The Joys of Collecting Classic Cars: A Conversation with Joe and His 2000 BMW M3

As we sat down to talk about classic cars, I couldn't help but notice the passion and excitement emanating from Joe's face as he spoke about his 2000 BMW M3. For those who may not know, the M3 is a high-performance variant of the BMW 3 Series, renowned for its agility, handling, and powerful engine. In this article, we'll delve into the world of classic cars with Joe, exploring what makes his M3 special and why it's a joy to own.

We began by discussing the evolution of the M3 category over the years. According to Joe, "In 2000, they were the fast car there was a reduction sedan it was at that time yeah and that it pretty much made the category right now." This is indeed true, as the M3 has undergone significant changes since its introduction in the late 1980s. The current crop of M3s boasts improved performance, handling, and features like the iconic M-Dynamic suspension.

Joe's M3 is a treat for the eyes, with its sleek design and aerodynamic bodywork. He noted that "this is the steering wheel this came with or to death." He also mentioned that his car has undergone some cosmetic changes, including the addition of a head unit and a GPS system. These upgrades have not only improved the driving experience but also enhanced the overall look and feel of the vehicle.

When it comes to performance, Joe's M3 is a beast. With its 4.0-liter V8 engine producing over 400 horsepower, this car can accelerate from 0-60 mph in just under four seconds. The manual transmission is another highlight, providing an immersive driving experience that's hard to match. As Joe pointed out, "the v8 torque and then the BMW Motorsport granddaddy is how awful down should I apologize about sloppy joe in them all no we're stuff I want to do system out of each lowers and stop a little bit more."

Joe also spoke fondly of his car's driving position, which he described as "so good." He owned a 2002 530i with a similar setup, but this M3 is special. When asked about the value of owning a classic car like his M3, Joe replied that it depends on various factors, including the condition and rarity of the vehicle. While prices can vary widely, Joe's own experience suggests that a decent shape and average mileage can be found for around $15,000.

One of the joys of collecting classic cars is discovering new ones to add to your collection or enjoying time with existing vehicles like Joe's M3. For those considering purchasing a classic car, it's essential to research, inspect, and test drive potential purchases thoroughly. As Joe noted, "if you want to go I mean they're going up in value one woman seventy five thousand miles you're looking at 25 to 30." This is especially true for rare or sought-after models like the M3.

In conclusion, collecting classic cars like Joe's 2000 BMW M3 is a labor of love that requires passion, dedication, and a willingness to learn. With its impressive performance, comfortable handling, and sleek design, this car is a joy to own and drive. Whether you're a seasoned collector or just starting your journey, the world of classic cars has something for everyone.

As we wrapped up our conversation with Joe, I couldn't help but notice his enthusiasm and knowledge about his M3. From its impressive performance capabilities to its elegant design, this car is truly special. If you ever have the chance to see Joe's wheel well or meet him in person, be sure to take advantage of it – he'd be happy to share more stories and insights about his beloved classic car.

Check out Joe's modification list, which includes a few tweaks that enhance its performance and driving experience. His M3 is truly a unique gem, with features like an upgraded shifter and suspension that make it a joy to drive. As we said goodbye to Joe, I couldn't help but feel grateful for the opportunity to share his passion and expertise with our readers.

Thanks to Joe for joining us and sharing his love of classic cars with our audience. We look forward to seeing what's next in the world of automotive enthusiasts like Joe, who take pride in preserving the rich history and heritage of iconic vehicles like the BMW M3.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: engood morning guys welcome to the Angeles forest our second e39 m5 and this is Joe thank you for joining us Thank You Graham it's a lovely clean car probably one of the cleaner ones I've seen in recent memory tell me about your m5 so it's a two thousand one hundred twenty four thousand miles but like you said very clearly has kwv to coilovers Eisenmann sportings off series for an x-pipe and intake dining station software and a short - Wow okay so it's got kind of your your popular consumer-grade upgrades both on to this car high-end parts but nothing nothing way over the top but it not the kind of things that if an enthusiast were to buy a car today one of these cars they might do these mods so that's why I chose it so I'm excited I like I like these cars a lot there they're beautifully balanced and they sound great and they're fun to drive so so let's have a go and see if the juice is worth the sweet Yeah right that was that was a sad sight for the exhaust sounds amazing and outside the car when you were doing the drive-bys but frankly in the car I don't hear a lot of exhaust is left behind you maybe just a hint of extra growl yep if you want open the window we may turn now I'm really enjoying your air conditioning I do love this five liter v8 selection last time I was an idiot that's for leader in the video because I was abused by the three motor which is before motor but I in messed up this time exertion who's a shifter knob rogue engineer haven't heard of them that's the knife though I drove one my friend Alex Roy's m5 has a tell nurse short shifter in it you detect them really short and really hard I wonder you notice the different suspension on road like this not morning Portage's the corners very flat again I'm feeling I'm definitely feeling the cracks yeah row the little bits it seems like it's absorbing the bigger bumps really really nicely but I'm definitely feeling more of the road through my bum and through my hands I don't know that's a good thing our bad yeah it is what it is it's you know you put a sports suspension in the car and you're gonna feel more stuff sounds good though that and sometimes I think Iseman makes they make what stop arrogance they make it stuff a lot of a lot of the popular companies for these cars that one's probably eyes and then Meister shaft they all make pretty on quality stuff the pmw owners don't like cheap parts nextly the last owner didn't because that's where I got them owes it all was on the car wanted nice so how long have you had it Nagas last year Kemp has it been a good girl it's a it's required some work really Ollie was gasket tractions Cup players well-being work whoo I have an e39 whisperer look grab the fixation I like I like it did you hear that that electrical feedback to hear that yeah high-pitched whine and you had cars to do that before I don't know what it is but it seems to be associated with red tired oh yeah it's right at home at the top of the power gas that's really where it's not mean engines got to be read you hear that I'm very different really you probably drive with the radio on the lawsuit okay right but uh yeah I can hear them I've had other cars to do that before if someone out there knows what that is I've had problems tracing it in my own cars to that but let my mind up like system I don't know I've always thought these guys were kind of the best combination of transport and luxury you know they were very good I mean there's the shape of things really well they're still pretty in fact I think among the free is the medium does you have cars these things they're the right size the knots of big and clunky and and combination of good balance good engine great engine good steering and to the input reasonably easy to maintain my wife's call to the grandpa really I think you're what is missing out a little bit I'm after getting away but when these cars came out they were ridiculously fast Biao before horsepower manual transmissions - that in 2000 crazy I think they were the fast there was a reduction sedan it was at that time yeah and that it pretty much made the category right now it now with your AF G's and your PCP SV cars and Audi s cars I mean this was the the one that did it really like that shifter much better than aqua the South one is like real totally huh yeah this is this is great Brogan Brogan cheering Brogan jack that's good that's a good piece and we did this is this the steering wheel this came with or to death this I thought this was the m3 steersman now it might look similar example it's not maybe them through is the early looking to slide is it is no one okay the 2000 had a different figure we have a figure face this is better I imagine a community retrofitted you happen to have all over again to the right as a matter fact that's one of the first things people tend to do brighten the eyes etcetera and the band is a head unit right back oh gee GPS so you know because if this one HR is this one's still good and you in the Bluebird start out I do have like a neo that place like yeah well you disconnect CD changer and it becomes like a u.s. para an iPhone cable the music scrolls from Allah - oh really - yeah alright I tried to do that in my Corvette and undoable of course Chris yeah something about that generation and this is this is lovely I'm glad God how good these are been a while I'd add one to your statement now in the real fun is beautiful makes me makes all the rights out got there he had me up top I thought it might be a little heavy for this room it's heavy for Malibu or it's heavy for some of the very tighter canyons and these open sweepers none third gear all about your gift throw them only up here again yeah you probably this entire row to third gear you get a lot of reps play with with the v8 torque and then the BMW Motorsport granddaddy is how awful down should I apologize about sloppy joe in them all no we're stuff I want to do system out of each lowers and stop a little bit more I would say on again and then we bottle down have you well if they're not rubbing and maybe bottom down on like driveways yeah yeah and yeah no it's definitely not now it's euro stuff it's not like your are you cemeteries you just that's it from either Hawking couldn't believe it whether we wasn't some sewing all these bugs because just on the course of this driver which ships and out Brett we take the wrong time to do this one it has all that's going on here with this infestation is nothing this is Penny's things of age well and still great just the driving position is so good I owned a up to 2002 530i with a 5-speed those are cool rear air could indicate time of day always love the car for years got afraid of some of speeds of Cosmos can have to pad appeal or offer me a value or traded in for infinity this difference so I decided it's time to get another 39 and why not go for the network this is lovely I'm glad you like that was a shorter video but I feel like we got the idea across there they're just so great there's still great can you get one of these that's in decent shape for any kind of decent money on the Explo going up I paid 15 for this which is like don't ever look skewered out a lot of you to fix 5 grand to inside so you're spending 20 whether you buy a mint one or an average long F you're spending to one yeah and if you want to go I mean they're going up in value one woman seventy five thousand miles you're looking at 25 to 30 yeah and the manual m5s are gone right that they just didn't know as they stopped it I think I think for 2018 the manual buckle that'll make me go up more of them well I mean what this has going for it is its v8 manual and it's the right size and has been weight distribution so it handles well and it's comfortable before but it is not too big and bulky or everyday is a hundred percent no and the air conditioning is excellent thank you Joe I appreciate it check out Joe's wheel well you want to see his modification list this shifter is great and the suspension works well too it's good so let's that you get feel but it's not abusive I like that and of course check out my wheel well to is going on in my garage and thank you Joe for joining us and thank you all for watching and I'll see you next timegood morning guys welcome to the Angeles forest our second e39 m5 and this is Joe thank you for joining us Thank You Graham it's a lovely clean car probably one of the cleaner ones I've seen in recent memory tell me about your m5 so it's a two thousand one hundred twenty four thousand miles but like you said very clearly has kwv to coilovers Eisenmann sportings off series for an x-pipe and intake dining station software and a short - Wow okay so it's got kind of your your popular consumer-grade upgrades both on to this car high-end parts but nothing nothing way over the top but it not the kind of things that if an enthusiast were to buy a car today one of these cars they might do these mods so that's why I chose it so I'm excited I like I like these cars a lot there they're beautifully balanced and they sound great and they're fun to drive so so let's have a go and see if the juice is worth the sweet Yeah right that was that was a sad sight for the exhaust sounds amazing and outside the car when you were doing the drive-bys but frankly in the car I don't hear a lot of exhaust is left behind you maybe just a hint of extra growl yep if you want open the window we may turn now I'm really enjoying your air conditioning I do love this five liter v8 selection last time I was an idiot that's for leader in the video because I was abused by the three motor which is before motor but I in messed up this time exertion who's a shifter knob rogue engineer haven't heard of them that's the knife though I drove one my friend Alex Roy's m5 has a tell nurse short shifter in it you detect them really short and really hard I wonder you notice the different suspension on road like this not morning Portage's the corners very flat again I'm feeling I'm definitely feeling the cracks yeah row the little bits it seems like it's absorbing the bigger bumps really really nicely but I'm definitely feeling more of the road through my bum and through my hands I don't know that's a good thing our bad yeah it is what it is it's you know you put a sports suspension in the car and you're gonna feel more stuff sounds good though that and sometimes I think Iseman makes they make what stop arrogance they make it stuff a lot of a lot of the popular companies for these cars that one's probably eyes and then Meister shaft they all make pretty on quality stuff the pmw owners don't like cheap parts nextly the last owner didn't because that's where I got them owes it all was on the car wanted nice so how long have you had it Nagas last year Kemp has it been a good girl it's a it's required some work really Ollie was gasket tractions Cup players well-being work whoo I have an e39 whisperer look grab the fixation I like I like it did you hear that that electrical feedback to hear that yeah high-pitched whine and you had cars to do that before I don't know what it is but it seems to be associated with red tired oh yeah it's right at home at the top of the power gas that's really where it's not mean engines got to be read you hear that I'm very different really you probably drive with the radio on the lawsuit okay right but uh yeah I can hear them I've had other cars to do that before if someone out there knows what that is I've had problems tracing it in my own cars to that but let my mind up like system I don't know I've always thought these guys were kind of the best combination of transport and luxury you know they were very good I mean there's the shape of things really well they're still pretty in fact I think among the free is the medium does you have cars these things they're the right size the knots of big and clunky and and combination of good balance good engine great engine good steering and to the input reasonably easy to maintain my wife's call to the grandpa really I think you're what is missing out a little bit I'm after getting away but when these cars came out they were ridiculously fast Biao before horsepower manual transmissions - that in 2000 crazy I think they were the fast there was a reduction sedan it was at that time yeah and that it pretty much made the category right now it now with your AF G's and your PCP SV cars and Audi s cars I mean this was the the one that did it really like that shifter much better than aqua the South one is like real totally huh yeah this is this is great Brogan Brogan cheering Brogan jack that's good that's a good piece and we did this is this the steering wheel this came with or to death this I thought this was the m3 steersman now it might look similar example it's not maybe them through is the early looking to slide is it is no one okay the 2000 had a different figure we have a figure face this is better I imagine a community retrofitted you happen to have all over again to the right as a matter fact that's one of the first things people tend to do brighten the eyes etcetera and the band is a head unit right back oh gee GPS so you know because if this one HR is this one's still good and you in the Bluebird start out I do have like a neo that place like yeah well you disconnect CD changer and it becomes like a u.s. para an iPhone cable the music scrolls from Allah - oh really - yeah alright I tried to do that in my Corvette and undoable of course Chris yeah something about that generation and this is this is lovely I'm glad God how good these are been a while I'd add one to your statement now in the real fun is beautiful makes me makes all the rights out got there he had me up top I thought it might be a little heavy for this room it's heavy for Malibu or it's heavy for some of the very tighter canyons and these open sweepers none third gear all about your gift throw them only up here again yeah you probably this entire row to third gear you get a lot of reps play with with the v8 torque and then the BMW Motorsport granddaddy is how awful down should I apologize about sloppy joe in them all no we're stuff I want to do system out of each lowers and stop a little bit more I would say on again and then we bottle down have you well if they're not rubbing and maybe bottom down on like driveways yeah yeah and yeah no it's definitely not now it's euro stuff it's not like your are you cemeteries you just that's it from either Hawking couldn't believe it whether we wasn't some sewing all these bugs because just on the course of this driver which ships and out Brett we take the wrong time to do this one it has all that's going on here with this infestation is nothing this is Penny's things of age well and still great just the driving position is so good I owned a up to 2002 530i with a 5-speed those are cool rear air could indicate time of day always love the car for years got afraid of some of speeds of Cosmos can have to pad appeal or offer me a value or traded in for infinity this difference so I decided it's time to get another 39 and why not go for the network this is lovely I'm glad you like that was a shorter video but I feel like we got the idea across there they're just so great there's still great can you get one of these that's in decent shape for any kind of decent money on the Explo going up I paid 15 for this which is like don't ever look skewered out a lot of you to fix 5 grand to inside so you're spending 20 whether you buy a mint one or an average long F you're spending to one yeah and if you want to go I mean they're going up in value one woman seventy five thousand miles you're looking at 25 to 30 yeah and the manual m5s are gone right that they just didn't know as they stopped it I think I think for 2018 the manual buckle that'll make me go up more of them well I mean what this has going for it is its v8 manual and it's the right size and has been weight distribution so it handles well and it's comfortable before but it is not too big and bulky or everyday is a hundred percent no and the air conditioning is excellent thank you Joe I appreciate it check out Joe's wheel well you want to see his modification list this shifter is great and the suspension works well too it's good so let's that you get feel but it's not abusive I like that and of course check out my wheel well to is going on in my garage and thank you Joe for joining us and thank you all for watching and I'll see you next time\n"