Iceddragon
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You tease, show us what we want to see
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I'm in LaCrosse! Also trying to get into a 335 or 135 at the moment haha
You should come to some of the local cruises and meets sometime, there are 4 or 5 regular bmw guys that attend. Say hi if you see me around, and I'm pretty sure people demand pictures of your ride around here.
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http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1397855
This is what I need, I should browse this page more
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I needed that.
I won't be financing the car, but I will have to sell my current one first.
I think what I really want is an LCI manual coupe 335i. They are out there but not for cheap and I'd really like to have money leftover for maintenance and mods. I don't know if its worth modding if I spend that much of my money on getting the car itself.
The reason this is so difficult for me is because after I buy this next car its time to save for a house, so I need this thing to last and keep me excited enough to hold on to it. Even a stock one will be fun of course, but I'd like something special.
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Thanks for chiming in!
Realistically I just want a toy, I don't know that I'll ever get the chance to go to a track day living way out here in LaCrosse. Its a 4 hour drive and 2 nights in a hotel and its just a lot to take on when I know I'll have to drive the car I brought back home afterwards. So it would just be a car for cruises and meets, shows, stuff like that.
Also I'm a quiet guy and the understated looks of most BMW's, including M's, is part of the charm to me. If someone is genuinely curious and wants to know about the car I would have no problems geeking out with them and explaining it.The car is high mileage, at 116k. Maybe I'm being really dumb here, but in my mind that's not a big deal if its been taken care of and he does say it has a warranty if something breaks, it seems to always be the same stuff that fails on these things.
Now the warranty thing is interesting, I agree. He is sending me more information on that tonight but says its national, good for the full powertrain and good until 2019 or 169k miles. I have 0 experience with warranties so I'm not entirely sure what to avoid either.Now for his list of maintenance, he says he has new plugs, coilpacks, valve cover, hpfp 15k miles ago, and a waterpump and thermostat at 88k miles. I'd be paying for a PPI at a euro shop near him before I go near it, which is scary by itself since I haven't done that before.
He is the second owner (waiting for VIN to run a carfax and confirm that) and sent me this list of mods;
Heat wrapped Downpipes
7" intercooler
Custom exhaust
3 different tuners (currently run mhd stage 2+) <- This one has me confused, why run 3 different tunes?
Transmission alpina flash
Carbon fiber lci csl trunk
Rear lci conversionHe doesn't have it listed any place yet so no link, we were just talking through a Chicago area BMW group.
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Yeah the car I'm looking at is 5k under budget at least, he says its up to date on maintenance and the warranty would be so nice to have. He has bremer wheels and conti's on it now, or I could always try to keep my wheels and tires since I just bought them this spring for over a grand...
Its not that I'm afraid of the auto, I quite enjoy it in my current car, I was just getting hyped over finally having a manual now that I can drive one.
My original plan was to buy an unmolested one and then mod it to round 400hp, and it sounds like the auto is more than sufficient to handle the extra power too. -
Hi all, I'm back again with more indecisiveness.
First a little context before I ask more questions;
Last year when I bought the 330, I purposely avoided all 335's because of the reliability issues. But last month when the E90 broke, I ended up buying a Honda for the wife. That thing won't break anytime soon, so I don't have to worry so much about my only car exploding on me.Now, I have a budget set to spend around 17k on a car by the end of the year (including selling mine). My thought had been on an E46 M3, but recently I have fallen madly in love with my car again, it's just a little....slow. So I got to thinking about 335's.
In my head, I can get a clean 335 for less than an M3, and it will have more power. The question is, should I?
I have someone that offered me a 335i that already has all the mods I would want and a warranty until 2019, for less than 11k. The car is loaded and even has the M Sport package, the only problems are its far away from me and its another automatic (I finally learned to drive stick and had my heart set on getting a manual car). I'm not sure I can pass this up, but I've been thinking about this so much over the last week that I need some words of wisdom from the experts. *cough* @patsbimmer1
As a bonus you get a professional picture of my car and a picture I took of it with my friends Datsun.
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That tachometer is so clever if I'm understanding it right. The yellow bars go away once the engine is warm? Or are they indicators?
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17 hours ago, YoungCR said:
Was always curious to drive those new CR-X's when they came our. Looks like q fun little hatch.
This one is not bad, its just really boring. I never realized how much fun I had while driving my car I guess, because this just isn't any fun to drive.
But I do get 46 mpg around town, and I won't have to drive my car in the winter or on short drives anymore. It put me behind in the M3 hunt but overall it was probably a smart move.
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Well you see, my wife does not enjoy driving and this should theoretically never break.
This lets me keep this as her car while I have my BMW's, and I should still be on track to get the E46 M3 by this time next year.
I didn't sell the BMW lol
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I bought a thing.
I figured my wife would need a car while I'm at events and when we move more than two blocks from work. And since we're still without my car it seemed like reasonable timing, so there it is. 2016 Honda CR-Z.
Man I miss my car...
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I'm not sure to be honest, and for what its worth they are a little behind right now. I trust them though, they are the only guys left in town I would take my car too.
And nice! Mine is the car in the picture obviously, Arctic 330xi. Hit me up if you're ever downtown and want to talk cars.
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1 hour ago, suspenceful said:
Hope you made the best of the rally! That was Damon in the white 135i with 1M-style bumpers. Nice guy.
Sucks about your car. I'd say it's the water pump or expansion tank. If you shut her down early on, you should be safe.
I had fun and my wife even started enjoying it, I'll definitely be doing it again next year. Hopefully I'll have the M3 by then though.
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Yeah I have an N52, this is good news then
Although I should probably address the water pump eventually anyway...
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Just now, KaiserRolls said:
Assuming you shut it down quickly, sounds like put a new expansion tank I , bleed system and be on your way
Yeah I pulled over at the first road, not even 1000 feet from when the indicators came on. Everyone tried to convince me to limp it home or try to continue but I didn't feel like taking a chance on permanently damaging the engine.
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8 hours ago, KaiserRolls said:
I broke an axle once. Snap remembers. They put it on dollies as well. Snap made good friends with the tow truck people.
Expansion tank popped is what it sounds like?
That's the one, yeah. Or at least that's what he suspects, and it does make sense. There was no CEL at all, the car just started to overheat, and fast. The only thing that is odd about that is that it was holding coolant, it didn't pour everything out. It only leaked while it was extremely hot.
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Also for anyone curious about why the car is getting towed on dolly's instead of a flat bed, lets just say I was very upset and that whole experience turned into a giant shit show. I'll have to find the review my wife left for the towing company, or maybe I'll write it out myself if anyone is curious.
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2 hours ago, Snap said:
Ahhhh crap!
Friday ~6:30p I believe I saw you guys parked in front of Chuck E Cheese on HWY 100.
I was across the street and was debating whether to go chat with the owners but figured I may come across as some uninvited crazy guy.
Aww you should have come over! It was just ~20 of us at B-Dubs for Alex's birthday, just a sort of low key group. I even had my wife with me for the rally. We went straight to Madison after leaving there.
2 hours ago, patsbimmer1 said:I swear, Viga has a new car every year!
Apparently he has had 14 BMW's, most of them M's. Viga is a genuinely nice person and I'm glad we got to spend some time together, it was nice to spend a night with someone so well versed in BMW's, its been quite a long time since I don't think any of you guys live near me.
On a side note, I mentioned to him that I was trying to grab an E46 M3, and he told me that he just sold an old Tirerack show car with 80k miles on it, for $16,500. He told me about it at Wisconsin Modified (The WCEC automotion show I was helping out at) but I didn't have the cash then. Damn, I still don't... But that would have been an awesome car to own, some actual cool history to go with a great car.
In other news, I got a ride to the shop the car is sitting at and spoke to the mechanic, he seems to think its not a water pump failure and suspects a tank (the storage tank I guess? I'm not used to dealing with this). Apparently they get brittle with age and tend to go. That would be nice, and a lot cheaper, but we will find out tomorrow morning.
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I have more pics but honestly I'm exhausted and tired, just felt like venting a little.
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So this weekend I went to do the River Valley Road Rally, representing proper bavarian vehicles in a good sporting event on awesome roads. I've been looking forward to this for 6 months now, and everything was going great, lots of cars came out and there was even another BMW (white 135i with an M front end). Spent the night hanging out with Viga (from Viga Designs) and his awesome wrapped M4.
But unfortunately something broke and the engine started to overheat. Spent 6 hours on the side of the road waiting for a tow truck and get home, and now the shop may not even get to it for two weeks. Pics below.
2017 Fall meet discussion
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I had a blast at last years october cruise. The roads were amazing and the scenery was great. I'd rather not have to drive 4 hours there and back again but I'll almost certainly make it. Maybe even in a new car this year...