The general consensus around it is that it’s an awful value for the insane amount of money it costs. Plus that trim in particular just looks horrible not that the XM looks good in any trim.

Never have never will. Pretty much always easier to just do whatever it is I want myself. My feelings are validated by my dad constantly struggling with his Alexa that he insists on using for everything.

Haven’t heard of any policy barring people over 30 from buying a 3 series

Definitely Turbo/Turbo S if it isn’t touching a track.

Was the service warning reset?

I’ve had the opposite experience. My windshield has been nailed by some chunky rocks several times and somehow not even a chip. I kinda hate it because I was an idiot when I got the car and took it through touch washes constantly and the windshield is super scratched up now. Paint got corrected though.

Anecdotally, when I got my car my insurance stayed the same. Went from a 2014 Chevy equinox to 2018 540i. $230 a month for both. I assume because of the added anti-theft and safety features.

Being able to afford to spec an M car or Porsche however I want and afford it comfortably is the dream tbh. Lightly used second owner life until then.

My car insurance is the same as what it was for my 2014 Equinox, probably because of all the safety and anti-theft features it has.

When I had runflats last year, potholes irreparably destroyed four tires (sidewall tears, very common with runflats), bent on of my wheels (because the runflats don’t absorb the impact, your wheel does instead), and cracked another wheel (same reason as the bent one, waited a month for a new wheel). $3,000 in damage. I’ve hit plenty of potholes with my current non-runflats and have had zero issues, no downsides, nothing I miss about the runflats, nothing. If you need the peace of mind enjoy wasting money to get it go for it. A tow in the unlikely event a non-runflat goes flat would probably be cheaper than the hundreds more the runflats cost.

yes

I used bimmercode to permanently disable it by default within like a month of getting my car