06-20-2019, 01:54 PM | #31 |
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By far my most expensive was the new 05 M3 Comp pkg at just a hair over $60 and that was a once in a lifetime present to myself for my mid life crisis big birthday. EVERYTHING else has been under $40.
This is why I think I have been taking so long to get another car. Both the 13-15 Boxster S and 18 M2 I want are well into the 45-50 range.
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06-20-2019, 03:17 PM | #32 | |
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I don't know. It's just weird.
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06-20-2019, 04:14 PM | #33 | ||
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I don't think the M3 will hurt too much, those M3's really hold their value in the long run. Quote:
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06-20-2019, 04:46 PM | #34 | |
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06-20-2019, 06:26 PM | #35 | |
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I’m coming around to your points of view. But at the same time, the older I get, the more I’m enjoying the little things more and more. The drive to/from work sometimes can really make my day. There are a lot of fun cars though so this needn’t be an expensive pursuit. That written the GTx cars do make total cost of ownership absurdly low.
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06-21-2019, 10:43 AM | #36 |
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I wish I could get more excited about street cars. I feel like ten years ago there were a bunch of cars I wanted to own, but these days I'm just not that excited about anything.
On paper I like the Camaro. I really enjoyed Clyde's car at an autocross. But the visibility out is a deal killer for me. The car feels so claustrophobic. I should drive an M2. Everyone who has driven one absolutely loves it. I don't really like the styling and I worry about BMW's ever-worsening reliability. And they're holding their value pretty well. No other BMW even remotely interests me. The M3/M4 are just too big, too complex, too expensive and too heavy. The GTI is a great car and probably the best all-around car on the market. Great visibility, comfortable, relatively fun to drive, inexpensive. But again, reliability. I've gotten the point I really don't want to work on my street cars. The Civic Si honestly would probably be perfect for me... if it didn't have the styling it has. I can't get past it. Mazda doesn't seem to build anything with any power, and I do like a little power in my street cars. The 3 with a turbo and AWD would make a killer daily driver. But as it stands, it's just a little too bland I think. The Supra sounds like a great car, but it's auto only, it's really ugly and it's really expensive. I guess this is why I've been stuck in the "do nothing" state for a few years. But the Mazdaspeed is getting long in the tooth and I feel like I'm going to want to replace it in the next year or so. So I've got to figure something out. |
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06-21-2019, 11:03 AM | #38 | |
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I don't doubt that the M2 is smaller and more fun than the M3 (I never got a chance to drive one), but I don't think it's any less complex. It's basically the same car underneath, isn't it? |
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06-21-2019, 11:11 AM | #40 |
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