The Help Danny Pick a New Car Thread.

[Turf1600]

Danny, I'm not going to read 10 pages of retards suggesting cars or criticizing cars they've never sat in - but if you're financing a car without a warranty - as I imagine is the case with the e46 m3 - you're making a mistake. Why not just buy a cash car like an e39?

[pbr87]

Looking at a 16k-23k dollar budget, has to be as fast or faster than my s50 e30.

Go!

2002-2004 Z06.

Those fall right in that price range.

[Rhino]

Danny, I have a E39 M5, And its not for the faint of heart, Maintenance is insane. But if you are interested, Come by and test drive mine. It isnt the fastest car (12.7 in the 1/4, and 4.4 0-60) but it handles great and is beyond comfortable.

[Wh33lhop]

I'm curious of the income of these people with M5s. I want one but I'm not sure if it's a smart idea to get one until I start raking in a bit more dough.

[Rhino]

This is the most current image I have of my car, I now have euro lights on the front, I think thats all that has changed form this picture,

[Hey_You]

B5 Audi S4 6sp (can be had for 7-10g's) Stasis Coilovers, refresh block, put the 2.8 A4 heads on it, go stage3+ and get a good clutch. Very reliable, plenty of AWHP, 4 doors, won't rattle apart like an EVO or STI

[DEV0 E30]

I'm kinda on a similar boat but I want something a little more sleeper looking, so I really really want a 04-05 Forester XT that is essentially a STI with a smaller intercooler, exhaust, and different software but can all be swapped to STI stuff and still remain a quick little suv. Thing only weighs what an e36 weighs and it comes with 3 pedals.

Had mine for about a month. 07 Sports XT. It came correct too. (3 Pedals)



100% Stock Here, yet I still love this thing.

Easily can get these at the lowest end of your budget with very low miles.

[bmwleethaxor777]

I just came from an 04 audi a4 1.8tQ6spd which I picked up with 30k miles. It was very comfortable, great interior, and with the mods it was pretty quick. In the year and a half i had it i spent around $3k on some mods/lots of maint.(thats doing all the work myself) I cant see anyone suggesting an audi as having owned one.

I dunno if you are anything like me but the main reason i sold it was because i missed rwd.

c5 z06 would be good fun, plenty reliable. fast stock and can get very fast relatively cheaply. same goes for the 1st gen cts-v.

I havent had much experience with e46 m3's but my friend has a 2001 with 130,000+ miles and he beats on it and hasn't had a problem yet

hope any of this helps

[Danny]

E39 M5s are not good looking anyways. In my opinion.

[e30e]

Had mine for about a month. 07 Sports XT. It came correct too. (3 Pedals)



100% Stock Here, yet I still love this thing.

Easily can get these at the lowest end of your budget with very low miles.

OT here:
Didn't I see this on azbmw.org for sale

[bimmerfan46]

About 6 years ago I saw an ad for a 1984 Datsun with "no windshield and a homemade sunroof." A Datsun with the factory windshield delete and the home-style sunroof option will get you p****y like a bag of meowmix.

[richardb]

I've driven two e46 m3's and a 996 911 carerra, the Porsche feels like a race car in comparison. Handling is amazing but it's not fast.

[Ryan...]

For me it'd be a toss up between a clean 996 and an M3. On one hand, the M3 with some visual mods is absolute sex on wheels, but the 996 is so clean and perfect right out of the box.

I wish I had your dilemma here: picking between some exciting exotic cars :D

[dannyyisntt]

I'd go with the e46 m3 personally.

[DEV0 E30]

I didn't realize 996's were in that range. (edit) re: non-turbos. Oh. If I were considering a P car I'd look into an older P car and go nuts making it a widebody insane-eat-your-children car but then it's not going to be much fun in traffic and won't be comfortable (see Lotus remark.)

I don't know, an E46 M3 would probably fit the bill quite nicely and I think you're on you're way to deciding on it.

Every car has a compromise somewhere but as a DD if you've liked the way an E46 drives and serves you, go for it, it seems you're leaning towards it.

Get one sub 20k with enough papers/love, pay it off within a year or so if applicable and bam you're ahead of most people who buy their new overpriced cars that aren't worth much more by the time they roll off the lot and depreciate. Assuming it's taken care of you're likely to have a fun, capable, and great car for the money. I can't think of many 2 door sedans for the money that compete. I love M Coupes but for a DD it's better to have a backseat.

So Danny what's the update?

OT here:
Didn't I see this on azbmw.org for sale

Nah, different one. The one on azbmw was an 04/05, redish, and salvage, but only $8k. It was just prior to me being in the position to get one.

This one did come from Tucson though, I got lucky.