May I vent?

[wycoco]

Alright guys, I need to vent.

I just want to say how much I love my E30. I was on the way to my mom's work to pick her up, which was about a twenty minute drive. I was on the 105 fwy, traffic was going pretty smooth. I just love how the car felt the whole drive there. With the little things I have done to the car such as M3 springs, Sport Billys, and a Sparco strut bar.. the car feels like its already handling on rails. There was a circle-ish ramp that led down to the rest of the freeway, and I gave it a lil more gas on the turns. Going about 80-85, the car stuck to its ground on the turn. Then on the way down the ramp, this granny gets in my way and now I'm rolling at 45 on a 65 speed limit, heh. I couldn't switch over cuz there was a buncha cars on the next lane goin pretty fast. Feeling a little spirited with the car, I put it in third gear and sped past granny. Clear roads all ahead, I sped thru fourth and back to fifth. I spent the next ten minutes just cruising at 75, admiring the piece of machine I oh so adore heh. Although I have a stock muffler, which I believe sounds REALLY sporty for a stock muffler, the sound the car gives off when you press the gas down just reminds me to slow down, heh. I don't know guys, have you ever just cruised down the freeway and just thought about what you were driving? How it felt? How much you're enjoying it? I only ever drove my sister's civic once, and I drove the hell out of it just to see how it would compare. My sister's civic has eibachs, a strut and konis so I figure it should somewhat be ALMOST the same as mine, heh. But as I was driving it, it just felt sluggish. In the end, I felt satisfied knowing my car felt better than hers. E30s just feel comfortable. I love it.

[wycoco]

haha thanks to whoever moved my thread over here :)

[MR 325]

Many times did I sit behind the wheel of my 91 thinking how much I loved it.

I sit behind the wheel of my Eta and love it too though! I don't know what it is about that car.

[BrandC]

I thought this thread was a "bad" kind of venting.

It's healthy to express love for stuff, I'm glad you've found something that makes your life better.

[Axxe]

Yes. I miss my e30. And you're on a relatively weaksauce handling setup too ;), my car felt like the earth would hit the sun before it let go :D

[mtechnik]

Yes seriously Wycoco, at times i just open all windows , the sunroof and turn the radio off and just be one with the car. (All this with just a stock exhaust).

..., my car felt like the earth would hit the sun before it let go :D

Gee man, now THATs oh so beuatifully said. :p

[wycoco]

matter of fact, its 2:08 in the morning and im going to go take a nice cooool driiiiive.. im faded too so it's going to be more enjoyable!

[mtechnik]

just keep it cool..

[Justin B]

ah yes. early mornin drives, good times. I iremember them, did that sort of thing pretty often till I started having to be at work at 7am :(

[wycoco]

Well, just got back from my fadded ass drive. It was chill, I just drove around Long Beach. I'm sure in most cities, you have Downtown (whatever your city is), yet you've probably not seen ALL of your city. So, faded and loving the feel of my E30, I was on a mission to explore my entire city. Haha, sounds lame but I was up in smoke. The lovely purr of my M20 and the throaty rumble of my stock exhaust just sent me in space. I cruised down all of the long, empty streets without stoplights and enjoyed the scenery. I also took a break from reality and just appreciated life itself. I took the time to notice the lights and took the in the calm, quiet feeling. Here in Downtown Long Beach, we have the Long Beach Grand Prix where they do nascar and stuff. So when its not a nascar event, the roads are open for regular use. So I figure I give it a run before I drove home. Stop at a red light, and wait for the green.

Before I knew it, I was home. Locked the doors, stood back, and gave my E30 a pat on the trunk.

[RCWells]

When the car is sorted, I agree. However, the converse to your expression of love is the aggravation that is inherent with owning and driving a 16yr old car (in my case at least, some of your's are older ;) ) which of course stems from all of the little and big things that are always needing attention. For instance, mine needs new upper strut mounts right now so I get these terrible front end noises at times, there is a yet-to-be-found vacuum leak related to installing the new motor mounts a couple months ago, the odd wipers-with-a-mind-of-their-own mentality when the weather spits out some light rain, and the exhaust is still not hanging right and does some banging on the rear valence over rough roads.

But yes, when everything is sorted, even though I know it will be short-lived, I do enjoy the car immensely.

[Lair]

. Here in Downtown Long Beach, we have the Long Beach Grand Prix where they do nascar and stuff. So when its not a nascar event, the roads are open for regular use.

Excellent thread, but the Long Beach GP isn't NASCAR - it's Champ Cars.

[wycoco]

I stand corrected.

[german g]

Just reading you story Wycoco makes me so happy that I'm getting my car back today. I cant wait to take my 1st drive with the new bilstine sports/vogtland springs (which give an even better drop than I hoped for:D ) and new BAV headers/straight pipe exhaust...I'm gonna have to bring some napkins on the drive:rofl:

[mtechnik]

lol @ napkins