How long have you owned your car for?

I thought that it might be nice to know how long the fanatics have been driving their respective BMW's for, and a basic of what happened to them.

Any series welcome, as well as previous cars.


Ill Start:

Ex:
Corsa 160is Sport - 4.5 years, Sold
e46 318i M Sport Steptronic - 3 months, Written Off
e46 325i Ex. SMG - 6 months, Traded for current

Current:
e46 330D Ex. Steptronic - 2 weeks

XMAX said:

I thought that it might be nice to know how long the fanatics have been driving their respective BMW's for, and a basic of what happened to them.

Any series welcome, as well as previous cars.


Ill Start:

Ex:
Corsa 160is Sport - 4.5 years, Sold
e46 318i M Sport Steptronic - 3 months, Written Off
e46 325i Ex. SMG - 6 months, Traded for current

Current:
e46 330D Ex. Steptronic - 2 weeks

Click to expand...

Ex :
89 320i- 2years stolen
91 uno pacer 6months sold
98 4door M3 2.5years written off
2004 nissan micra (don't ask) 2.5 years sold

Current:
91 e30 (stroker 3.2l) 10 years.
07 MiNi Cooper S 1.5weeks

1974 VW Beetle 1.6 - 3 years
1999 BMW 328i - 3 years 3 months

ChrisBrand said:

1974 VW Beetle 1.6 - 3 years
1999 BMW 328i - 3 years 3 months

Click to expand...

Interesting upgrade there. Although I guess the power of the 328i was nothing new considering that even them old 911's were pretty brisk. Oh wait... :grin:


1991 E30 318i - Will be 4 years in September.
1996 E34 540i M - just over 3 months

Good one veru....

1996 Sabre Gxi - 11 months - sold to make way for the 328i
1997 e36 328i - 3 months - sold due to financial issues
1994 toyota corolla sprinter - Sold - Engine blown
1995 Ford telstar v6 - Written off
1993 e36 325i - Sold due to job loss
1992 525i se - Written off
1992 316i e30 - Sold - to make way for the 735i
1989 735i - sold to make way for the 320i (was a damn sad day!!!)
2002 320i - Sold to become debt free:grin:
1996 328i - A real gem. Still got her, and intend on keeping her for a long, long time!

---

Oh yeah.

Forgot about my 1995 Mx6. Had that beauty for about 11 months.

@lushen - thanks. Thats quite a car story there bro. lots of cars.


that e36 of yours is sweet. really neat for the age and the price. I dunno how you manage to find these lucks all the time. youre a very lucky guy.

The free flow sounds really cool and im sure that it will sound even better once the carbon builds up.

VW1600 beetle. May 1994 to March 1996
Toyota Conquest 1600 Sport. March 1996 till March 1998
Toyota Corolla RSI. March 1998 till June 2000
BMW e30 325is. June 2000 till November 2001
BMWe46 318ti. November 2001 till October 2002
BMWe46 328i. October 2002 till March 2004
BMW e46 320i. March 2004 till September 2005
(BMW e34 M5. June 2004 till December 2006)
Subaru Forester 2,5XS. September 2005 till May 2007
Colt Rodeo 3000 V6 DC 4x4. May 2007 till May 2009
BMW e36 318i. March 2009 till present
Golf 5 GTI. May 2009 till June 2010
BMW e34 540i. April 2010 till present.
Pajero 3.2 lwb. June 2010 till present.

How is that for summary. If you want, I can also list the tyre brand on each of them, as well as their opening and closing mileage.

Other than that, I also remember their colours, as well as each and every registration number. All off the top of my head.

Sorry, I am a bit of a freak.

Eish....
I am only going to say the current M3 is now going on 4 months and the terrible itch has not returned. Yet.

Hahaha. Yeah, you know my life revolves around cars veru. Guess i cant let a good bargain get by.

Its sounding better already. Started burbling and popping on over-run now. Sounds awesome!

I'll go...

Ex:......................................... NONE!!! LOL!!

Current: E46 318i Sportpack.... Had her for 1.7 years.

bought in 1984 1970 230 Mercedes Benz.....drove for one year...sold...(as scrasp, for that is all it was to me)
bought in 1985 1978 Chevrolet 3.8 Commodore....drove for 6 years....sold
bought in 1991 1986 VW Combi with V6 ford conversion...drove for 4 years...sold
bought in 1995 1992 E36 325i....11 pleasurable years...sold
bought in 2000 1975 VW Beetle 1.6...2 years...sold
bought in 2002 1992 E32 730i....4 pleasurable years
bought in 2006 2001 E39 530d.....current for 5 years
bought in 2009 1985 E28 520i.....2 years...sold
bought in 2011 1999 E38 740i.....current for 1 month

Nic_s said:

ChrisBrand said:

1974 VW Beetle 1.6 - 3 years
1999 BMW 328i - 3 years 3 months

Click to expand...

Interesting upgrade there. Although I guess the power of the 328i was nothing new considering that even them old 911's were pretty brisk. Oh wait... :grin:


1991 E30 318i - Will be 4 years in September.
1996 E34 540i M - just over 3 months

Click to expand...

Hehe, I was very fortunate. I went through alot of test drives. From 1.6 Jetta, c200 Merc, Audi A4 1.8. And then one day there were two cars parked next to each other: a e36 316i for R50 000 with 80 000km and a e46 328i for R74 000 with 170 000km on it. My head said e36, my heart said e46. Luckily my dad had a c280 at one stage so got used to that type of power.

I love my Beemer and won't have any other brand but that beetle is just so much fun and workable. It'll always have a soft spot.

2001 Corsa Light June 2006 - June 2007 (was ceap)
2000 BMW 318 June 2007 - Current (i.e. 4 years)
:=):

You guys should wait until Rick posts his list, its insane!
:bouaaaaah:

Ex:

Toyota RunX 140RT wif a 50mm free flow. Fail mistake :slow:

Current:

E39 525i Motorsport and loving it

97 citi golf deco had for 3yrs - sold for
96 honda civic vtec, had for 4 yrs got hijacked and sold it a month later for a
98 honda ballade 150i kept for a year then bought a
96 180i which I kept for 3yrs then bought a
98 honda ballade vtec, kept for 2yrs and bought a 2000 golf iv 2.0 which I still have as a daily drive then bought my 320i e46 a month ago after looking for a year for the right beemer.

Hmm, let's see...

Ex:

'85 (I think) Renault 5TS, a little more than a year and then got rid of it.
'98 Toyota Corolla 130, dangerously slow, traded it in a year later.
'99 Toyota Corolla 160i GL, had this for a little more than 4 years - written off.
'99 Toyota Corolla 160i GLE, had this for a little over 5 years - stolen (I still mourn the loss, NOT). Reliable appliance though - never prevented me from getting from point A to point B...

Current:

'05 BMW E90 330i manual, almost a year now.
'03 BMW E46 320i manual (bought for my Wife), almost 3 months now.
'07 Isuzu KB300LX DC (originally belonged to my old man who passed away 2 years ago)

Other:

'68 Volvo S122 (B18), also one of my old man's cars - hopefully will never sell this...
'76 Mercedes Benz 350SE, no space to keep it, so sadly had to sell.

Fiat Uno 3years :lll._.: dont think ill ever touch an Italian car again it would not stay fixed for more than 2 weeks at a time...

VW Polo 9N 1.6 4years :brains...!: it was ok i never hated it, but i could not bring myself to love it nether... all in all a good starter wife...

BMW 323i E46 1 and a bit years :grin: I plan never to sell this...

Trip down memory lane......Ex

91 Opel Monza 2.0 CLI - stolen - bought in 1995 and owned for only 3 months
91 Opel Monza 2.0 CD 16V - sold - loved this car - bought in 1995 and owned until 2001
96 Toyota Conquest 160i RSE - sold to upgrade to E46 BMW - bought in 2001 and sold in 2002
99 BMW 318i - sold - upgrade to facelift 320 - bought in 2002 and sold in 2004
90 BMW 320i - sold - 2nd car - sold to get funds to complete my building - bought and sold in 2003

Current
02 BMW 320i Individual - bought in May 2004 - driven for 7 years and love it
94 BMW M3 - bought in July 2009 - project car in progress
07 Toyota RunX 140i Sport - the family run around - great car....very versatile

Hi all

Here goes my list
1986 - 1974 Chevrolet Firenza 2.5 GT – 4.5 years - sold
1978 VW Passat Diesel – Family owned for 14 years -sold
1982 Golf GLS 12 months - sold
Ford Cortina 2.0 GL 3 weeks traded in for Uno
1992 Fiat UNO Pacer SX – 18 months - sold
197? Golf GLS 24 months - sold
1985 BMW E28 520I AT 24 Months – stolen
197? Mini GTS 12 months Sold to Friend
vw bug 1300 – 8 weeks –sold
another Golf GTS mark one with a sunroof (traded in)
Golf GTS Jumbo – 9 months – stolen
1988 BMW 318i – 7 sevens in family sadly traded in on 325i
1993 BMW 325i AT full house 19 months traded in for 200sx
Nissan 200sx S13 ( run for 18days in 4 month - 2 turbos later - arrgh ) traded back to dealer
1995 vw Caravelle 26I 12 months – traded in
1999 Renault Megane 1.6rxe 10 months- retrenched – returned to bank
3 years of company cars, brand new Golf Rhythm
And a 1600 tazz
1992 BMW E34 525I –Nov 2008 to date
1994 BMW E34 540I AT Sept 2010 to date

Family toys over the years
Rover 2000 – 12 years (1963 Model - killed)
Humber Super – 3 years killed
Mazda 1500b pickup -18 months killed
VW Bug 1300 – 3 years hated it sold
Toyota Cressida – 12 months no comment sold
VW Kombi – 18 months....sold
198? BMW 733I – 18 months
1990 E32 735I – bought in 1999 to date
1984/5 E24 635 CSI AT – bought in 1998 to date
1992 e34 535I – bought in 2007 to date

Ex:
1998 Opel Corsa saloon 130i, almost 6 years

Current
2004 e46 330i, almost a year now.