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      09-05-2014, 09:31 AM   #23
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how much did you pay for it? trying to get something similar...
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      09-05-2014, 11:51 AM   #24
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Congrats on the E90 M3! Think i drove by your car last night it was parked on Grove and Laguna St.?
Yep, that was me! I guess the Carmax plates make me easy to spot...
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      09-05-2014, 06:47 PM   #25
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      09-05-2014, 09:21 PM   #26
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you work for Tesla and you're driving a M3
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      09-06-2014, 08:00 PM   #27
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Konig: "Oh, so YOU'RE the one!!??"

I was working with CarMax for days on that car, trying to get it transferred cross country to me. LOL, it's all good, many congrats my friend....

I ended up picking up a similar car a bit closer to home. Best of luck, but I am still a bit jealous of that Speed Cloth!
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      09-06-2014, 08:15 PM   #28
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That car sounds like a unicorn! Awesome find congrats! Love to 2002. Enjoy in good health.
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      09-06-2014, 08:20 PM   #29
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Yep, that was me! I guess the Carmax plates make me easy to spot...
Yes it was the rear Carmax plate haha
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      09-07-2014, 12:22 AM   #30
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Konig: "Oh, so YOU'RE the one!!??"

I was working with CarMax for days on that car, trying to get it transferred cross country to me. LOL, it's all good, many congrats my friend....

I ended up picking up a similar car a bit closer to home. Best of luck, but I am still a bit jealous of that Speed Cloth!
Sorry man! About a week before I found THIS car, there was an identical car at a BMW dealer outside of Denver that had 8k miles and was actually priced lower. By the time I was able to call them, the car had disappeared from autotrader/cars.com and was gone. I knew I had to act on this one quickly...

Would love to see photos of what you got, do you have a link?

Tomorrow I plan to give the car its first wash, pull off all the Carmax stuff, and take some photos.
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      09-07-2014, 04:56 PM   #31
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Fellow Non-Sunroof E90 M3 here!
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      09-07-2014, 07:20 PM   #32
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Sorry man! About a week before I found THIS car, there was an identical car at a BMW dealer outside of Denver that had 8k miles and was actually priced lower. By the time I was able to call them, the car had disappeared from autotrader/cars.com and was gone. I knew I had to act on this one quickly...

Would love to see photos of what you got, do you have a link?

Tomorrow I plan to give the car its first wash, pull off all the Carmax stuff, and take some photos.
You and I must have been on the same quest. I almost bought that one in Denver as well, until I found out it had a checkered past...

I don't have any pics of my car up on photobucket yet, but it's another AW ZCP without a sunroof
I wanted a more decontented car like you got but had to "settle" for leather and Nav.
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      09-07-2014, 07:32 PM   #33
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Ok, here u go. Don't mean to hijack your thread ...
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      09-09-2014, 07:01 PM   #34
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      09-09-2014, 07:27 PM   #35
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Nice. I have a non sunroof e90 as well and it is easily the best configuration for the E9x series M3. practical, fast sleeper
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      09-10-2014, 09:50 AM   #36
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Malthusian - looks great! I'm very tempted on the carbon splitters.

Did the inaugural wash this weekend. 20 minutes to wash the car, 45 minutes to wash these beautiful damn wheels...





Been trying to get used to the shifter/clutch in this car with mixed success. Jumped back in my Miata to run at Laguna Seca last weekend after a few days of M3 and couldn't believe how different it felt. The Miata clutch and brake were so hard/short that I thought something was wrong with my car...

My initial theory is that the light flywheel on this quick-revving engine does not work well with a long and somewhat rubbery shift throw. By the time I've rowed all the way from 2 to 3 the revs have dropped past a smooth engagement point. Anyway, after reading up on the topic I bought an F10 M5 knob. My first mod! Hopefully I can install that next week and improve my shifting...

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[QUOTE=Konig;16610130]Malthusian - looks great! I'm very tempted on the carbon splitters.

Did the inaugural wash this weekend. 20 minutes to wash the car, 45 minutes to wash these beautiful damn wheels...





Been trying to get used to the shifter/clutch in this car with mixed success. Jumped back in my Miata to run at Laguna Seca last weekend after a few days of M3 and couldn't believe how different it felt. The Miata clutch and brake were so hard/short that I thought something was wrong with my car...

My initial theory is that the light flywheel on this quick-revving engine does not work well with a long and somewhat rubbery shift throw. By the time I've rowed all the way from 2 to 3 the revs have dropped past a smooth engagement point. Anyway, after reading up on the topic I bought an F10 M5 knob. My first mod! Hopefully I can install that next week and improve my shifting...[/QUOT

Just took off my oem carbon splitters cause i just bought a different lip lmk if you're interested
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      09-10-2014, 09:45 PM   #38
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Honestly, buying from carmax guarantees something very important: No accidents or frame damage! Seriously they have good people that know when a car has been in an accident. I had a car that a stealership sold me that had been in an accident and they caught it on trade in immediately. They dont sell the ones with damage they auction them off. Car looks great congratulations!!
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      10-04-2014, 07:52 PM   #39
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Took a few photos this afternoon of my bimmers together. 2002 is clean but the M3 isn't - will wash tomorrow!







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      10-05-2014, 03:03 AM   #40
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Been trying to get used to the shifter/clutch in this car with mixed success. Jumped back in my Miata to run at Laguna Seca last weekend after a few days of M3 and couldn't believe how different it felt. The Miata clutch and brake were so hard/short that I thought something was wrong with my car...

My initial theory is that the light flywheel on this quick-revving engine does not work well with a long and somewhat rubbery shift throw. By the time I've rowed all the way from 2 to 3 the revs have dropped past a smooth engagement point. Anyway, after reading up on the topic I bought an F10 M5 knob. My first mod! Hopefully I can install that next week and improve my shifting...


The higher the revs the smoother the shifts on this beast..
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      11-15-2014, 11:48 PM   #41
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I guess I'll use this as a thread to post things about my car. Spent $10 on thread and stitched my shift and e-brake boots. Pretty pleased with the results and the $570 savings over IND's parts.



Unfortunately I nicked the leather of the boot in my carelessness, but it's minor and I don't really mind.



Here's my plain old stripper interior. I'm on the lookout for a performance steering wheel and probably the CF trim to finish things up.



Added splitters up front, my first and only cosmetic mod. Pretty pleased with how it sits!





Roundie in the garage for brakes.

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      11-16-2014, 06:59 PM   #42
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Konig: "Oh, so YOU'RE the one!!??"

I was working with CarMax for days on that car, trying to get it transferred cross country to me. LOL, it's all good, many congrats my friend....

I ended up picking up a similar car a bit closer to home. Best of luck, but I am still a bit jealous of that Speed Cloth!
Sorry man! About a week before I found THIS car, there was an identical car at a BMW dealer outside of Denver that had 8k miles and was actually priced lower. By the time I was able to call them, the car had disappeared from autotrader/cars.com and was gone. I knew I had to act on this one quickly...

Would love to see photos of what you got, do you have a link?

Tomorrow I plan to give the car its first wash, pull off all the Carmax stuff, and take some photos.
That one in Denver still keeps me up at night sometimes. Oh well... Love both your rides.
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      11-16-2014, 07:11 PM   #43
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Beautiful!!!! Welcome.
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