I Traded My M3 in For THIS?! (faster and cheaper)

contact transaction welcome back to another episode of simple builds in today's video we have a Volkswagen teos teos and uh we're going to be using that as a rental car to go pick up a new build a new daily on the channel I'm going to tell you guys a little bit more details but for now we got a 5-hour drive over to Maryland so let's jump in the car head over there and I'll tell you a little bit [Music] more we are now in route and Route in route to pick up the new daily new project for the channel a car that you guys probably would not have seen coming uh or maybe you would this thing's yelling me to hold my hands on the steering wheel what's the point of the the mode that keeps the steering wheel that keeps me on track without having to hold the steering wheel if you yell at me every 3 seconds to touch the steering wheel watch take over the steering wheel I just touched the steering wheel take over go the steering wheel and it screams at me anyways we are on our way to go pick up the next new car we got about an hour and a half left I'm very excited about this car like I said some of you may have seen this coming some of you might be blindsided by this and bro and if you're not in simple motor club you would not have known this information but I did sell the E90 M3 this is a sad day very very sad day that is really Bittersweet I'm going to miss that car that thing was so much fun I don't know I'll probably get another one in the future maybe we'll see but um right now I got my eye on another car and uh listen a lot of you guys are going to be like what what the heck why' you do that what's wrong with you blah blah blah they they're just it's just a car at the end of the day it's just a car I'm trying to justify I'm about to cry no but um I'm I'm looking at something that's pretty exciting I hope that you guys will be excited about it I don't have my camera on me so that's why I'm filming on my phone a lot of you guys are going to be you know what the heck why' you do this is the natural progression is just move forward and keep getting more and more expensive cars but I don't know I think that got that a little bit away from me um in the past and now I just kind of want to go back to uh back to my roots so stay tuned and we are going to pick up its replacement today so this car I'm very excited about it I know it I love it you guys have seen it on the channel before and I cannot wait to get my hands on another one so a little Sam suck style conversation with my audience today on the way over there about why I sold the M I'm literally Hest steing on why I sold the M3 as many of you may know my EXP expenses are very tight the overhead is tight I'm still in the building phase it might seem like to the you know general public that I got it all figured out uh maybe it doesn't seem like that whatsoever but if it does that's wrong because I have no clue what the heck I'm doing just trying to figure this out I'm pretty much a oneman show we got a couple exciting things coming uh in the future I always say that but I'm always trying to work on something exciting um I'm talking with two different guys that are Partners uh with another business but again back to why I sold the M3 and why I'm picking up this car is because I'm sick of payments it is a lot to handle while trying to run the whole business um with a car payment as a daily it was about $20,000 for the M3 many of you that saw the video know that and I just kind of want something that's paid off just fully cash um something that I also really enjoy driving around every day so this should be a pretty fun car uh to jump back into and I'm really excited to show you guys what we got this thing is really cool it's a good price uh for a good base and I will pick up the camera back once everything is finalized and we are at Chipotle on the way home with the new [Music] car okay well that did not go according to plan uh as you see it looks a little bit darker the sun's setting down and that was a Fiesta ST that I was looking to buy um I was excited about it I thought it'd be a fun project it was 50,000 mil with a rebuilt title uh so it was a lot less miles than the rebuil title s that I had but it had some major uh frame damage uh it wasn't an accident that was not really repaired very well at all the whole front end was like falling apart the motor mount section on the passenger side was ripped out of the frame and the other side the frame rail was bent uh so definitely not a keeper for what I'm looking for I need a good daily that could be a fun project and that was not it so off to see another car hopefully this one checks out a little bit better than the last I don't like to shove a camera in these guys face um so you're just along with me for the ride today to check out a couple cars see what could be a potential daily driver uh to replace my M3 something that is just paid off cash if this doesn't work we will continue the hunt at a later date so stick around let's go check out that next [Music] car also check this out McDonald's is doing something funky some kind of Japanese Wombo kind of collaboration I don't know what's going [Music] on okay we just made it back to Enterprise with the vehicle we checked out the second car and uh that means we are dropping off the car the car is out front that we bought I am really excited about this thing you guys are going to be kind of thrown for a pretty pretty big twist I was thrown for a big twist I wasn't really expecting to do this today or make this purchase today but um this is funny this is really funny but I'm really excited I can't wait to show you guys what we got but let's drop off the Enterprise vehicle um get this thing out of here Taos Taos I hate this thing uh wasn't a horrible car but like whatever let's go check out the new car I'm so excited I'm going to go jump in it we got to head back we just went to the notary did all the title stuff let's drop this car off I'll show you what we got in a second without further Ado let me introduce you to the M3 replacement my new to me 2008 BMW [Music] [Music] 335xi I'm not sure if you can hear me I might have to move location it's very windy over by the water it's starting to rain but very excited about this new car let me tell you guys a little bit more about this thing why I thought it was a good deal and why I chose this to replace the M3 quick intermission in today's video just a reminder that we are currently running a giveaway on our Honda it is a 1996 Honda Civic EX with 150,000 Mi on the engine about 190,000 Mi on the body the car looks super clean it's coming along very nicely we are almost done with the build and the giveaway is almost coming to to a close so make sure to jump in right now we are doing a two times bonus multiplier for you guys to go ahead and jump in there and get entered that is going to be on the site but if you want 20x your dollar spent join simple motor club that's going to give you 400 entries into winning this Honda Civic again we almost done with it we're coming to a close so I want to give you guys a little bonus multiplier uh if you buy an entry on the site or 20x of what you spend uh for your membership fee on simple motor club so that's going to get you entered on simple motor club for every giveaway that we do including a ton of other perks that you'll see when you click to see more on the website so 2x multiplier right now and it ends tonight at midnight so make sure you go ahead and jump in get entered there and take advantage of that multiplier thanks for all the support on the giveaway let's jump back into the video the first and obvious reason this is the replacement is because of the price the M3 was around $20,000 making payments and we were able to buy this car cash and we paid $5,400 for this car which I think is a pretty good deal it has 150,000 Mi it is a 3 l inline 6 uh twin turbo so the torque is awesome and this thing does have some power upgrades as well there is a few things wrong with it like first off probably the most important is the wastegate rattle which is annoying but it's not a Telltale sign of a failing turbo I've heard of many many people uh that go thousands of miles with wastegate rattle before it becomes an issue and uh another one is this headlight keeps giving me issues this one keeps going out I didn't get to diagnose it yet and the other thing that I was made aware of is the oil pan gasket is leaking which I know it's kind of a big job but maintenance was well kept up on and taken care of let me show you guys let's get in the car show you the interior and then I'll tell you a little bit more about all the maintenance uh that was done and all the upgrades that he did to the [Music] car as you can see we are sitting in a tan kind of maybe not mocha but like a tan hand leather interior which I really like the leather it is not cleaned up yet I got to clean it but still it is very in very good condition is already pretty clean but you can see like the driver's seat and then some of of the pieces on the side here are a little bit dirty still but that's no problem we got a nice uh sunroof in here which I'm really excited about I do like the Slick top like coming from the M3 but honestly always been a fan of sunroof so I'm really excited to have a sunroof back these back seats are like pretty much never even been sat in they're super clean no rips or tears on any of the seats even in the front just a little bit dirty there's some of course like Trims and stuff that are you know peeling a little bit here and there but 16-year-old car now so obviously these are going to be some things that you know just over time wear out it is the double hump I wish I had the single hump because I'm not going to use this outdated uh screen here but it's fine I don't mind it audio is amazing in this car sound system is really good I cannot avoid ever I can never avoid upgraded sound system so this one does actually have a working sound system that he spent a lot of money on to make it work properly and it sounds really good I'm not even going to mess with that it sounds good and you guys know I'm not a fan of stereos or wiring with sound systems anything like that so I'm just going to leave that alone so let me get my list of everything that he sent me uh that he's done to this car which it is pretty impressive so we got front and rear brakes pads and rotors done valve cover gasket done oil filter housing gasket done that's a big one on these cars alternator was just done water pump and thermostat serpentine belt which are also other big ones upgraded power steering pulley to a metal pulley which that is huge uh regular oil changes Obviously good he did the Vanos solenoids a 5 in intercooler um he got an upgraded charge pipe with the tile blowoff valve we have a catless downpipe uh DME computer NGK spark plugs Elder ignition coils index2 injectors which he says that but he he only did two of the injectors uh index 12 the other four are index 11 so I'll probably have to upgrade those at some point we have the M Sport front bumper which I think looks really good we have 4-in exhaust tips and resonator delete so I'll show you guys a little bit more about that stuff underneath the car later on but that is the whole list of Maintenance all that for $5,400 well-maintained BMW that is super clean on the inside a great sound system better gas mileage than a V8 most importantly like I said is paid off it is mine the bank doesn't own it very excited about that and then outside here again you guys obviously saw it but he's got aftermarket wheels and tires which tires aren't in the best condition Wheels I'll probably end up swapping these out soon enough I'm not a huge fan of them they're 19s sidewall is super small so they make the ride a little bit more stiff and uncomfortable uh than what I'm looking for so we'll swap those out soon enough also does have a uh mdh tune I think it's stage two and he's got a hxd whatever it is uh Trans Tune so he's got an engine tune Trans Tune pretty nice setup on this thing let's take it for a drive I'm going to show you guys how it sounds let me see if I can hook up some microphones for you guys and uh plug on my GoPro headmount and see if we can get you guys a couple sound clips of this car cuz it does make some pretty cool noises and uh I'm pretty excited about that so let's go ahead and get some driving Clips as we head over to the shop and then we'll touch base over there and I hope you guys can hear me okay now this car is all-wheel drive so you're not going to get any slides really but probably can but I'm not going to try anything crazy cuz I just bought this car and I don't know how everything handles so just going to go for a nice stroll but this car is Pretty stinking quick as some of you might know this has the n54 engine and they can make good power fairly [Music] easily I think this one should be somewhere around 300 maybe even like 340 350 could be more could be less I'm not quite sure but it feels fast it feels much faster than the M3 which might be surprising to a lot of you but if you guys know n54 you know that they can handle some serious power and this thing pulls Pretty stinking hard it is a little bit squirly all over the place and it's wet and these tires aren't the best so I'm probably not going to do any crazy pulls and the audio might just be crap for you guys too coming from the engine but I don't know we'll see go first gear oh my God is not oh hold on to the camera so rowdy oh gosh that is nutty holy crap see what I mean about these bumps they are crazy but this thing sounds sweet guys holy smokes I don't think it'll lose traction at all and it's not even that wet but I might try one once it'll definitely go let's try it one more time I think I got a hold DC DTC off let's try one more time okay DSC inactive now it should now it should go here we go okay there it goes that's good enough for me woo need some snow or some serious rain it's not wet enough for that but it does it it does it all right that is enough driving Clips I will catch you guys over at the shop all right so hopefully no crazy surprises when we go up in the air with this thing but we will see I know it does need an oil pan gasket right off the bat but we're going to check out a couple of the other things make sure everything is safe and sound I am ready and expecting some wear and tear on a few parts if you guys ever operate a lift you want to go above the first lock or just up in the air and then give it a shake test I don't know why cuz if you're going to shake in it's going to fall here it's going to suck anyways but I guess it's better falling now than falling when it's up on your head so do that that's what I learned now that is up in the air let's do a quick ey level examination before going all the way up these are super super small sidewall holy smokes what are these these are a 26530 19 so I want to get it Everything feels very harsh you can feel every bit of the road including bumps and big potholes so I do want to get some softer more comfortable Wheels cuz this is going to be a daily overall the body is in really good condition there is a couple things that we we can you know get buffed out and fix couple scratches we can intend to but again for the most part the whole body is in really nice condition is like I said an aftermarket M Sport front bumper so I'm very pleased with how everything lines up there and the paint match is amazing these fog lights do not work I'm not quite sure why but I'm going to figure that out so everything looks pretty good here let's go all the way up and get into the scary stuff but oh before I do that let me test the wheels make sure that there's no excessive play we'll do our Shake test at 12 and 6 and then three and N you test this way up and down for wheel bearing and uh control arms and then this way for tie rod ends there's going to be a little steering play which Everything feels good over here and then let's test the passenger side the steering nice feels really solid I like that I don't know I remember you there's a way to tell the year that this tire was made is it right here but this doesn't sound right is it the 37th week of 2012 no way these tires are that old I don't know let me know what you guys think is it is it 2017 but I thought it would be four numbers next to each other I don't know let me know in the comments cuz usually that's something like that that tells you how old these tires are but that just seems like way too old did Michelin even make the pilot Super Sports in 2012 I don't know let me know in the comments what you guys think all right we got our headlamp on new and improved uh method to look underneath a car cuz we don't have any good lights down here to check it out so let's go ahead and check out underneath this thing so far so not good so let's check out over here everything looks pretty decent solid on this side um this feels really good there shouldn't be any play that is pretty good but I mean doesn't need to be swapped at anytime soon I don't see any grease around the axles no torn boots so everything looks good there yeah the sway bar and links are pretty much shot so I think at least I don't know if you guys know BMW better than me that looks pretty that looks pretty loose so that might be causing us some excessive play down here I definitely want to look into that as far as the initial test goes everything looks good back here so I'm going to take a couple photos down here just for my mental notes and Records send it out to a couple BMW guys that I know and hopefully they get back to me with some decent news and I'll probably have to bring it into one of their shops soon so they can fully check over everything give me the rundown and then we can go from there I'll show you some of the mods that he's done I got to clean that we got our little special juice here something in the works coming soon if you are in simple motor club you know what I'm talking about but clean up this engine cover real quick and uh throw this thing back on all right while I'm at it too I'm going to clean up some of this engine bay here it is just really filthy so I want to make sure that everything looks nice and [Music] clean okay so for a quick waterless engine bit detail not so bad that's going to do for now especially since this is the daily it's going to get dirty he's going to keep getting used [Music] [Music] [Music] we're going to pull out we're going to head home and then I'll give you guys my final thoughts on this thing before we wrap it up okay so concluding thoughts I like this car a lot there are still many affordable turbo kind of fast fun daily uh Vehicles out there to be had for under $10,000 this one in particular for under 6,000 so right around 5 grand for a pretty sweet car that makes like 300 plus horsepower probably I want to say the butt Dyno is saying like 350 to 370 like it feels quick man it feels really quick maybe it's cuz it's Auto but it feels faster than my RS feels way faster than the M3 so stoked on this thing hope you guys are excited about it let me know in the comments what you think what should I do to it I'm definitely going to swap these wheels out sooner than later or I'll paint them I don't know let me know what you think no vehicle a payment debt and also insurance is way lower because you don't have to have uh full coverage on a vehicle that you're not making payments on so overall I think an awesome financial decision I hope that it doesn't blow up blow up on me we will see Only Time Will was hell but it seems to be a well-maintained pretty good car uh for a good price so again it is funny to go from uh you know a M3 down to a 335xi but again I think debatably this is a better car for the money the S65 guys are going to jump down my throat for saying that I really do think it's an awesome car it's twin turbo good on gas uh inline six semi- reliable if all the maintenance is taken care of regularly so you can't always blame it on the manufacturer or on the engine sometimes it's just the owner don't don't come at me don't come at me I hope that you guys enjoyed this one thank you guys for supporting me to keep making videos like this I enjoyed it I hope you enjoyed watching until next time thank you so much for tuning in make sure to jump into simple motor club that's going to get a bunch of awesome perks in there including entries into our giveaways uh some clothing is coming back soon as well as another EX product that we're going to be selling soon so stay tuned I'm excited thank you guys again for being here and um thanks for tuning in as always I'll catch you guys in the next one