I need a shitbox commuter no bmw

[Stanley Rockafella]

I bought myself a Volvo 240 Wagon for a Winter Beater for $600, needed a blower motor and its generally ugly.

they built the car around the HVAC system

[TimKninja]

I bought myself a Volvo 240 Wagon for a Winter Beater for $600, needed a blower motor and its generally ugly. But its got a Fuckload of room and Ive beat it relentlessly and its still fine.

MPG kinda sucks (23MPG at most)

Might sell it and get something with more MPGs and a Manual sometime down the road.

[marshallnoise]

True story, my brother in law once drove his 2003 Corrola for 30,000 miles without even looking at the dipstick. 30,001 miles it spun a bearing. But, 30,000 miles!!!

[kway]

The operative word here is *commuter*. In my case, I finally realized that my commute is going to suck regardless; doing it in a kewl-ish car isn't going to make it any more enjoyable. Hence the super civic. Cheap to run and ultimately disposeable. It sits all weekend while I drive my BMWs around.

For a "shitbox commuter" (read: shitty commute, second car) fuck an e36 or any BMW really. It didn't sound to me like the op was giving up his e30 for a Corolla. I work on BMWs for a living; I came so close to buying a kinda ratty, but mechanically sound e36 before the Honda fell into my lap. Might have been ok, but I now know that the civic is a far better tool for what I need it to do.

[Beau B]

E36 318ti, or E36 318iS would make a good daily.

This or even e39's would be nice just picked up a 97 528 with a lots of miles and a huge maintenance history for 2.4k.

Beau

[Stanley Rockafella]

sometimes I think my daily should get more love since it does more for me (work, groceries etc.). While my e30 just gobbles cash and time that I should be spending doing other things.

but then I think no, if I had a nicer daily I wouldn't have a need for the e30 anymore.

[Jaxx_]

I'd rather cut my balls off than drive an automatic Corolla. Or any Corolla, really.

My grandma had a '94 Corolla that was actually not so bad, but only because you had to row your own gears. They're all econoboxes, so you're obviously not buying the car to have fun.


Personally, I have decided that turning a corner is too fun to have a daily that can't do it--at least a little.

[ThatOneEuroE30]

The only sensible option is a Lamborghini Aventador.

Best idea yet

[einhander]

The only sensible option is a Lamborghini Aventador.

[FLG]

E36 318ti, or E36 318iS would make a good daily.

Yep already said it. Love my ti!

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[Hooffenstein HD]

E36 318ti, or E36 318iS would make a good daily.

[fresh_TD]

I'd rather cut my balls off than drive an automatic Corolla. Or any Corolla, really.

Lol

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[Stanley Rockafella]

Thats bs. No car will run long without oil and coolant.

not true

My dad had an 81 Volvo with a poorly adjusted carb that would run rich. \as a result, time would go by and he'd forget to check the oil. \sure enough, after hearing strange noises on several instances, turned out there was hardly a drop of oil on the dip stick

I had a 93 Metro for a month once. Car was purchased with no coolant so I filled it with coolant and kept driving. Sure enough, after a few days all the coolant was gone again (not spilled either...maybe burnt?) either way, I could see that that wasn't the first time that happened. So I finally ditched that POS. Too ghetto for me!

[Dj Buttchug]

someone said earlier e36. They are dirt cheap and decent daily cars

[Liquidity]

Thats bs. No car will run long without oil and coolant.

I can only assume you've never seen many poorly maintained cars. Cars driven into the shop with the brake pads riding on the rotor vanes. Cars with no oil whatsoever pulling into the shop with "noise" and the owner not even knowing the car uses oil. People thinking rust was caused by the shop. If you've never seen any of this then you don't have any idea what a poorly maintained car is. Seeing some red discoloration under your valve cover does not mean your engine was poorly maintained.

And just because two engines have aluminum heads doesn't mean they both will suffer the same problems. The long straight-6 in most every BMW is far more susceptible to thermal expansion issues than the short 4 bangers in all the japanese cars and besides, most japanese cars have aluminum blocks which will expand at the same rate as the head.

BMW's may be hard to kill but they're not harder to kill than a Honda and Hondas are sure a lot cheaper to keep running.