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Hello all,

New to BMW in the Seattle area, I recently picked up a Natural Brown on Saphire Black E61 535xi with 80k miles. This is my first BMW, and I got it as a daily driver to replace my Mazdaspeed Miata I drove daily, since my wife and I are expecting our first son any day.

So far I really like this car. I have had VWs and Subarus mostly, so this is a big step up in comfort and technology. It is my first Auto transmission car, which I don't really like, but for a family car and daily driver it is okay. I looked for it for a few months, gave up on trying to find a manual transmission with the options I wanted, and got a great deal on this car. It has the sport package, comfort seats, and Logic 7 audio which were the three options I really wanted on the car. I am also a huge fan of the brown interior and it is a cool contrast with the black exterior.

I have had the car for around a month, and so far I have done a walnut blasting on the intake ports, added some LED angel eyes, and completed the SAT flash on the transmission.

Future plans for the car in the next little while are a tune of some kind with an intake, but haven't decided what path yet. Other than that I will likely upgrade some other things when they fail, such as brakes and suspension, and when my RFT tires wear out I will put some nice wheels and tires on it and use the OEM for winters. It is a family car and for sure not a sports car, so not planning on getting too crazy with it.

Looking forward to learning more about this car and hopefully contributing to this forum with my experiences with it.