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Congrats on the addition to your family.
I tried hard to make my child's initials be BMW but I lost out on the "M".
Nice to know some of us with kids can still afford to buy things. /boohoo
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We should start a new kind of monthly meet...
Not cars and coffee but cars and titties? Meets at random Wisconsin strip clubs.
Juuuust kidding, I can feel the female members already leaving.
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She was almost dry, took full 5 quarts.
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Haven't updated this in some time... I had been looking to sell the 318is but then decided against it. Mostly just maintenance lately. Had a little mini crisis the other day.
Had a family emergency on Monday night. I had to fly to my parents house in the. Negative degree weather, without warming up the car. Drove 80+ mph for about 8 mins, then turned it off... Didn't realize it then but I left a HUGE oil stain on my parents driveway. After the crisis, went home, parked the car. Came time to move it and I noticed a huge oil stain on the roadway. The front drivers side tire looked a little low as well. I moved it across the street (damn alternate street parking). Turns out that wasn't a good idea, not so much for the engine as the tire.
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No damage to the perfect shape 14 inch weaves.
The next day I did a wheel swap out in the snowy roadway and limped the car into the garage. Put it up on jack stands and found oil everywhere. Couldn't find a source. Popped the hood and found oil everywhere, even on top of the valve cover!! Didn't take long to find the oil dip stick had been lifted about 3 inches out of its "hole"... I'm confident that was the source of the leak, how it happened, idk.
Filled her back up with oil, did my best to clean the mess and she runs fine now. Just have one hell of a clean up come spring.
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Shitty photo of her from the window of my WRX after she got fixed.
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Anyone want to give me a M50/S50 to swap in my slicktop?
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Very nice car!
<< - won't say that he's offended but rather see an S14 in the engine bay...
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Take the iPhone off the list. Bought one today, had a discount with Verizon and actually will pay less per month.
They even offered me $110 for my old iPhone, meaning I'd of paid $40 for an iPhone 5!
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WiBimmers official whatcha want for Christmas 2012
Thought it would be a fun idea to put together our collective Christmas lists... See what we each are hoping Santa will bring us!
Mine:
1) iPhone 5 - I'm still rocking iPhone 4
2) Bailout Bag - for guns and shit to kill zombies
3) Military fleece - Cuz I wear that shit
4) Subaru Hoodie - Cuz I drive Subaru....
Those are the main things, rest is stuff for my rifle build, slings, optic, etc... Pretty simple, any of you folks got a list? Maybe I can get some ideas from you fools. -
I'm not making it. I will be working 13 hours...
Be safe folks.
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I come off as an asshole, it's an issue of mine, I'm working on it... That said, I'm not tryyyying to be one.
$40,000 isn't a lot of money. When you factor taxes into it, you're going to be taking home about $2,400/month
Realize the MSRP is for a base car, you know that. How much in accessories are you going to add? It could easily shoot to $50,000 quickly. Don't forget sales tax, assuming you're at 5.5% that's almost $3,000 for a $45,000 car that you have to factor into the loan. A quick look at a car payment estimator, using your $6000 down on a $45,000 +tax is about $760/ month... Assuming you went traditional loan.
Factor in Full coverage insurance on a $45,000+ car, for an unmarried female under 25...
Factor gas which is sitting at around $4/gallon in a car that gets about 25MPG (21/31 city/hwy). I'm NOT a math geek, but most insurance companies now say the average yearly mileage driven is 14,000. So 14,000 / 25 = 560 gallons. And 560 at $4.00 = $2,240. $2,240 / 12 months = ~ $186.60 in fuel per month. (I might be a little off on those numbers but it still rings true I think)
You easily could be spending half your monthly income on a new car. Do it if you can, but maybe you could look at a CPO car or a lower end model... No need for the 335!
Im not too far off your situation, only a few years older than you. I have a house and just bought a new car. I'm just trying to throw some ideas out there that I looked into just days ago myself. With that said, I wholeheartedly agree on new car purchases. I've wasted a ton of money on older cars. I suggested the same for my sister who is in a similar situation as you, but she leased. Might be another idea...
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I'm not sure what BMW I'll have in a few weeks, but I'll likely bring my new car...
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oh, well i dont associate with people that don't have a bmwcca membership #.
Buncha peasants.
lol!
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Congrats buddy! Go USAF!
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http://www.wibimmers.com/board/attachment.php?attachmentid=400&stc=1That wasn't directed at you administrator. That was directed at anyone who is on a fence or dividing wall of some kind. If so, you're half trespassing. Vote, then get down. Like the 70's.
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Ohh I voted pal, don't you worry!
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20th is better for me (for now) my schedule is always subject to change!
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I'm actually impressed.
Good work Earl... You creepy bastard.
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I'll have some insight for ya sometime soon.
I have been MIA (no pun intended) for a while because I just purchased a house. Something that I was able to do at age 25 because I served.
I don't mean that, a 25 year old who didn't serve wouldn't be in the same boat. But due to my service I landed a well paying job within months of separation and was able to take advantage of a "VA loan".
I'll come back and give some advice shortly. I know you're not alone here in thinking about the military vs public service vs college, etc...
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There is no such thing as free. If the government gave everyone AC it would cost us all... Well all of those who pay taxes.
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Also why the government should supply a/c units to everyone. It may be there way of population control.
Absolutely not. We dont need more of our tax money going to the lazy.
I realize that was likely a joke but the last thing we need in this country is more free handouts.
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Doc, do you have a thing against punctuation?
It's a sign of the times. The world is a scary place my friends.
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it was fun and a good time. good to see some old faces and meet some new ones. alex we missed you...i hope your anus stops acting up soon.
Thanks, believe me, I hope it does too!
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leave your windows up
I'm talking about shitting myself, and the seats acting as a sponge to the poo....
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I have cloth seats, I think they might act as a sponge, which wouldn't be good.
Military members? Any?
in General Off-Topic
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Former military.
Little known fact, before there was WiBimmers, there was a military car enthusiast forum...