Well not really... for the true story, Most of you know that I drive a nice car already. Well that C 32 happens to be my fathers and I drove it for eight months before I got my actual first car. I am not her to bragg but I just wanted to show my actual first car. I got this as my 17th bday gift. I am making a promise that i will drive this car until the day it dies. The car I got is a preowned 2003 BMW 330i with 26,000 miles on it and it has extended warranty. I plan right now not to modify it until later but for now, I love it the way it is. Heres some pics I hope you enjoy.

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I'll get better pics later...

Nice car, but you just blew any credibility you had clean out of the water.

*edit* Did it have a full respray? Silver car...white engine bay....que??

nice ride man :bigthumb: . What a present for your 17th birthday. All I got to drive then was a rusted 92 Civic DX with no power anything, had to unlock all 4 doorsif I was luggin anyone around by stretching my body around pushing the lock up and in the summer, had to manually roll each window up, it was hell. Seats were ripped and stuff. It did its job though, I'm not complaining. Glad my dad actually got me a car I could drive instead of taking the bus to school.

The thing was too slow for me to keep though. So I worked senior year and saved up till I was 19 and bought my 240, loved it ever since :iceslolan . Civic sits there as my snow-driver. Wish I could have a BMW 330 though, that ride is nice. Sometimes i wish I had rich parents, at the same time though when you work for a car you appreciate it more. Anyways it seems you already appreciate it enough, have fun with it. 330's are great cars

Nice car, but you just blew any credibility you had clean out of the water.

:iagree:

What kind of car is that next to it?

Nice car, it's no Buick or Chevy but it's alright.

yeah what kind of car is next to it and what does your dad drive if he let you drive his C32 AMG?

And to toksin and KustmAce :1: Cept I've always felt that way from just his sig...

looks like a Ferrari 308 or 328 GTS.


nice car, but for fuck's sake...i mean, seriousley. a brand new 330i for your 17th...i can't even comment on that. ridiculous.

eh, automatic is for whimps. You should have gotten a manual. Seriously. I want to know how it compares to the mercedes as well

If I had the money ide do it to :P and so would all of you guys.

looks like a Ferrari 308 or 328 GTS.


nice car, but for fuck's sake...i mean, seriousley. a brand new 330i for your 17th...i can't even comment on that. ridiculous.

Seconded. Parents need a check up from the neck up.

looks like a Ferrari 308 or 328 GTS.


nice car, but for fuck's sake...i mean, seriousley. a brand new 330i for your 17th...i can't even comment on that. ridiculous.

yeah it is pretty fucking ridiculous. I'd say the best present I've ever and probably ever will receive was an xbox, which was nice but nowhere near as nice (or expensive) BMW 330i. What does your dad do jcz?

Very nice! Love the rims. Love the Mondial (;)) next to it as well. :)

Edit: Give your Dad a high-five for me for installing that garage floor - looks excellent :thumbsup:

yeah, i wish i got a nice car like that for my bday.
Cloeset i ever got was a remote control dodge ram.....my birthday is on april fools day and when i turned 16 everyone know i wanted a ram. so they thought it would be funny to tell me i got a ram and then have that damn thing parked in the driveway....dicks
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/7/web/715000-715999/715574_7_full.jpg

oh damn.

Have you ever considered... like, major missions work? I've never driven a car with under 100,000 miles on it. Why? Because it is just not necessary. Instead, my family has chosen to spend $100,000 on the construction of a village in the Salvadoran jungle. (Thereby freeing the people in this village from the cycle of poverty that has existed for the past 7-10 generations. Previous to this, there was no hope of them ever being independent of the wealthy land owner on who's land they were residing.) We also anually give $20,000 to other charities, and some other insane amount towards a higher quality education for my bro and I than the public schools would be able to provide. No offense, but you driving a car like that would most certainly qualify as gross excess. My family pays in taxes 3-5 times or more the amount that the average american makes before taxes. In spite of this, we make a concious choice to live a lifestyle that has a lasting impact on others, which means we don't live in mansion on the lake and none of our cars can do 0-60 in under 7 seconds... especially not my brother's volvo :p


Always remember:

With great wealth comes great responsibility. Now go tell your dad to go make a difference in the world and to quit turning you into such a lucky brat! :p


EDIT: despite the emoticons, that post was completely and entirely serious. I'm not kidding about this. People that have such great resources yet choose to not benefit anyone less fortunate bother me. (By less fortunate I'm not talking about the homeless people downtown that ended up there by screwing themselves, I'm talking about people in the third world that REALLY have no hope of ever advancing themselves. The people that can do nothing about their situation no matter how hard they might try.) If we chose to live the lifestyle of the masses, what do you think I would be driving with the extra $80,000 we would have each year? Yeah, I'd be driving a brand new BMW as well.

If you've read this far, please continue to the second page.

oh damn.

Have you ever considered... like, major missions work? I've never driven a car with under 100,000 miles on it. Why? Because it is just not necessary. Instead, my family has chosen to spend $100,000 on the construction of a village in the Salvadoran jungle. (Thereby freeing the people in this village from the cycle of poverty that has existed for the past 7-10 generations. Previous to this, there was no hope of them ever being independent of the wealthy land owner on who's land they were residing.) We also anually give $20,000 to other charities, and $15,000 towards a higher quality education for my bro and I than the public schools would be able to provide. No offense, but you driving a car like that would most certainly qualify as gross excess. My family pays in taxes 3-5 times or more the amount that the average american makes before taxes. In spite of this, we make a concious choice to live a lifestyle that has a lasting impact on others, which means we don't live in mansion on the lake and none of our cars can do 0-60 in under 7 seconds... especially not my brother's volvo :p


Always remember:

With great wealth comes great responsibility. Now go tell your dad to go make a difference in the world and to quit turning you into such a lucky brat! :p


He did make a very good point

Perhaps, but he also doesn't need a lecture...

In fact, his father just fed a couple families in Bavaria.

hmm. yeah that was nice of him wasn't it.

Oh, and sorry if it came off as a lecture, because I know that it is your dad choosing how to spend his own money, not you. It's just I wish that more people would try to make a damn difference, rather than only looking after their own pompous selves. Do you have any idea what we could do if everyone making more than 100k gave just $10,000 to charities each year?

I don't want to turn this thread into a war, but stop being so condescending you ignorant twit. How do you know his dad doesn't make $10 million a year and give $8 million to charity, using the rest to enjoy his life? :mad:

You could go ahead and call that an assumption on my part. Sorry about that, its just that the odds are rather long. If that IS the case, I will be more than happy to edit and/or delete my post.


So, jcz, is that the case?

Chill guys.

ec437, that's really admirable, you're good people, but let's not turn this into a fight.

My father works really hard everyday. I rarely see him becasue he works hard as a cardiologist. Actually my dad has taught me alot of things in life. I'm not a spoiled brat. Most people think i am becasue the 'toys" I have but I dont listen to them. But anyways, Im not bragging or showing off.

Chill guys.

ec437, that's really admirable, you're good people, but let's not turn this into a fight.

Yeah, great. I'm a good person. Frankly, I am not. That's the problem, everyone looks at what we do and says, "oh, hey, they're great people. Glad they're doing that," without even a second thought about it. It doesn't even cross their minds what we are actually accomplishing; they hear "we're building a village" and they picture a couple of huts next to a stream and think "yeah, I guess that's cool" without even realizing what it actually means to the people living there. The impact in those people's lives is beyond anything you likely can imagine and certainly beyond anything you have ever experienced.

I believe that with such good fortune as ours comes an obligation to help other people, and I get very fed up with the oh-so counterproductive "me first" attitude that prevails in our culture.

My father works really hard everyday. I rarely see him becasue he works hard as a cardiologist. Actually my dad has taught me alot of things in life. I'm not a spoiled brat. Most people think i am becasue the 'toys" I have but I dont listen to them. But anyways, Im not bragging or showing off.

dude, I totally understand where you are coming from, and I don't actually think you are a spoiled brat. I know what spoiled means, and I know what brat means, and I know you're likely not either. Its plenty easy to be rich and not spoiled, but you have to admit that you are still living in excess of what you need to be. My dad works plenty hard as well, hard enough to have far more than quadrupled his income from the first job I remember him having. However, priorities in life are different for every person, and I and my family believe that people always take precedence over money. What does that mean? Well, my dad owns his own business. Its quite sucessful (his biggest client is nike, and some other international ones) but he has chosen not to let it grow past a one man firm, despite tremendously greater wealth that that might offer. Why? because that would mean that he wouldn't be able to do volunteer work with the youth in the area, and wouldn't be able to see us more than a few times a week, as well as give up other things that he loves doing.

this thread is just gettin far off the topic. it seems like ec took offense when someone said "you're good people"

no offense taken on my part, its just that I wanted to make a point. Thanks for the compliment, toksin.

BTW, I hope that you understand that I'm not at all trying to rag on you, your dad, or your family in general. I know lots of cool and likeable people I know that what I said here would apply to. I'm sure you guys are just the same.

Just for the record, what I originally had in my first post was much, much harsher, but I deleted it and tried to make it sound more suggestive rather than pissed off. It still came off as a little bit bitter, though :rolleyes:

yeah, i wish i got a nice car like that for my bday.
Cloeset i ever got was a remote control dodge ram.....my birthday is on april fools day and when i turned 16 everyone know i wanted a ram. so they thought it would be funny to tell me i got a ram and then have that damn thing parked in the driveway....dicks
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/7/web/715000-715999/715574_7_full.jpg

:lol2: thats so F#cked up, if my parents did that i would have been so pissed. I must say its a good joke, but sucks for the person its getting played on

what got me was that they actually had it in the driveway....i was like...wtf....

no offense taken on my part, its just that I wanted to make a point. Thanks for the compliment, toksin.

BTW, I hope that you understand that I'm not at all trying to rag on you, your dad, or your family in general. I know lots of cool and likeable people I know that what I said here would apply to. I'm sure you guys are just the same.

Just for the record, what I originally had in my first post was much, much harsher, but I deleted it and tried to make it sound not more suggestive rather than pissed off. It still came off as a little bit bitter, though :rolleyes:

hey man, i really respect you and your family. people really dont understand what its like, and i wont say that i do either, cause i dont understand, unless ive been in their shoes. but i send money to the less fortunate anyways, cause i know im better off than they are, and i have given money when i didnt have any. ill also say that i dont think i try hard enough, i know there are other people that do better. if there was a poor, malnutritioned young little boy or girl in front of me, i would not be able to tell them in their face that i didnt try. when i get a real job, and start making some money, ill put aside part of my income to give to the less fortunate. its just one of those things thats hard to understand sometimes. some people just have to actually go there, and experience what they re going through to understand.

Jesus Christ, so many people getting sandy-clit becuase some guys dad bought him a Beemer. So what? Just because he gets nice things, doesn't mean he's a brat or anything like that. I get given lots of awesome things without really working for them, it hasn't affected me as a person, I can appreciate what I am given.


At the end of the day it's his folks money and his folks are free to do what they like with it. Nobody cares if you disagree, or would do it differently, really.

Anyway, nice car and sorry about the rant, but I just hate green-eyed people.

330i > C32 :thumbsup:

Surely your first mod must be to change to a manual gb ;)


Anyway, congrats on the car. I dont think its a big deal for someone to get a nice car as their first as long as they deserve it, know the value of money, etc...

Enjoy your bimmer. You won't want to drive a Merc for a very long time :D

330i > C32 :thumbsup:

ROFL!!!!!!!!

You're joking, right?

No. C32 is undoubtedly quicker. 330 is undoubtedly more fun to drive.

330 is undoubtedly more fun to drive.

Even with the automatic?

.Even with the automatic?

Surely your first mod must be to change to a manual gb ;)

:D

hmmmmm........ Can you get the Audi A4 3.0 Quattro in manual over in the US? We only get it with a CVT in NZ, but if it is possible to get an A4 3.0 in manual, then the A4 > both the 330i and C32. :thefinger



Then again, I am completely VAG biased :D:D. Well actually I'm a huge fan of BMW as well....

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:D

Touche! :lol2:

hmmmmm........ Can you get the Audi A4 3.0 Quattro in manual over in the US?

Yep.

Now, I slightly prefer the C32 over the 330i as well, but isn't it a bit odd to complain about the auto in the 330 when the C32 only comes with one?

The C32 comes only with an automatic transmission with the steptronic added to it. Yeah I may change the transmission to manual later. I have to save up some money first before I could do that.

Great car jc. Glad to see you finally got it. :smile:

just seeing those pictures of you getting to own a bmw springs up the most anger and "wtf" adrenaline... i get so pissed that i'll probably never in my life get to drive a nice car... and then you have one at 17... that just pisses me off :banghead:

just seeing those pictures of you getting to own a bmw springs up the most anger and "wtf" adrenaline... i get so pissed that i'll probably never in my life get to drive a nice car... and then you have one at 17... that just pisses me off :banghead:


better get use to it....... remember its just a car.

I'd rather have that than my truck. Maybe we should swap cars for a while jcz. You won't like a 10 year old vehicle with 284,000 miles on it. Fells like the steering rack is falling apart. That car was resprayed. The door jambs are white as well as the engine compartment. Good luck you lucky bastard.

just seeing those pictures of you getting to own a bmw springs up the most anger and "wtf" adrenaline... i get so pissed that i'll probably never in my life get to drive a nice car... and then you have one at 17... that just pisses me off :banghead:
Sometimes in life you just have to accept that other people have more money than you. Learn to deal with it.

Sometimes in life you just have to accept that other people have more money than you. Learn to deal with it.

Lol :1:

lol.... And people at my school thought i was spoiled cause i got an 89 LeSabre T-Type, and got to drive a 79 Z28 around!!!

I mean honestly, when it all comes down to it, you have to think he got that car because his parents care about him. Isn't that what's more important?

nice car, but for fuck's sake...i mean, seriousley. a brand new 330i for your 17th...i can't even comment on that. ridiculous.


ri got damn diculous..... My first car is a rusted up piece of shit 1985 Buick Skylark haha and before that i drove my DADS Ford Festiva with rusty like 10 inch wheels, do you have any idea how ugly those are?! I laugh at myself when i pull up to a store and see the reflection of my car

My dream is to ONE DAY own a BMW or Mercedes LOL this guys 17 and reached my dreams with no work


Appreciate what you got, cause you're a lucky muthafucker :D

I won't make you feel bad about your wealth, but think about this. I loved jumping on trampolines until I bought one, I liked playing in my friends swimming pool until I had one.

The sweet isn't as sweet without the sour.

its official, I hate you Justin, but its not an M so I forgive you :biggrin:

Very beautiful car, and its YOURS! so enjoy it and don’t rat it out, that way when you sell it I can get it cheap. you still have not answered what that is beside it.

jcz everyone keeps saying its resprayed but I just thought it was the silver paint reflecting the flash from the camera making it appear white? Which is it?

Isn't that the Pantera next to your car?

it's a Ferrari Mondial

I won't make you feel bad about your wealth, but think about this. I loved jumping on trampolines until I bought one, I liked playing in my friends swimming pool until I had one.

The sweet isn't as sweet without the sour.

:werd: :1:

its official, I hate you Justin, but its not an M so I forgive you :biggrin:


same here. At college I see some kids driving e46 M3's around and driving like a jackass. They'll floor it in parking lots and curvy roads in campus while ppl are walking around.

jcz everyone keeps saying its resprayed but I just thought it was the silver paint reflecting the flash from the camera making it appear white? Which is it?

No the white is actually the layer of primer when the car was built at the factory. heres some proof of it hat it is the origanal color. Also some more pics of the car.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v230/jcz1987/DSCN2287.jpg

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nice car justin, good luck and have fun with it. drive safely, yadda yadda yadda. you know everyday it goes, your car, eddies car, and my car... and the price values increase with a postivie slope.. nehoo g/l with it but remember the best things in life aren't things.... i'd quote albert einstein but it's already in my aim profile :)

Well well, this is my first post on AF! I'm just here to stick up for Justin; I personally know this guy. He deserves this Bimmer, so before you guys go and bash him, find out who he really is. I can personally say, he one of the most down to earth guys I know, and for a well off person, he is not conceited, nor arrogant. He doesnt gloat about the fact that he owns a BMW. That's just my two cents on this.

Jesus Christ, so many people getting sandy-clit becuase some guys dad bought him a Beemer. So what? Just because he gets nice things, doesn't mean he's a brat or anything like that. I get given lots of awesome things without really working for them, it hasn't affected me as a person, I can appreciate what I am given.


At the end of the day it's his folks money and his folks are free to do what they like with it. Nobody cares if you disagree, or would do it differently, really.

Anyway, nice car and sorry about the rant, but I just hate green-eyed people.

hey im not mad at him cause he got a bmw, just agreeing with ec437. i think its great that he got it, its a nice car. i ve gotten a lot of stuff from my parents also, and my family isnt poor or anything, we re like upper middle class, infact, my parents bought me my car. i see it as, why not part of the money i save for not paying for my car, go towards the less fortunate? i know that i could do better, but at least im trying ya know? i understand that we all have wants or whatever, i spend my money on things i want all the time, but at least try, better than nothing.

The car is cool and all, but damn, that garage floor is clean! I think I'm more jealous of the garage than the car.

Oh for future plans to mod this car... Well I may put clear blinker lights instead of orange and also for the front too. thats what I plan so far. Oh yeah I may need one of those police radar dectors. lol Oh yeah I gotta change my sig... EEEP!!

As long as you've got the money :p ... get the kind that is completely hidden. Sensors installed outside the car on the front and rear bumpers, warning lights installed discreetly in the instrument panel. That way cops won't know you have it if you do get pulled over; they tend to not like radar detectors. I forget what company makes it, but it goes for $1200.

Or, just don't speed :thumbsup:

Change the trim from wood to "aluminium cube". More your age :thumbsup:

The car is cool and all, but damn, that garage floor is clean! I think I'm more jealous of the garage than the car.

:lol2: ditto!

Oh, and the wood trim is :thumbsup: Gotta have ledder and wud.

Oh for future plans to mod this car... Well I may put clear blinker lights instead of orange and also for the front too. thats what I plan so far. Oh yeah I may need one of those police radar dectors. lol Oh yeah I gotta change my sig... EEEP!!

for your sig get a good shot of the 330 and c32 together. your old beater and your new car :p

Oh for future plans to mod this car... Well I may put clear blinker lights instead of orange and also for the front too. thats what I plan so far. Oh yeah I may need one of those police radar dectors. lol Oh yeah I gotta change my sig... EEEP!!


why didnt you get a coupe? imo when you're young you dont need 4 doors and 2 just looks better/sportier

why didnt you get a coupe? imo when you're young you dont need 4 doors and 2 just looks better/sportier

Cheaper insurance? :dunno:

I'm thinking the decision was all his father's...

yea he has a 330 for christ sake at 17, i don't think anyone will give a flying fuck if it's a coupe or a sedan at his age.

Nice BMW. The nicest car at my shool was an X5 on 22's and at my other HS was a 325 (the cheap ass 4 banger version) with 328is wheels, and clear corners.

I won't make you feel bad about your wealth, but think about this. I loved jumping on trampolines until I bought one, I liked playing in my friends swimming pool until I had one.

The sweet isn't as sweet without the sour.:iagree:

Well I got a new sig now I hope you all like it...

Well I got a new sig now I hope you all like it...

You should've picked a less smoggy day. :p

nicest car at my high school was a new (at the time) 2002 V6 Mustang. Yes, our school had some crappy cars...

You should've picked a less smoggy day. :p

Today was the only day I could do it. The rest of the week Im busy as hell.

Purdy

I think I speak for everyone when I say, lets see some pics of that Ferrari next to your car! like now

Nice picture!

Resizing to those particular proportions has jaggied some of the lines though, unfortunately :(

Yeah I'll have to fix that later with photoshop.

ahem!

the ferrari