[leftoverture]

Originally Posted by happyjack

well, of course...we're enthusiasts! it's one thing to say you're selling your F22 because you want to upgrade to a dream supercar. i just can't abide posts that seem to compare the performance of cars that are separated by a 5x price factor.

I think I've reached the point of contentment with what I have. I'm too close to retirement to splurge on dream cars so my Porsche/Ferrari fantasies are just that. But my F23 is a pretty fine machine when all is said and done. A lot of people would love to have it and I get to enjoy it, that's a pretty good life.

[Sharpie36]

Hopefully most of my life. I love the size and creature comforts without hundreds of pounds of extra BS I don't want or need.

I'll probably just keep stripping it as things that break, until I have something kind of like my previous e36.

[PeanuKeeyes]

My last drive was today. Now it sits on a tender until the buyer flies in to drive it 800 miles to its new home.

[raddoc]

At odometer 2100 miles, no issues and living in AZ my '21 F23 M240i MT6 will outlive me. No rain, no salt and no driving in sandstorms.

[WolfGTI]

The M240i vs. the GT3 / RS -is the difference between a quick car and a truly fast car. Having done 1 track session with a 992 GT3, the attitude that car has in the corners and as well as the mechanical grip is ridiculous, you get to see where a lot of the cost of development went. Hell, even in the Cayman GT4 the difference is evident between a dedicated sports car platform and a sporty coupe platform.

Originally Posted by JMcLellan

100% agree with that assessment of the M240 being a fast car, mediocre steering and handling. I had the opportunity to drive a Porsche GT3 RS on a track a couple months ago. I promise I'm not a douche, was just really lucky to get invited to a work event where racing was paid for! I found myself disappointed in the car in the straight aways thinking "my tuned M240 is way faster than this thing".....but then I got to the corners and was blown away with how it performed. Now when I corner with my 240 I'm less impressed after having driven the GT3.

[mbd23]

I’m sorry for your loss.

[60_Driver]

Originally Posted by PeanuKeeyes

My last drive was today. Now it sits on a tender until the buyer flies in to drive it 800 miles to its new home.

RIP. I can tell you loved that car. Hope the next one is as good or better!

[PeanuKeeyes]

Originally Posted by 60_Driver

RIP. I can tell you loved that car. Hope the next one is as good or better!

Thank you — yeah, for a modern car, I can’t think of anything I’d rather have.. so now after a recent injection of parts and labor, I’m back to BMW classic life full time.

[kyo7877]

Until its engine is dead.

[leftoverture]

Originally Posted by PeanuKeeyes

Thank you — yeah, for a modern car, I can’t think of anything I’d rather have.. so now after a recent injection of parts and labor, I’m back to BMW classic life full time.

Very cool!

[734jeant]

Just decided to buy out lease end on February of '23. Its a 2020 M240i with only 4600 miles on it. Love the car.

[morphomeman]

The grill/e on the E34 reminds me again why I do not want a newer model BMW. They are grotesque. Most egregious are the electrics, which need no grille at all and yet sport this giant grotesque plastic THING! Why, why, why?

[dradernh]

Originally Posted by morphomeman

The grill/e on the E34 reminds me again why I do not want a newer model BMW. They are grotesque. Most egregious are the electrics, which need no grille at all and yet sport this giant grotesque plastic THING! Why, why, why?

Change, my man, they call it "change"!

But I'm with you: kind of old school on the whole front-end design thing.

However, I finally saw a new M3 in the wild the other day, and I must be getting used to the look or something, 'cause it didn't look too bad moving in traffic.

I think Lexus still has BMW beat as far as unattractive front ends go. That's not saying much, but still.

[marantjo]

In the past, any new ( or new-ish ) car would only keep my attention for two years before moving on to something else. Every time. The 230i is the first car to break that long streak. I'm not sure how long I'll keep it, but seeing as I'm at 3.5 years now and still enjoy driving it, I can imagine owning for a quite some time.