10-15-2013, 09:27 AM
You can have an expensive, nice European car you don't have to work on and will lose a fuckton of money on. Or you can have a soulless, overpriced, boring but maintenance free Japanese car. Or, you can have an affordable, nice European car that will require a little bit of time and money to keep going, but in the end will be far, far less financially devastating than, oh, say, a newish Jaguar, and far, far more fun to drive than a FWD Acura.
A well maintained 100k mile E46 is also a far cry from the 20 year old, 150k mile, worn out pieces of shit we buy. I've hit plenty of rough spots over the past 4 years with my car, but I've also been on this odyssey to bring back a poorly maintained, more or less left for dead car.
I just don't get the hate for a man with a $12k budget and wants a car that isn't a glorified Accord or CR-V, and is willing to wrench on it as a trade off. It ain't your money, tools or time. :dunno:
A well maintained 100k mile E46 is also a far cry from the 20 year old, 150k mile, worn out pieces of shit we buy. I've hit plenty of rough spots over the past 4 years with my car, but I've also been on this odyssey to bring back a poorly maintained, more or less left for dead car.
I just don't get the hate for a man with a $12k budget and wants a car that isn't a glorified Accord or CR-V, and is willing to wrench on it as a trade off. It ain't your money, tools or time. :dunno:
Now: 07 Porsche Cayman S | 18 VW Tiguan
Then: 18 VW GTI Autobahn | 95 BMW M3 | 15 VW GTI SE | 12 Kia Optima SX | 2009 VW GTI | 00 BMW 540i Sport | 90 Mazda Miata | 94 Yamaha FZR600R | 1993 Suzuki GS500E | 2003 BMW 325i | 95 Saab 900S