I was sitting here reminiscing about what got me into BMW's and when I was able to purchase my first one. Here's a brief story: when I was a kid there was a guy on my street that had a BMW 2002, can't remember if it was silver or green. I loved that car and always ran to the gate to watch it drive by lol. That was in the 80's. Decades later after coming to the USA, I immediately started buying the Euro magazines such as CAR, EVO etc at Barnes & Noble. Back in those days you go to B&N to read up on all the cool modded euro cars as well as the cool Japanese cars ala Silvia, Skyline, TVR Tuscan, Lotus Esprit, AC Schnitzer BMW's, Alpina BMW's etc that wasn't available here.
Anyhow, years later I managed to saved enough to buy my first BMW in cash-pre owned. It was a 1996 318IS, 5sp manual with 50k, black with caramel leather interior. That car was a blast to drive back in the early 2000's. A year later it was totaled, some lady in a Isuzu rodeo slammed into it. Luckily the car took the impact well and I weren't injured considering she crashed into the the driver door while I was doing about 60 mph.
So that's my story, please feel free to share yours even it the G20 was your first
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Cheers!