The Long Awaited: The Myth, The Legend, The Douchebaggery

[SlimKlim]

July marked 3 years of owning this thing, I stumbled acrossed the for sale ad I bought it from on bimmerforums. I was due for a half decent photoshoot of my car in it's latest form anyway, so I thought I'd put together an album of then, now and some of the good ones along the way.

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Bought: 7/16/2009
Mileage Then: 142,000
Mileage Now: 176k+
Total Cost: ????

Parts replaced (from memory and in no particular order): Intake, intake boot, Chip, Wheels twice, tires 3 times, brakes, shocks, springs, end links (also twice), tie rods, RTABs, head unit, headliner, trim wrap, full BSW speaker kit, gone through two subwoofers, steering wheel, front seats, climate control unit, two fuel filters, two sets of ignition coils, a couple of valve cover gaskets, couple sets of spark plugs, headers, VANOS, knock sensors, full shifter rebuild, and a handful of fog lights.

I've added some dents, taken some out, taken paint off and put it back. I've detailed it until its clean enough to eat off of and gotten it to filthy to look straight in the eye. I've tracked it, autocrossed it, beaten on it, neglected it and babied it. I've driven it all across the eastern seaboard, moved in it, worked in it, commuted in it, been in two accidents (neither were my fault) and arguably met my girlfriend because of it. It toes the sociopath line with what it chooses to break and when, but it has never, ever not gotten me home. Even in a blizzard.

It has literally taken my blood, sweat, and tears to keep it going, and taught me through trial-by-fire that I know how to work on cars. If I could go back I wouldn't change a thing.