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I just pulled the trigger on a 2009 Jet Black 135i Sport 6MT. Oh god debt. Oh god, that NOISE! It has a Berk Technology Race axleback. Not sure if it has a midsection as well. I'll get some pictures and a sound clip in here sometime soon.
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Man, 1's are growing on me. I hated the melty look at first, but those are some good lookin' cars. Nice grab, post pics
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Oct 11, 2013 18:58
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Really a shame they didn't do more with the 1M Coupe. It was really the modern day interpretation of the E30 M3 in my book. Light weight, small, fun, and handles well. Yeah yeah I know that the turbo isn't completely correct, but god drat, its a sexy little car.
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Oct 11, 2013 19:24
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I'll never get over the droopy door sills.
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Oct 11, 2013 20:44
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The new m235i (coupe) due out next year is supposed to be faster than the 1M around the Nürburgring. E36 sized, much improved suspension, 320hp/tq, and optional LSD. No more droopy door sills either. I will probably finally replace my ZHP with that when it arrives.
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I've definitely got my eye on the M235i as well. It seems like it could be a modern spiritual successor to my E46 330ci. I'm just afraid that it's going to end up costing like 50k once you add on the options that normal people buy daily driver cars with, at which point it's hard to ignore what you can pick up in the lightly used market for that much cash (or even a lot less). Guinness fucked around with this message at 21:33 on Oct 11, 2013 |
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Oct 11, 2013 21:30
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Yeah, for the cost of a new M235, it wouldn't be hard to find a lightly used E92 M3 or 1M.
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The newer/older considerations are true about any car at any price range. Personally, I like more compact cars than the last generation 3 series, so cross shopping the M3 and m235i isn't really that relevant to me.
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Oct 11, 2013 22:34
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Five or six years down the line I'd pick up a used M235i in a heartbeat. They are shaping up to be pretty sweet.
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Oct 12, 2013 04:46
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BrokenKnucklez posted:Really a shame they didn't do more with the 1M Coupe. It was really the modern day interpretation of the E30 M3 in my book. Light weight, small, fun, and handles well. 'Light' isn't really applicable to the 1 series. The E82 1M weighs about 100 lbs. more than my 4 door E46. They're only a little lighter than the E90s. That said, I still love the 135 and M135 - cheaper than an M3, and just as fast.
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HotCanadianChick posted:'Light' isn't really applicable to the 1 series. The E82 1M weighs about 100 lbs. more than my 4 door E46. They're only a little lighter than the E90s. lets be honest, any car under 3500 is considered light in this day of bloated cars.
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BrokenKnucklez posted:lets be honest, any car under 3500 is considered light in this day of bloated cars. True, dat. Though there have been plenty of fat, heavy cars in the past, too. The 1987 Supra Turbo I used to have felt, if anything, twice it's size and portly weight (around 3600-3700 lbs.) Anyone complaining about fat cars needs to drive one of those first to see what a really fat car feels like.
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HotCanadianChick posted:True, dat. My 93' 525i is a heavy girl at 3600lbs but it actually handles really well for its weight. The only price for such nice handling is that it crushes various bushings into dust every year or so.
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Oct 12, 2013 21:55
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So about 3 weeks ago I pull the trigger on an E34 535i. Auto, but still pretty fun, really good cruiser but a pig on fuel around town. Came with a set of 18" wheels from an M5 that did not suit it at all, as shown: So, about $500 later, got some stock Style 5 15s, and IMO it looks a million times better.  Couple of things need to be addressed, but they're in the budget and should get it all sorted in the coming months.
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http://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/cto/4094765727.html http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/cto/4122198687.html http://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/cto/4123347528.html http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/cto/4100819064.html Seems like local M3s are high priced and generally tasteless. Where should I be looking if I want to spend about $7k at most? California? I don't mind roadtrips. Am I the one smoking crack thinking I can get a decent E36 M3 for 7k-ish, or are the people asking 8k++++ the ones smoking crack? BlackMK4 fucked around with this message at 00:42 on Oct 13, 2013 |
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Oct 13, 2013 00:07
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I keep wanting to find a cleanish 535i stick. There was one in the junk yard a while back.... it mad me sad to see it there. What's your highway milage like?
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Oct 13, 2013 01:34
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I took a better video of the stock exhaust with the Turner pipes installed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJdnP-dPQ_k the next in the playlist is me sort of driving around normally
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BlackMK4 posted:Where should I be looking if I want to spend about $7k at most? California? I don't mind roadtrips. Texas prices seem good; I paid $4900 at a strip mall dealer for my 540i, and am happy as a clam. No rust to worry about as long as you're not buying like a Galveston car. Probably a hell of a drive for you, though.
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Jonny 290 posted:Texas prices seem good; I paid $4900 at a strip mall dealer for my 540i, and am happy as a clam. No rust to worry about as long as you're not buying like a Galveston car. Probably a hell of a drive for you, though. I bought a Daytona 675 on Halloween night last year in ABQ, NM. Driving a car home is no issue after that one. I'll check their CL now.
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Party Alarm posted:Five or six years down the line I'd pick up a used M235i in a heartbeat. They are shaping up to be pretty sweet.
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Oct 13, 2013 17:28
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When does the 2-Series hit the states?
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BrokenKnucklez posted:I keep wanting to find a cleanish 535i stick. There was one in the junk yard a while back.... it mad me sad to see it there. I used to have a '90 535i 5-speed. It was a brutal gas hog. It could barely get 20mpg on the highway if you drove like a grandma. More realistically like 18-19mpg highway, like 14-15mpg city. Cool car though, but honestly I don't miss it that much.
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So I went and checked out the 91' 318i today. Sadly it has a lot more problems than he lead me to believe. There was some unknown oil leak that had the oil pan caked in oil. The differential looked like it was also leaking oil. The Drivers seat was broken on the left back brace so you couldn't even sit in the seat correctly. When you pushed the clutch all the way down to the floor it made a horrible grinding noise. Tons of the internal trim needed to be replaced or glued down. The dash board was cracked horribly all over the place. Third gear popped out twice while I was accelerating to get on the highway. Most of the internal electrical needed work. 3/4 windows worked correctly, but neither of the wing mirrors were responding. But, the body looked very straight, the engine sounded really good. No rust I could find. It was everything I wanted, but for too much. I offered $900 and he came as low as $1300 but I just couldn't see spending that much on something that was going to be sitting in my garage for the next 6 months. I really wanted it though.
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Tab8715 posted:When does the 2-Series hit the states? At the earliest, this time next year. More likely early 2015.
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Noxious posted:So I went and checked out the 91' 318i today. Sounds about right for this car.
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You guys get goony for V8 power right? http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/csw/cto/4104109224.html
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Really nice car, but overpriced for what you get. If finishing it was so simple, he'd do it so he could sell it for more. Love it though. EDIT: I'd finish it and put it back to bone stock appearance, with stock 325e wheels.
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13k for a swap with a leaky exhaust, wiring issues (keeping the EWS, ugh) and basically no interior. Ha. The M62 swap seems to be the motor de jour in e30s, but it's really starting to grate on me. I've got two local idiots doing these swaps and talking about "optimal weight distribution" when they probably couldn't tell the difference between an M42 and an M30 in the front of an e30. There's this weird culture surrounding e30s where it's not cool to do the well-documented, easy swap. It's gotta be something ridiculous...recently I heard someone tell me they were looking to buy a K20, the honda motor with 197hp and 140ft-lbs. Personally I'd just go for an LS1 over an M6x any day. I've gotten to the point where BMW purists really start to piss me off.
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13k could get you into an E46 M3 and as much as I love E30s, I don't think I'd trade a half finished V8 swapped one for an M3.
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Isn't the E34 M50 a simple drop in for the E30? Why in the world wouldn't you just do that and get the comforti chip.
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8ender posted:Isn't the E34 M50 a simple drop in for the E30? Why in the world wouldn't you just do that and get the comforti chip. Insert incoherent ramblings about power to weight, and something else random and stupid.
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My M50 E34 is still a hoot even though its a panzer tank. The same engine in something ~1000lbs lighter sounds like a RWD fun machine. What is wrong with people.
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This is the one. Take $7500 cash and go see it. gently caress dude, what more do you want? Records, one owner, good shape...? Who gives a poo poo if the wheels are chrome, you know you're going to ditch them anyway.
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8ender posted:Isn't the E34 M50 a simple drop in for the E30? Why in the world wouldn't you just do that and get the comforti chip. Power and sound are pretty good reasons to do an M60. LS_ motors are superior in many ways, but you can get a well taken care of M62b44 for $250 at a junkyard.
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Party Alarm posted:Power and sound are pretty good reasons to do an M60. Don't get me wrong, I love the M62, and there is a ton of cars and other car makers that use the M62 and to an extent, its more powerful brother, the S62. But the motor is god drat huge for its size
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BrokenKnucklez posted:But the motor is god drat huge for its size That is pretty much true of every DOHC V8. The flipside of this is that DOHC, multivalve engines make significantly more horsepower for their displacement than 2 valve OHV designs like an SBC. Which is why you see BMW making 400+ HP out of 4 liters where it takes a 6.2l SBC to make the similar power figures. Militant Lesbian fucked around with this message at 21:03 on Oct 14, 2013 |
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The first week of my E39 ownership was highlighted by popping the hood for car guys. JESUS IS THAT A CUMMINS
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I finally figured out what that unlabeled 3rd button in my center console does, the one next to the defrost button. I don't know why I need a button that turns off all the power windows/sunroof but I guess it's nice to know that it exists.
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I have two. One is on the console and the other is behind the steering wheel. They are simple switches on a simple circuit. Both must be on for the windows to work.
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rscott posted:I finally figured out what that unlabeled 3rd button in my center console does, the one next to the defrost button. I don't know why I need a button that turns off all the power windows/sunroof but I guess it's nice to know that it exists. Similar to how the radio and climate control points towards the driver and not the passenger, that button is to lock out all the non drivers from further messing with the operation of your ultimate driving machine. 8ender fucked around with this message at 01:35 on Oct 15, 2013 |
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