My first BMW - What's yours?

[David_dlp]

Saved up my money after I graduated high-school and because I'm young and dumb I bought a 2007 335i e90 in 2019. At the time I wasn't educated enough about these cars which had me struggling for a while, but it motivated me to self-educate about BMW. It's been a wild ride so far because the previous owner didn't take care of it. It's a wonderful project though. Currently saving up for something reliable as a daily. Thinking of the new Toyota GR86

[Daniel021]

First e90 318i 2008
Second e91 320d 2012
current F31 320d fl

[Ralph-D]

My First is this 2016 X3 xDrive28i, So far so good. Looking to see what I can do to upgrade and tinker with it.

[StradaRedlands]

Good thread here! My first BMW was a 1973 2002. Malaga red with tan interior. Bought it in 1993 for $3,000 at the time. Loved that car, and mounted E21 alloys and Recaro seats. Never could quite get the Metric Mechanic cars running quite right. Lack of a fifth gear for the freeways along with lacking A/C in inland Southern California meant I just couldn't justify keeping it. Also no way to financially justify keeping a third car at the time right out of university, so ended up selling it in 1996 for the same $3,000 I bought it for. Whoever bought it got a damn good car! I used the proceeds to buy a '91 325iX which was another great car for another thread. The rest as they say, is history...

[Maybmelo]

My first is a 08 bmw m3 e93 model and love it

[Fredward20]

F22 M240i xdrive ‘18 was my first
Currently in a G20 330i xdrive ‘20
G42 M240i xdrive in production to replace the G20

[justin.fox]

I remember when my best friend in high school got a manual 1982 240d mercedes that I thought was sweet. Had classic lines and an iconic story in Europe. I followed him with a less classic but still a euro mercedes with a manual c240. I sold the mercedes and bought the 15 x5 I have now, funny enough my same buddy followed me into a BMW with a 128. Guess we both are just following eachother's lead... until he bought a porsche last year and I'm not sure I can keep up anymore...

[ztech]

1992 BMW 325i. 150K miles, but drove great.

[CairoExpat]

F31 320d 2015, >250K km driven, still running smoothly

[Jersho17]

Just took home my first BMW today, 2018 X1. Enjoying it quite a bit so far.

[MurTEL]

E36 Sedan was my first. Wish I still had that.

[MajorTom45]

My first BMW was a Red 1989 325IC (e30). Bought off the showroom floor in June 1989 at BMW - Alexandria, VA.

Next was Bronzitbeige 1990 525I (e34) bought from the same. Next was Oxford Green 1997 740IL (e38) bought from Hank Aaron BMW - Atlanta, GA. Next was a White 2019 530 Xdrive (g30) bought from Sterling BMW - Sterling, VA. Next is the current order (at Bremerhaven) - Portimao Frozen Blue 2022 M4 (g82)- BMW Fairfax - Fairfax, VA.

[wsacabs]

2011 X3 F25:

I really enjoy the bells, whistles and drive, but I’m still trying to get used to it after 3 months.

[chowser51]

first was a TiAg E90. Second was another TiAg E90.
lol

[villybiv]

My first BMW was E36 316. Since then my father and I only got BMW cars as main daily cars.

[MajorTom45]

Originally Posted by wsacabs

2011 X3 F25:

I really enjoy the bells, whistles and drive, but I’m still trying to get used to it after 3 months.

Great choice and I love the color!

[HeartbreakerF80]

My first BMW and first nice car I ever owned. My F80 M3. I got lucky and found this incredibly rare spec CPO and have loved her ever since.

[StuKatz]

1989 E30
Bought it in 1993 from a coworker. It felt like no other car I'd ever driven.

I've owned a BMW ever since!

[RalfNitto]

I was so excited when I finally purchased my new 2013 M6. It was everything I had ever wanted and more. I couldn't wait to take it for a spin and show it off to all of my friends.

Now I wished i had just waited a bit longer and got the m6 Gran Coupe.

[Beemerke]

The first BMW I had, although it was a company car.
It's the one on the right ;-)

BMW 116d efficient dynamics in mineral grey including comfort pack + Xenon headlights.
I had such pleasure driving this car!! Now, ~10 years later, I'll have my own brand new 3-series (G21) in the same color! Can't wait!

Before anyone would mention something about the license plates.
At the time of the picture, I still lived in Belgium hence the Belgian license plate. Now I live in Poland.

[Leahluvofficial]

Originally Posted by techietaichi

People in general or at least "go getters", competitive types, and "Alphas", prefer to be first. Hey, we just like winning! Aside from that though, we as humans also fondly or not remember our "first time" or "first one's" as later on in life those things take us back in time and I don't know about you, but things like that always manage to put a smile on my face. I know you've heard it before from somebody, anybody, "I remember the first time when....". Well, as BMW enthusiasts I know everyone remembers the first "Beemer" or Bimmer" they had and unless you lived where everyone but God had one, just having a BMW, beat up or not, indelibly made you "The Man" amongst your crowd.

Well, that being said, I'll start this thread with the first Beemer I ever owned and invite all of you to share your fond memories and/or stories of the car that set your BMW infatuation into motion!

In '96 after 3 tours in the Army(9 yrs), I decided that it was time for me to head back to the civilian world. Uncle Sam at the time decided that "downsizing" was necessary and to coerce some people out, was offering severance pay and a few years more of additional benefits to say, "Adios!". Well, I took that offer. They handed me 20G's and I bought this '82 320i for 4K. A buddy of mine who'd come from Germany brought this car back with him and like us was an enthusiast and what do most enthusiast do to their cars? Mod it! For the time, this baby was tuned and in the first week that I had it damn near got thrown in the can for wreckless driving, but managed to get just a speeding ticket for being a veteran. I was just coming down from around 120 on I70 just north of Manhattan, KS, give or take a few mph when that Kansas trooper busted my ass. Damn I miss this car. Good times!

The BMW I own right now is my first BMW, and it is a 2016 BMW X1 (f48) xdrive28i and I absolutely love it. But I’m having some issues with the monitor right now

[Leahluvofficial]

I’ve done some custom wrap on my driver and passenger door by myself to make it even cooler and I’ve done some custom modifications other than that including all of the chrome paneling I’ve blacked out with either gloss or matte black or carbon fiber and I keep finding new things to do with it