Sometime in February 2014 I was having some really greasy chinese food in SF... I never have greasy chinese food. Ever. But I had reluctantly gone to this restaurant to meet my sister for lunch. After a few bites... I wait til my sister is done, and we get our fortune cookies. Mine reads...."Something on four wheels will soon be a fun investment for you." And I start to giggle at the thought of owning another 02.

For those that don't know me... I used to own 02s back in the day... we're talking... waaaay back like in 1994! My first 02 was a 1972 and I was second owner of the car. It was a beautiful Chamonix that I bought from a church goer/missionary of some sort that he had shipped back and forth from Africa to the US. He took pretty good care of it... but I took better care of it once I owned it. I used to autocross it at the GGC events and took it on rally rides and tracked it on race courses at Laguna, Infineon, Thunderhill... etc. I was bitten by the 02 bug and my obsession took me further by putting in a modified engine in the car, and then buying a bunch of other BMWs.... a few E30's, an E30M3, an E30conv, an E36M3, a Bavaria and 2 other short owned 02s (roundies of course!)

Then life got to the best of me.. I grew up a little ... bought my first house when I was 21 and enjoyed traveling more. Then gas started to get expensive and my BMW hobby was also getting more expensive from all the extra accessories I was buying.. like wheels, suspension, brakes, etc... So I had to sell my toys and give up all of them. But during this time... I met a lot of wonderful 02 enthusiasts around the states and the "02princess" moniker was given to me by Michel Potheau. Member # 2 in the BMWCCA.

So back to the fortune cookie.... After a few giggles... I decided... why the hell not!?

At this point, I just recently purchased a new breed of car... A Mercedes Benz 2014 C350 coupe AMG. I wanted to try another brand of car as I have always been BMW loyal... and I felt that the Benz suited me a lot better than the 4series BMW or even the 1 series! (Don't H8!)

Anyways, I got the obsession t back and started trolling again on the FAQ and even started a Facebook page. You can follow me as: OtwoprincessLisa . I saw that the Brisbane Bay Area swap meet was in May, so I went.

Low and Behold... there appeared a mirage... (from Letigre!) In front of my peepers was this shiny black solid 02 for sale! A roundie nontheless! For under 5digits? I had to take a looksee...

Good thing I had one of my 02 mechanic friends with me to inspect the car. Everything seemed pretty solid, and there were some surface rust areas, mechanically, it needed some love as it was smokey.. but I felt like, this was the one! I bought the car a couple of days later... and drove it home....