Way to go E30 guys... keep it strong

[SkiFree]

I can't agree with you more! By stereotyping every guy or girl we see get out of a car as a ricer or a dumbass yuppie, we lose an opportunity to meet another potential gear head.

It makes a story that gets people talking (we are a prime example), frankly Hardigree ( i assume it was Hardigree who wrote the article) fulfilled his mission in spades.

[750]

Going to guess the guy spent some time on BF.C before he wrote that.

[GaryE30]

agreed

[Mlarsen]

someone needs to meet more audi and porsche owners

Truth. The excessive use of the word "fanboi" makes this guys opinion not matter. Because he in fact is a "fanboi" himself.

[Stephen]

someone needs to meet more audi and porsche owners

[ROLLingKING]

I live in SW Florida.. (Lof8, care to chime in?) near Sarasota..

We have some very rich/wealthy people that want to live here because it is very beautiful. Weather is always nice, some of the best beaches you can find in the US, and the economy is still thriving. So it's fair to say that we have some very very nice cars around here.. on a daily basis in Sarasota you will see Ferrari's being DD'd, Bentley's, almost every Mercedes is AMG, Lambo's.. you name it, it's in or around this area.

With that said.. I consider myself to have some nice e30's.. they look clean, not "in-your-face drift emblem hanging off the back" type of e30 or anything.. I have never.. not ONCE in the last 2 years of ownership got a compliment on my car from anyone out in public. Not one. I have received more comments on my dirty, unkept 81' Yamaha motorcycle than I have my "keep-it-spotless" e30..

So, I am not sure what to say about this.. I try and compliment nice cars when I see them.. I told some rich looking yuppie that his brand new Audi A8 looked awesome, and you know what.. he smiled and said thanks "I love it."

Maybe people automatically assume that I am one of those BMW yuppies? I certainly don't walk around like my shit doesn't stink and I don't park in 2 spots or any bullshit like that.

I honestly think that it is our culture. We don't want to compliment other's nice things because we have this preconceived notion that they are dickheads because they own something. So we look at their car.. we may love it, we may hate it.. but we always act indifferent, don't we?

Seriously.. try it.. next time you see some young kid get out of his SRT-4 or cammed Mustang say "Hey, that's pretty cool. How much power are you making? What mods have you done?" and you will see that you share a lot of common interests with these "camps."

This dudes right. We all like cars. Granted A LOT of honda ppl do dumb shit to their car. I will say that. I give other car ppl thumbs up or wave the "hang loose" hands at em.haha
But ive gotten so much hate on this forum and bimmerforums just for not having a lot of money, or not having any mechanic experience, trying to take my time with my car and just do me. Yea i should take ppl's smart ass comments less serious but Im the kind of person who values respect and not being fake. I cant believe people actually talk to peoples face as they do when hiding behind their monitor. Its often disrespectful and snobby. Im not trying to build some 5,000 dollar track monster just to enjoy sliding my car around. which happens to be a bmw
Lets hate less and just share an interest while helping each other out!

[325ix]

I can't agree with you more! By stereotyping every guy or girl we see get out of a car as a ricer or a dumbass yuppie, we lose an opportunity to meet another potential gear head.

[Nairb]

I live in SW Florida.. (Lof8, care to chime in?) near Sarasota..

We have some very rich/wealthy people that want to live here because it is very beautiful. Weather is always nice, some of the best beaches you can find in the US, and the economy is still thriving. So it's fair to say that we have some very very nice cars around here.. on a daily basis in Sarasota you will see Ferrari's being DD'd, Bentley's, almost every Mercedes is AMG, Lambo's.. you name it, it's in or around this area.

With that said.. I consider myself to have some nice e30's.. they look clean, not "in-your-face drift emblem hanging off the back" type of e30 or anything.. I have never.. not ONCE in the last 2 years of ownership got a compliment on my car from anyone out in public. Not one. I have received more comments on my dirty, unkept 81' Yamaha motorcycle than I have my "keep-it-spotless" e30..

So, I am not sure what to say about this.. I try and compliment nice cars when I see them.. I told some rich looking yuppie that his brand new Audi A8 looked awesome, and you know what.. he smiled and said thanks "I love it."

Maybe people automatically assume that I am one of those BMW yuppies? I certainly don't walk around like my shit doesn't stink and I don't park in 2 spots or any bullshit like that.

I honestly think that it is our culture. We don't want to compliment other's nice things because we have this preconceived notion that they are dickheads because they own something. So we look at their car.. we may love it, we may hate it.. but we always act indifferent, don't we?

Seriously.. try it.. next time you see some young kid get out of his SRT-4 or cammed Mustang say "Hey, that's pretty cool. How much power are you making? What mods have you done?" and you will see that you share a lot of common interests with these "camps."

[ohthejosh]

If we are strictly talking about BMW owners. BY FAR 18-22 yr old e92 335i crowd is giving BMW owners a bad name. They tend to act like they are baddest fckrs around because they got their parents to buy them a new BMW. The older guys are pretty cool at least in my area but the young teens are just ridiculous.

Then there are the 22"+ preownd 7 series crowd out here.

[yert315]

This article is very hypocritical

[mikejungle]

I hate bmw owners who buy the latest and greatest - even though they know nothing about their cars...or even driving in general - because it's a status symbol. This primarily applies to teens with dad's money, yuppies who can't really afford the car, and sometimes older people...but enough with the unfair generalizations.

I think it was unfair that he threw e30 and 2002 owners under the bus. There are some e30 pricks out there, but for the most part, i thought we were alright. And like it was mentioned in a thread floating around in this forum, the 2002 crowd is pretty cool.

[F34R]

Dude 04 WRX still cost close to 15k. I don't know what type of suspension you are running but I doubt it is to the tune of 12k +. Jussayin

Buddy of mine bought two in the past three years for 5k with no rust and both run amazing.

Valved Koni, GC coils, GC camber plates, GC tower mounts, Custom adjustable rear subframe, every bushing is replaced with AKG polly.

I will have about 3k into my BBS RS after they are PC'd

[JasonC]

I was going to post that I rather agreed with the article, since I've met some real assholes in the mopar scene......but you pretty much nailed it: the numbers-matching, every-bolt-has-to-be-date-coded, concourse whores are the real problems. I appreciate a properly restored car, but the mopar guys are the ones who are the most anal when it comes to what other people should be "allowed" to do with their cars.

As far as brand-warring, I had a 72 Charger that was always mistaken for a "nice GTO"............that always annoyed the hell out of me. :p

There's kind of a bunch of different "camps" in the Mopar world. The #'s matching guys, the hot rodders, the FWD guys, and then the truck guys. I can see the matching numbers guys point of veiw. The hot rodders where they dont really care, and they aint really stuck on themselfs. The FWD guys are just different and cheap asses lol. Even more cheaper then you guys here on r3v!!! Now the truck guys are kind of :/ they seem like its Dodge or nothing... They seem like they have their nose in the air about anything else. And yes i DD a Dodge Ram. But dear god, most Ram guys need to get off their high horse.

[Wh33lhop]

Dude 04 WRX still cost close to 15k. I don't know what type of suspension you are running but I doubt it is to the tune of 12k +. Jussayin

Moton pics or shens!

[MoparJ]

And I've always laughed at the numbers matching crowd. My 68 Barracuda has a 69 block 340, the 72+ cooling system, 73+ front suspension, a rear diff from a 69 Charger, 17x11 wheels. Yeah, the numbers crowd don't like my Cuda very much. :D

I was going to post that I rather agreed with the article, since I've met some real assholes in the mopar scene......but you pretty much nailed it: the numbers-matching, every-bolt-has-to-be-date-coded, concourse whores are the real problems. I appreciate a properly restored car, but the mopar guys are the ones who are the most anal when it comes to what other people should be "allowed" to do with their cars.

As far as brand-warring, I had a 72 Charger that was always mistaken for a "nice GTO"............that always annoyed the hell out of me. :p