For those of you interested, I pretty much got scammed on bimmerforums. It's ongoing right now, but I figured I'd link you guys in.

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thats because most bmw people are pricks.
true story

sucks man... hope you get a tranny before we run this thing.... good luck

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1012/655407477_92e95d70e4_o.png

wow, what an idiot.

He really knows how to defuse a situation too.

yo u got him cornered now! fuck his girlfriend!

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHA.

In other news, I've told the kid I'm sending all his junk back and I want a full refund and I'm driving to Philly saturday to get an M3 ZF310 that I know is legit.

what a douche