[eforty6_m3]

I've been a lurker on these forums for the last year or so, contributing few and far between. Having finally found and purchased my ideal car, I plan on being much more vocal and active. And I'll start with my introduction:

This is actually my 4th BMW.

1) E30 - '90 325i (auto)
2) E36 - '92 325i (auto)
3) E30 - '89 325i (5 spd)
4) E90 - '07 335i (6 spd)

I spent roughly 6 months looking for a specific car, which had to meet a list of criteria:

1. Sport Package
2. Alpine White or Sparkling Graphite Metallic
3. Manual Transmission
4. RWD only...I'm a BMW purist, so no Xdrive for me
5. 335i
6. CPO

You might be saying, "but Shaun, your car doesn't have Sport Package"...and you'd be correct. But after months of looking for a car that fit the bill and was still affordable, I decided I needed to trim off some of my 'requirements'.

I then opened up my search to both CPO and non-CPO, as well as leaving Sport Pkg as a luxury, not a necessity.

When I was almost ready to give up on my search and pick up a SG '06 330i (6 spd), I gave autotrader/cars.com one last look. And lo and behold, I found "her". I drove up to BMW of Sudbury the next day, and bought it the following day.

Enough talk...onto some photos:

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[IMG][/IMG] That would be my fiancee's '08 328Xi creeping in the background...I got lucky and found my dream woman (she loves BMW's)

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[IMG][/IMG] A few things...excuse the interior, as I ran out of time to clean...the knob and shift boot were already on the car, but I don't love the knob and will be swapping that with a ZHP 6spd knob in the very near future. But how about that interior color? I am legit obsessed with the Terra Dakota leather and have received nothing but compliments on it.

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[IMG][/IMG] This is my e30 project that I picked up about a year ago...had big plans in mind, until I found more issues than I could deal with (rust/structural), so my current plan is to plastidip the whole thing (it currently consists of 5 various colors) and make it into somewhat of a decent weekend/winter beater. Best part about it is the Stromung exhaust I slapped on.

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Some shots of the E30...if anyone cares:

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My plastidip job, thus far:

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Workbench:

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4 Basketweaves waiting to be slapped on the e30 and 2 stock Si wheels from my Civic Si that I traded in for the 335i:

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[apc3libras]

Nice Bimmer family you got there and congrats on your new 335.

[Donia330i]

very nice! great color

any mods plan??

[datbimmerdoe]

congrats! sgm+terra

[pe90zzi]

car looks great man! nice family of 3 series you got going

[Silver&Terra335]

Looks great. Terra is definitely a color that you have to see in person to fully appreciate...

[///M3NACE]

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[intensee92]

love it

[eforty6_m3]

Thanks everyone.

Originally Posted by Donia330i

very nice! great color

any mods plan??

Absolutely, but having just purchased the car and now saving up for a wedding in May '13, it might be some time before I can really get started with modding.

Definitely want to address the following:

• JB4
• Wheels
• Blackline Tails
• Exhaust - leaning towards BMW performance, but open to suggestion
• etc.

Think I'll start off by spraying my kidneys matte black this weekend....and possibly do my fiancee's, while I'm at it.

Open to other ideas, so feel free to throw some out there.

In the meantime, I'll keep creeping through the forums to get motivation and inspiration.

[ibeclueless]

nice car, congrats

[SneakyDeeky]

Originally Posted by Donia330i

very nice! great color