I grew up watching my dad by cars he loathed. He wasn’t a car guy, so he’d shop based on financials. He could have spent the same and had an entirely different experience.

I only buy vehicles I enjoy, and only start to consider a change when I notice that joy fading, or I see something new(in that case I’ll make a note and revisit the idea a few months later).

I have no plans to change from my m2 based on age/miles. As long as I keep looking back at it, and it makes me smile with each drive, it’s staying.

Then one day he escape…

Mine is DCT, and is in Sport+ and manual shifting 99% of the time.