I spend too much on my car and it's definitely your fault.

FamilyManTrackSedan · 05-16-2016, 02:48 PM

Dear e90post members,

I write this with a furious anger and a bittersweet melancholy demeanor. I have decided that my addiction of putting money into my car is your fault. There are many reasons for this. You perpetually bid me to join you in buying and trading parts - this spiraling relentless orgy of parts. Parts that beget more parts when parts break. Parts for my other parts. Better more fantastical parts. You are enablers. You mawkishly encourage my disdain for other, more economically reasonable brands of vehicles. It is sophistry. Your fanaticism knows no bounds. When I contact any one of you to discuss an upgrade to my car or one I have for your car, you are deceitfully pleasant and glad to talk to me, passive-aggressively thoughtful, and horridly enthusiastic. A ruse. If I learn something about the car, you're all there like gadflies on roadkill to sap me of my knowledge, and therefore my happiness, leeching my new found understanding. You leave me no room for so many other productive hobbies, like clay pottery. And finally you're all here to make my wife leave me for a gardener or a carpenter or, again, a clay potter, because while she sees the result of my foul vice, me under the car yet again, having spent another paycheck, she knows nothing of you. Nothing of you lurking, silent, anonymous masses underground, planning your next upgrade. Cretins, scoundrels, maniacs. You all should be ashamed.

- Family Man

princelybug · 05-16-2016, 03:01 PM

Glad to help!

n54SQUAD · 05-16-2016, 03:16 PM

Glad to be apart of your life !

mike@x-ph.com · 05-16-2016, 03:26 PM

bimmette · 05-16-2016, 04:09 PM

You're welcome!

sea6speed · 05-16-2016, 04:31 PM

Way to own it.

hongsc · 05-16-2016, 04:47 PM

Please link build thread to show your sad truth.

BKBMW335I · 05-16-2016, 04:47 PM

Funniest stuff I've read in a while on the net.

abren · 05-16-2016, 04:58 PM

The tags for this thread

BlindWolf187 · 05-16-2016, 05:55 PM

You're making me think I'm getting in with the wrong crowd!

Ozzie335i · 05-16-2016, 06:59 PM

Definitely go with the MFactory LSD.

Ruddigger · 05-16-2016, 07:21 PM

I'm in the same boat. I keep telling myself I need to stop buying shit for my car. I think I just bought some M3 fenders.

#Tee · 05-16-2016, 07:27 PM

i agree with this hobby being one of the most fullfilling yet super money wasting while being unproductive as one can be

tphss · 05-16-2016, 09:11 PM

Hey, take comfort that you didn't have my situation:
Buying and installing a new complete pumpkin Wavetrac LSD, new clutch & flywheel, new Michelin PSS, sway bars, using it for 1000 miles and then have a ******* restaurant valet (who didn't even have a US license) take an illegal left and t-bone my baby. Oh yeah, and my car only had 23k miles.

Efthreeoh · 05-16-2016, 09:12 PM

And to think we didn't use any lube....

So rude we are.

max_330i · 05-17-2016, 05:11 PM

I love this thread. Mad props.

Sidewinderpb · 05-17-2016, 07:43 PM

That was beautiful.

ucdbiendog · 05-17-2016, 11:58 PM

best. thread. ever.

Fabb · 05-18-2016, 04:36 AM

FR

Dark_Knight_335 · 05-18-2016, 06:43 AM

OP:
Go home and be a family man.

John 070 · 05-18-2016, 06:52 AM

When you say spend too much, is that relative to your income, or the value of the vehicle? I would say if relative to the value of the vehicle, that's ok (say a 2007 335i is valued at 10k, just changing the tires is a lot relative to 10k). If income, and you're a family man, stop it!

Hacksaw · 05-19-2016, 07:38 PM

I call it enabling behavior and forums like this are a great place for positive re-enforcement. Cheers!

05-16-2016, 02:48 PM	#1
FamilyManTrackSedan Lieutenant 111 Rep 408 Posts Drives: 2008 pre-lci 335xi 6mt sedan Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: NJ iTrader: (6)	I spend too much on my car and it's definitely your fault. Dear e90post members, I write this with a furious anger and a bittersweet melancholy demeanor. I have decided that my addiction of putting money into my car is your fault. There are many reasons for this. You perpetually bid me to join you in buying and trading parts - this spiraling relentless orgy of parts. Parts that beget more parts when parts break. Parts for my other parts. Better more fantastical parts. You are enablers. You mawkishly encourage my disdain for other, more economically reasonable brands of vehicles. It is sophistry. Your fanaticism knows no bounds. When I contact any one of you to discuss an upgrade to my car or one I have for your car, you are deceitfully pleasant and glad to talk to me, passive-aggressively thoughtful, and horridly enthusiastic. A ruse. If I learn something about the car, you're all there like gadflies on roadkill to sap me of my knowledge, and therefore my happiness, leeching my new found understanding. You leave me no room for so many other productive hobbies, like clay pottery. And finally you're all here to make my wife leave me for a gardener or a carpenter or, again, a clay potter, because while she sees the result of my foul vice, me under the car yet again, having spent another paycheck, she knows nothing of you. Nothing of you lurking, silent, anonymous masses underground, planning your next upgrade. Cretins, scoundrels, maniacs. You all should be ashamed. - Family Man
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bimmette YouTube.com/TvTara 6454 Rep 4,715 Posts Drives: like I stole it! (11 m3 E93) Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Vancouver iTrader: (0)	You're welcome! __________________ Watch my DIY mods at: YouTube/TvTara Follow me on Instagram at: TvTara1
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sea6speed First Lieutenant 93 Rep 343 Posts Drives: '10 335i Msport 6M / E34 535i Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Seattle iTrader: (0)	Way to own it.
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05-16-2016, 04:47 PM	#7
hongsc Captain 153 Rep 982 Posts Drives: 2011 BMW 328i Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Amazon Prime iTrader: (1)	Please link build thread to show your sad truth. __________________ 2011 BMW 328i Space Grey\|18" Avant Garde m359\|Michelin Pilot Sport A/S2\|Eibach Pro-Kit Springs\|Koni FSD\|M3 U+L Control Arms\|Lux Angel Eyes\|Stoptech\|Hawk 5.0\|aFe Race Pipes\|BMW PE
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BKBMW335I Captain 157 Rep 772 Posts Drives: '11 E93 335I Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Land of OZ, Kansas iTrader: (0)	Funniest stuff I've read in a while on the net. __________________ Mods: MHD Stg 2, xHP Flashtool Stage 3, VRSF 3" Chargepipe, Megan 4" Downpipes, Pure N55 Inlet, Outlet, VSRF 5" Stepped Intercooler, GFB Diverter, BMS N55 Intake, Michelin Pilot Super Sport Tires, BMS Sport Oil Cooler Valve, CF Spoiler, CF Kidney Grille, CF Mirror Covers, CF Eyelids, CF Wheel Hub Covers, CF Diffuser, M Sport Racing Strip, 20% Tints, and Golf Tee Mod
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05-16-2016, 04:58 PM	#9
abren Lieutenant 247 Rep 416 Posts Drives: E92 M3 Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: NoVA iTrader: (2)	The tags for this thread
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05-16-2016, 05:55 PM	#10
BlindWolf187 Private First Class 48 Rep 134 Posts Drives: 2008 E92 335xi 6MT Join Date: May 2016 Location: Denver, CO iTrader: (0)	You're making me think I'm getting in with the wrong crowd!
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05-16-2016, 06:59 PM	#11
Ozzie335i Lieutenant Colonel 659 Rep 1,525 Posts Drives: 2011 335i Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: DFW iTrader: (1)	Definitely go with the MFactory LSD.
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05-16-2016, 07:21 PM	#12
Ruddigger Major 694 Rep 1,302 Posts Drives: 2012 E91 Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: SoCal iTrader: (0)	I'm in the same boat. I keep telling myself I need to stop buying shit for my car. I think I just bought some M3 fenders. __________________ My build thread. It's a wagon with stuff on it.
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05-16-2016, 07:27 PM	#13
#Tee Major General 557 Rep 5,367 Posts Drives: yes Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Socal iTrader: (2)	i agree with this hobby being one of the most fullfilling yet super money wasting while being unproductive as one can be __________________ You can follow my builds on IG: Tee212
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05-16-2016, 09:11 PM	#14
tphss das Eichhörnchen 45 Rep 279 Posts Drives: e92 M3, F32 435xi Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Florida iTrader: (0)	Hey, take comfort that you didn't have my situation: Buying and installing a new complete pumpkin Wavetrac LSD, new clutch & flywheel, new Michelin PSS, sway bars, using it for 1000 miles and then have a ******* restaurant valet (who didn't even have a US license) take an illegal left and t-bone my baby. Oh yeah, and my car only had 23k miles.
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05-16-2016, 09:12 PM	#15
Efthreeoh General 17309 Rep 18,733 Posts Drives: The E90 + Z4 Coupe & Z3 R'ster Join Date: May 2012 Location: Virginia iTrader: (0)	And to think we didn't use any lube.... So rude we are. __________________ A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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05-17-2016, 05:11 PM	#16
max_330i Captain 340 Rep 922 Posts Drives: 2006 BMW 330i Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Illinois iTrader: (0)	I love this thread. Mad props.
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05-17-2016, 07:43 PM	#17
Sidewinderpb Banned 329 Rep 1,739 Posts Drives: 2017 340i xDrive 6mt Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: CT iTrader: (7)	That was beautiful.
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05-17-2016, 11:58 PM	#18
ucdbiendog Captain 91 Rep 610 Posts Drives: 2008 335xi E90 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Reno, NV iTrader: (0)	best. thread. ever.
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05-18-2016, 04:36 AM	#19
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05-18-2016, 06:43 AM	#20
Dark_Knight_335 Came to the N55 Darkside 1112 Rep 12,740 Posts Drives: 2011 335 E93 M-Sport Join Date: May 2010 Location: NY/NJ iTrader: (28)	OP: Go home and be a family man.
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05-18-2016, 06:52 AM	#21
John 070 Lieutenant General 1705 Rep 14,829 Posts Drives: 335i cpe Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: ZSP/ZPP/ZCW iTrader: (0)	When you say spend too much, is that relative to your income, or the value of the vehicle? I would say if relative to the value of the vehicle, that's ok (say a 2007 335i is valued at 10k, just changing the tires is a lot relative to 10k). If income, and you're a family man, stop it!
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05-19-2016, 07:38 PM	#22
Hacksaw Private First Class 25 Rep 116 Posts Drives: 2011 335i Join Date: May 2016 Location: SA TX iTrader: (0) Garage List 2011 BMW 335i [0.00]	I call it enabling behavior and forums like this are a great place for positive re-enforcement. Cheers! __________________ '11 BMW///335i Sedan Black Sapphire Metallic\|Dakota Blk Lthr\|Sport Seats\|M Sport Sus PKG\|Nav\| '02 BMW ///M3Imola Red\|Blk Cloth\|6M\|TFS CSL TUNE - MSS54HP\|CSL Rep Airbox\|Euro Headers\|StopTech ST-40 BBKs\|Kirk 4pt Bar\|CF CSL Trunk\|GC Race F/R Sways\|
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