[stevehecht]

63--retired chiropractic physician as of 7/15/14. Bought my 328d as a retirement present for myself for 30 years in practice. Bought my E30 in 2007 for $5K and I was hooked on the brand.

[ipilcher]

47. Technical sales/solution design for an infrastructure software company.

(Relatively) recent cars, all purchased brand new with cash:

1996 Pontiac Grand Am
2004 Acura TL (gave Pontiac to wife)
2010? Toyota Sienna (wife's)
2014 335i GT

[Marckymarc305]

Originally Posted by cptdaz

Professional pet stylist.

Very nice setup. Is that a stock front? More info on the front bumper if aftermarket please.

Just a oem BMW front lip that I painted gloss black. Car is at regular height.

[pauricmcb]

Just turned 30, ordered new F30 as a bit of a present. Will be my 2nd ever car and have not owned my own car in 3 years. Work in telecoms as network architect.

[TheHitchhiker]

It's great to hear everyone is doing awesome for themselves.

Just turned 26, I have a masters degree in geophysics and have been working for a oil service company for a couple of years. Good bucks.

[Lost Horizon]

Originally Posted by Pungschter

64-Spent 21 yrs in the Army, 18 years in Industry and the last 8 years as a Department of the Army civilian working with our International Partners. Bought my first BMW in 1969, a 2002, while stationed in Germany.

That's interesting.. I was stationed in Germany from 1969 to 72 also.. and had a ti .. was your orange also?

[DC X3M40i]

38 years old, AVP of a credit/risk dept at an Investment bank in lower manhattan.
This is my first BMW... after having to buy a minivan when our younger one was born in 2011 i have been craving a fun vehicle...and now.. i have it!

[ScottCullen]

22 - Welder - Alberta.

[novoniil]

Just turned 32. Went to North Penn High School in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. Moved to Plano, Texas for college. Finished both BBA and MBA from University of Texas at Dallas. Currently, I am a Sr. Business Analyst with Verizon. I have worked with Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, VRM and Franklin American as a business analyst.

I custom ordered my F30 335i. Estoril blue with Dakota red interior. Love it.

[NorCalAthlete]

Originally Posted by Lost Horizon

That's interesting.. I was stationed in Germany from 1969 to 72 also.. and had a ti .. was your orange also?

Heh, it'd be funny if you guys were in the same unit back then...stranger things have happened. I ran into people I hadn't seen in 8 years from my hometown when I was in Kuwait and Iraq. Had no clue they'd even signed up, I'm standing in the chow line squinting like hey....that guy looks kinda familiar...walk over, see the name tape, "Hey man! Long time no see!" lol

[PhantomF30]

30. Air Traffic Controller.

[fg9ze]

23 in a few weeks - Management Consultant.

Proud driver of a 320i.

[blk88verde]

61-first BMW, however have owned German cars before - 944 Porsche, C230K MB, and a German Ford. I have a Masters in Mech Engrg and work for a Telecom Project Managing Fiber To The Home in some Western States. Son and Step Son are both BMW owners and I finally joined the club.

[mymsportf30]

32 yrs young, currently an auto broker, prior to that, sales at a bmw dealership 1 yr, prior to that, gm for nationwide retailer 2 years, prior to that gemologist 5 years

2014 335xi, msport with mperformance package and exhaust

[rjpeaks]

Originally Posted by rjpeaks

i will not be buying nice cars for my kids -

son will get DL in just over two years. daughter in 4.

both will drive manuals.

oh yeah

Product Manager, The internet of everything. Routing products

wife is a CEO.

[jusdorange]

24, unspecified, enough to get a centurion card

[abstractmethod]

I'm a 29 year old software engineer. My first BMW was a 2012 328i (almost no options), but last year I traded for a 2014 328i almost totally maxed out.

[DEE335i]

29 years old , General dentist. Been out 3 years and some.

[320FAMILY]

31 years old. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Manager in Banking. Prior to that was a Branch Manager and Loan Officer. BBA from University of North Texas and received my CBCP at Bryant University.

1st BMW for myself, but my wife has one.

[Diversion]

34 years old, Systems Engineer.. Basically IT/server engineer stuff. After driving boy racer cars for years (370z, Evo X, WRX, STi, etc.) and previously owning a E90 '08 335i that I loved.. Decided to get back into a BMW.. Far less neck-breaking from people in this car but at least it's quick.

[warmtoes]

48 years old (don't feel that old though) Vice President of Tech and Operations. Third BMW (135i Cab, X3 xDrive35i, 435i xDrive) and the one I love the most. Love German cars but mostly BMW's and Porsche's.

[Kafkaesque328]

Originally Posted by Mwm1166

LMAO…by the time the young get to this point there won't be any entertainment jobs left in Los Angeles except for the absolute top-end.

In a world where every film lives and dies by its special effects, they have effectively bid down so far they have bankrupted the FX houses! Even ILM is near the chopping block. In Animation where I work, you're seeing more and more outsourcing every year and we talk about how everything will be done in Asia soon… Add to that the number of cities and countries courting productions with tax credits, and a willingness for studios to buy films already produced independently, rather than use the studio system (except for the 7 or 8 mega budget pictures each year) and you see people giving up the industry and moving away.

The few that stick with it are increasingly flying all over the country/world and living out of hotels for months at a time to make a grip or lighting assistants salary. It's not easy...

Yeah. The entertainment industry isn't for the faint of heart. It chews up and spits out many people and sends many hopefuls back to whatever landlocked burg (no offense to those who live in such places) they came from, full of optimism and dreams. What they don't realize is that they are better off failing here and going home. Better off living somewhere where it doesn't cost $600000 to buy a 2 bedroom 1 bath fixer upper in a crappy neighborhood. Better to not get completely jaded and cynical about things that once seemed magical to you.

But again, it has it's perks. Again - finance, law, medicine, engineering... anything but this, kids.