A bit about me...
Name is Seth, photographer going back to school get my BFA in Digital Photography (AKA the stupid obligatory piece of paper to get you BETTER jobs and be able to charge more). 30 is right around the corner for me, recently got married this summer and have been in Chicago my whole life other than 4 glorious years in Madison Wisconsin.
A bit about my BMW background...
Started one day in 2007 when I was driving my cool Acura TSX 6MT with some upgraded suspension and a cold air intake, got a ride from a buddy at a meet who had just gotten a 335i and I was blown away. I ditched the TSX for a 2008 328xi E90 as I was still in Madison and needed some AWD love for winter work travel and snowboard trips. I got bit by the modding bug and joined E90post.com... thats when it all went down the toilet (at least my savings account did). New trim turned into a new steering wheel, new rims, springs, intake, exhaust... ect (you get the idea). Soon I was driving a base car that had more modded parts on it than stock. I began showing it and hooked up with a few companies who I've done some work for and become friends with the owners such as WheelSTO, IND Distribution and Eurocharged Performance (who I now sell tunes for part time). I drove the E90 for 38,000 miles and then sold it to a nice young man who 3 weeks later totaled the car on the interstate - no I'm just kidding, that would be terrible. I was lucky to find another enthusiast to buy my car with some mods on it and I in turn picked up the 2nd 2011 BMW 135i powered by the single turbo N55 motor in the country from Cincinnati Ohio (in early June of 2010). Since then (about a year) I've put about $15,000 into the car and absolutelydriving it. Dyno'd at 391ft/lb WTQ in this past April and I've been showing it in Chicago for various events since last October.
A bit about why I am here...
My current gig (or one of them at least) is shooting for a company that does HS and Youth League sports portraits. We travel all over Chicagoland and Southern Wisconsin so 1. I don't want to put all those miles on the 1er and 2. I could really benefit from some extra cargo room, though I've managed so far. I really do love my car, but I love my wife and would love a house a little more. That is another reason why I am here, I am considering trading in my 135i to drop my monthly expenses for a better mortgage.
So as a consolation, I said I would try to pick up a ZHP sedan either in addition to (if that somehow works out) or to replace my 1er. The ZHP has always been one of my favorite BMW's and I almost picked one up a few years back when I was feeling self conscience about the amount of power my bulky AWD 328xi was putting out but I realized it wouldn't have done well in the winters so I think I made the right choice there. Anyway, here I am and hopefully I'll find something in the near future cuz if not I might have to get a B7 A4 2.0T.
Originally Posted by danewilson77
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