Why would you buy an E90 M3 with a replaced interior when you can buy this one instead?

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That’s right, why would you buy an E90 M3 with a dubious history and the wrong interior when you can have this example looking resplendent in Melbourne Red Metallic.

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You might be thinking, “that’s nice, but does it have the interior it left the factory with?” Yes it does, so before we go any further, let’s take a moment to admire a nice Bamboo Beige Novillo leather interior.

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You might be wondering “Does this come with the correct mirrors too? That would be asking a lot!” In fact, it’s not asking a whole lot. This came with the mirrors that it left the factory with, once again, a novel concept.

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Ok, before I go farther down the road of shitting on the car that on BAT, let’s look more closely at this E90 M3.

First of all, I’m normally not really a fan of red cars, but I’ll make an exception for it. We can ignore the fact I owned a red car for a bit. This red just works. I explicitly excluded red, along with black, cars from my actual search back in 2014, but I think I might reconsider today.

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It’s also fitted with the correct number of pedals.

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It might have the CCC iDrive, but that’s not the end of the world, as long as the AUX you’re doing better than me in my 328i.

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You might be wondering why I’ve been looking at M3s more recently, it’s because I was toying with the idea of swapping the 328i with an E9X M3, because reasons. That’s probably not going to happen, but I can always dream.

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One owner this makes this even more appealing. You’re going to have to pay for it, but without having to deal with BAT. This might be a great opportunity to scoop a single owner low mileage E90 M3 for a decent price.

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