NOR-CAL General Chat.

[Cabriolet]

Even James May hated the m4x Z3. just watched the middle east eps last night. Jeremy said the miata was ok but not something to fall in love with and the fiat was the best, most reliable on the trip.

[decay]

GOD FUCKING DAMNIT

Craigslist Z3 is not a 2.8

I show up in Sunnyvale and clear as day, "2.3" badge on the back of the car

Fucking craigslist

[kronus]

argh

dammit

edit: so it's an M54? or an M52TU?

edit edit: it's an M52TU

[decay]

I jumped the gun. It's a '98 single vanos, that's the right engine. Guy just replaced the trunk at one point. It's a little rough but nothing I can't take care of.

[kronus]

oh phew

also, another one bites the dust.

[2mAn]

I jumped the gun. It's a '98 single vanos, that's the right engine. Guy just replaced the trunk at one point. It's a little rough but nothing I can't take care of.

Thats the one! How many miles?

[oliver.r]

i saw it. i like it and the crazy ideas that came along with it

[decay]

Thats the one! How many miles?

175k, but it pulls pretty hard. Rubber is shot throughout the car but I have everything I need to fix that in my garage :)

[2mAn]

so wait, are you pulling the motor and swapping it into something else or fixing it and driving it?

[kronus]

In before you fall in love with the z3

tl;dr i was right

[decay]

^ pretty much.

[2mAn]

so will the Z3 be, the E36/7 that Colin Chapman would've built

[mr2peak]

Part out that Z3 and swap motors. Alloy M52 E30 is awesome.

[CarsonE30]

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/5419482798.html

Just gonna leave that here

[2mAn]

Stay away! If it's not already registered in CA it's not going to happen. Another member down here could never get his registered and when I started getting ideas he told me if it doesn't get imported directly to CA it will be a nightmare