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Simon
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-1999 996.1 911 4/98 3.8L 6-Speed, 21st Century Beetle
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Alright boys and girls. I didn’t make a spectacle about it this time... here is the new daily.
Tell me what this reminds you of? 170ish BHP, 180ish Ft/Lb. RWD. Just under 3000#.
It won’t be a whole lot of madness, but you know I’m a guy who can’t leave well enough alone. This isn’t likely to get modified a lot. We’ll see how long that lasts.
How about some pics?...
The daily it’s replacing and the garage
The plan always was to ‘hack’ the ECU to unlock the Full fuel tank but I read that it’s pointless on a 94Ah. I had already purchased the Bimmercode app at that point though so I went in and activated it anyways. I also activated the Hold State of Charge (HSOC) Menu.
I forgot to take a before pic, but I’m pretty sure the fuel tank was reading in the 75-80 mile range, and afterwards on my way home it was sitting at 97. So who knows, but between that and the fully charged battery I was smiling at the range I was seeing.
It was even better after my commute home!... loving this car
Remember how I told you earlier in this post that I’m not going to modify it?... well yea.
So I visited European Auto Source this morning and got the AST lowering springs and 12mm & 15mm spacers installed. Got a before and after but couldn’t get them in the same spot...
Last edited by 2mAn; 01-15-2022, 08:50 PM.Simon
Current Cars:
-1999 996.1 911 4/98 3.8L 6-Speed, 21st Century Beetle
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Originally posted by Reichart12 View PostWow very cool. Can't say I know anything about these. Glad you stuck with BMW lol. Did they all have the small half door or is this considered a "larger" model?
roguetoaster I don’t expect anyone to be as dumb as I am.
Simon
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I think these would've sold way better if they didn't make them look like that. Not sure why every manufacturer other than tesla seems to compulsively do that.
Interested in your take on it as a daily. We finally have some incentives here for EVs, and my wife's commute is all city.
If there wasn't such a price premium, we'd have something electric now instead of the Mini.Originally posted by priapismMy girl don't know shit, but she bakes a mean cupcake.Originally posted by shamesonUsually it's best not to know how much money you have into your e30
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Originally posted by Northern View PostI think these would've sold way better if they didn't make them look like that. Not sure why every manufacturer other than tesla seems to compulsively do that.
Interested in your take on it as a daily. We finally have some incentives here for EVs, and my wife's commute is all city.
If there wasn't such a price premium, we'd have something electric now instead of the Mini.
The goal with this is to not be tempted into modifying it. luckily its fairly limited.. the other goal is to make it less weird looking. I have a plan for that, but thats once the local utility company cuts me a check for $1k for being a good citizen lol
Simon
Current Cars:
-1999 996.1 911 4/98 3.8L 6-Speed, 21st Century Beetle
Make R3V Great Again -2020
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Originally posted by lukeADE335i View PostNice - will be good to hear about your experiences.
I also found out I can code the Sport mode into the car and gain 10bhp and ~15 ft/lbs and shave 1 second off the 0-60. I think theres also some traction control mods too. At the push of a button. $300....
In other news, Blueberry got kicked out of the garage and she wont be back...
Shes now on her way to Asheville, NC and the new owner is excited to take over. I gave him the link to this my E46 Fanatics thread, so hopefully the thread & path will continue on this car over there.
It was kinda fun while it lasted. Im sure if the circumstances were a little different this one would still be around... anyways...Simon
Current Cars:
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Originally posted by Northern View PostI think these would've sold way better if they didn't make them look like that.
Basically I don't mean the overall shape, mostly the weird "eLeCtRiC" styling:
Weird shaped windows/mirrors/trim
Excessive use of bright colours (especially blue)/Alternating colour paint schemes (basically Toyota/Hyundai with the strips of blue everywhere, or Mini with the lime green)
Deletion of elements like grilles without visually replacing them with anything else (IMO Mini is the worst offender of this one)
Minimalistic interiors marketed as "futuristic" (Staring at Tesla here)
Just make a normal car with an electric powerplant.
Originally posted by priapismMy girl don't know shit, but she bakes a mean cupcake.Originally posted by shamesonUsually it's best not to know how much money you have into your e30
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I am really impressed by that range though, and the front/rear are growing on me (no doubt helped along by the hideous new designs getting pumped out of BMW in the past year)Last edited by Northern; 12-10-2021, 11:53 AM.Originally posted by priapismMy girl don't know shit, but she bakes a mean cupcake.Originally posted by shamesonUsually it's best not to know how much money you have into your e30
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