Article: BWM M3 Owners, Tell me your secrets. (UPDATE) Pics included

od_man99

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Gentlemen,

REWIND:

http://www.montrealracing.com/forum...M-M3-Owners-Tell-me-your-secrets&highlight=M3

I spent 3 weeks thinking about it, I researched the forums, I took you opinions and more importantly I tried it.

I drove both the DCT and the Manual 6speed.

1 week ago I made a decision to make one of my childhood dreams come true. Needless to say I've been underpass hunting ever since that wonderful moment.

PS: Not me in any of these pics

Edit:

Car Story by od_man99

I grew up in Longueuil in a Triplex. My street was very vibrant with families. My dad an immigrant who studied and worked as an accountant and my mother a young housewife that took care of me and ToFreedom. At the tender age of 3 my father had bought me pretty much every hotwheel car a little kid could desire. Petrol ran in his veins as they would in mine in latter years. At 10, I watched Colin McRae throw his Subaru into endless corners, winning title after title. I loved the sound of backfire, I loved the chaos of rally and the control that these men exhibited on these uncontrollable beasts. At 16 I saw The Fast and the Furious and by that Summer I had a 2002 Nissan Sentra XE with a fart can, an intake and the all mighty 1.8L 142hp Nissan Motor. It drank oil and it ran like shit. I blew a MAF every 10000k. I loved that car. In fact, I met DarkestFenix when I use to drive that piece of junk. He helped me make it into the ricerocket that it was.

At 18, I wanted more power, I bought a 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse GTS. Oh boy was that the shit. It was my Summer car and in the winters I'd drive my 2001 Protege EX. This is when I fell in love with the M3. Oh what I would of done to have an E46. I wanted one as bad as I wanted ass. I worked hard to buy my Eclipse 30hrs a week, even during school time. But I could never afford a 30k car at the time.

By 24, I bought my rebound girl, my 2001 2.5RS. It was on this forum for a long time, and god did I work hard on that car. It was my first FAST car. I raced MTV in Mexico with it 3-4 times. I raced Snake, Polak and however wanted to try my 2.0 Version 6 Swapped 280hp 1200kg beast. The car was bullet proof, I put 30k on that motor before selling it.

Then, the blunder years, I bought a 2011 Subaru STi Hatch. What a fucking disaster. Tranny went at 27k and Subaru Canada bought back my car. I ended up with a 2013 STi. Drove it for 20k and sold it to get the M3.

This is how I feel in the M3, I want to share it with you because you need to know, you need to feel the excitement and pleasure through my keyboard strokes, you need to think about your dream car, you need to picture yourself behind that car's wheel.

The Day I drove her Home:

I walked into the dealership, it was a sunny day, the clouds had just dissipated, a chilly -8C, but warm enough for me to only wear my sport jacket. I didn't want to wear my full 3 piece suite to work that day, I need to feel light to drive the car, I wanted it to be perfect. She was sitting inside, they had just cleaned and waxed her. It's one of the pictures in the intial post, take a look at it to feel how I did.

The BMW guy drives it out, he parks it in front of the dealership and shakes my hand, he's happy for me, no one wanted to serve me when I walked in but him, young guys don't often purchase 80k cars. I turn her on, she's mine. I can feel the V8, it litterally shakes the car when I rev it. It's like a symphony, picture 4L that can rev up to 8.9k. Needless to say I've got goosebumps. Adjust said seat, adjust mirrors. I can litterally smell the leather in the car as I write this, the memory is in my nostrils as it is in my mind.

I drive off. No music, no radio, nothing but that V8. I'm on Decarie, the car is shining, the motor is singing, my window is half open, I'm chasing underpasses, my GF is waitng for me at Metro Longueuil, she has no idea I bought an M3. I drive it like it was meant to be driven, and god knows that this thing can go, Ville Marie is mine, it's empty, 3k, 4k, 5k....8k, my dreams are coming true, I'm on top of the world, this is the best moment of my life, I worked so hard to get here, so many sleepless nights, so many Youtube Motivational videos, so many nay sayers, so many haters...

I pick her up, I don't say a word, she's litterally crying in my car, knowing what this moment means to me. Knowing I will never be the same again, knowing to me, now, at that very specific moment, I am invincible, this is my life pinickle, this is the appoge or my dreams, the climax through my strokes, the Vangard on my wall, this is my greatest moment. Look at me now brother, look at me now.

I park her in my garage, it's still a dream, I can't believe she's mine, I can't believe we made it. And to this day, I don't drive it without thinking about the struggle.

Was it worth it? If only for those 3 first hours, yes, it was worth it. It was worth every effort.

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It's on it's Winter Rims and Wheels, but God damn I can't wait to put the summers on and hit the track.

Props to SAMURAI who is an awesome dude from BMW CANBEC.
 
I see red Xs however I know Canbec had a used blue M3.... is it that one you bought? Cause I'll be full jelly if it was that one....
 
non elle est noire.

Même quand je vide ma cache je vois les photos quand même... :dunno:
 
Congrats! Be safe, don't drive like an ass on residential streets and take it to the track to understand its performance and flaws.
 
Can't see shit on my phone either but congrats buddy you won't regret it!
I wouldn't have sold mine if I wasn't realising another childhood dream!

Edit: ok I opened in the browser and saw the pics! Looks amazing all clean like that. You even got the baller OEM winter rims! lol

So it's a 2011+ manual competiton package? Navigation?

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Congrats on the new ride!

Side note...is it me or is your driveway and stairs the only part of town that is getting the summer heat!!! Not even one speck of snow to be seen on your stairs, your 2 garbage bin and driveway....All your neighbors are still full of the white stuff.
 
Wow, black 6 spd M3. Thank you to keep riding a M/T car. You have really beautiful car there. Can't wait to ear this with a Borla :)
 
Congrats on the new ride!

Side note...is it me or is your driveway and stairs the only part of town that is getting the summer heat!!! Not even one speck of snow to be seen on your stairs, your 2 garbage bin and driveway....All your neighbors are still full of the white stuff.

The car is so hot it evaporated all the snow around it. Dayum.
 
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