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Old 09-28-2013, 12:14 PM
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Hello everyone! Always wanted to join these forums but never really got around to it until now. A little about me.

I've always been into cars for as long as I remember. I had a few used cars when I was young but my first Brand New car was a 2000 Acura Integra GS-R. The first car I really started modifying. I had TONS of mods. The mods would be too long to list but the boosted project had the car pushing over 500wHP in a 2500lbs car. You can imagine how scary fast it was.


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(Pics before it was Boosted)





I had spent so much $$$ into the Integ, I realized I could have bought my dream car (at the time) E46 ///M3 for all the money I spent. So that's exactly what I did. I put the car back to almost stock, sold the car and all the parts. Put a huge down payment on a Brand New 2005 BMW E46 ///M3 in Alpine White and fell in love with BMW ///M cars forever.


Mods:

- K&N 63 Air Charger Intake
- StreamLine Engineering Filter
- ECIS Custom Fiberglass Heat Shield
- Supersprint Race Exhaust
- Eibach Pro-Kits, Bilstein Shock
- UmNitza Predator ICE LED Angel Eyes
- Prolumen D2S 6000K HID headlights with auto-leveling
- Prolumen 6000K HID Fog Lights
- Shadow Black Kidney Grills
- Shadow Black Side Gills
- Front & Rear BMW Carbon Fiber Roundels
- BMW Carbon Fiber Steering Wheel Roundel
- Smoked Corner Lenses
- Alpine White Front Bumper Reflectors
- Alpine White Key Hole Cover
- ACS Fucy Carbon Fiber Lip
- ///M Black Out Kit




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After 5-6 years of ownership, I decided to sell it and get something bigger for the family to be. I went out and test drove a lot of 4 door Sedan beasts available. E63 AMG, ///M5, RS6, CTS-V, Panamera Turbo, etc. It was a tough decision and it pretty much boiled down to the E63 AMG and E60 M5 in the end. AMG is a torque monster with gobs of it down low and excellent mid range power. Really gets the thing moving in city driving. Very comfortable and easy to drive too. You don't have to think at all. Just gas and go. These were all great but lacked the crisp handling, road feel, top end power, transmission was not for me, and kicking the tail out with control was out of the question. E60 ///M5 lacks torque down low but makes up for it big time in the Top End. LOVED the All Motor V10 with 8,250rpm redline. Some people hate the SMG transmission but I actually loved how hard each gear shift snaps you back like a bucking bull. Very similar feeling of Ferrari. Great sensation and love the mechanical feel.

(Test drove the new F10 M5 and just didn't love it. I'm an all motor guy at heart although boosted applications can be tuned very easily and push crazy HP. I just love high strung Naturally Aspirated motors that rev sky high.)


After a lot of test driving back and forth (my local BMW & Mercedes dealership is right next to each other), I went with the E60 ///M5 in my favorite color Interlagos Blue. Only 28k miles!

I added some tasteful mods after the purchase. ~560HP+, 8,600rpm Redline, faster shifts, straight pipes to really hear that V10 scream, etc.

Mods:

- RPI Ram Air Scoops
- RPI Intake Block Plates
- RPI ST Pulley Kit
- BMC Racing Air Filters
- Straight Pipe Exhaust w/ 3.5" Tips
- Meisterschaft SS Section 1
- ESS SMG Tune
- EVOLVE Alpha-N Tune
- Ice Lite H8 Angel Eyes
- LCI EURO Tail Lights
- Bruce Miranda V6.1 Cables
- License Plate LED Lights
- Blacked Out Front/Side Grills
- Hamann Carbon Fiber Lip
- DCTMS ///M Stitched CF Sports Steering Wheel


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A video of the car in action. Watch in HD!



I might Supercharge it down the road. Can't wait to see how that will feel.


Pic of my newly acquired daily driver:

2003 BMW E39 530i. Got an awesome deal on a one owner, clean title, no accident flawless one with only 80k miles. It's a fantastic car.

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And the wife's car.


2013 Mercedes C250 Turbo w/ AMG Wheels

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Thanks for looking!

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Old 09-28-2013, 06:28 PM
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Nice vids and welcome to the board

Loving the E46... whyd you have to let it go!
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Originally Posted by BesE60
Nice vids and welcome to the board

Loving the E46... whyd you have to let it go!
It was such a sweet car. I let it go because I needed a Sedan. Upgraded to the V10 Monster but there are times I do miss the lil ///M.
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very nice =)
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