Nishcat_M140i
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Hi Guys, hope you all keeping well.
Even though I’m starting off as a new member right now, I’m not really a new member as @nish_M240i was my previous account. Unfortunately for me, I lost access to the email I used for that account over the years which has resulted in me creating a brand new one.
Anyways, its been a very long time a lot has changed over the years especially in terms of cars and life. To sum up, my F22 M240i has sadly been long gone for nearly 3 years or so now. It’s a car I do miss dearly and it was and still is to date the best looking car I ever owned. In a way, I do have regrets selling it, but then again, I wouldn’t have today owned the car I really wanted before I even bought it. I replaced it with a brand newMythos Black 8Y RS3 Sedan for my birthday back in 2023 which is also why I hadn’t been that active on this forum.
I only owned the RS3 for a period of less than 8 months or so. There are many reasons I decided to let it go, biggest one at the time being the fact that I was looking for a place of my own and needed to free up some funds. It was the quickest car I owned, however despite that, it was a car I would get easily bored of. Being so use to BMWs over the years, I struggled to adapt to it in a way. I ended up selling it and doing about 6000kms in the time I had it. I have no regrets owning it, it was an insane car but just not for me.
I was pretty much performance car-less for atleast 2-3 months last year. Initially I was looking for an F80 M3 Comp, until I came across what seemed to be a bargain, 2019 M140i Shadow Edition. This was a car I initially wanted before I bought the 240, however it had gone out of production at the time and finding a spec like this was hard. I ended up viewing it and buying it only to find a few hidden factors and costs which I shall elaborate on in my showroom thread of the car once I create one. Nothing too major, could have been a lot worse than it really was. I’m just grateful enough that I was able to save this car and give it another life.
Having bought the M140i and daily driving it for a few months,I realized I needed something a bit more lighter and practical for my 60km daily commute. I also wanted to preserve my M140i a bit, especially knowing that it is the last of its kind, a rear wheel drive inline 6 hot hatch, which no other manufacturer let alone BMW will ever create since again since everything is 4 Cylinder AWDs.
Initially like every BMW guy, I was looking for the trustworthy F30 320d as a daily driver. I had looked and came across a few cars, however they weren’t in the greatest of conditions and specs weren’t that great either. One of my guys from SMG gave me a shout and told me that he had a clean 2018 320i M Shadow Edition come in as a trade in. 4 cylinder petrol BMWs weren’t my thing, especially knowing about the N20s issues, but seeing that this had the B48 motor and it was well specced out, I couldn’t help but take the risk and go for it.
Here’s a few pics of both my toys, will be creating a showroom thread with my detailed ownership of both these cars so car:
Beauty :
Beast:
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Even though I’m starting off as a new member right now, I’m not really a new member as @nish_M240i was my previous account. Unfortunately for me, I lost access to the email I used for that account over the years which has resulted in me creating a brand new one.
Anyways, its been a very long time a lot has changed over the years especially in terms of cars and life. To sum up, my F22 M240i has sadly been long gone for nearly 3 years or so now. It’s a car I do miss dearly and it was and still is to date the best looking car I ever owned. In a way, I do have regrets selling it, but then again, I wouldn’t have today owned the car I really wanted before I even bought it. I replaced it with a brand newMythos Black 8Y RS3 Sedan for my birthday back in 2023 which is also why I hadn’t been that active on this forum.
I only owned the RS3 for a period of less than 8 months or so. There are many reasons I decided to let it go, biggest one at the time being the fact that I was looking for a place of my own and needed to free up some funds. It was the quickest car I owned, however despite that, it was a car I would get easily bored of. Being so use to BMWs over the years, I struggled to adapt to it in a way. I ended up selling it and doing about 6000kms in the time I had it. I have no regrets owning it, it was an insane car but just not for me.
I was pretty much performance car-less for atleast 2-3 months last year. Initially I was looking for an F80 M3 Comp, until I came across what seemed to be a bargain, 2019 M140i Shadow Edition. This was a car I initially wanted before I bought the 240, however it had gone out of production at the time and finding a spec like this was hard. I ended up viewing it and buying it only to find a few hidden factors and costs which I shall elaborate on in my showroom thread of the car once I create one. Nothing too major, could have been a lot worse than it really was. I’m just grateful enough that I was able to save this car and give it another life.
Having bought the M140i and daily driving it for a few months,I realized I needed something a bit more lighter and practical for my 60km daily commute. I also wanted to preserve my M140i a bit, especially knowing that it is the last of its kind, a rear wheel drive inline 6 hot hatch, which no other manufacturer let alone BMW will ever create since again since everything is 4 Cylinder AWDs.
Initially like every BMW guy, I was looking for the trustworthy F30 320d as a daily driver. I had looked and came across a few cars, however they weren’t in the greatest of conditions and specs weren’t that great either. One of my guys from SMG gave me a shout and told me that he had a clean 2018 320i M Shadow Edition come in as a trade in. 4 cylinder petrol BMWs weren’t my thing, especially knowing about the N20s issues, but seeing that this had the B48 motor and it was well specced out, I couldn’t help but take the risk and go for it.
Here’s a few pics of both my toys, will be creating a showroom thread with my detailed ownership of both these cars so car:
Beauty :
Beast:
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
