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Stealth Like posted:No, it really is you. We get it. You have a car that is over a decade old that is ~pure~ because it doesn't have modern amenities and while being slower in every possible way than a modern 3 series, is better because ~pure~. But that won't stop you from trying to brag about it constantly. My AW11 MR2 was slower than a modern Camry, but guess which one people will still be showering love unto on enthusiast boards a decade from now? Sometimes less is more.
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HotCanadianChick posted:My AW11 MR2 was slower than a modern Camry, but guess which one people will still be showering love unto on enthusiast boards a decade from now? Sometimes less is more. "Enthusiast boards" exist that shower love unto Chevy Cavaliers and the Ford Taurus, that doesn't refute any of Stealth Like's assertions. In other news: Still no scan on my M5 rear sway bar. I'm very sad about that.
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Popete posted:Time to slap an M on the trunk. I saw M badges and Pep Boys stick-on fender vents on a poor old E90 325i the other day.  (I'm just excited to get a shift knob that isn't made of plastic and shaped wrong. The non-M knob is surprisingly...lovely.)
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Is there anything better you can buy for $10k than a well-sorted out e46 in the small sedan/coupe class?
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sean10mm posted:I saw M badges and Pep Boys stick-on fender vents on a poor old E90 325i the other day. I've been getting an e-mail alert when this piece of poo poo is re-listed almost daily.  http://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/calgary/2003-bmw-m5-sedan/583160852?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true I get all excited, because "holy poo poo, a $7500 E39 M5!" and then i click through to the ad. Every fuckin time. i'm reaching for my phone aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand it's a high mile automatic 530i.
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GentlemanofLeisure posted:Is there anything better you can buy for $10k than a well-sorted out e46 in the small sedan/coupe class? Not in my opinion, which is why that's what I drive. Though it was more like under 15-20k for me 3 years ago. I still can't really think of anything (with more than 2 seats and a useful trunk) that I'd rather drive than my 330ci for under 20k. You could look at the G35 (probably can't find a G37 under 10k yet) but IMO it's not as good an overall package as an E46 330 and the looks haven't aged as well. I had a Miata prior to my E46 and while it was more fun to drive, it was a lot less practical. I'd love to get a Miata or S2000 again, but not as an only car. Guinness fucked around with this message at 22:56 on Apr 15, 2014 |
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GentlemanofLeisure posted:Is there anything better you can buy for $10k than a well-sorted out e46 in the small sedan/coupe class? You could buy a Miata... Mustang.... I am sure I am missing something. But yeah, get a Miata.
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ThirstyBuck posted:Crusty - where in NS are you? Halifax? I was just up there last summer. I was living in halifax, but I'm about an hour outside the city now.
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GentlemanofLeisure posted:Is there anything better you can buy for $10k than a well-sorted out e46 in the small sedan/coupe class? Nope, and that's why all the geriatrics in their old man 5ers have come out in force today, smelling of Ben-Gay, denture adhesive, and regret. BrokenKnucklez posted:You could buy a Miata... Mustang.... I am sure I am missing something. The problem with that is that a 330i is faster than a Miata, just as much fun to drive, and seats four. (When I got my 330 the only other cars I cross-shopped it against were Miatas and third gen MR2s). Militant Lesbian fucked around with this message at 22:57 on Apr 15, 2014 |
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HotCanadianChick posted:Nope, and that's why all the geriatrics in their old man 5ers have come out in force today, smelling of Ben-Gay, denture adhesive, and regret. Sometimes less is more 
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I don't use Ben-Gay. I have a steering wheel that keeps my hands toasty warm. 
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BrokenKnucklez posted:I don't use Ben-Gay. I have a steering wheel that keeps my hands toasty warm. The seat heaters in my F30 are up to the task of loosening up even the most arthritic hip joints. 
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BrokenKnucklez posted:I don't use Ben-Gay. I have a steering wheel that keeps my hands toasty warm. As do I. And I'm not pretending I'm tearing up the road in a tarted up Civic. 
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sean10mm posted:The seat heaters in my F30 are up to the task of loosening up even the most arthritic hip joints. Also, the seat heaters were really good at loosening a poop. My E39s heaters would mean poop city if it was the highest setting.
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BrokenKnucklez posted:Also, the seat heaters were really good at loosening a poop. My E39s heaters would mean poop city if it was the highest setting. I really don't like seat heaters. The only reason I make sure my cars have them is for my wife (and my kids... they got spoiled in my Cadillacs which had heated rear seats).
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I don't get all the 3-Series hate especially when we all know that 1-Series owners are the ones truly deserving of scorn and derision
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Which series should I purchase if I want to maximize both Speed AND Class?
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MrChips posted:I don't get all the 3-Series hate especially when we all know that 1-Series owners are the ones truly deserving of scorn and derision And I'm sure if 7 series owners hadn't sold their computers to pay for a $7000 reman transmission, they'd be in here making GBS threads on all of us. Infinotize posted:Which series should I purchase if I want to maximize both Speed AND Class? An AMG mercedes 
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760Li. That thing is like what... the size of a small ship, and it still does 0-60 in 4.5 seconds (with an automatic). It as fast as the previous E90 M3. And you can still say get out of the way poor people 
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...and that's why I'm gonna buy an 8-Series so I can poo poo on everyone between my regular $10,000 repair bills.  (but seriously I'd love to own an E31)
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If you don't own an M1 you're literally a poor with no taste in cars and should probably kill yourself.BrokenKnucklez posted:Also, the seat heaters were really good at loosening a poop. My E39s heaters would mean poop city if it was the highest setting. Here's a product that can help with the incontinence that's so common amongst 5 series owners: http://www.depend.com/products/get-samples Militant Lesbian fucked around with this message at 00:20 on Apr 16, 2014 |
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Oh sorry I thought this was the Alpina thread, you plebes enjoy your factory BMWs with your Franzia.
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Actually the real BMW Civic is the Mini. What I'm saying is Mini owners 
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BrokenKnucklez posted:You could buy a Miata... Mustang.... I am sure I am missing something. Guinness posted:Not in my opinion, which is why that's what I drive. Though it was more like under 15-20k for me 3 years ago. I still can't really think of anything (with more than 2 seats and a useful trunk) that I'd rather drive than my 330ci for under 20k.
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The G's are nice but their interiors are a bit gaudy and they have an engine that also comes in a minivan.
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HotCanadianChick posted:If you don't own an M1 you're literally a poor with no taste in cars and should probably kill yourself. Your link doesn't work. God drat kids and their fancy electronic gizmos. sanchez posted:The G's are nice but their interiors are a bit gaudy and they have an engine that also comes in a minivan. As a former G35 owner, this is a pretty true statement. I am not a huge guy by any means (6', 210lbs) and I felt uncomfortable in it. The engine isnt awful, but it does kinda fight revs. The exhaust note was good though, so there is that much? BrokenKnucklez fucked around with this message at 00:53 on Apr 16, 2014 |
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Guys, guys, we're all friends here. Drive whatever makes you happy. Provided it has three pedals.
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ColdPie posted:Guys, guys, we're all friends here. Drive whatever makes you happy. Shh, you'll arouse the anger of the automatic loving 5 series gods that lurk in the shadows. Gotta keep a low profile with that kind of talk.
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MrChips posted:...and that's why I'm gonna buy an 8-Series so I can poo poo on everyone between my regular $10,000 repair bills. Naw, Man. You wrench on it yerself.    The worst I had was a $3500 transmission overhaul (which I DID NOT do myself).
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This thread has become everything it should be. The M2 looks fantastic.
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ausgezeichnet posted:Naw, Man. You wrench on it yerself. STOP TEMPTING ME
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MrChips posted:STOP TEMPTING ME If it helps, he doesn't own it anymore.
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sean10mm posted:Well, you can't ALWAYS have alcohol in your system, but basically this. Do you want to spend your euros on a small, warm-ish and kind of flat glass of Coke... or a very good beer? Not much of a mystery there. Ya, for some reason in Frankfurt you basically couldn't get ice in your fast food coke, either. Quite annoying. Funny though, the machines were still calibrated for ice, so you'd get a partially full cup of coke without ice. 
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MrChips posted:STOP TEMPTING ME I'd have another one if it could be a fun/project car, but the '93 I had was my daily driver. We don't have garage room for a third car so when I started spending a week loving around with $400 spark plug wire sets and moronic coding issues that made the seats move backward every time I came home from one of my overseas rotations, I dealt it for my 550i. Other than the tranny, the worst soaking I got was replacing both batteries at the same time for about 350 bucks... and the $400 spark plug wires. Twice. And the intake manifold gaskets that ran about 400 bucks for a set.
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ausgezeichnet posted:I'd have another one if it could be a fun/project car, but the '93 I had was my daily driver. We don't have garage room for a third car so when I started spending a week loving around with $400 spark plug wire sets and moronic coding issues that made the seats move backward every time I came home from one of my overseas rotations, I dealt it for my 550i. Other than the tranny, the worst soaking I got was replacing both batteries at the same time for about 350 bucks... and the $400 spark plug wires. Twice. And the intake manifold gaskets that ran about 400 bucks for a set. I currently DD a '94, although I don't do winters in it anymore. I haven't had anything truly nasty go yet, although I think a transmission may be on the horizon. Possibly batteries too, now that I think of it - the ones that are in there came with the car when I got it. Been there done that with the seats moving backwards. I think low voltage scrambles the seat computer. Used seat computer from a part out fixed it.
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Isn't it true you can use the wires from an M20 just buy 2 sets? 400 for gaskets is insane though.
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BrokenKnucklez posted:Isn't it true you can use the wires from an M20 just buy 2 sets? The right bank set has a capacitance pickup around the #1 wire that serves as a crank position sensor and is the high-failure item in the ignition system. If you could buy a half set (you can't) you could save some coin on the left bank, but the real problem is that most of the wires sold by stealers and Bavauto are an inferior brand (can't remember which) and you have to source the better manufacturer from Pelican or somewhere else. That's why I had to pay for them twice. I think the seat issue cropped up when I had battery problems and ended up trading the car in with the driver's seat motors running backward. I bought 1 1/2 sets of intake manifold gaskets, too. The manifold studs are molded into the gaskets and are made of a really lovely soft aluminum. I broke studs on two separate gaskets just bringing them up to some ridiculously low torque value - like 20 in lbs or something stupid like that. By the time you do that, you have almost everything back together and it takes at least two hours to get all the poo poo apart again and get the loving Hylomar cleaned off the intake with acetone - assuming you have another gasket handy. I didn't, and had to pay for overnight delivery to get another pair from Pelican. I was super careful installing the replacement one, but broke another stud on the opposite gasket (same part number - must have been some quality issues), said "gently caress it" and left half the runner unsecured. I never noticed any leakage issues, but I was damned if I was going to go through that poo poo again in the third-week-of-October Chicago cold.
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Black88GTA posted:I currently DD a '94, although I don't do winters in it anymore. I haven't had anything truly nasty go yet, although I think a transmission may be on the horizon. Possibly batteries too, now that I think of it - the ones that are in there came with the car when I got it. I have no idea why the transmission is so weak, but mine was massively hosed up with only 50k miles or so on it. I used a really good local tranny shop that the BMW dealers use and they did a really clean job. One of the biggest problems I found with the car was due to the high under-hood heat with the 17 year-old V-12. Every plastic connector in there was brittle as bakelite, so when you took a plug off a sensor you had to be ridiculously careful or you might have to replace a impossible-to-find wiring harness just to get a new connector. I was careful and lucky with mine.
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