Club Stickers are in Coming Soon!

I have been tossing the idea around for a while. I think we should get some stickers made up soon. I have a design company, Whitefield Design, produce them. I need your input to know what design or opinions your all have. Thanks Here are some ideas that i threw together on photoshop.

The newest bimmer to join the stable...

We are excited to announce the addition of the newest BMW to the Koontz stable. Christopher purchased a 1999 BMW M3 in Pheonix, Az. The current odometer reading is 97,124.

2008 BMW 335i: Test Drive

The verdict...

• Flat out fast!
• Quick tight shifting
• Seats that hug
• More than enough bang for the buck, but not on a college student salary.
  

My wife came home from work and lured me to BMW of Pleasant Grove. She claimed that she saw a 2002tii sitting in the lot. We hopped in the trusty 325is in search of the mystery 2002. It was inka orange, but was barely distinguishable under the three or four inches of snow and dirt. It looked like it had been sitting there for some time. There were rust spots and an overall hue of untidiness. My wife said, "From the freeway it looked cool. But, when we got closer it looked like there were five smokers in there at one time." Well, we had to make the most of our Friday night out. We decided to take a stroll through the showroom after I had sufficiently started to salivate as we cruised through the dealership parking lot. In the showroom were a brand new M5 and M6. Plus a 335i. I made the mistake of asking, "What would a guy like me have to do to drive a car like that?" The salesman asked, "2-door or 4-door." "Two door!" I was pickin' up what he was laying down. I have never driven a car that fast.

The twin-turbo in-line six was more than I could have imagined. I pulled through traffic with a prerogative of its own. The manual six speed was oh-so smooth. The entered the freeway in second passing the ongoing traffic, and hit 110 mph in fourth gear. The salesman tried to egg me on. But, I knew that was too rich for my blood, still with an additional two gears to chew up the road. The 2005 M3 Competition Package, with a 0-60 ph time of 5.5 secs would still be in the rear view mirror of this monster, which touts an impressive 4.8 sec 0-60 time. After driving this can I do not doubt it. I couldn't help but smile.

Love this picture... inspiration for my car

This is an 1995 Boston Green M3 owned by a member on bimmerforums.com named "seeyalaterrr." I hope you like it as much as I do. This is what mine will sort of look like in the future. Mine will not have the splitters on the front bumper and the vented hood, but will have angel eyes and black roof.

The inspiration for Kyle and his Dakar 1997 M3

Kyle recently found this clip on YouTube.com and is going to adapt some of the modifications to his 1997 M3. I will use the idea of black vinyl across the roof of my 325is and only hope that someday mine will look as good as DarksideE36's M3. I hope you enjoy...

Euro-Spec FTW!!

I guess that I should post that I purchased some things from a BMW tuner company called Euro-Spec. In my pursuit to modify the exterior of my car I have been looking around for the best places to purchase the M3 components that will--for the most part--be direct bolt-ons for my car, a common Boston Green E36 325is. I have searched in vain for years now trying to grab the best deals that have come along on the internet. I have scavenged across acres and acres of alvage yards, and have daily RSS feeds and rituals when I log on to the internet. It seems as though the good deals always fly just in front of you, out of your reach. I started off my modding with a set of glass headlights. They were a definite improvement from the faded, yellowing plastic US spec ones. although I bought a pair that was used, when down the road I finally purchased a pair from üm•nitza.com, complete with angel eyes, HID's, and Lamin-X was I finally content. I discovered that I should probably pass my well developed habits of buying junk and hoping that I could fix it up to "make it work." I abandoned the search for "minor oxidation" glass lensed mirrors, and "slightly damaged" side skirts going second hand. The best deals that I found were offered through Euro-Spec. I could purchase the side skirts complete with all the mounting and installation pieces. Their customer service was great and I was able to pick the side skirts and mirrors up directly from their warehouses for a reduced rate. Thanks for the help!

New Bumper: the controversy and anticipation...

Just recently my brother found me an E36 M3 bumper on craigslist.org. It was in great condition, a replica from a reputable company and ready for paint and installation. This would go perfect with the powered M3 mirrors and "twisty" side skirts that I had recently purchased from Euro-Spec in California. If I had this bumper, the skirts, the mirrors, a tint, and a motorsport flag in black my car would look seriously nice. Now all I was in need of was the finely tuned exhaust and to place my extra set of HID's in the fog lights. Everything was going according to plan. The only problem... it was in Everett, Washington. Being in Utah has it's perks, a college education, the snow, and friendly atmosphere, but it also has it's downsides; the snow, and slow craigslist following. I contacted the seller and we settled on an agreeable price. My friend, who attends a community college about five minutes away, was to pick the bumper up. The plan did not work as I had anticipated this Tuesday, because my friend was concerned that the bumper would fly out of the back of his truck on the highway. So I called and reconfirmed the deal and said that it was on for Saturday. Just this morning my brother was searching around craigslist again and found a new listing from the same seller asking for more money?? What's the deal? I thought we had an agreement? There's craigslist for you. Now I am working on getting it all straightened out.

***Update***
The guy burned me. I guess I'll wait for another one to come along. But, my wife was pretty upset at the guy too. This made me feel a lot better, she is starting to catch the bimmer fever too.

Wasatch BMWs Unite!

We decided to get together the other night. I had a ton of fun. My brother, who was sitting on the fence as to whether or not he was going to get a bimmer made up his mind. There were only a couple of us, noted it was all put together on such short notice. Here are a couple of pictures that we took.