https://oppositelock.kinja.com/the-car-that-got-away-1735536251 -- I wrote a sort of love story about mine.

Hey, I was right with my B58 guess all this time. I should win a supra for that. I’ll even take the B48 version.

looks like it would collect bacteria in the little crevices. 

looks like it would collect bacteria in the little crevices. 

I’m still guessing B58 motor. In 240i guise it makes 335hp/369tq, but it makes that torque in a lot more places than the F cars, so one might already consider it “on par” with the F. I’d guess it’s tuned upward a pinch....say 360hp/380tq (easily achievable based on even BMW’s own MPPSK tune).

Funny, one time on my way back from Arizona (but in CA) I was passing a line of cars and doing 140. I saw a hidden CHP so I slammed on my brakes and jumped into the line of cars. My wife hit me a bunch of times, telling me that I’m going to jail. The cop lit me up, pulled me over, and while I was busy shitting my…

It doesn’t sound like an m3 at all. Sounds like the B58 (2/3/4/5..40i)

That understeer was painful. Even after the mods.

There’s no sense of humor. Just someone that isn’t a car person doing the ads.

First time I saw helicopters doing flips at an air show, I about shit my pants. I had no idea they could do that.

You guys seem kind of retarded.

Pro-Tip: You can disable the heavy steering in sport mode. It’s an option in the iDrive. Unfortunately you can’t disable it in Sport+, but it’s worth disabling in Sport. I have my 340i setup with soft steering and soft suspension in Sport mode, that way I get the throttle pops and better throttle response, without the…

When we were shopping to replace the wife’s BMW 3-series wagon, I couldn’t even get her to look at the Buick. The Buick badge alone was too much of a downside in her mind. I realize this may sound like she’s a luxury car whore, but that’s simply untrue. She has no trouble looking at Subarus, Mazdas, Toyotas,…

I dunno, the article used the term lumbering and said that they had a T6 and it does 0-60 in 5.8, but doesn’t feel fast. We recently sold our F31 328ix and it did 0-60 in around the same time, but felt peppy. Sometimes the “sport” programming of the throttle and trans really make the car wake up. We considered the a4…

As a multi-wagon owner, I must say this is one sexy bitch. But families shopping this segment DO care about performance. BMW and Audi seem to still offer a bit more performance in this category, and their wagons are lighter and get better fuel mileage. So this being lazy and lumbering aren’t ideal attributes. Families…

That’s an old-ass Chevy Blazer dude. They had a 4.3l v6 FWIW, and are worth about $10 now, so I doubt this guy can afford anything.

:( Sorry, no. Sold it two years ago or so. I picked it up in dire need of suspension, bushings, wheels, tires, brakes, brake lines...so I did all those things and figured I would keep it around for a while but alas, my automotive ADD got the best of me. At least I helped the e24 live a bit longer.

HAH! You nailed a lot of my life, but my wife isn’t that old and we’re only 2 minutes from the country club. In my case, wife didn’t like it. Said she hates sitting up high.

I guess I just don’t have that many friends.

agreed. Here’s a pic of my old e24.

All business. No fluff.