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nyte3k · 2011-02-20 00:58:38

This whole thread has made me start thinking..... I owned a 2006 M3 and a 2008 M3. I sold both and now I own a 997. Am I ridiculous for wanting to buy another 2008 M3 for a DD? I sure do miss it... What characteristics do you miss most about the e90/2 M3? I wanted to buy that car but turned away after being less than impressed with the first test drive back in late 2007. I had a e90 335i manual at the time, which is what I was using as a reference. My 997 GTS is the only car I've driven since to exceed those expectations set by that 335. Unfortunately, I had to get rid of the 335 early (less than a year of ownership ) due to 5 high pressure fuel pump failures. I've test driven later year 335s, but sadly, they seemed muted, both engine response (n55

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01-31-2016, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by tommyv

Dan….I have no frame of reference for you. I've owned 4 911s and on my last one now and I just drive them…it's just a car and that's why I have it! Stone chips I don't care about…it's a car and it's character. I've driven sports cars with no other car since the 70s and no snows in the winter. Back then you just drove them. MGs, TRs Fiats etc.

I didn't get married until much later in life so I had no 2nd car either.

Now I have a C4s and when I lived in NJ I put 4 snows on her and she was terrific. I'm not the kind of guy that can have a 911 that I wanted since I was a kid and leave it in the garage….I couldn't do that.

Now I live in Florida and finally have a 2nd car….an old 85 CJ-7 (orange with no doors I guess I like bright colors too) that I drive to the beach every day. So I finally get to nice weather and now she sits a bit. Life's funny!

Tom

Thanks for the reply Tom. Sounds like you're really enjoying your cars.
I'm trying to heed your advice.

A friend of mine told me once that leaving a car in the garage is a little like not sleeping with your wife and saving her for the next guy.
A little crude, but it sure made me think.

I'm in the tt today and I've been driving it all week. The sound of the crud on the winter streets in Missouri still makes me cringe, but I am enjoying the car.

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