Just bought another M3!

[gthal]

Originally Posted by ns2000x

How do you stay married?
My wife indulges my automotive fripperies so long as there are years between purchases.

When I told her I was going to get the new M3, I think I finally broke her She said, "Heath, I am sick and tired of hearing about cars... as long as you don't bankrupt us, I don't give a shit what you do or what you buy" At that point, I knew the war had been won and all would be right in the world again.

[Gearhead999s]

Originally Posted by ns2000x

How do you stay married?
My wife indulges my automotive fripperies so long as there are years between purchases.

You have not been married long enough then

[ns2000x]

We've been together for 14 years and married for about 7. When can I expect to win the war like Heath?

Originally Posted by Gearhead999s

You have not been married long enough then

[Jaypod]

Originally Posted by gthal

Scratch the itch Jay... scratch the itch.

In my experience, the itch does NOT go away until sufficiently scratched. My wife just reminded me that this is my 5th car in the last 6 years I kind of lost track... I really have to stop now... OK, let's try this... "I, Heath, hereby pledge to not get another car for a while" There I feel better

LOL - your not helping Heath! I have a few things still planed for this car, so I plan to keep it for a while. Adding is not out of the question though!

[Gearhead999s]

Originally Posted by ns2000x

We've been together for 14 years and married for about 7. When can I expect to win the war like Heath?

Just make sure your next car is the same colour and she will never notice
My wife never even looked at this car for over 2 weeks when she finally rode in it.I did learn a while ago that she could tell the difference in the sound of an Italian V twin from a Japanese V4 after 2 months of ownership.The same colour theory did not help out in that case

[CalgaryX3]

My wife is a car nut about as much as I am. She's the one that encouraged me to order the M, and gave me "permission" if I can call it that to keep the 335i too! She's a keeper!

A

[ns2000x]

Originally Posted by CalgaryX3

My wife is a car nut about as much as I am. She's the one that encouraged me to order the M, and gave me "permission" if I can call it that to keep the 335i too! She's a keeper!

A

Oh don't get me wrong, my wife is a car fan and gave the nod to the M3 after I did the rounds with the usual competition. She's then very keen on keeping said expensive car for an extended time. This happens to suit me with the E90.

Just amazed when some people are able to roll through so many cars like Duncan and Heath. :P

[CalgaryX3]

Originally Posted by ns2000x

She's then very keen on keeping said expensive car for an extended time. This happens to suit me with the E90.

Ditto on both accounts!

A

[Gearhead999s]

Originally Posted by ns2000x

Oh don't get me wrong, my wife is a car fan and gave the nod to the M3 after I did the rounds with the usual competition. She's then very keen on keeping said expensive car for an extended time. This happens to suit me with the E90.

Just amazed when some people are able to roll through so many cars like Duncan and Heath. :P

My wife is also a car fan and since we have been together she has had a pile of cars also.She has had 3 Trans Am Smoulderchickens,6 MB SLK's including a AMG SLK32,2 VW GTi's,her previous E93 335 and now her E93 335 and I am not even mentioning the sport utes that she has had in the 28 years of putting up with meDo not forget that being in the wholesale leasing business has allowed me the flexability of changing vehicles a lot which is a great perk.My wife has already expressed interest in the new SLK so I am pretty sure when they are here,she will check it out

[gthal]

Originally Posted by ns2000x

We've been together for 14 years and married for about 7. When can I expect to win the war like Heath?

I read this thread to my wife and her advice to those who are still fighting the war but would rather win it... "bug the shit out of your wife... if you drive her crazy enough she will just give in... just bug shit out of them..." So, there you have it. Bug your wives incessantly until they break.

[ns2000x]

Originally Posted by Gearhead999s

Just make sure your next car is the same colour and she will never notice
My wife never even looked at this car for over 2 weeks when she finally rode in it.I did learn a while ago that she could tell the difference in the sound of an Italian V twin from a Japanese V4 after 2 months of ownership.The same colour theory did not help out in that case

Jerez and Fox Red....
My choices could be limited.

[ns2000x]

Originally Posted by gthal

I read this thread to my wife and her advice to those who are still fighting the war but would rather win it... "bug the shit out of your wife... if you drive her crazy enough she will just give in... just bug shit out of them..." So, there you have it. Bug your wives incessantly until they break.

I bugged my wife so long about the M3, with the machinations I went through between 6MT and DCT. Jerez and Azurite (my wife informed me that I wasn't "paying that much extra for special paint"). This all after flip flopping between the Ottawa sensible S4, wild child but traditional auto C63, and the "it's too big" but gorgeous XFR.

She was very patient but so sick of me showing her internet photo's and trying to get her to have an opinion about options that I wasn't able to drag her to the dealer in the many months leading up to my order, not once!

She loved our time in Munich though, and thought the BMW Museum and The Welt were brilliant.

My wife drives a 6spd 2008 GTi and loves european cars!

[Chowster]

I've been away for only 3 days and I've sure missed alot of educational reading here. I agree with Heath's wife's advice to "just bug shit out of them"... seemed to work quite nicely over on the West Coast when I was getting ready for my M3 order. However, 5 in 6 years won't fly for me! Sure, makes sense (kind of!) for Duncan, but seriously Heath, you're my hero!

[gthal]

So here is a picture of the car at the Halifax port

I decided to drive by after work tonight (I kind of feel like a stalker ) and after about 20 minutes of looking from the street (there are literally 500-1000 cars there) I found it!! I found 5 M3s... an AW/BLK (non-ZCP), AW/FR (non-ZCP), IB/BLK (non-ZCP), JzB/BLK (ZCP) and mine!

I have to say that it was sunny and I was a distance away but the JzB looked really nice. My current AW looks great too though... can't go wrong with either one IMO. Hurry up delivery!!!

[gthal]

Originally Posted by Chowster

Sure, makes sense (kind of!) for Duncan, but seriously Heath, you're my hero!

Thank you... my bank says that about me too but only because I help to contribute to their quarterly earnings.

[Gearhead999s]

Originally Posted by gthal

So here is a picture of the car at the Halifax port

I decided to drive by after work tonight (I kind of feel like a stalker ) and after about 20 minutes of looking from the street (there are literally 500-1000 cars there) I found it!! I found 5 M3s... an AW/BLK (non-ZCP), AW/FR (non-ZCP), IB/BLK (non-ZCP), JzB/BLK (ZCP) and mine!

I have to say that it was sunny and I was a distance away but the JzB looked really nice. My current AW looks great too though... can't go wrong with either one IMO. Hurry up delivery!!!

Great hunting!So when are you getting it?

[Chowster]

Originally Posted by gthal

So here is a picture of the car at the Halifax port

I decided to drive by after work tonight (I kind of feel like a stalker ) and after about 20 minutes of looking from the street (there are literally 500-1000 cars there) I found it!! I found 5 M3s... an AW/BLK (non-ZCP), AW/FR (non-ZCP), IB/BLK (non-ZCP), JzB/BLK (ZCP) and mine!

I have to say that it was sunny and I was a distance away but the JzB looked really nice. My current AW looks great too though... can't go wrong with either one IMO. Hurry up delivery!!!

That's some nice skills to spot your car amongst hundreds!

[gthal]

Originally Posted by Gearhead999s

Great hunting!So when are you getting it?

Hopefully later this week... there is a process to get cars in and out of the port and Halifax BMW is doing what they can to expedite it. With any luck, it will be out by Wednesday and I will pick it up either Thursday or Friday.

Originally Posted by Chowster

That's some nice skills to spot your car amongst hundreds!

It wasn't skill so much as perseverance! I went to every row of cars and studied them. Security is quite high so I was getting a lot of "attention" even though I was on the street.

[ns2000x]

Originally Posted by gthal

Hopefully later this week... there is a process to get cars in and out of the port and Halifax BMW is doing what they can to expedite it. With any luck, it will be out by Wednesday and I will pick it up either Thursday or Friday.



It wasn't skill so much as perseverance! I went to every row of cars and studied them. Security is quite high so I was getting a lot of "attention" even though I was on the street.

Nice work. Even from afar it looks great. I picked up my Jerez Sedan today and installed the painted reflectors tonight. I love how clean it looks now. Those reflectors are shocking.

[force4rmr]

Originally Posted by gthal

So here is a picture of the car at the Halifax port

I decided to drive by after work tonight (I kind of feel like a stalker ) and after about 20 minutes of looking from the street (there are literally 500-1000 cars there) I found it!! I found 5 M3s... an AW/BLK (non-ZCP), AW/FR (non-ZCP), IB/BLK (non-ZCP), JzB/BLK (ZCP) and mine!

I have to say that it was sunny and I was a distance away but the JzB looked really nice. My current AW looks great too though... can't go wrong with either one IMO. Hurry up delivery!!!

Heath, there are two other people eagerly waiting for your car to arrive at HFX BMW....me (buying your car) and a very patient guy in TO who is buying mine.

Not sure if you heard the details of how this came about, but I was close to ordering a car from the P-car dealer down the road and at the last minute was informed that they were not willing to do an out of province convenience deal. So, not wanting to lose out on the tax credit, I started searching hard for a car. A buddy of mine heard about your car possibly being available and after a few phone calls and a quick trip to HFX, saw your car and...done deal. It happened very fast !! Great car btw, looks like you took very good care of it !

So I'm waiting for your new car to show up, so you can drop off the '10 which I'll be picking up and dropping off my 997 which will be shipped to TO to it's new owner....a little confusing, but true!

So let me know if you need help breaking into Autoport to get your car outta there....i've got some heavy duty cable cutters

Two last comments:

You have a very understanding wife as I do to allow all of this to happen.

I want the Akrapovic exhaust back...tell your buyer it was a mistake...I'm sure he'll understand !

BTW, first post for me here...coming over from the dark side of p-cars for a few years. Had an E46 M3 6-7 years ago and loved it.

[Chowster]

Originally Posted by force4rmr

Heath, there are two other people eagerly waiting for your car to arrive at HFX BMW....me (buying your car) and a very patient guy in TO who is buying mine.

Not sure if you heard the details of how this came about, but I was close to ordering a car from the P-car dealer down the road and at the last minute was informed that they were not willing to do an out of province convenience deal. So, not wanting to lose out on the tax credit, I started searching hard for a car. A buddy of mine heard about your car possibly being available and after a few phone calls and a quick trip to HFX, saw your car and...done deal. It happened very fast !! Great car btw, looks like you took very good care of it !

So I'm waiting for your new car to show up, so you can drop off the '10 which I'll be picking up and dropping off my 997 which will be shipped to TO to it's new owner....a little confusing, but true!

So let me know if you need help breaking into Autoport to get your car outta there....i've got some heavy duty cable cutters

Two last comments:

You have a very understanding wife as I do to allow all of this to happen.

I want the Akrapovic exhaust back...tell your buyer it was a mistake...I'm sure he'll understand !

BTW, first post for me here...coming over from the dark side of p-cars for a few years. Had an E46 M3 6-7 years ago and loved it.

Hey, this is cool! Congrats and welcome, force4rmr. You'll get a little flak from some people around here for going from a 997 to an M3, as many people would consider that a downgrade, but that seems like a nice change to me.

Of interest to me, is this tax credit that you're talking about! I've never heard of a tax credit when buying an M3 or P-car... must be an East Coast thing that we West Coast'ers are funding?!?

[gthal]

Originally Posted by force4rmr

Heath, there are two other people eagerly waiting for your car to arrive at HFX BMW....me (buying your car) and a very patient guy in TO who is buying mine.

Not sure if you heard the details of how this came about, but I was close to ordering a car from the P-car dealer down the road and at the last minute was informed that they were not willing to do an out of province convenience deal. So, not wanting to lose out on the tax credit, I started searching hard for a car. A buddy of mine heard about your car possibly being available and after a few phone calls and a quick trip to HFX, saw your car and...done deal. It happened very fast !! Great car btw, looks like you took very good care of it !

So I'm waiting for your new car to show up, so you can drop off the '10 which I'll be picking up and dropping off my 997 which will be shipped to TO to it's new owner....a little confusing, but true!

So let me know if you need help breaking into Autoport to get your car outta there....i've got some heavy duty cable cutters

Two last comments:

You have a very understanding wife as I do to allow all of this to happen.

I want the Akrapovic exhaust back...tell your buyer it was a mistake...I'm sure he'll understand !

BTW, first post for me here...coming over from the dark side of p-cars for a few years. Had an E46 M3 6-7 years ago and loved it.

Very nice to meet you!

You will LOVE the M3. It is an amazing car to drive every day around town and a ton of fun when driven as intended. I have various close friends with 997.1s and R8s and the M3 is not out of place in that group at all... EXCEPT, put it in comfort mode and it is such a civil car to drive.

I really, really struggled with the change. First, I love the colour... alpine white is the best M3 colour IMO as it shows the lines very, very well. Second, I am a 6MT guy and the DCT is due to knee issues and NOT preference.

I have absolutely babied the car and taken immaculate care of it. Diligently followed the break-in last summer (as hard as that was) and it has been perfect since. It hasn't been in for a single issue... no rattles, nothing. I am SO hoping the new one is as solid.

When I was at the port trying to find the new M3, I was walking back to my car and it looked amazing... it actually made me sad that it was going...

Great that you are on the boards!!