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16-19 21 3.03%
20-24 68 9.83%
25-29 143 20.66%
30s 180 26.01%
40s 121 17.49%
50s+ 159 22.98%
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      04-14-2016, 06:03 AM   #133
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After 1 year in the M235i, I recently bought a 16-year Craigslist miata for 5k bucks to daily and, if I'm being honest, sometimes I love it even more than the 2.
I am about to join the same club! (deployed for another week, and) I will be coming home to my new M235i and a 1997 NA Miata I was given by my mother in law. It's a POS but man, it's a hoot to drive.
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      05-22-2016, 07:55 AM   #134
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Sorry for dragging up this old thread but I thought I'd toss my name in as well. 34 here.
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      05-22-2016, 12:50 PM   #135
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      05-22-2016, 04:51 PM   #136
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How in the world can a dude under 25 afford such a ride ? I guess i had my math wrong ;-/
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      05-23-2016, 07:35 AM   #137
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How in the world can a dude under 25 afford such a ride ? I guess i had my math wrong ;-/
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that not all of them really afforded it themselves. Bit eye opening though isn't it.
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      05-30-2016, 05:12 PM   #138
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I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that not all of them really afforded it themselves. Bit eye opening though isn't it.
Seen a few like this. First year at university, never had a job and their first/second car is a M2.

An old pass me down 320i is understandable but a brand new M2? Seems a bit much to me.
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      05-30-2016, 10:35 PM   #139
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Seen a few like this. First year at university, never had a job and their first/second car is a M2.

An old pass me down 320i is understandable but a brand new M2? Seems a bit much to me.
Yeah. How are they ever going to have any respect for the car if they didn't have to do any work for it? They have no sense of worth for it. There was a guy at my university that drive around in a Lamborghini Gallardo. Needless to say he was quite the d-bag and had no respect for anyone else.

I'm not saying every kid that ever has a car like that bought for them has no respect for it but I feel it's a trend. Statistics are probably on my side on that one.
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      06-01-2016, 04:05 AM   #140
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      06-01-2016, 10:10 AM   #141
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Yeah. How are they ever going to have any respect for the car if they didn't have to do any work for it? They have no sense of worth for it. There was a guy at my university that drive around in a Lamborghini Gallardo. Needless to say he was quite the d-bag and had no respect for anyone else.

I'm not saying every kid that ever has a car like that bought for them has no respect for it but I feel it's a trend. Statistics are probably on my side on that one.
Trust fund kids. Never have to work a day in their lives.
They live in a different world than us.
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      12-06-2017, 01:08 PM   #142
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Trust fund kids. Never have to work a day in their lives.
They live in a different world than us.
I am 19 (coming on 20) and slaved long hours to avoid a CPO M235i. When I say slaved I really do mean slaved, and still am. A few days a week I wake up to go to my first job at 9 AM and work until 5 PM, at a real estate tech start up that I am grateful to be a part of as I will soon be salaried with monthly bonuses in a month or so, and then work from about 6 to 12 at night at In'n'Out (have worked there about 2 months and have already gotten one raise, coming up on another). Then, two days a week I work just 8-9.5 hours at my first job and have the night off and one weekend day I work 6-8 hours (normally about 8-2:30 AM) at my second job and have the other weekend day off of work completely.

Granted, I am EXTREMELY fortunate to have gotten into a start up before it blows up. I was invited to a convention with the company originally to do mostly administrative work but ended up shouldering a large portion of sales and decision making and ended up bringing in more than 50% of the company's sales for the 4 day period. The CEO heard from the COO and was impressed, and they pulled me in to tell me that in 4 years if I wanted a full-time, salaried position at the company after college, I could.

The car was $37.8K. I contributed $16K down and pay for the majority of the rest (probably about 90%). My parents mostly only help with the insurance, which is the case with a lot of teenagers.
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      12-06-2017, 09:20 PM   #143
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      12-07-2017, 08:32 AM   #144
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Interesting, in an offhand way, but does anybody actually reconsider buying one b/c it is 'out of their age range'?
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      12-07-2017, 09:54 AM   #145
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23. Paying it off 100% myself, have a full time job in IT.
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      12-08-2017, 02:28 PM   #146
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26. Full time job in IT as well! Co-founded a company although its in the super early stages with a looong road ahead. No college loans (Full ride scholarhips! ) so I figured I would get myself a nice present. I can't help but feel guilty for buying it though.. came from poverty so its weird to buy something that cost more than my dad's yearly salary x 2...
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      12-08-2017, 03:24 PM   #147
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its amazing to see people still voting on this poll that i started over 3 years ago.
it's also interesting to see the age demographic dropping.

My tip to potential future owners, dont burn your bank on a m235i. I've sold mine after 3 months and bought a f80 m3 and there's a huge gap. Just get a used one for cheap and keep saving for bigger things.
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      12-08-2017, 03:52 PM   #148
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I'm tickled to see that the 50+ group is fairly well represented.

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      12-08-2017, 07:08 PM   #149
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I'm 64 and picked up my M235 cabrio last summer. I park it next to my bmw motorcycle. Long ago I had a jag XKE. What an improvement the 2 is!
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      12-08-2017, 07:24 PM   #150
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My tip to potential future owners, dont burn your bank on a m235i. I've sold mine after 3 months and bought a f80 m3 and there's a huge gap. Just get a used one for cheap and keep saving for bigger things.


The whole point of the m235i is to not "burn the bank".. What are you on, man? "Just get a used one, cheap"? You know, those cheap ones are usually ready for $10-15k in maintenance as well, not to mention we're WAY passed the ability to save at this point. If you want to save, you never buy a full on M car, ever. Worst advice I've ever heard of.

And BTW, the M3 is a great car, we have an M4 in the family, but not what many here were looking for when we purchased our 2's. It is a fast car, but very different experience, and in terms of size, is the new 5-series.. Glad you're happy in your M3, though. And thanks for starting a great thread
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The whole point of the m235i is to not "burn the bank".. What are you on, man? "Just get a used one, cheap"? You know, those cheap ones are usually ready for $10-15k in maintenance as well, not to mention we're WAY passed the ability to save at this point. If you want to save, you never buy a full on M car, ever. Worst advice I've ever heard of.

And BTW, the M3 is a great car, we have an M4 in the family, but not what many here were looking for when we purchased our 2's. It is a fast car, but very different experience, and in terms of size, is the new 5-series.. Glad you're happy in your M3, though. And thanks for starting a great thread
I just read someone post up top that he worked 3 jobs to get a m235i. i'm saying m235i's aren't worth that. the point was is that even though itll take longer, its worth saving 50-80k for a f80 then to blow 20-30 on a m235i. the performance gap is huge.
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      12-09-2017, 11:02 AM   #152
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I just read someone post up top that he worked 3 jobs to get a m235i. i'm saying m235i's aren't worth that. the point was is that even though itll take longer, its worth saving 50-80k for a f80 then to blow 20-30 on a m235i. the performance gap is huge.
That does make a little more sense, yea. I would never sugggest anyone work 3 jobs just to have a material item.
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      12-09-2017, 11:13 AM   #153
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That does make a little more sense, yea. I would never sugggest anyone work 3 jobs just to have a material item.
i agree. if thats what you really want, go for it.

at that age i would rather spend that money travelling and meeting some fine foreign women.
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i agree. if thats what you really want, go for it.

at that age i would rather spend that money travelling and meeting some fine foreign women.
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