I do not love this car.

You read that correctly. I do not love this car. It is merely an inanimate object; I love my wife, but I do not love this machine. It has no feelings, no emotions, it cannot love me back; therefore I do not love it.
All of that addressed, it still evokes so many feelings, brings me so much joy. This is as close as I'll ever come to writing a love letter to a machine.

I almost unable to get into it without conjuring up memories of that late July Texas evening when my M3 arrived at my apartment. That sheer unbridled joy I felt that first time I saw it, the first time I got in it, the first time I took it for a drive. I am always transported back to that day, and remember just how surreal it was; that state of pure ecstasy.

I'm am reminded me of the highs, and the lows. The times when I would just take it for a drive to clear my head. Those times in my life where I'd wondered how the fuck did I get here. It was there. Even in the depths of my despair, it never failed to brighten my day. Spending 11 months unemployed sucks, it sucks slightly less with an M3.

Another job, the same constant in my life.

Then finally, in 2018, we moved to Greenville South Carolina. Finally in distance from mountain roads. There was one Friday where I had a really rough day, so the next day I took my M3 and tore up some mountain roads. I was grinning from ear to ear the entire time as carved up those roads; just man and machine in perfect harmony. Sheer, unadulterated bliss.

It was with me the day I took my future wife on our first day trip together.

It took me to her place to propose and then took my new fiancé back home.

I even got it in a couple engagement photos.

Then we left our wedding in it.

I've still gotten a chance to enjoy it as a married man; just mountain roads, M3 and me. Joy in driving.

So while it has no idea, while it has no feelings, it has brought me so much joy and I have enjoyed incorporating in important life events. So while I do not love this car, I can't wait until the next time I get to unleash it and hear the sonorous shrill of that S65.