Car #9 BMW M4 (F82)

 Car #9 BMW M4 - Name: Zoe

So on from a world of FWD & AWD Cars, we move onto something proper RWD baby.

After learning of the fate that the A45 would soon succumb to, its potential gearbox issues and me getting a promotion at work i thought what better way to seal a promotion than to buy myself a new to me car.

Similar to the A45 i spent a fair while looking for a nice example but again only finding 'Birmingham spec' cars, until i stumbled on one from a dealership called 'Hamptons of Surrey' very regal i know, this place had it all.. Ferraris, Rolls Royces, Porsche's you name it, they had it and for someone from my background and childhood to even step foot into a dealership like this was a big deal for me really.

Traded the A45 in with them and got a respectable amount of money back from it, i probably overpaid for this M4 at £24,995 but it was just a sort, with only 39k miles on the clock and full service history it had to be done.

Purchased it and the drive home was something else, utterly amazing or as BMW would describe it, the Ultimate Driving Machine, i took this car to meets, shows and all sorts, I could not stop taking pictures of the darn thing, the body lines, the interior, the 437m style wheels were just wonderful.

Soon came the modifications, carbon spoiler lip, carbon diffuser, carbon interior panels what not, again it was given the best treatment not at BMW mind you because I'm not a fan of main dealer servicing instead it was maintained by a local chap down the road from me who owns Jacks Motor Works, they specialise in BMWs.

Now my partner and i are festival goers, campers & adventurists, my partner owns a mini it was about 4-5 months into this purchase i began to realise the true impracticality of this car. It had a carbon fibre roof that could not hold roof rails (and therefore a roof box) without being drilled into, so we ended up 3 of us going to a music festival gear and all in the M4 (terrible idea) car wheel span in the mud, boot was rammed and no one had bugger all leg room, it was this seed that led to its inevitable sale but not before i did some skids and burnout or two.

The car was an absolute minter, unreal condition, amazing paintwork and a spotless interior this is still my favourite car to date.