I rode ol'e "repaint" down to the park and shot some marginal pics. Apologies for not posting these sooner.

Once again thanks to all who responded to my original posting.

Gary

 

Looks great, you should not worry about the repaint issue, just enjoy it!

 

She looks great...enjoy !

 

As long as she drives solid, you will enjoy her.

I have come to accept the fact that used cars will have some history on it.

I still have my first bimmer, 06 325i. My wife was recently in an accident and had to replace the bumper. But it did not affect me that much as I have no plans of selling her. Of course, a 3 series does not have the value of a 911, but my point as always, if you keep her longer and use her, depreciation will not really affect you. Of course, I keep my cars longer than 5 years.

In 5-7 years or longer, how much would be the difference of a resprayed and nonresprayed car as a tradein, probably 2-4T. I would not loose sleep over it.

 

love the cocoa, I added almost a full CF interior to mine. It makes for a great
contrast. Enjoy the car, that's what it is all about

 

Very nice car !!!

 

It's nice to see a fellow Carrera owner enjoying his car! Nice stance. Is it lowered?

 

The silver with Cocoa looks amazing. Pure class.

I agree, don't stress yourself out over the repaint thing. Just enjoy that beauiful car.

 

No it's not lowered as far as I can tell. Thanks for the compliments. I agree it is a great color combo. It took a little getting used to, but I must say I really dig it now. I've learned allot since I bought this car; and continue to learn thanks to all of you. If I had it to do all over again I'd hold out for a CPO'd car or go with a full bumper to bumper after market. The warranty I have now seems pretty good, but the $ I saved on going with a less comprehensive plan I spent on getting the air bag sensor fixed. Oh well...

 

Look great, interesting interior combo. I don't think I've ever seen a base C2 with Tiptronic and cocoa Sport seats.