the tire BS though. Hope everything works out in the end. Your surname is still in the quoted email btw, not sure if that's intentional.

 

Awesome. Congrats. Drive carefully. Very wise to take some DE's, your young arn't you?

 

I'm eighteen going on nineteen, yes, so that's something that adds an extra layer of caution to the mix. I've got many, many years ahead of me and I don't want it any other way.

Definitely looking forward to the DE.

Thanks again for the comments; I'll keep everyone posted on what happens today with the darn tires (he's supposed to call me). By the way, thanks for noticing my mistake on the surname .

 

Tough situation you're in right now, but you need to decide how heavily principles are going to influence your actions. Consider the time and money you have invested in what you know is a clean and mechanically solid M3. You're not going to give a shit about the current situation when you're ripping through a curvy road late one summer night, coming out of an apex at 6,000 RPM with the wind rushing through the cabin, and a gorgeous brunette sitting shotgun smiling. Know what I mean?

 

So what happened?