Nonsense Thread

[McGyver]

You guys might try your local public auction for some adventure. Ended up with two on cheeky low bids today, another SVT Contour (my 4th one), and a manual 2.3l 2003 Ranger. Even with fees and shipping they're cheap.

Huh, that's a good idea. I really want a cheap manual small pickup for hauling dirty stuff. Prices on the 80s-90s s10/ragnger/sonoma/dakota are all stupid high for such a bare bones car. Maybe an auction would get something decent!

[Northern]

To cap the day off a friend offered their high mileage E39 530i sport M/T for a very low price, so I had to say yes to that too.

Best spec. Would love one of these, but I'm also looking at E34 tourings more and more as well thanks to Varg and some other internet builds.
Carsandbids prices are high vs historical values, but still very cheap vs anything else I am interested in, short of an LR3 claptrap for offroading shenanigans with friends

[2mAn]

What kind of Alfa?

[DEV0 E30]

N52s, does anyone make a viable standalone so you don't have to dick around with all of the integrated systems BS that OEM EMS comes with? I'm so spoiled by having had megasquirt in my long term cars that I almost can't imagine any project without fully tunable aftermarket EMS. As for the fit, I have a friend who likes his as a "don't care about it" daily/beater. Also in his stable are 2 classic BMWs I like and an FD, so I trust his judgement that it's fun on the twisty roads up in his neck of the woods and very useful.


This forum software sucks major ass, multi-quote used to be much easier.

Unfortunately, OEM only to my knowledge and there aren't many out there that can deal with the OEM DME stuff.
It's why I have multiple DMEs and two were modified and "jail broken" so I have a backup.
I think somewhere in my endless bins of parts I have an unbroken as another spare.

But yes, the 128i keeps getting recommended and they are going up. Already seen some rather overpriced examples recently.
I think under 10k, that would be a solid attempt to have modern E30 feels.

Agreed, multi-quote hasn't worked for me for many years now, have to manually copy paste.

I'd like to own an E39 manual, preferably with the V8.
Wouldn't be a long term car, but I'd like to see what all the hype is about!

Same. As others have said, steering is better in the 6 cylinder cars, and I knew someone who's dad had 3 528i's.
He considered it the BEST BMW of all time, and didn't want it always in the shop.
He had money to own newer BMWs, but didn't want anything but the E39.
I think 2 were manual and one was auto for his wife.

That said, if I had the money I'd also want to experience at least a year with an E39 M5.
It is funny though, that is an over 20 year old car now. Unless it was a family mover... realistically anything I'd consider is still around 20 years old at newest.

[roguetoaster]

I'd like to own an E39 manual, preferably with the V8.
Wouldn't be a long term car, but I'd like to see what all the hype is about!

The only thing that lets an E39 V8 model down is the steering, it's just a bit vague, and I'd argue that the rack equipped cars are superior.

On the plus side, the steering makes it feel more like a classic muscle car when you're shredding the rear tire(s).