I've Owned a BMW M8 for 2 Years and Here's What I Learned

Here are some things on my long term ownership after 2 years and 13,000 miles of my 2023 BMW M8 Competition Coupe in individual Santorini Blue.

[burkey]

I know what you mean about taking it for granted. I have an Audi RS Etron GT. At first I was driving it around town with a big happy smile on my face smiling back at people who admired it as it is eye catching just like the M8, and because it’s pretty rare, people don’t always know what they are looking at. Having owned it for a over a year now, that novelty has wore off and I forget how lucky I am to be in such a beautiful and powerful car. Pedestrians looking at it or other drivers creeping alongside (like I won’t notice 😂) to see who the driver is has grown old. Having put 14, 000 miles on it (mostly on busy UK motorways - ie wasted miles) I had to get something else to put those miles on. I now daily a 2.0 5 series touring and you can’t beat it for practicality (and it still looks the part with the M styling, 20” wheels aggressive grille and sideskirts) Makes me appreciate the RS a little more at the weekends to and feels more of a special occasion. As soon as I hit that throttle it reminds me why I parted with the cash for it. Like you I never dreamed I’d be in a position to own such a car and if you’d of told me back then that I would own one and not always appreciate it I would have insisted you were wrong.

[sickjohnson]

Awesome video SnareMan...glad you are loving your M8, and man she looks clean!
How did the speaker upgrade work?
I bet if Matt or any of the #ObsessedGarage team see this video they will like it! 😁

[jobyEN]

Nice car, happy for you! I think I'll stick to my 17 year old Renault Clio, less afraid to scratch it. 😀

[brown]

The real question.... How has the dash and steering wheel held up to the drumming?? Gorgeous car though nim not a bmw fan but the m8 platform is a beautiful aggressive profile. Nice car brother.

[LDRRS]

I'm totally into German cars: I have half a million miles in VW TDIs! LOL. Seriously, congratulations on still being in love. It is a beautiful ride.

[Logan]

Cool car, first time seeing one. Looks like a more sleek Mustang.

[machendachen]

Very cool bimmer! The exhaust sounds very ballsy! 😂

[drstevej]

You shouldn’t be allowed to buy such a car if you live in BFE!