Bucket List Car #1 Checked - 17 years in the making (Oxford Green G80 M3 PCD Trip)

MalibuM3 · 02-15-2023, 03:56 AM

Stunning car and color combo. Absolutely a blast. Enjoy.

midlifecrisis · 02-15-2023, 04:28 AM

Great write-up and a great car! I’ve done Performance Center Delivery 5 times, and your post captures the experience better than any other I’ve seen. Congrats on the car! Enjoy it until your next PCD!

KINY3RA · 02-15-2023, 05:25 AM

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Originally Posted by wtwo3

Day 2 Â– Delivery continued Â– 2/9/23

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Very solid combination, exterior, interior and transmission. For me, the interior wins it. The seats look particularly simpler and eye pleasing without the black strip that runs down the middle. Less is more!

HannibalSmith · 02-15-2023, 06:10 AM

Very nice!

Vmaxx · 02-15-2023, 06:12 AM

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Originally Posted by JDUNITNOW

I went back and looked at some pictures I took and mine didn't light up I believe. Had the latest update and now they light up. Maybe I just didn't notice this before. I would be curious if anyone else noticed this. �� New thread so we don't high jack this one?

Whoa. Yeah perhaps a new thread. I’m glad I noticed this. Which update was it?

JDUNITNOW · 02-15-2023, 06:36 AM

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Whoa. Yeah perhaps a new thread. I’m glad a noticed this. Which update was it?

It was 112022.50

Bimmer5 · 02-15-2023, 07:24 AM

Congratulations, beautiful car and write up of the experience.

Roth517 · 02-15-2023, 07:52 AM

Oxford Green Metallic over full Tartufo is beautiful. The only green I'd like better would be British Racing Green, but OGM has M3 heritage with the E46 and so it's a true BMW color. Enjoy the car!

m2michael23 · 02-15-2023, 07:57 AM

Congrats for your dream to come true.

HHH · 02-15-2023, 08:23 AM

Great write and beautiful car.

itrocks4u · 02-15-2023, 08:28 AM

Congrats!!! Great read!

Rodride1 · 02-15-2023, 08:31 AM

Thanks for sharing your story. Hope to get my M3 soon. Boiler up!

Powerbeast · 02-15-2023, 08:35 AM

What an amazing thread and write up! Truly amazing and so happy for you and your M! Congratulations and welcome to the family!

calbears · 02-15-2023, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by wtwo3

I believe that's the M8 GT3.

Let me know if this link works for you:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Z8Z2JWNQLyjAeBiJ7

M8 GTE

wtwo3 · 02-15-2023, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Roth517

Oxford Green Metallic over full Tartufo is beautiful. The only green I'd like better would be British Racing Green, but OGM has M3 heritage with the E46 and so it's a true BMW color. Enjoy the car!

Thanks! Once I had settled on getting some shade of green, BRG was definitely a contender, ultimately I decided I wanted a metallic color and settled on oxford green over tartufo for exactly that reason.... the classic oxford green over cinnamon combo of the E46.

dagoban · 02-15-2023, 09:51 AM

Nice story with a happy ending, dreams come true!

snareman · 02-15-2023, 10:19 AM

Beautiful car! Congrats! That wait just for the allocation must have been crazy painful!

John4C · 02-15-2023, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by BimmerKay

The analyst in me loved the way you wrote out the options and milestones on excel. The enthusiast in me loves the manual. The kid in me is pleased

Wait, you mean everyone doesn't do that?

I loved the excel too btw. I have a similar document with all my cars (and lots of admittedly irrelevant metrics and tracking).

wtwo3 · 02-15-2023, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by snareman

Beautiful car! Congrats! That wait just for the allocation must have been crazy painful!

Thanks! The allocation wait was BRUTAL. It was the ambiguity of it, the games dealers were playing, and the fact that I had over $7k tied up in deposits just waiting for ONE of the dealers to get me an allocation. Once I got the allocation, I felt the rest of the wait was more tolerable since I was now official.

snareman · 02-15-2023, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by wtwo3

Thanks! The allocation wait was BRUTAL. It was the ambiguity of it, the games dealers were playing, and the fact that I had over $7k tied up in deposits just waiting for ONE of the dealers to get me an allocation. Once I got the allocation, I felt the rest of the wait was more tolerable since I was now official.

At least you did it through more than one dealer. If I had to wait for only my local dealer to get an allocation for anything I think I'd still be waiting. I had a shorter, but similar feeling wait with my M8 which after was done being built sat on a mystery hold for 78 days which no one ANYWHERE at BMW could tell me a single thing about.

Lady Jane · 02-15-2023, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by wtwo3

Beginnings

I promise ya’ll won’t have to hear too much more of my rambling and sappy BS – on to my PCD experience!

WOW, WOW, WOW...!
I don't come often on the M3 site but I'm glad I did! It's a beauty!

wtwo3 · 02-15-2023, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by snareman

At least you did it through more than one dealer. If I had to wait for only my local dealer to get an allocation for anything I think I'd still be waiting. I had a shorter, but similar feeling wait with my M8 which after was done being built sat on a mystery hold for 78 days which no one ANYWHERE at BMW could tell me a single thing about.

I think I remember reading about your wait. It's when you don't know why things are taking so long that the wait becomes almost unbearable. And so many different areas where there could be hold-ups... sometimes I think it's a miracle we get these cars at all with how long of a journey it is and with all the different places it can get stuck

02-15-2023, 03:56 AM	#133
MalibuM3 Private 430 Rep 92 Posts Drives: 2022 BMW M3 6MT Join Date: Jan 2022 Location: 48° 10′ 23,4″ N , 11° 32′ 47,5″ O iTrader: (0)	Stunning car and color combo. Absolutely a blast. Enjoy. __________________ 2022 BMW M3 6MT 2020 Tesla Model 3 Performance 2020 Volvo XC60 AWD Inscription 2005 BMW Z4 E85 1967 Volkswagen Bug
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02-15-2023, 04:28 AM	#134
midlifecrisis Major 811 Rep 1,211 Posts Drives: 2017 X5 35d, 2019 230i X Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: New Jersey iTrader: (0)	Great write-up and a great car! I’ve done Performance Center Delivery 5 times, and your post captures the experience better than any other I’ve seen. Congrats on the car! Enjoy it until your next PCD! __________________ 2017 X5 35d (Performance Center delivery March 2017) 2019 230i X-drive 2022 M3 base 2000 328i sedan (UUC suspension - still the favorite), 2006 M3 slick top - Alpine White/Cinnamon SOLD! 2008 E90 M3 SOLD! 1991 325iX (both great), 2019 Miata RF - various others not as memorable but gone.
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02-15-2023, 06:10 AM	#136
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02-15-2023, 07:24 AM	#139
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02-15-2023, 07:52 AM	#140
Roth517 Lieutenant 446 Rep 470 Posts Drives: 2022 M4C xDrive Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Michigan iTrader: (1)	Oxford Green Metallic over full Tartufo is beautiful. The only green I'd like better would be British Racing Green, but OGM has M3 heritage with the E46 and so it's a true BMW color. Enjoy the car! __________________ Current: 2022 M4C xDrive Rosso Corsa; 2005 M3 Imola Red ; 2018 440i Mineral Grey Past: 2017 M4C; 2013 Audi RS5; 2011 Audi A5 S-Line; 2008 335i (x2); 2004 330Ci (x2); 2000 323Ci
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02-15-2023, 07:57 AM	#141
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02-15-2023, 08:23 AM	#142
HHH New Member 2 Rep 23 Posts Drives: F82 M4 Convertible DCT Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Tampa iTrader: (0)	Great write and beautiful car.
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02-15-2023, 08:28 AM	#143
itrocks4u Colonel 623 Rep 2,419 Posts Drives: F80, F36, E90 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Bay Area iTrader: (3)	Congrats!!! Great read!
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02-15-2023, 08:31 AM	#144
Rodride1 Private 14 Rep 92 Posts Drives: 535 x-drive (F10) and M3 (F80) Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Gurnee iTrader: (0)	Thanks for sharing your story. Hope to get my M3 soon. Boiler up!
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02-15-2023, 08:35 AM	#145
Powerbeast Lieutenant General 5423 Rep 10,825 Posts Drives: F80 M3 RarriRot Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: SoCal iTrader: (4)	What an amazing thread and write up! Truly amazing and so happy for you and your M! Congratulations and welcome to the family!
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02-15-2023, 09:51 AM	#148
dagoban Private 154 Rep 59 Posts Drives: E21 320/6;E31 840i M;G87 M2 M Join Date: Jan 2023 Location: Madrid iTrader: (0)	Nice story with a happy ending, dreams come true!
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02-15-2023, 10:19 AM	#149
snareman Leave the gun. Take the Canoli. 9286 Rep 7,842 Posts Drives: ///M8 & X3 ///M40 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ohio iTrader: (0)	Beautiful car! Congrats! That wait just for the allocation must have been crazy painful! __________________ Current: 2023 Santorini Blue ///M8 \|\|\| 2023 X3 M40 --> 2025 X5 M60 (ordered) Retired: 2021 Enzian Blue ///M4 \|\|\| 2018 ///M4 \|\|\| 2017 ///M4 \|\|\| 2014 435i \|\|\| 2009 335i Coupe \|\|\| 2007 335i Coupe
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