Originally posted by Fanzotti
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Fanzotti - this is really mostly directed at you, since nearly everyone else here gives their opinion on the whole S14 debate in a civil manner, but you just don't seem to have that in your tone - I may be wrong, but just what I get when I read your posts.
I never called anyone out - I have no idea where you got that idea. And to some, I can see where my car might not be "M3" - but aside from a lower miled powertrain, I still have the brakes, 5 lug, and whatever else makes it M3, just with a powertrain more suited to ringing up another 175K, like what the other one was when it came out. What I started with was a 8 owner, 2 Maaco paintjob, no records, 170k car. It cost me a staggering $5500. To a lot of folks, it would have been a parts car, but I'm fairly skilled in a lot of different things, so I chose to use it as a canvas to build a car that would have decent performance, look good, and generally be what I wanted, regardless of what you think of it. I could care less if you call it a fake M3, nor do I care in the least for resale value, as I don't buy cars with the intent of selling. Ever. I have a Landcruiser I will drive for at least the next 10-15 years, and a BMW that will sit right next to it, unless God forbid it gets wrecked.
I don't care at all about badges, in fact when done the roundels will be the only badges I care to leave - but only for the reason that I think it will look cleaner without anything else, not some deluded idea that I don't deserve to run them.
What makes me think you're a kook is the idea that because I came into a relatively low production car, that I'm some sort of curator of a museum piece, or that I am held accountable to some "higher calling" because they are relatively rare. I say relatively because anyone with 15K can have one in their driveway within a week here in the US. Also, it's just plain my car - do you want me looking over your shoulder and armchair quarterbacking what you do to your car - me either, so take the S14 attitude over to S14.n - and leave me be here on R3v where there is the best 24v swap forum on the web.
I would never tell any E30 M3 owner what to do with their car - it's theirs. If I ever come into the point of life where I could purchase a nice E30 M3 (we all know that's a $25K+ car at the moment), I sure as heck would leave the motor in it, but for my own reasons, not because I get told to by armchair E30 M3 owners.
I agree that a quality E30 M3 should be left as it is, but if you took the time to get to know me & my car, you would see why I did what I did. But you didn't, you just spouted the canned "save the S14" catchphrase, when in reality I basically saved/am saving what would have been a good parts car.
About the original posted car, it was a 318 with M badges - would you stick M badges on your car? Honestly, a tasteful (if there is such a thing) little tri-color would be fine if what was under the hood was any M variant motor, but blatently fake advertising is pretty lame. That's if you need badges, and you already heard what I think of them. Heck, look at Vlad's car - I don't think he's got badges either. If you even try and tell me you think he made a mistake, I call full BS on you.
Open your mind a little. Close-minded cookie cutter thinking is lame. I bet you think the only wheel I should run is Style 5's as well. I wish there was MORE creativeness & originality around here, but quite a few here seem to shoot down anything that doesn't fit the "euro" mould. There's a few creative people here, and it would be a lot cooler if they would post more without getting hit with closemindedness like yours.
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