Average age of M3 buyer here?

[Epacy]

Originally Posted by mkoesel

Thanks for the link lucid, I knew we had done this before.

The real test comes in a few months to a year when people have their cars. Then we can do a public poll and ask only people who have bought the car and can link their own pics thread to answer. That will give some real interesting results I think.

Maybe we will all pull a South and not post pics of our cars....
j/k South

[southlight]

LOL
Will be a hard time not being allowed to vote...



Best regards, south

[OC ///M]

Originally Posted by mkoesel

The real test comes in a few months to a year when people have their cars. Then we can do a public poll and ask only people who have bought the car and can link their own pics thread to answer. That will give some real interesting results I think.

+2 The current poll just more or less answers "Who's online?"

[lucid]

Originally Posted by Epacy

Maybe we will all pull a South and not post pics of our cars....

[mkoesel]

Originally Posted by southlight

LOL
Will be a hard time not being allowed to vote...

Best regards, south

You get a pass because you are south. No other exceptions.

[southlight]

Originally Posted by mkoesel

You get a pass because you are south. No other exceptions.

Cool, an exception just for me. Thanks.


Best regards, south

[swamp2]

Originally Posted by southlight

Cool, an exception just for me. Thanks.


Best regards, south

Veto, no pics, no exceptions.

[southlight]

Originally Posted by swamp2

Veto, no pics, no exceptions.

What a setback!


Best regards, south

[ddsm3]

This thread is making me not want to buy an m3. There are too many young people in their teens or early 20's buying this car or having it bought for them. I live in southern California so it will probably be worse. There are going to be a ton of rich kids driving around with m3's. Makes the car less special IMO.

[gadget]

27 now, I'll be 28 when i get my M

[TheBry]

Originally Posted by Romo

+1

41..................

Me too -- 41 years old (will be 42 on 20 May) own my own home, have a great job and usually buy a new car every four years with bonus money (the M3 vert will be the third new car I've bought with bonus cash). I'm bonused quarterly, so I put those in the bank for four years ($5k x 16 quarters = $80K to spend on my new baby!!)

[Pitkis]

I'm 30 when receiving the car.

And by the way, this is my first post. Been lurking here for over a year, I recently registered after ordering E92 M3. Build schedule is week 20, delivery on early June here in Finland, with M-DCT.

[nusevad]

Originally Posted by Pitkis

I'm 30 when receiving the car.

And by the way, this is my first post. Been lurking here for over a year, I recently registered after ordering E92 M3. Build schedule is week 20, delivery on early June here in Finland, with M-DCT.

welcome~

Should have joined us sooner...we dont bite, at least most of us dont! Haha

[m3tor]

34 here. Delivery in a couple of weeks

[Hans Delbruck]

Originally Posted by ddsm3

This thread is making me not want to buy an m3. There are too many young people in their teens or early 20's buying this car or having it bought for them. I live in southern California so it will probably be worse. There are going to be a ton of rich kids driving around with m3's. Makes the car less special IMO.

I hate to admit it, but I have the same feelings about the M3 in SoCal. But then I drive an Evo everyday so I'm already driving a punk car, just not a rich punk's car.....

[M2381]

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Originally Posted by M2381

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[ToddMcF2002]

To all the older folks who are scratching their heads wondering about the younger buyers affording these things - take a look at the salary surveys on M3 forum. Its pretty clear what is going on:

- a small percentage have family money
- a small percentage have the means because of great job
- a small percentage live in areas where Real Estate is dirt cheap
- by far the largest percentage have prioritized the vehicle over appreciating assets that are more appropriate for their age which is revealed by the salary surveys.

As someone noted, at the exclusion of all else you only need to make 40K for a 60K car.

[nusevad]

Originally Posted by ddsm3

This thread is making me not want to buy an m3. There are too many young people in their teens or early 20's buying this car or having it bought for them. I live in southern California so it will probably be worse. There are going to be a ton of rich kids driving around with m3's. Makes the car less special IMO.

Dont buy it then. If your intention of buying this car is to be special, standout, or to keep up with others then your buying the wrong car for the wrong reasons.

Buy it for the love of driving it, and sharing the experience with other enthusiasts.

[JPH]

Originally Posted by Jinxter

Good point. I find "most" older people just browse the sites rather then posting on them unless they are stuck in a corner with no answers. My brother being one of them...

Good perspective. I thought the average age would be much higher, given the price point. But, this a "biased sample" (members of a web forum generally = younger) as we say in market research. Or, at least that makes me feel better about being in the upper 1/3 of the age range for respondents.

[par4bmw]

Just ask your dealer what the avg age is. Definitely different than this poll. Most M buyers do not post, they just buy. Demographics play a big difference tough. SoCal will be much different than St. Louis.

[nyce92M3]

Will be 36 when I get mine for next year. Own my own apt in Manhattan, and a condo in Jersey, where I'll garage my M.

To all the young guys (<25) getting this car, IMO, your priorities are whacked. Start building assets that appreciate at that age. Thats what I did