The pursuit of Zen... My journey toward automotive perfection

[DER E30]

Your car is VERY close to AWI. Alpine gets less creamy and more Alpine as the number gets higher lol.

Hmm, interesting

[ahrensNW]

Your car is VERY close to AWI. Alpine gets less creamy and more Alpine as the number gets higher lol.

[DER E30]

My car is aw3 lol. It's not e30 alpine. Your car is closer to it then mine.

What is alpine really? I do't know anymore 3 "alpine" cars at that meet and they were all different colors

[ahrensNW]

My car is aw3 lol. It's not e30 alpine. Your car is closer to it then mine.

[DER E30]

Small update.
Bothell e30 meet a few weeks ago.

Went for a really fun drive and stopped for picturds. More proof my car isn't really alpine! I actually love the extra creamy-ness it has

Found a tree with pretty leaves


New screensaver

[MPLFoster]

Nice.

[DER E30]

Today was a good day...
IMG_3433 by Der E30, on Flickr
Because 991 GT3...
IMG_3424 by Der E30, on Flickr
410x36MM or 16.14 inch PCCBs With 20inch centerlock wheels. Yes, those brake disks are literally bigger than my wheels!IMG_3425 by Der E30, on Flickr

Who said that quality fitment and performance didn't go together! The Carrera RS America was getting it done!IMG_3429 by Der E30, on Flickr
More of the RS America and its GT3 relative
IMG_3431 by Der E30, on Flickr

I NEED a 996 Turbo in my life! IMG_3430 by Der E30, on Flickr

Sitting in grid. Note RS5 creeping in the background! That thing was really fast on slicks! IMG_3426 by Der E30, on Flickr
IMG_3427 by Der E30, on Flickr
IMG_3428 by Der E30, on Flickr
I liked this car a lot! Wing on wing is something only a Porsche can pull off! Also notice that he's trying to bet on what the weather will do. "To slicks or not to slicks, that is the question!"
IMG_3432 by Der E30, on Flickr
The beautiful weather in the morning somewhat deteriorated by the afternoon run group. And I forgot my jacket in the car back in the pits and was stuck in the cold rain with stiff wind for a few hours being a cone wrangler in a sweatshirt
IMG_3434 by Der E30, on Flickr

IMG_3435 by Der E30, on Flickr

Obviously finshed my day off at Dicks Drive In! THis is Washington weather at its finest. Decent in the morning, rain in afternoon and beautiful again in the evening
IMG_3437 by Der E30, on Flickr

[DER E30]

Car is looking really great, man!

Don't worry...there are a billion M50s out there!

Thanks!
This happened, I have more pics of this but I'm gonna go outside and work on my truck rather than be on the internets...


Edit: April 4, changed trans fluid with Redline MTL75w80 @ 170,398.

[kingston]

Car is looking really great, man!

Don't worry...there are a billion M50s out there!

[DER E30]

F82 1M floormats!


M50 deal fell through...

[DER E30]

Haha we should, they would be so confused to see like 10 e30s.

It would be like last time when they were like "52.10 in the white BMW... Uhhh, 52.38 in the white BMW....... 50.20 in the white BMW"

That was pretty funny!

Recent update...
I picked up a ski pass back seat, its in nicer shape than the old one as a bonus, but I really got it for the sub!

The reason the headrests are darker is that they spent last week getting leatherique'd in the house...


Edit!
I might get an m50 this weekend and then go hunting for a zf320 and matching DS for it... Wanted to see what the gearing of the 320 looked like with a 2.93 rear compared to my current g240 with 4.10 rear. Cruise rpms and such things... Made an excel sheet and found that its really close to my mom's e90 335 minus teh 6th gear! Should be sick with turbo later on!

[kwseattle]

Haha we should, they would be so confused to see like 10 e30s.

It would be like last time when they were like "52.10 in the white BMW... Uhhh, 52.38 in the white BMW....... 50.20 in the white BMW"

[DER E30]

Thanks guys!

Kyle, I was pretty bummed when you couldn't come to autoX! :( Next year!!! Should stage a R3v e30 autoX takeover!

It is a Racing Dynamics wing.

In other news I changed my transmission mounts and lost some of the weird vibrations when off the throttle in 4th and 5th gear its had since I bought it! Pics weren't taken as that was mostly me laying on my back with nose to the floorpan! I will own a lift one day...

Edit 1-24-15. Oil Change @ 167,057 miles. (this way I can't forget like last time...Still did it about 5k but couldn't remember for sure)

[dvck]

Such nice progress!

REALLY love the courtesy lamps on the doors!!

[Bimmer_man]

Hey man nice car. Also what wing is that racing dynamics?