I've been lurking here awhile for how-to info and the classified section so I guess I might as well make one of these posts.
About the E30
During the end of the summer of '06. I picked up a 1991 BMW 318is in Alpine Weiss II. I mostly bought the car as a fun daily driver as my other car (a 1986 Toyota Corolla GTS) became too unbearable to drive daily, not too mention the thing wouldn't pass smog without a fight... or a lot of money. I've always liked how the plastic bumpered E30's looked (reminds me of an old 510) and I've always wanted an E30 M3 but could never afford to buy/maintain one, so I picked up a poor mans version.
So far I like the ownership, the BMW is not that expensive of a car to maintain, gets great mileage, and is pretty fun to drive. Also has a lot of creature comforts for a car from 91 (it's my first car to have A/C). It is sorta like driving a bigger AE86 as both cars have no torque and are fun to drive around as momentum cars. I originally intended to just keep it a nice looking daily and just style the car, but I do get the itch to poor thousands into the suspension and put that thing out onto the track (giving me another hard to daily car). I actually sold the Corolla not too long ago, so this makes me want to put money into the E30 even more...
About Me
The majority of my previous cars were all AE86 Corolla GTS's, so as you can guess I'm heavily into drifting although I did start off as an autoXer and road racer (you've got to learn how to walk before you can run) before I started sliding around. I've been drifting for a good 7 years now. I did own a 1972 240Z but that project became a monumental failure as it was difficult to upkeep both a drift car and a vintage car. I'm a graphic design major/photo minor and design packaging for Halloween products. I also organize drift events here and there (although Norcal is pretty tough to set one up now).
I am a tire stretch fan, and have been doing so for awhile now.
About the E30
During the end of the summer of '06. I picked up a 1991 BMW 318is in Alpine Weiss II. I mostly bought the car as a fun daily driver as my other car (a 1986 Toyota Corolla GTS) became too unbearable to drive daily, not too mention the thing wouldn't pass smog without a fight... or a lot of money. I've always liked how the plastic bumpered E30's looked (reminds me of an old 510) and I've always wanted an E30 M3 but could never afford to buy/maintain one, so I picked up a poor mans version.
So far I like the ownership, the BMW is not that expensive of a car to maintain, gets great mileage, and is pretty fun to drive. Also has a lot of creature comforts for a car from 91 (it's my first car to have A/C). It is sorta like driving a bigger AE86 as both cars have no torque and are fun to drive around as momentum cars. I originally intended to just keep it a nice looking daily and just style the car, but I do get the itch to poor thousands into the suspension and put that thing out onto the track (giving me another hard to daily car). I actually sold the Corolla not too long ago, so this makes me want to put money into the E30 even more...
About Me
The majority of my previous cars were all AE86 Corolla GTS's, so as you can guess I'm heavily into drifting although I did start off as an autoXer and road racer (you've got to learn how to walk before you can run) before I started sliding around. I've been drifting for a good 7 years now. I did own a 1972 240Z but that project became a monumental failure as it was difficult to upkeep both a drift car and a vintage car. I'm a graphic design major/photo minor and design packaging for Halloween products. I also organize drift events here and there (although Norcal is pretty tough to set one up now).
I am a tire stretch fan, and have been doing so for awhile now.
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