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i_love_cars reacted to andyhundley in WCEC Season Opener - West bend
99% of the cars there are glorified winter beaters so it doesnt matter if they see snow or not.
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i_love_cars got a reaction from Jdesign in E46 M3 S85 swap thread
The dream is still alive. I have decided that (at least for now) I am keeping the engine and all swap-related parts at Efab Motorsports. Eric will store them for me indefinitely. So I'm going to part out everything else like I planned on in order to break even on the purchase of the car, but at that point as long as I've recouped my 7k, then I don't see any harm in hanging on to a 33k mile S85 that works, assuming I will one day swap it. I don't see myself being able to replicate this kind of a deal for such a low mileage , functional example so it's hard to sell the engine.
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i_love_cars got a reaction from DrLeadFoot in E46 M3 S85 swap thread
It is an eternal battle for us all 😂
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i_love_cars got a reaction from P_Roloff in E46 M3 S85 swap thread
The dream is still alive. I have decided that (at least for now) I am keeping the engine and all swap-related parts at Efab Motorsports. Eric will store them for me indefinitely. So I'm going to part out everything else like I planned on in order to break even on the purchase of the car, but at that point as long as I've recouped my 7k, then I don't see any harm in hanging on to a 33k mile S85 that works, assuming I will one day swap it. I don't see myself being able to replicate this kind of a deal for such a low mileage , functional example so it's hard to sell the engine.
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i_love_cars got a reaction from jc43089 in E46 M3 S85 swap thread
The dream is still alive. I have decided that (at least for now) I am keeping the engine and all swap-related parts at Efab Motorsports. Eric will store them for me indefinitely. So I'm going to part out everything else like I planned on in order to break even on the purchase of the car, but at that point as long as I've recouped my 7k, then I don't see any harm in hanging on to a 33k mile S85 that works, assuming I will one day swap it. I don't see myself being able to replicate this kind of a deal for such a low mileage , functional example so it's hard to sell the engine.
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i_love_cars got a reaction from Jdesign in E46 M3 S85 swap thread
No, no it's definitely a big disappointment to quite a few people lol. You can say what we're all thinking - it's ok 😂
I think it was the right decision. 40k for this build is a lot indeed
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i_love_cars got a reaction from Jdesign in The current state of automobiles is no good (bring your emotional support Iguana)
emotion is a pretty key concept here. At the end of the day, the people who love something are always going to care more and be opinionated about it. So those of us who truly love cars are attached to the concept of what we love.
I enjoy driving my E46 more than my E92, but I daily something from 2018. Pretty much in line with what you're saying. We all want to drive the older stuff but many people aren't dailying those things. I also think not having something like an older M3 as a daily, and instead as a weekend car, makes it more special. Same way that bringing a car out of storage feels in spring time. People can say whatever they want - the fact is everyone becomes numb to a certain degree to their routine. Cars are no different - if you drive a classic BMW every day, it doesn't feel as special. Intellectually you know what you're driving all the time, and as an enthusiast you are like "cool" and have some level of appreciation but it's not quite the same as leaving your modern daily for something special to you at the end of the week, or whatever.
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i_love_cars got a reaction from wally509 in The current state of automobiles is no good (bring your emotional support Iguana)
emotion is a pretty key concept here. At the end of the day, the people who love something are always going to care more and be opinionated about it. So those of us who truly love cars are attached to the concept of what we love.
I enjoy driving my E46 more than my E92, but I daily something from 2018. Pretty much in line with what you're saying. We all want to drive the older stuff but many people aren't dailying those things. I also think not having something like an older M3 as a daily, and instead as a weekend car, makes it more special. Same way that bringing a car out of storage feels in spring time. People can say whatever they want - the fact is everyone becomes numb to a certain degree to their routine. Cars are no different - if you drive a classic BMW every day, it doesn't feel as special. Intellectually you know what you're driving all the time, and as an enthusiast you are like "cool" and have some level of appreciation but it's not quite the same as leaving your modern daily for something special to you at the end of the week, or whatever.
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i_love_cars got a reaction from B C in The current state of automobiles is no good (bring your emotional support Iguana)
emotion is a pretty key concept here. At the end of the day, the people who love something are always going to care more and be opinionated about it. So those of us who truly love cars are attached to the concept of what we love.
I enjoy driving my E46 more than my E92, but I daily something from 2018. Pretty much in line with what you're saying. We all want to drive the older stuff but many people aren't dailying those things. I also think not having something like an older M3 as a daily, and instead as a weekend car, makes it more special. Same way that bringing a car out of storage feels in spring time. People can say whatever they want - the fact is everyone becomes numb to a certain degree to their routine. Cars are no different - if you drive a classic BMW every day, it doesn't feel as special. Intellectually you know what you're driving all the time, and as an enthusiast you are like "cool" and have some level of appreciation but it's not quite the same as leaving your modern daily for something special to you at the end of the week, or whatever.
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i_love_cars reacted to Rekpoint in E46 M3 S85 swap thread
Yeah... How does it feel to disappoint the whole community....
I'm kidding. 😂
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i_love_cars got a reaction from Jdesign in E46 M3 S85 swap thread
It is an eternal battle for us all 😂
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i_love_cars got a reaction from Rekpoint in E46 M3 S85 swap thread
This project has been canned! Main thread updated
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i_love_cars reacted to suspenceful in E46 M3 S85 swap thread
Lame. I was hyped for this.
Props for being able think with your financial head instead of your car-enthusiast head. That damn car-enthusiast head has expensive taste.
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i_love_cars got a reaction from suspenceful in E46 M3 S85 swap thread
This project has been canned! Main thread updated
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i_love_cars got a reaction from m42b32 in E46 M3 S85 swap thread
This project has been canned! Main thread updated
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i_love_cars got a reaction from P_Roloff in E46 M3 S85 swap thread
This project has been canned! Main thread updated
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i_love_cars got a reaction from Jdesign in Non-BMW Stuff on a BMW Forum
just caught up on the last 6 pages of this. Damn I miss having a clean E30. I'm really not a fan of gray cars since it's such a common color on the road, but I always make exception if the car is cool and has a red interior. It's just such a good looking combo. The wheels help this car a ton too. It just looks awesome. Sans the deer smashing the corner of the fender. Stupid nature. I'm gonna put extra miles on my V10 and V8 this year to hopefully kill some more nature with my pollution.
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i_love_cars got a reaction from Jdesign in E46 M3 S85 swap thread
Picked up a really clean E9x 6MT just now on ebay. 56k miles on it at $1800 shipped is maybe 100-200 bucks overpriced but it obviously includes the knick knacks like shift linkage, etc. as opposed to being just a bare transmission. May need to end up fabricating a custom shift linkage anyway but I'd rather have the stock parts with the transmission if I can, so this makes sense I think.
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i_love_cars got a reaction from m42b32 in Non-BMW Stuff on a BMW Forum
just caught up on the last 6 pages of this. Damn I miss having a clean E30. I'm really not a fan of gray cars since it's such a common color on the road, but I always make exception if the car is cool and has a red interior. It's just such a good looking combo. The wheels help this car a ton too. It just looks awesome. Sans the deer smashing the corner of the fender. Stupid nature. I'm gonna put extra miles on my V10 and V8 this year to hopefully kill some more nature with my pollution.
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i_love_cars got a reaction from P_Roloff in Non-BMW Stuff on a BMW Forum
just caught up on the last 6 pages of this. Damn I miss having a clean E30. I'm really not a fan of gray cars since it's such a common color on the road, but I always make exception if the car is cool and has a red interior. It's just such a good looking combo. The wheels help this car a ton too. It just looks awesome. Sans the deer smashing the corner of the fender. Stupid nature. I'm gonna put extra miles on my V10 and V8 this year to hopefully kill some more nature with my pollution.
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i_love_cars got a reaction from B C in Non-BMW Stuff on a BMW Forum
just caught up on the last 6 pages of this. Damn I miss having a clean E30. I'm really not a fan of gray cars since it's such a common color on the road, but I always make exception if the car is cool and has a red interior. It's just such a good looking combo. The wheels help this car a ton too. It just looks awesome. Sans the deer smashing the corner of the fender. Stupid nature. I'm gonna put extra miles on my V10 and V8 this year to hopefully kill some more nature with my pollution.
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i_love_cars reacted to suspenceful in The current state of automobiles is no good (bring your emotional support Iguana)
Sure did! But I don't think it's an apples-to-apples comparison to cars on this forum. I don't consider reliability to be expected on a stock motor 700whp/wtq car.
Now I'm actually curious how many of the E30's on this forum haven't done a motor swap. Roll call?
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i_love_cars reacted to GunMetalGrey in Non-BMW Stuff on a BMW Forum
I think you're on the wrong forum for this question.....