well...
with me it was a different story... my car has been standing around on our driveway like forever...my bro used to drive it whenever his eta conversion project didn't start or had some other issues... he also drove it when I lived in the states...
and he really didn't take care of the car at all, unlike with
his eta...
anyways, after he moved out noone used the car anymore, until I got my license
I was actually gonna sell it and buy a Smart Roadster

and it wasn't until my best friend pointed out to me how great this bimmer is that I learned to like and then love it
Oh yeah, I've always been a car fan, and even back then I liked BMW a lot, but not the e30, only the newer ones...