The Long Awaited: The Myth, The Legend, The Douchebaggery

[SlimKlim]

Just realized my car doesn't have a project thread and I'm bored, so I'm going to write one and get up to date.

So, It's June of 2009 and I'm thinking to myself, "Self, why did your dumbass get all worked up over an Autotragic 2003 325i and buy the thing, and now your sitting on a somewhat boring car that depreciates $100 when you look at it wrong?" then I said "Self, you're about to transfer to JMU, and you ought to get something a less expensive, so why don't you buy a Nice E30 or E36 and pocket a lot of cash, and get a car that's maybe even more fun to drive?"

So The hunt was on, I took the E46 back to stock and put her on the lot at work. I decided not to spend more that $5000ish on my "new" car, and I was torn between a $3000 E30 I could put some money into, or a well sorted E36 for about $5000. I hunted and pecked and found a nice 1990 325is begging to be modded for Auto-X but it was impractically far away, (like San Diego) and I got all tingly over a well modded Black 1997 328i Sport Package sedan in North Carolina, but there was something wrong with the clutch and he wanted crazy money for a broke car.

I saw the listing for this she-devil and all my convictions about a cheap car were complete shattered. The guy was asking $7500 and I whittled him down to $7000. As a wise man once said, It was on like Donkey Kong. My buddy drove me down to Norfolk the following Thursday, and lemme tell ya, driving down 460 through some GE-HET-TOW places with $7000 clutched firmly to your chest is an experience. We napped for a few hours in a chintzy overly modern hotel that didn't want to give us our room cause we weren't 21. We met the seller at 8 AM friday, and I drove the car back to Roanoke to pick up my dad from work at 5:30.

She was rough. Headliner draping, seats ruined, shifter linkage shot, tires corded, alignment way off, front right wheel bearing shot, front right sway bar link broken, rear camber adjustment was loose, old distorted tint you couldnt see through, broken exhaust hanger, ancient head unit, ruined speakers, and a lug nut was broken off in the right rear hub. She had been repainted and it obviousy didnt bond very well, large chips in the hood and swirl marks from automated washes (guilty of that myself)













The battle begins.