looking for a nice stick shift car
12-22-2018, 07:57 PM
#76
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Thank you gents for all the good wishes.
This is a 1995, the violet was called Daytona Violet and is a S50. S50 and S52 each have fans but for CA it is easier to pass smog being OBD 1. Which I had to stupidly ask, stands for On Board Diagnostics. Want to feel like a total Noob? Ask that question on the M3 forum. Although, I have to say the BMW crowd are equally as helpful and patient as some are here. Not like going to early s reg and asking "Hey, what's with all the chrome bumpers"?
I bought the seller. Turns out **** retentive German car lovers exist outside of the P car universe. In Colorado even, where the car is not drivable 5 months a year. He is 68 years old and bought this car twice; once as a 2 year old and then again after it spent 8 years in a collection. Longtime BMW club member, he chipped it and added cold air intake, updated suspension, pretty much all you can do for cheap on these cars.
Goatfarmer, you hit it on the head; although my girls don't wrench much, we can all have a ball on this car at the track and AutoX without beating the 964 to an inch of its life. Which is ironic as I bought the 964 for cheap so we didn't beat on the 73 2.7.
Looking forward to driving a car with a trunk again, that isn't' our SUV. Dog fits in the backseat and A/C spits out ice cubes. Of course, being German, parts are still an arm and a leg, so I have that going for us.
This is a 1995, the violet was called Daytona Violet and is a S50. S50 and S52 each have fans but for CA it is easier to pass smog being OBD 1. Which I had to stupidly ask, stands for On Board Diagnostics. Want to feel like a total Noob? Ask that question on the M3 forum. Although, I have to say the BMW crowd are equally as helpful and patient as some are here. Not like going to early s reg and asking "Hey, what's with all the chrome bumpers"?
I bought the seller. Turns out **** retentive German car lovers exist outside of the P car universe. In Colorado even, where the car is not drivable 5 months a year. He is 68 years old and bought this car twice; once as a 2 year old and then again after it spent 8 years in a collection. Longtime BMW club member, he chipped it and added cold air intake, updated suspension, pretty much all you can do for cheap on these cars.
Goatfarmer, you hit it on the head; although my girls don't wrench much, we can all have a ball on this car at the track and AutoX without beating the 964 to an inch of its life. Which is ironic as I bought the 964 for cheap so we didn't beat on the 73 2.7.
Looking forward to driving a car with a trunk again, that isn't' our SUV. Dog fits in the backseat and A/C spits out ice cubes. Of course, being German, parts are still an arm and a leg, so I have that going for us.
12-23-2018, 09:52 AM
#77
Rennlist Member
Thank you gents for all the good wishes.
This is a 1995, the violet was called Daytona Violet and is a S50. S50 and S52 each have fans but for CA it is easier to pass smog being OBD 1. Which I had to stupidly ask, stands for On Board Diagnostics. Want to feel like a total Noob? Ask that question on the M3 forum. Although, I have to say the BMW crowd are equally as helpful and patient as some are here. Not like going to early s reg and asking "Hey, what's with all the chrome bumpers"?
I bought the seller. Turns out **** retentive German car lovers exist outside of the P car universe. In Colorado even, where the car is not drivable 5 months a year. He is 68 years old and bought this car twice; once as a 2 year old and then again after it spent 8 years in a collection. Longtime BMW club member, he chipped it and added cold air intake, updated suspension, pretty much all you can do for cheap on these cars.
Goatfarmer, you hit it on the head; although my girls don't wrench much, we can all have a ball on this car at the track and AutoX without beating the 964 to an inch of its life. Which is ironic as I bought the 964 for cheap so we didn't beat on the 73 2.7.
Looking forward to driving a car with a trunk again, that isn't' our SUV. Dog fits in the backseat and A/C spits out ice cubes. Of course, being German, parts are still an arm and a leg, so I have that going for us.
This is a 1995, the violet was called Daytona Violet and is a S50. S50 and S52 each have fans but for CA it is easier to pass smog being OBD 1. Which I had to stupidly ask, stands for On Board Diagnostics. Want to feel like a total Noob? Ask that question on the M3 forum. Although, I have to say the BMW crowd are equally as helpful and patient as some are here. Not like going to early s reg and asking "Hey, what's with all the chrome bumpers"?
I bought the seller. Turns out **** retentive German car lovers exist outside of the P car universe. In Colorado even, where the car is not drivable 5 months a year. He is 68 years old and bought this car twice; once as a 2 year old and then again after it spent 8 years in a collection. Longtime BMW club member, he chipped it and added cold air intake, updated suspension, pretty much all you can do for cheap on these cars.
Goatfarmer, you hit it on the head; although my girls don't wrench much, we can all have a ball on this car at the track and AutoX without beating the 964 to an inch of its life. Which is ironic as I bought the 964 for cheap so we didn't beat on the 73 2.7.
Looking forward to driving a car with a trunk again, that isn't' our SUV. Dog fits in the backseat and A/C spits out ice cubes. Of course, being German, parts are still an arm and a leg, so I have that going for us.
Mr. Wolfe
12-24-2018, 04:20 PM
#81
Great choice, I also bought e36 M3 shortly after my first p-car, and it has been the most rewarding and fun car I’ve bought. Definitely easy on the pocketbooks when it comes to parts and the car has been very reliable. I’ve put 50,000 miles on it as DD and HPDE car in the last 5 years without any issue or unexpected repair. When I bought mine, it had just under 50,000 miles on original brakes, cooling system and suspension, all of which were updated. The biggest complaints are the ergonomics and anemic AC performance. I had to replace horribly uncomfortable vaders with Recaros and install steering column spacer to bring the steering wheel closer for reach.
It also has been a great learning platform and I can never see myself selling it. I will likely give it to my kids when they are ready. While some have also commented on 996 as being a relative bargain, make sure one you consider has had suspension work done, Mine needed new control arms and I installed Ohlins R&T to replace HR Street coilovers, and a few other things “while in here...” added up to almost as much as I put it to the M3 in 5 years.....
It also has been a great learning platform and I can never see myself selling it. I will likely give it to my kids when they are ready. While some have also commented on 996 as being a relative bargain, make sure one you consider has had suspension work done, Mine needed new control arms and I installed Ohlins R&T to replace HR Street coilovers, and a few other things “while in here...” added up to almost as much as I put it to the M3 in 5 years.....
02-16-2019, 10:05 PM
#82
Car finally arrived from CO. I had some work done there at a M specialist, took a while. First impressions are wow, MUCH nicer car than I was expecting. Cleaner, squeak and rattle free, not your fathers 120k mile car. Loads of torque, far more than the 964, I haven't seen yet if it comes on the cams as well, handling is super planted. I wasn't expecting this: standard it comes with sport seats, LSD, alloy rims, trip computer, AC and sunroof. Oh, it is just as musical as a Porsche, hence I haven't tried the radio.