chit chat thread

[wasnt m3]

///Merry Christmas everyone! 

An old photo from a freak snowstorm in years past.

[patsbimmer1]

Ryan... said:

I'm trying to tell myself that I would get lucky and not purchase an absolute money pit, I have enough expensive hobbies as it is lol

The other one I keep thinking about is a supercharged Mini Cooper S. Ex had one and I thought it was a blast to drive

Do yourself a favor and buy an r56 with the turbo. Still cheap and more fun with the ability to make cheap power in a hilarious package.

[Ryan...]

patsbimmer1 said:

Do yourself a favor and buy an r56 with the turbo. Still cheap and more fun with the ability to make cheap power in a hilarious package.

I've got a couple of those saved on the ol bookface as well. So many cool options out there to play with.

I want to test drive a turbo option, I absolutely loved the supercharger whine on the one I used to drive frequently. A smaller pulley, intake, exhaust, removal of excess weight...om nom nom

[B C]

Happy Kwanza to @YoungCR

[patsbimmer1]

Ryan... said:

I've got a couple of those saved on the ol bookface as well. So many cool options out there to play with.

I want to test drive a turbo option, I absolutely loved the supercharger whine on the one I used to drive frequently. A smaller pulley, intake, exhaust, removal of excess weight...om nom nom

I can provide you with a test drive of a fbo r56 just lemme know when you're in the Waukesha area.

[Ryan...]

patsbimmer1 said:

I can provide you with a test drive of a fbo r56 just lemme know when you're in the Waukesha area.

FBO?  I'm guessing that's the turbo designation?

I found an 03 Cooper S with 73k, for $3400 OBO.   Has a rebuilt title from an accident in 05 when it had 15k miles on it. Apparently front bumper and hood were replaced, so I'd have to really look it over and make sure it's driving w/o issues, same owner since they bought it after the repairs.

[patsbimmer1]

Ryan... said:

FBO?  I'm guessing that's the turbo designation?

I found an 03 Cooper S with 73k, for $3400 OBO.   Has a rebuilt title from an accident in 05 when it had 15k miles on it. Apparently front bumper and hood were replaced, so I'd have to really look it over and make sure it's driving w/o issues, same owner since they bought it after the repairs.

FBO = full bolt on.  Down pipe, tune, exhaust, intake, etc.  It's every power adder you can bolt on other than a new turbo.  It's also on bc coilovers and a stage 3 clutch.  It's pretty quick, makes good noise and a blast to toss.

[Ryan...]

patsbimmer1 said:

FBO = full bolt on.  Down pipe, tune, exhaust, intake, etc.  It's every power adder you can bolt on other than a new turbo.  It's also on bc coilovers and a stage 3 clutch.  It's pretty quick, makes good noise and a blast to toss.

Ah, makes sense! Is that your DD? I'd definitely be interested in trying it out, I remember even the stock supercharged version being an absolute blast to drive.

[Rekpoint]

Ryan... said:

Ah, makes sense! Is that your DD? I'd definitely be interested in trying it out, I remember even the stock supercharged version being an absolute blast to drive.

My twin brother had one. They are cool but unfortunately FWD. His had a pulley reduction and a few other go fast bits too. Just dont forget. If it had a an accident in 2005 when it was 2 years old the accident was bad. Unlike if it was totaled a few months ago. Old cars get totaled out for nothing. New ones its usually a bigger hit.

[Ryan...]

Rekpoint said:

My twin brother had one. They are cool but unfortunately FWD. His had a pulley reduction and a few other go fast bits too. Just dont forget. If it had a an accident in 2005 when it was 2 years old the accident was bad. Unlike if it was totaled a few months ago. Old cars get totaled out for nothing. New ones its usually a bigger hit. 

I was thinking more along the lines of, it's been driven/owned by the same people for nearly 60k miles since the crash, it there were crash related issues they'd likely have dumped it much sooner. But, who knows without an inspection?

[Rekpoint]

Ryan... said:

I was thinking more along the lines of, it's been driven/owned by the same people for nearly 60k miles since the crash, it there were crash related issues they'd likely have dumped it much sooner. But, who knows without an inspection?

Thats a good possibility too. If it makes you feel any better in Wisconsin to get issued a rebuilt title you need to go through an inspection.

[Ryan...]

Rekpoint said:

Thats a good possibility too. If it makes you feel any better in Wisconsin to get issued a rebuilt title you need to go through an inspection. 

This one is located in Illinois, so I don't know exactly how that works here.

The more I think about it. He seems very open to offers as it's been listed for a while, but it looks clean for the age as most seem to have rusty hatches at this point in their lives.

[Rekpoint]

Ryan... said:

This one is located in Illinois, so I don't know exactly how that works here.

The more I think about it. He seems very open to offers as it's been listed for a while, but it looks clean for the age as most seem to have rusty hatches at this point in their lives.

That is true. My twins had rust bubbles on the hatch.

[patsbimmer1]

Ryan... said:

Ah, makes sense! Is that your DD? I'd definitely be interested in trying it out, I remember even the stock supercharged version being an absolute blast to drive.

It's a friend's car but I've done all of the work and it's not his DD.  He'd hand it over to me no questions asked.

[Nick_F]

Does anybody on here work at a bmw dealer or friendly with someone who does? I have some warranty questions

[straight6pwr]

another BMW find via Doug Demuro:

Vector W8, uses e30/e28/etc window switches.

[Jdesign]

Yet another selling point for those extra switches you have laying around.

[Nick_F]

anybody going to the road america winter autocross this weekend?

[KaiserRolls]

Nope

[straight6pwr]

how bad of a beating does an auto-x put on winter tires? I assume it will be pretty rough on them.