It is so much faster and so much more orange than my old e92.

So it actually happened, two millennials bought a home.

Quitting the job I've been at for 3.5 years to go, finally, be a chemical engineer. I'm excited. There were a lot of reasons I decided it was time for a change, but a opportunity came up and I took it. Doesn't mean any more money, at least salary wise, but there is bonus potential, unlike my current job.

Does mean I will probably be on oppo less during the day, but I'll make some time for you guys. I was here from 2009-2013 then 2016 to present. I have no plans on going anywhere else.

Five years ago today, I posted this picture to announce that earlier that day I broke up with my job.

It was part of a deliberate attempt to improve both my social life and job as well as hopefully meet someone, as the demographics in the Greenville South Carolina area were more favorable than Savannah.

Five years later, I'm very happy I made this move. It wasn't a straight path, but we eventually made it here. No longer is Greenville just a place on a sign on I-285, it's home.

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.

Picked up the X3 we ordered all of 32 days ago this morning.

Had to stop by the factory and get some pics before we got home.

Did at least take the Corolla down memory lane beforehand.

@mark-tucker

From there being a Mrs. E90M3. Well technically it'll be Dr. E90M3, but that's besides the point. It's starting to feel surreal.

That's right, two weekends ago I got married.
Both @OpposResidentLexusGuy and @golfr-guy were in attendance. Used the M3 as the get away car, and since we sat in the back, it's where the four door comes into its own. I don't have a picture of that yet, but I'm sure I'll post it when I do.

Unfortuneatly, despite both being fully vaccinated, we couldn't really leave the county, so the honeymoon I would have wanted to do wasn't really an option, so we went to Amelia Island for the week. Where we saw @bluemazda2

Not really him, but probably a close cousin. We did have dinner at the Ritz one night and got the Corolla valeted. Naturally, they parked in front with the other nice cars.

I got a good chuckle out of it.

It was nice to be off for a week, but I was happy to get home. Looking forward to the next chapter of my life.

GTFAC - Go to fuck a camel.

Now that might sound like quite the strange insult, and it is, but its ours. It's pretty much our version of GTFO. While GTFAC didn't exactly originate on oppo, it was quickly and subsequently adopted. The origin is from a reply that a former opponaut, Roberto G, left to a comment on COTD:
This is how, the comment appears now, but at the time, he was banned for the comment. This is a screen shot I have from 2012; at the time I didn't have the foresight to capture the entire thread for posterity. However, since the original comment was made, and while Roberto G has left oppo, GTFAC has joined oppo lore.

It has been immortalized by @McMike with this excellent GIF:

It even has its own entry in urban dictionary.

So the next time you see GTAFC, you know where it came from. Maybe you'll even be able to use it here.

This is a revised post of one that I made on Kinja back in early 2017.

Any additions or comments are appreciated and if you didn't like it you can GTFAC. I have a couple more history of oppo posts planned in the future.

@ibRAD this one is right off the interstate, so my guess is it's how far they came.

Food Lion is definitely one of the cheaper grocery stores, which is why I shop there.

Saw this at the food lion I frequent. The balding tire with the steel exposed is yikes. This food lion seems to be frequented by, how to delicately put this, less affluent clients. There have been some sketchy rides in the parking lot before, but this is on a whole other level.

@HFV_Junkyardin I know this was a typo:

But you're right that is an error in the big

@Snakesm13 199,999.91

@davesaddiction BAT is also going to filter out the $8000 E93s with rod knock. $35k is probably still going to get a good example, but that would have gotten you a lot less miles in 2020.

@davesaddiction I think the bottom was 2019/2020, at least for an example we'd all want to own. They're a little bit above that now, but not that much.

Looks like they're getting desperate to replace Checo.

Guess we can all fight to finish behind Max next year:

@WBizarre portimao blue metallic, one reason I know is because the wife's X3 is Phytonic Blue and also that you couldn't get it on the M340i.

@davesaddiction I think the conversion is right around 2k.

I actually like the beige more.

@WhoIsTheLeader Good to see the cluster is coming in handy!