Are you keeping your BMW "forever"?
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Simon S said:
After working on the car on/off for over seven years,
the game is on for how well-maintained and how long I can keep it and enjoy it.. and I do enjoy it immensely.
In other words - I want to keep it until I'm too old to shift gears.
I found a solution for being to old to switch gears. PADDLE SHIFTERS!!!!
1976 530i e12
1990 325ix e30
1992 325i e36
1995 740il e38
2001 330xi e46
^More to come
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I'd like to say that I'll keep my E30 forever, but, I thought I'd be keeping my 66 Charger forever, and now have it up for sale due to financial constraints. Don't know if it'll sell, but it's for sale. Same could happen with the E30, especially if I find a really nice one with a manual trans.
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I'm with TJ I don't plan on getting rid of the 92 3series(green car) but you never know one thing is for sure I started with an e36 and I"ll never not own one. to me an e36 just fits, there might be better cars but it's the perfect car for me.
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What is the fate of your car(s). Are you keeping it forever, planning on selling it for a car you want more? Hate BMWs and cant wait to get into a new Chevrolet Malibu with OnStar?
I have had my car for over 3 years now and never plan to ever sell it. It isnt my primary mode of transport so that shouldnt be too difficult. My goal is to keep making it lighter without making it obnoxious to drive on the street, enter it into more track events, and to spend more time enjoying it than working on it.
I plan on keeping my E28 forever. I'm sentimentally attached to it since its the car I learned to drive stick on and the car that made me fall in love with all things BMW. I know its gonna cost me but at least I'll be happy
Now that it isn't my primary driver I'll be putting in all the long overdue work that it deserves, probably won't be finished anytime soon either.I plan on keeping my e36. I'd never be able to replace it if I wanted to and I spent a lot of time trying to find the right one.
My e46 touring is gonna be driven into the ground simply because I have so little money in it. I just plan on adding to my collection in the future:)
first e30- knew i would get rid of it because late models are so much sexier
second e30 - would have kept it forever, but a wreck claimed it
current e34 - would love to keep forever, eventually as a winter beater, but i'm not that attached to it as compared to e30s.
Stumbled on this while searching for something completely unrelated.
I started the e21 when I was already "old" and knew exactly what I wanted. My plan for the car hasn't really changed since I started it, so in theory when it's finished it should be my ideal car. On the other hand, life is a journey, and not a destination, so once it's done and I've "arrived" it's not hard to imagine getting bored and wanting to to start another journey. On the third hand, I've gone through a lot with this particular hunk of metal, and having made it my own, it's hard to imagine anyone would be willing to offer me enough for it that I'd actually want to part with it...
Time will tell...
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I would never sell my E30
The way cars change hands in this group at times could be it's just on temporary "loan"...
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I don't think i'll keep the m3 forever but I think it'll be around for awhile. When I get a P car then that may be a forever car. I honestly can't think of a BMW that I can afford that i'd want to keep forever.
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I’m on track for keeping it forever, just not driving it
I second this
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I have a car that would make zero sense selling so I'll have it unless it has a building fall on it or it's in a fire.
Im looking for matches right now, give me a minute...............................................................................................
With that I plan on keeping my E30 forever. Unless someone shows up with $40k or something stupid for it. I get really attached and its hard to let go. This is the exact reason I have a 30 year old civic shell in my parents garage.
https://www.instagram.com/_jdesigner_/ http://nevertoolow.tumblr.com/
🥳SOLD BMW E24 633CSI - BMW M30B32 🧪SOLD HCH ES9 - 1.3 LDA
👽BMW E30 325IC - Toyota 1JZ-GTE ⏰ HONDA EF9 CIVIC SI - JDM B18C5
☠️BMW E36 318i - Ford 5.0 FE302 🚴♂️ GT-Labomba - 26x2.75 Freeride
🤹♀️SOLD BMW E36/7 Z3 - BMW M54B25 🧓SOLD BMW E10 2002 - BMW M10M05 -
I have a car that would make zero sense selling so I'll have it unless it has a building fall on it or it's in a fire.
It being towed out of that building might be the only way some of us ever see it move and in daylight.
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Seeing as this is WiBimmers, home of the infinite project and largest gathering of like minded procrastinators, maybe there should be a stipulation in this conversation that states you plan on keeping your BMW forever because it's running and you like driving it and not because you just haven't finished the "project". Keeping an unfinished project for a decade or so is akin to buying a Lego set, starting it and then putting it in your closet to finish it later. That is now your forever Lego set.
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Normally I would say no, I'm not keeping my current BMWs forever.
In real terms, though, we are at a point in history now where if you want a really good driving experience with some purity, you have no choice but to keep the "older" bmws. I look around today and ask "what can tick the boxes of high revving V8, manual, RWD, nice interior, good looking, and has great road feel?" There is nothing. The closest thing is a GT350 mustang but that fails on interior quality, and I've parked my E92 next to one before and side by side, the GT350 looks like a crackerjack box toy. Just cheap plastic and shit. It looks like a gimmick at that angle.
I just don't know what there is to move on to. I think at this point I would be just acquiring more old cars as opposed to replacing my BMWs.
2011 E92 M3 6MT ZCP - ESS 625 supercharged
2007 Z4MR
2003 E39 M5
2002 E46 M3
2021 X5 40i -
i'm just hoping the world sinks to apocalyptic oblivion before the day i no longer drive an e30
Dan
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i'm just hoping the world sinks to apocalyptic oblivion before the day i no longer drive an e30
literally lolol'ing
2011 E92 M3 6MT ZCP - ESS 625 supercharged
2007 Z4MR
2003 E39 M5
2002 E46 M3
2021 X5 40i -
Normally I would say no, I'm not keeping my current BMWs forever.
In real terms, though, we are at a point in history now where if you want a really good driving experience with some purity, you have no choice but to keep the "older" bmws. I look around today and ask "what can tick the boxes of high revving V8, manual, RWD, nice interior, good looking, and has great road feel?" There is nothing. The closest thing is a GT350 mustang but that fails on interior quality, and I've parked my E92 next to one before and side by side, the GT350 looks like a crackerjack box toy. Just cheap plastic and shit. It looks like a gimmick at that angle.
I just don't know what there is to move on to. I think at this point I would be just acquiring more old cars as opposed to replacing my BMWs.
*cough*porsche GT car*cough*
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