Originally Posted by Capobranco

2012 M3 – One Year+ Ownership Experience

Maintenance

1200 miles - initial BMW service - no problems - no charge
12K miles – one quart of oil
15K miles – BMW service – no problems - no charge
15K Miles switched out Conti SportContact3s for Michelin Pilot SportPS2s
BTW Passport BMW – matched Tirerack's published on line price and mounted
my new Michelins for free – nice frequent flyer perk

16K+ miles with my M3 - experience...

........ S U B L I M E

After 13+ months and 16K+ miles, my appreciation of my M3 only grows in intensity. I have owned many nice cars but without a doubt – irrespective of price – no car has provided such satisfaction and keen delight. My M3 represents the perfect nexus of dynamic capability, purposeful aesthetics, and accommodating functionality. I savor the experience of pushing the start button – blipping the gas – vrrooom – and being transported by the guttural rhapsody of M Song to that sublime place where perception, road and machine become one – to live in the exhilaration of the M moment.

M3s are cool.