[Rosco P]

OP, If it wasn't for work, I'd drive you up there, but you'd have to slum it in a F90 comp, lol.

I have the car bug pretty bad as well, but I have not taken the time to count. Seems like it may be an eye opening number at this point. I'm in Raleigh just over the line from Cary. I hope to see that G8x soon. Congrats.

[Foggins]

Excited for you, congrats! I’m probably around 30 cars in...ordered 31 a couple of days ago (M2C) and I’m prey excited also

[JMU_BMW]

Originally Posted by Foggins

Excited for you, congrats! I’m probably around 30 cars in...ordered 31 a couple of days ago (M2C) and I’m prey excited also

Was it an allocation that the dealership already had submitted or something? Because BMW is no longer accepting builds for the M2.

[M3PGH]

buying a new car sight unseen is no big deal
1/2 the cars I buy are sight unseen
weird coincidence , I was in Asheville last week for couple of days on the way to Tail of the dragon from Charlotte
nice little town and I strongly recommend for a short visit . Clean town and great food
I was surprised to learn that they had BMW/Audi/ and Porsche dealers in town and I visited the Porsche dealer to look at a cayman GTS that sold as I arrived
congrats and you will love the M4

[jzmundy]

Although I'm down in Holly Springs, hope to see you around!

[Foggins]

Originally Posted by JMU_BMW

Was it an allocation that the dealership already had submitted or something? Because BMW is no longer accepting builds for the M2.

Existing allocation...

[LuvMyE92]

Originally Posted by LuvMyE92

Natch I'll post pics when it arrives.

See new post here.

[rak299]

I am still trying to process the 60 cars owned part. I think of myself as having had a crazy number of cars and I can only get to 21, and that counts the Beetle my wife had when we got married. (I was added to the title.) There was also a motorcycle, but that wasn't counted.

After a recount, I was able to get to 22.

[bri1042]

Originally Posted by rak299

I am still trying to process the 60 cars owned part. I think of myself as having had a crazy number of cars and I can only get to 21, and that counts the Beetle my wife had when we got married. (I was added to the title.) There was also a motorcycle, but that wasn't counted.

Same here. My SO and friends think I'm a bit nuts and I'm only at 17 cars (I did have one Acura for 7.5 years, so that reduced the number...and I'm a one-car-at-a-time human).

Of course, WHEN you got your first car can futz the numbers a bit. I got my first car in June of 1987, so roughly a car every 2 years. If someone started buying cars in 1957, that would add some context.

[LuvMyE92]

Originally Posted by rak299

I am still trying to process the 60 cars owned part.

Originally Posted by bri1042

Same here. ... If someone started buying cars in 1957, that would add some context.

LOL, I wasn't even alive in 1957!

What happened was, basically, when I was around 24 or so, I bought a car that turned out to be less than reliable. I had not yet sold the previous car, so I just kept it until I got the other one debugged, and then the concept of a "spare car" kind of got lodged into my brain. I actually kept the spare longer than the lemon.

Well, then I started making some decent money. And I wanted an M5. And I found one (E28) and bought it, when I still had a DD E36 M3. Then I kind of fell into a deal on an old 633csi. And I had a track car, too. At one point I think I had seven cars at once. No, I'm not Rob Siegel, LOL. My cars are newer and depreciate more, and I don't do rust.

So that's what happened - multiple car ownership, with an average of about 13 months ownership of any given car. More recently, last year, I bought an old Jaguar XKR with the idea that I would drive it until I got tired of it or whatever, and then flip it on Bring A Trailer. Well, it turns out that I didn't like it right off the bat (long story) and so I sold it within 2 months. That tends to bring down the averages.

[SYT_Shadow]

Congratulations on the new M3 OP.

61 cars, very impressive. You seem to like BMW as much as I do!

[rak299]

Originally Posted by LuvMyE92

LOL, I wasn't even alive in 1957!

What happened was, basically, when I was around 24 or so, I bought a car that turned out to be less than reliable. I had not yet sold the previous car, so I just kept it until I got the other one debugged, and then the concept of a "spare car" kind of got lodged into my brain. I actually kept the spare longer than the lemon.

Well, then I started making some decent money. And I wanted an M5. And I found one (E28) and bought it, when I still had a DD E36 M3. Then I kind of fell into a deal on an old 633csi. And I had a track car, too. At one point I think I had seven cars at once. No, I'm not Rob Siegel, LOL. My cars are newer and depreciate more, and I don't do rust.

So that's what happened - multiple car ownership, with an average of about 13 months ownership of any given car. More recently, last year, I bought an old Jaguar XKR with the idea that I would drive it until I got tired of it or whatever, and then flip it on Bring A Trailer. Well, it turns out that I didn't like it right off the bat (long story) and so I sold it within 2 months. That tends to bring down the averages.

seven cars at once is also impressive. My 4 cars at once seems modest, by comparison. At one point, friends were suggesting that my next car should be a tow truck. I was alive in 1957. (first car was '66).