I got my very FIRST BMW!!!!

CAPSGOD · 12-30-2012, 12:27 AM

Congrats on the 330,

at the van. My friend runs a used car lot and he says those are impossible to sell.

jeveryday · 12-30-2012, 12:28 AM

Congrats man

e90dance · 12-30-2012, 12:38 AM

gratz

iczz · 12-30-2012, 02:19 AM

Congrats!!

Trojan4evr · 12-30-2012, 03:51 AM

Congrats and welcome...

Nossic · 12-30-2012, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by MidLifeCrisis330Xi

Congrats, fellow black 2006 330xi brotha

hope there's a nice dry, mostly warmish place for you to keep it on the other side of that 1-car garage door

It's not black! It's the Monaco Blue (I hope I spelled that right). It certainly looks black in this picture, and at night as well

Nossic · 12-30-2012, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by CNDREAM

Congrats.. XI I know you enjoyed her in the snow

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Originally Posted by ExchangeHut

Congrats on the purchase. The XI must have been a blast today. I love driving in the snow and mine is rear wheel drive.

There is so much info on this forum and if you are mildly mechanical, you can do all the work and maintenance yourself. Definitely keep up on the maintenance.

I wish I was able to.... xdrive gives too much grip!

Nossic · 12-30-2012, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Revision2

Congrats and welcome! You'll want to check out the Canada section as well since a lot of us in the GTA are fairly active in there and most are more than willing to help out with advice and such. Not to mention a good place to keep an eye open for meets that get organized. It will be more quiet this time of year but picks up fairly quickly once a hint of spring comes around.

Yea, I noticed a wealth of information on this site (but can be hard to search for it sometimes...). I've been reading many things here for the past week since I put down the down payment haha.

sammk · 12-30-2012, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Nossic

It's not black! It's the Monaco Blue (I hope I spelled that right). It certainly looks black in this picture, and at night as well

Oh, so we're color-cousins.. It's a beautiful color especially when it's sunny outside, but you gotta keep it clean, otherwise it starts looking like a dull/dirty black..

ihc95 · 12-30-2012, 09:30 AM

holy upgrade

Mardio · 12-30-2012, 09:32 AM

Slam the van... Congrats.

Nossic · 12-30-2012, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by sammk

Oh, so we're color-cousins.. It's a beautiful color especially when it's sunny outside, but you gotta keep it clean, otherwise it starts looking like a dull/dirty black..

Tell me about it.... gonna wash it today at a coin car wash; still have time before my plans!

nickbutterz · 12-30-2012, 11:25 AM

congrats man, im hopefully picking up my first bmw at the end of this week. Just looked at it today, 2007 328xi coupe, Im sure I'll love it as much as you love yours!

apeyuen818 · 12-30-2012, 12:16 PM

Congrats !! Rmb to do some maintenance first. etc....Change oil, air filter, carbin filter, coils.......Also try to wax your car first, just try to protect the paint throughout the winter.
See that you're also from Canada. Would like to recommend this website to you: www.autopartsway.ca
Not the cheapest but they sell OEM parts and ship in CAN, so no customs to worry about.

e9xslow · 12-30-2012, 12:55 PM

congrats. you have purchased the best most well rounded bmw to date. CONGRATS

welcome to the club.

Nossic · 12-30-2012, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by apeyuen

Congrats !! Rmb to do some maintenance first. etc....Change oil, air filter, carbin filter, coils.......Also try to wax your car first, just try to protect the paint throughout the winter.
See that you're also from Canada. Would like to recommend this website to you: www.autopartsway.ca
Not the cheapest but they sell OEM parts and ship in CAN, so no customs to worry about.

OMG that site is something I needed! thanks a lot!

Bookmarked!

And, I'll be replacing those right after contingent on what maintenance the used dealer lot said the did already. The thing is, from Carfax/Carproof, there seems to be regular maintenance at a BMW dealer however, I don't know any details regarding said maintenance. The car is 6 years old, and considering its winter already, I want to replace the battery ASAP. What's stopping me is that I heard you need to code in the new battery... I have neither a laptop (never needed one, even for uni hahaha) or the cable...

Nossic · 12-30-2012, 12:57 PM

As promised, here's a picture of my BMW after a coin car wash. Still lots of salt residue left... Too cold to take a towel to it. =/

But boy, she does look sexy when shes wet!

Das_Stig · 12-30-2012, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by sammk

Greater Toronto Area

'Burbs of Toronto, seems like

all of toronto looks the same, saw that house and was like toronto in zero seconds flat... they seem to copy paste houses and neighborhoods there..

to OP, congrats on the new ride!

apeyuen818 · 12-30-2012, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Nossic

OMG that site is something I needed! thanks a lot!

Bookmarked!

And, I'll be replacing those right after contingent on what maintenance the used dealer lot said the did already. The thing is, from Carfax/Carproof, there seems to be regular maintenance at a BMW dealer however, I don't know any details regarding said maintenance. The car is 6 years old, and considering its winter already, I want to replace the battery ASAP. What's stopping me is that I heard you need to code in the new battery... I have neither a laptop (never needed one, even for uni hahaha) or the cable...

No Problem. there are lots of certified BMW mechanics in TO. However, I can recommend one to you as well. His garage only fix BMW. And most of the time he is willing to code your car for free. I will PM you his information. he is in Richmond Hill area though.

Revision2 · 12-31-2012, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Nossic

OMG that site is something I needed! thanks a lot!

Bookmarked!

And, I'll be replacing those right after contingent on what maintenance the used dealer lot said the did already. The thing is, from Carfax/Carproof, there seems to be regular maintenance at a BMW dealer however, I don't know any details regarding said maintenance. The car is 6 years old, and considering its winter already, I want to replace the battery ASAP. What's stopping me is that I heard you need to code in the new battery... I have neither a laptop (never needed one, even for uni hahaha) or the cable...

Mike @ Maranello is also good for OEM stuff. There are coders in Toronto that can help with that but you can also try RMP as I believe they can do it too as part of their battery service. Do a search in the Canada section as a few members have discussed it recently cause it's about that time for most of us.

whilechukwuzout · 12-31-2012, 11:06 AM

Cheers!

BMWs4ever · 12-31-2012, 11:09 AM

Congrats on the car !

Just curious how many Kms were on the car when you bought it ???

12-30-2012, 12:27 AM	#23
CAPSGOD Major 44 Rep 1,134 Posts Drives: Diesel Son Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: #yolo iTrader: (0)	Congrats on the 330, at the van. My friend runs a used car lot and he says those are impossible to sell.
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12-30-2012, 12:28 AM	#24
jeveryday Colonel 80 Rep 2,335 Posts Drives: 2012 535i xDrive Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Long Island, New York iTrader: (6)	Congrats man
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12-30-2012, 12:38 AM	#25
e90dance Private First Class 5 Rep 131 Posts Drives: bmw 328i 2007 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: ontario iTrader: (0)	gratz
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12-30-2012, 02:19 AM	#26
iczz Lieutenant Colonel 74 Rep 1,754 Posts Drives: E90 / F10 / F80 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SF Bay Area iTrader: (23)	Congrats!!
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12-30-2012, 03:51 AM	#27
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12-30-2012, 09:30 AM	#32
ihc95 Major 145 Rep 1,314 Posts Drives: 2021 X3 M40i, 2018 Mustang GT Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: NJ iTrader: (1) Garage List 2007 BMW 335i Coupe [0.00]	holy upgrade
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12-30-2012, 09:32 AM	#33
Mardio Brigadier General 197 Rep 3,211 Posts Drives: 2017 X5 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Nashville iTrader: (0)	Slam the van... Congrats.
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12-30-2012, 11:25 AM	#35
nickbutterz New Member 0 Rep 22 Posts Drives: Coming soon Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: NJ iTrader: (0)	congrats man, im hopefully picking up my first bmw at the end of this week. Just looked at it today, 2007 328xi coupe, Im sure I'll love it as much as you love yours!
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12-30-2012, 12:16 PM	#36
apeyuen818 Private 6 Rep 63 Posts Drives: BMW 435I GC Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Toronto iTrader: (0)	Congrats !! Rmb to do some maintenance first. etc....Change oil, air filter, carbin filter, coils.......Also try to wax your car first, just try to protect the paint throughout the winter. See that you're also from Canada. Would like to recommend this website to you: www.autopartsway.ca Not the cheapest but they sell OEM parts and ship in CAN, so no customs to worry about. Last edited by apeyuen818; 12-30-2012 at 12:30 PM..
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12-30-2012, 12:55 PM	#37
e9xslow Emperor 93 Rep 182 Posts Drives: 2006 330xi Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Queens, NY iTrader: (2) Garage List 2006 330xi [0.00]	congrats. you have purchased the best most well rounded bmw to date. CONGRATS welcome to the club.
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12-30-2012, 12:57 PM	#39
Nossic Private First Class 22 Rep 110 Posts Drives: 2006 E90 330xi Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Edmonton, AB iTrader: (0)	As promised, here's a picture of my BMW after a coin car wash. Still lots of salt residue left... Too cold to take a towel to it. =/ But boy, she does look sexy when shes wet! Attached Images
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12-31-2012, 11:06 AM	#43
whilechukwuzout Private 13 Rep 94 Posts Drives: 09 E92 N54 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: South Bay Area iTrader: (0)	Cheers!
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12-31-2012, 11:09 AM	#44
BMWs4ever Lieutenant 42 Rep 403 Posts Drives: 2007 BMW 328i Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario iTrader: (0) Garage List 2001.5 Passat GLX V6 [10.00] 2007 328i [10.00]	Congrats on the car ! Just curious how many Kms were on the car when you bought it ???
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