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Old 04-20-09 | 02:33 PM
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E9X M3 is a super nice car. Congrats.
Old 04-20-09 | 03:02 PM
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man, I am jealous of your car
haha jealous what dude, you have a faster car with cf room. the cf room on AW i have to say is the sickest thing, looks so awesome

how's your car man, what's new on it?
Old 04-20-09 | 03:48 PM
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hahhaa allen, you live close enough, you should have seen my car
Seriously right? I need to find some time to cruise by your way.

Speaking of M3s, a guy recently moved in next door to me and he has a new brownish (not sure of the color) M3 coupe. I think it's a sign
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Seriously right? I need to find some time to cruise by your way.

Speaking of M3s, a guy recently moved in next door to me and he has a new brownish (not sure of the color) M3 coupe. I think it's a sign
allen, all you need is one test drive in the m3
Old 04-20-09 | 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by rominl
allen, all you need is one test drive in the m3
I also need the money Talk to me about getting an M3 when the fiancee is out of school and running her own practice. Until then I still have to pay the mortgage
Old 04-21-09 | 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by rominl
haha jealous what dude, you have a faster car with cf room. the cf room on AW i have to say is the sickest thing, looks so awesome

how's your car man, what's new on it?
With the weather so nice and sunny in nor cal these days, I am jealous of your drop top. haha
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With the weather so nice and sunny in nor cal these days, I am jealous of your drop top. haha
indeed my wife is enjoying the drop top a lot now that summer is coming. i guess the car really reminds her of her sc430
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most of the time my wife drives the m3 and i drive it during the weekend and occasionally during the week. man is this one dangerous car to drive..... honestly i am spending a lot more time looking out for cops than in my gs350 coz' the car is just so freaking fast...

evening without trying at all the car is constantly hitting 80 and with a slight press on the gas and it's topping 90+ in no time... a lot of times when i pass cars i ended up doing close to 100 @+@

just yesterday had some fun with another m5. cool driver, not being *** and just we wanted to have together. fast turns and what not, wow... saw him taking a turn at 90mph no problem so i just followed. gosh i had no idea the car is so capable, haha...

and the other day by the end of the freeway on ramp and i was doing 80+ already, saw a chp from behind (another lane), uhoh, downshift fast and rev the car high without braking. sigh...
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The track day itch begins
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Originally Posted by rominl
most of the time my wife drives the m3 and i drive it during the weekend and occasionally during the week. man is this one dangerous car to drive..... honestly i am spending a lot more time looking out for cops than in my gs350 coz' the car is just so freaking fast...
Good point for those of us that try to keep clean driving records.

Mmmm, same fear I had about getting a IS-F, so I did the stealth (sgm) IS350 for now............................
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The track day itch begins
hahahaa, did i tell you that i am going to m school end of the year, for FREE??? what a deal getting this car, everything is free

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Good point for those of us that try to keep clean driving records.

Mmmm, same fear I had about getting a IS-F, so I did the stealth (sgm) IS350 for now............................
seriously, all these cars are so fast, and so easy to GET fast, it's dangerous.
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you can solve all your problems by trading the car in for a honda civic.

you can gas it, and it will sound fast, but of course 0-60 in 10 seconds
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you can solve all your problems by trading the car in for a honda civic.

you can gas it, and it will sound fast, but of course 0-60 in 10 seconds
haha then i will probably be road rage on myself
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Originally Posted by dunnojack
you can solve all your problems by trading the car in for a honda civic.

you can gas it, and it will sound fast, but of course 0-60 in 10 seconds
alot faster if you do the ricer fly-by

Yeah, like the amg and M cars are just too easy to get into trouble
take it easy Rom....you got to behave for another 18 months or so
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Originally Posted by GS3Tek
alot faster if you do the ricer fly-by

Yeah, like the amg and M cars are just too easy to get into trouble
take it easy Rom....you got to behave for another 18 months or so
sigh tell me about it chris! that's why i am always on serious look-out.

was on a trip to AZ couple weeks ago (thank god not in the m3) and the v1 saved me like 2-3 times...



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