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02-22-2024, 08:38 AM | #23 |
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![]() I also had a 1990 Nissan 300ZX Turbo, another car I loved, and drove it until it died at 400,000+ miles, with its original engine and turbos. ![]() I currently have a 2013 M3 convertible with the small, high-revving V8 (bought in 2017 with 35,000 miles), and I will also keep this car and drive it for a longgg time. It already has 150,000 miles. It came with just enough tech that I don't long for anything when driving it. And it feels analog, like it's from a different generation of BMWs (and it is). I really like it. It's basically my daily driver. And it simply feels raw, yet still refined. I'm saving for a GT3, and a 991.1 or 991.2 would be fine. I've been in both, and in similar fashion, they feel analog, yet refined. And the 997 feels even more raw than the 991s. I like new car tech, efficiency and performance...but for pure driving joy, in many cases I prefer cars from a few generations past where cars were designed for the enthusiasts to feel more immersed in the art of driving. ![]() |
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02-22-2024, 03:47 PM | #27 |
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My friend's 63 Impala is king of the float & body roll LOL
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02-26-2024, 06:47 AM | #32 | |
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I bought a Sentra SE-R in 1993 and it had a similar spirit to the GLH and other “hot” small cars of the 80s and 90s.
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03-19-2024, 06:16 PM | #33 |
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Bought mine new in Michigan, the spring of 88. The OEM wheels are in storage. Still have the original brochure. We both made the move from SE Michigan to SW Arkansas the spring of 2013. Neither of us are as young as we use to be, but we both are still getting along. Although parts are getting a bit hard to find for one of us.
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03-19-2024, 10:44 PM | #34 |
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Ya, I'm w some of the guys here, I understand the beauty of certain old cars, but there's no way it can perform as well as a modern sportscar, so it doesn't matter if it's a Miura or F355, gorgeous but they will definitely disappoint as technology just advances over time. Some aspect of cars is art but to me I will always treat them more as mechanical as they are machines and that's why I don't get caught in that mindset of wanting old.
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03-20-2024, 08:26 AM | #35 | |
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My fleet spans late 90s to 2021. I have 2 vehicles with problems right now that are in the shop or need to be. Well, 3 but the 92 is my.fault and I should have fixed it a year ago. But the 2 I was talking about are my 2 newest, a 2019 that's in for a transmission rebuild (under warranty) after going in for a camshaft phaser replacement (under warranty), and my 2021 that's going to go in for a "chassis control" issue that's gonna be who knows what. My 09 and 2012 vehicles never have any problems. The 09 has had a good bit of upkeep during my ownership to be fair, but it doesn't let me down. The 2012 is a low mile Corvette and it's not hardly had any issues ever. It's a tank but it doesn't get driven a ton due to it being slightly less practical. All this to say, peak reliability for vehicles was the early to late 00s. After that point emissions and efficiency controls forced automakers into designs that were not as robust, and not as reliable. They also are modern enough to have overall decent safety, features, and drivability. I can understand sticking to that era, and frankly, right now I would go trade my 2021 X5 in for the right vehicle from the mid to late 00s. |
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03-20-2024, 12:53 PM | #36 | |
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The richest one percent of this country owns half our country's wealth, five trillion dollars. One third of that comes from hard work, two thirds comes from inheritance, interest on interest accumulating to widows and idiot sons and what I do, stock and real estate speculation...It's bullsh*t. I create nothing. I own. We make the rules, pal...Now you're not naive enough to think we're living in a democracy, are you buddy?
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04-04-2024, 06:30 AM | #38 | |
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At the time I was rockn a 1979 Corolla SR5, and the first time I slammed the pedal and felt the torque of that H.O. 2.2 in the GLH I was hooked. have craved NA and torque ever since! but on the OP's topic, I have tried to go back a few times to e86 coupes, but they just felt "old" compared to my ride at the time, a 2018 m240i heck even a 2012 R8 V10 felt kinda old and worn compared to my 2020 M2 Comp stuff wears out so newer cars generally feel better which is why it stinks that there are almost no new non turbo manual cars out there! |
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04-10-2024, 07:59 PM | #40 |
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Rose colored glasses.
I miss my old Neon SRT-4, I remember that thing just taking all the abuse stupid 18 year old me would throw at it. I still kind of want one for the nostalgia of it all, but I'm sure I'd be sorely disappointed in it now lol
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Anyway, I did a bunch of work to this 2006 and it was my daily for most of the 5+ years I had it. Eventually sold it then about a year later, bought it back from the guy I sold it to. At that time, I owned three other cars. Fast forward, it did not get driven much and I sold it. To this day, I do have thoughts of wishing I kept it, but nothing that I lose sleep over. The guy I sold it to made it much faster. I tried to buy it back again, but he wanted LOL money so I passed. I moved on as far as the car world and it is what it is. Would I own another MS6? Yes, but not going to overpay for anything. Sometimes, just like dating relationships, a car comes along at the right time for us, but we're not meant to love it forever. We will always have the positive memories.
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Haven't seen one on C&B or BAT in a minute. Last one was a low mile, but rough, red one that went for lol wtf money. I was hoping I could pick it up |
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04-20-2024, 03:38 PM | #44 |
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I think there is a ton of variance in older cars so yes the experience is highly dependent on the individual car.
I love driving my older cars and very much prefer them to newer stuff.
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