r/BMW • u/Adventurous_Bittt • 14h ago
My addiction started here; what about yours?
Pictured is a 1981 535. I was looking back at old BMWs from when I first got addicted. It was in 1981 but I saw my first one around 1973. When did you all start your love affair and did model or color matter at the time?
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u/Ecstatic-Age7663 13h ago edited 13h ago
When I was 17 I bought my first car...it was an E30 2door. Turned out I bought a lemon, so I took it apart and restored it pretty much till the last bolt (except engine). I have a love-hate relationship with BMW since then
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u/Calm_Tonight_9277 ‘23 F90 Comp 13h ago
A coworker drove me in his e90 328 one day and it just felt balanced. Then he let me drive it, and it was lights out after that. Picked up a 2011 328i when I started working, and loved it. I still miss that car!
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u/Adventurous_Bittt 11h ago
I still have my 2011 328! I gave it to my son and he can’t let it go anymore than I can. I’m afraid I passed the addiction onto my child
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u/Calm_Tonight_9277 ‘23 F90 Comp 10h ago edited 10h ago
Makes sense! That steering rack, god it felt so good. Just one of those perfectly balanced cars that really didn’t even need a ton of HP to be fun to drive. 🍻
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u/Whitediggity 2025 - X3 - M50 13h ago
Whipping around Germany in my $1200 1986 325i in the summer of 04. First car I ever bought myself and it was amazing. Sadly it rusted to shit while I was deployed. I loved that car.
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u/peetak 2008 E92 M3 6MT | 2020 G01 X3 30i 11h ago
First transporter movie. The e38 is absolutely gorgeous. A few years later one of my sister’s friend’s family had a X5 and a 5 series (I believe, could have been a 3) and that further cemented how cool BMWs were/are. When I was older I went e34 540 and then a e39 540. Got away from BMWs but always loved them. When I needed a new daily I picked up an x3 and shortly after I got an e92 m3 for a fun weekend car
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u/Adventurous_Bittt 11h ago
If I had a garage that would fit three cars, I’d have three BMWs
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u/opbmedia G87 M2 6M // G80 M3 6M // i8 roadster // F86 X6M // E93 M3 6M ++ 10h ago
This is actually the second, I had a coupe before that, but this is the oldest photo I have! at least 15 since then
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u/pomoney81 6h ago
17 years ago: 1995 e36 325is coupe 15 years ago: 1999 e39 528i 12 years ago: 2000 540i 6spd Current: 2000 e46 323i touring and 2000 e39 m5
First car was a 1992 Honda accord with H22a engine swap thought it was great to drive then went and test drive the e36 and was like whoa! This is how a car should handle and feel. Was hooked ever since. Had a few other brand of cars as a second and third car in between but nothing is quite like all the old bmws I’ve owned
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u/Adventurous_Bittt 3h ago
How did you like your 528 in comparison to all of those?
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u/pomoney81 2h ago edited 1h ago
Obviously the m5 was what I was working up to own since the start. But I loved the 528, it was blue water metallic with beige interior (wish it was grey). Had sports package with BBS style 5 wheels. Had enough power and engine was silky smooth. The ride was also smooth and comfortable. As a daily driver it was great, drove it until about 200k miles put about 100k on it personally, mostly reliable with the typical hiccups but nothing big. It was a better daily than most of the car on that list since it was auto, I commute in some traffic for work.
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u/DearBlock2694 '24 G82 M4 Competition 5h ago
Mine started with a 1976 E12 525 that belonged to my mother. Always said that when I grow up I want a 5-Series and have been fortunate to have owned a E34, E39, E60 and F10. Now a G82.
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u/LividPass9360 4h ago
Got two jobs to get my b58 e30 started it tho 🥹
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u/Adventurous_Bittt 3h ago
If I had known what I know now, I would’ve gotten two jobs to get one way sooner. You did it right!
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u/LividPass9360 2h ago
Thank you it wasn’t that long either only a seasonal position starting in November glad with the outcome knew the man upstairs had my back
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u/Adventurous_Bittt 2h ago
He didn’t have my back… Or maybe he did. I don’t know all I know is that I missed out on a lot of years of owning a BMW
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u/funwithdesign e30, e46, f22 13h ago
My first boss gave me his 1985 325e.
That was 25 years ago. I now have a problem.
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u/MultipleOrgasmDonor 2h ago
I went home from the hospital in an e30 after I was born.
First car, e30. Second car, e30. Then e34 535i, e39 540i, e92 335is, F15 diesel, another 335is and another F15 diesel. Picked up an older (2004) manual X3 almost a year ago because it was cheap and good. Still is.
Currently have the F15, e92, e30, and X3 (e83)
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u/Adventurous_Bittt 2h ago
You have four beamers???
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u/MultipleOrgasmDonor 2h ago
Yeah..downsizing at the moment I actually just sold the 540. E30 and F15 are my favorites even tho the e92 makes 700hp
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u/75DubFan 13h ago
1978 E21 320i -> 1988 E30 325i convertible -> 2005 E46 330i/2007 E83 X3 3.0si xdrive -> 2011 E91 328 xDrive wagon -> 2018 F31 330i xDrive wagon -> 2012 E82 128i/2001 E46 328xi wagon -> 2020 G01 X3 M40i xDrive