What happened to all the members???

[Slideways]

Don't think Sirius will be able to help based on his updates from a few years ago on the M3Forum.net Facebook page. Sounded like he had been locked out of the admin tools and was struggling to get the site owners to release anything.

What was the username of the site owner?

[PSUEng]

I'll echo the appreciation for those who started this forum--Ian, Liam, et al. Thank you so much, I remember the old forum because...I'm old. ? Anyway, thanks again to those guys who set this up.

[Stilt]

What was the username of the site owner?

Just conjecture, but probably "m3forum," from the admin list per Wayback Machine:

PurpleM3Pursuit, Roadrunner, m3forum, da3bous, Sirius, CARVER, Dan I Am, WizeGi///M3, bCaHnIaCnKa, RONIN009, Rez, Will Pwr, John_T, EKaru, MattMan, deilenberger, TrevsTestMod, Porsha, tenfifteen, Porschetech, terraphantm, Obioban

No clue tbh.

[Ruley]

It’s been a few years since I’ve actually been logged in, but I’m lurking a few times a month to stay in the loop. I just surpassed 160k (about 50k over the last 11years are mine) on the M3 this past weekend. Things I’ve done recently are this season I freshened up the brakes in all 4 corners and front and rear wind screen seals. I did the B to C pillar trim last year. Put new relays in the GM5 last year. Going to try and refresh the interior maybe this winter while it’s in storage (I’m from Iowa). I seen the material for headliner is hard to get or NLA. I’ll just use something close. I think a few guys found some Porsche material a pretty close to original.
Anyways figured I’d pop in since I see this thread on occasion.

[PetrolM3]

Life happened. We all love the E46 M3 but there are bigger and more important things in life and very few can sustain the car enthusiast life and make enough time for everything else. If you are one of the few who can, consider yourself lucky. I'll speak for myself at least... since I became a father, this hobby has changed completely and the amount of time I have for it is a small fraction of what it used to be.

[0-60motorsports]

Life happened. We all love the E46 M3 but there are bigger and more important things in life and very few can sustain the car enthusiast life and make enough time for everything else. If you are one of the few who can, consider yourself lucky. I'll speak for myself at least... since I became a father, this hobby has changed completely and the amount of time I have for it is a small fraction of what it used to be.

Same here. Congrats

[JokerElite]

Still here from 2010

[DrM3]

Very sad m3 forum went down. I was very active on there and lost all my street cred. Now I have to start from ground zero

[bimmerfan08]

Life in general has become more consuming as I've gotten older. Work, family, travel, etc.

I mainly browse and post on occasion. I suspect my days of creating detailed DIYs are over as time is limited these days. Still enjoy logging in and seeing familiar members from the M3Forum era.

[Obioban]

My car projects kind of got buried under building a house for the last ~5 years, but that’s over now— hoping to get back into it more.

[oceansize]

My car projects kind of got buried under building a house for the last ~5 years, but that’s over now— hoping to get back into it more.

Five years? I bet that was fun.

[OEMaddict]

Sold my M3 last year due to starting medical school... hoping to one day save up and get another one when I have the money for it in a few years. Been on the OG M3Forum since 2013, but I honestly didn't miss the old forum too much after seeing more and more people pop up here. Sad but will be back soon with another M, maybe just not an E46 M3 until I have a 4 car garage lol.

[Obioban]

Five years? I bet that was fun.

Ha. Well, I certainly ended up with a house built to my very unusual desires 🤪

[PetrolM3]

Ha. Well, I certainly ended up with a house built to my very unusual desires 🤪

At a minimum, we deserve to see photos of the garage...

[Beef Supreme]

The last time I was active on the old forum the first Apex ARC8 group buy had just happened. Shortly after my M3 went to live with my father out of state and I had a string of vintage Audi's and modern VW's. 13 years later and the M3 is back in my hands. Instead of trying to modify the car, now it's a journey of getting the car back to stock.