First BMW you ever drove!

[Bourne820]

Not necessarily owned or anything.

For me, my parents bought a 2003 325i back in '04. First ever BMW in our family, sort-of our introduction into middle class territory.
I wasn't of age to drive it, but I still had a few short runs with it. Funny enough, it's still in our family 14 years later.

Damn fantastic car in every single way..

[jd501]

My first car in college ... a used 1993 325i. Friend in college had a '99 M3; loved the car; eventually traded the 325i in for a used '99 M3 as soon as I graduated. Friend went with me to test drive it, taught me how to drive stick at Lot 34 of UCLA.

Took his Dinan exhaust and intake when he sold his for a 4.8is X5.

'93 325i
'99 M3 6MT
'05 M3 6MT
'03 M3 SMG
'08 M3 DCT

[330ciprem]

Drove my friend's first car - a 2002 E46 325i with 100000 miles.

4 months later got my own 2006 E46 330ci when my first internship started.

One year later my girlfriend bought her first car - a 2015 Z4.

6 months later I took the plunge into a 2012 E92 M3.

M6 is not too far away now.

[amrazM]

99 540i
Crossed to the dark side 01 s4
2000 540i
2000 m5
1998 m3
2005 m3
2008 335i
2011 m3 present

[3Pedals_6Speeds]

'77 320i. I have a picture of me leaned against it in 1985 or so somewhere.

[LostPanda]

2013 E92 M3, which I own...

[Mr. BMW]

95 325is 5 speed. New off the dealer lot. Sales person just gave me the keys and off I went. Had never owned a manual before but I had taken a couple of manual driving lessons. I might have stalled it once or twice...

I fell in love with the car and ordered one which ended up being a model change to a 328is.

Now 5 BMW's later....

[Ngilbe36]

Cool thread....

1st: My Dad's 1998 328i
2nd: My Dad's 2001 325xi
3rd: My Dad's 2006 330i
4th: My 2011 E90 M3
5th: My 2001 325xi WAGON (Bought/Sold as flip)


I couldn't let my Dad own a faster car than me now could I.

[Teufel_Hunden]

2006 330i
2007 335i
2011 335i
2013 e92 M3 (current)

[Inflame]

Back in 2008 I bought a 2003 325i, it was an automatic but man... it was great. Since then I've owned an 02 M3, 01 M5, 95 M3 that I race, and now my 08 M3 Sedan. I've also had two E30's as projects to resell.

[Dlpfcb]

2004 E46 M3 and I still got it.

[PACarGuy]

3 different E30's in one weekend at BMW Skip Barber Advanced Driving School in 1991.
325i, 325is, and of course, the one that started my love for M cars - the E30 M3.
What a hoot that thing was to drive around the skidpad and autocross course.

Of course, I waited way too long to actually buy one for myself as my E92 M3 is the first BMW that I've owned (we lease an X3 for my wife).

[Tewie]

My driving school exclusively trained in beat up BMWs. The first BMW I ever drove was a 90's to early 2000 3 series convertible with brake pedals in both the driver and passenger seats hahaha.

[Megabrode]

Not this one, but much like it: an Alpine White 1969 2002, picked out in 1971 by my first wife for her father. For her it was a fashion statement. The father-in-law decided he wanted a land yacht, so I took over payments ($51/mo). Compared to other cars of the day, including my MGA, the 2002 was a miracle. Sewing-machine smooth engine, intuitive steering, tossable, and practical. Plus it had the first radial tires. I drove it all over the Western US, Mexico, and Canada. Good times -- but it couldn't save the marriage.

This car had the DNA still in our cars, somehow lost in later 3-series.

[decimation1]

Mom's 1983 320i

[E92_TYLER]

Drove a buddies janky E36 with no exhaust down the street and never really though much of it. A few years later i drove my step mothers E93 335i and thats what made me buy one lol

[Crazy8.M3]

First drove my Mom's 1992 525i Wagon then my Dad's 1994 318is.

[xcusem3]

2003 e46 320i - had it for 5 years and 210000kms.. then moved to an '07 e92 335i for a couple years (engine blew up, POS n54..) now my '13 m3!

[sdarc]

Cousins 1971 2002.

[spazzyfry123]

My first was my buddy's Dinan-supercharged Techno Violet E36 M3 probably about 10 years ago. After that, got an E30 that then turned into Spec E30. Now my E90.

I was spoiled.

[Helmsman]

After a pile of Volvos and SAAB I finally went for a bimmer (E91 325i) in 2008. Always thought the premium for BMW was too high but when managed to squeeze it out as a company car I gave it a try. Only then I fully realized what difference in daily driving experience meant, how fun it was!
Went 335i, 550i till current M3 which probably is where I stop but different story.

[e93 jonesy]

Growing up my dad had a '75 2002 never got a chance to drive that, way too young... But the first BMW I ever drove was a 1991 BMW M5 on a test drive (this was in the mid 90's)...