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Age of m3 driver
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Crash_Nemesis
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My kid will learn the value of money and will work for his car... I don't care how rich I am...
Crash_Nemesis
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My 323i was financed. My M3 wasn't.
23 when I got my 323i. 28 when I bought my M car.
23 when I got my 323i. 28 when I bought my M car.
922-ZN
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NavZ said:
Why shouldn't financed cars be considered? Is it any less of an individuals achievement whether they buy a car cash or on finance? I can go live in a shack, eat once every 2 days, go nowhere, do nothing and then go buy an M3 cash, does that make it any more of an achievement knowing you have sacrificed x to achieve y? Few are able to buy a car cash these days, it's no less a smart move other than lets say investing. Topic states "Age of M3 driver" not "age of M3 driver who bought his car cash, whilst maintaining an acceptable quality of life also not having his mommy or daddy buy the car", stick to the topic and lets not get technical:thumbs:
Ps those kids who drive M3s, 63s, ISFs. RS4s ect ect ect, you don't know what they have done to earn those luxuries, sure some of them may be spoilt brats, others not, no one knows, so don't judge:thumbs:
922-ZN said:
I certainly didn't mean it that way... So no offence - I also fall into the bracket of the lucky few, god knows I worked hard to get my cars as gifts. The point is that anyone can achieve to get finance these days. I know of people who got cars financed just for a month so they could drive their fancy car.
So what I'm getting at is that to view a car as an achievement, you need to also look at the sustainability, if that makes sense :thumbs:
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922-ZN
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Fuzz said:
I totally get you bud, apologies if my response came across agro:thumbs:
You are a case in point then I guess, you get spoilt brats, then you get okes like you who have worked in other ways to achieve those vehicles, doesn't make your achievement any less special. Agreed, those that finance just so they can drive for a month are dumb, but I don't think any of the M3 drivers on this forum are one of them. As the saying goes, lots can afford to buy an M3 not many can afford to own an M3, be it an E36/46/90/92/93
albeit a bit off topic, a car that is fully depreciated can be bought for cheap.
does not make it a cheap car., let me explain.
a nice e39, say a 530i can be had for 70k. you can easily spend half of that
looking after the car (excl tyres) in say 4yrs or so... a typical bookkeeper or number cruncher will be "this is half what you paid for the car...yada yada etc"
reality is, the above car is actually a 500k car... just because you can buy a certain car cheap does not make it preportionally cheaper to look after.
does not make it a cheap car., let me explain.
a nice e39, say a 530i can be had for 70k. you can easily spend half of that
looking after the car (excl tyres) in say 4yrs or so... a typical bookkeeper or number cruncher will be "this is half what you paid for the car...yada yada etc"
reality is, the above car is actually a 500k car... just because you can buy a certain car cheap does not make it preportionally cheaper to look after.
Crash_Nemesis
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Hence my saying, it is one think being able to buy an M3. A total different thing being able to AFFORD an M3.
Derrick125
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It doesn't matter whether you financed to the hilt or bought cash.
If you can do it, Just Do It!
The argument about affordability is irrelevant to all accept the individual concerned. Also pointless trying to introduce a 'moral' argument into it, however moral it may be. Because, if you want to hate me for my M3, or my kid for his iPad, I hope to hell you don't live in anything but a utilitarian ramshackle home, cycle to work, and by doing so, save enough money to buy an M3; which money you promptly hand over to charity.
I'm Derrick, a 42 year old M3 driving arsehole :=):
If you can do it, Just Do It!
The argument about affordability is irrelevant to all accept the individual concerned. Also pointless trying to introduce a 'moral' argument into it, however moral it may be. Because, if you want to hate me for my M3, or my kid for his iPad, I hope to hell you don't live in anything but a utilitarian ramshackle home, cycle to work, and by doing so, save enough money to buy an M3; which money you promptly hand over to charity.
I'm Derrick, a 42 year old M3 driving arsehole :=):
Fordkoppie
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Strangely, even if you change brands after driving M3s, you don't lose the BMW driving arsehole road manners:rollsmile:
Derrick125
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Fordkoppie said:
:=): so I have been told, one day while driving my 1600 Sport
Kimeran said:
:roflol: get lost you madhir
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Im in quite a professional area of work if I can call it that, 27 years old and I have been driving my 328i for 6 years now. Got it when I was 21 for my 21st birthday. With all the cash I have spent on it I could have probably gotten an e36 M3.
BUT
Cars are so insanely stupid expensive nowadays and I can't even dream of affording a e9x M3. Not even a second hand e46 M3.
I guess it depends on what your priorities are. Im a huge car fanatic but my own place and other luxuries are a bit more important at this stage in my life.
My father, being in the same line of work, could probably buy an M3 for me, but again, he would rather invest that money in property and other things.
So I salute those who have worked hard to get where they are and could afford to buy, even hire purchase, an M3. I hope I can do the same one day.
And for those parents who buy each kid an M3, I wouldnt. But thats just my priorities. I would rather spend that money on getting the family a beach house or taking them overseas to experience the world. But again, thats just what I would do.
And further, I don't know how hard those parents grew up. Maybe they promised themselves they would not let the same happen to their kids and want to spoil them. Im not here to judge and I dont know your past so good for you. Spoil your kids if it makes the family happy. Just dont let your kid turn into a brat. Again, im not giving parent advise so thats again what you choose to do.
Its kind of hard to judge the average age of the M3 driver. With prices going up and other cars moving into the market, A45, G7R, RS3, etc, the market is all over the place. 5 years ago no one would have guessed that Merc would cater more for the younger market like now with the new a class. Times change.
Rather ask: What kind of people drive M3's? Than asking how old they are.
BUT
Cars are so insanely stupid expensive nowadays and I can't even dream of affording a e9x M3. Not even a second hand e46 M3.
I guess it depends on what your priorities are. Im a huge car fanatic but my own place and other luxuries are a bit more important at this stage in my life.
My father, being in the same line of work, could probably buy an M3 for me, but again, he would rather invest that money in property and other things.
So I salute those who have worked hard to get where they are and could afford to buy, even hire purchase, an M3. I hope I can do the same one day.
And for those parents who buy each kid an M3, I wouldnt. But thats just my priorities. I would rather spend that money on getting the family a beach house or taking them overseas to experience the world. But again, thats just what I would do.
And further, I don't know how hard those parents grew up. Maybe they promised themselves they would not let the same happen to their kids and want to spoil them. Im not here to judge and I dont know your past so good for you. Spoil your kids if it makes the family happy. Just dont let your kid turn into a brat. Again, im not giving parent advise so thats again what you choose to do.
Its kind of hard to judge the average age of the M3 driver. With prices going up and other cars moving into the market, A45, G7R, RS3, etc, the market is all over the place. 5 years ago no one would have guessed that Merc would cater more for the younger market like now with the new a class. Times change.
Rather ask: What kind of people drive M3's? Than asking how old they are.
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