11-11-2016, 11:29 AM
Install a rolling road in your driveway so you can warm up the engine and transmission for 20 minutes before you leave the house. Then you can commute in maximum attack mode and shave it down from a 3 minute drive to 1.5. Or like, ride a bike or take one of your derelict $1000 miatas to work and save the high strung thoroughbred on the weekends.
It probably is about the best time to buy one if you're gonna do it. They sold about ~40k of these things compared to ~75k E36 M3s. They also have the "real motor" and it's a better built car in general, so I don't think they'll fall down into the sub-10k range. Allegedly the E36 market is starting to bounce back from its lowest point, and the E46 will follow over the next 5 years or so. If you want one, especially as a weekend car so you aren't putting oodles of miles on it, the next year or two is probably going to be the best time to buy one and who knows, maybe the appreciation over a 5 year period would pay you back for the maintenance. EAG certainly thinks so anyway.
TL;DR: Do it. Do it naow.
It probably is about the best time to buy one if you're gonna do it. They sold about ~40k of these things compared to ~75k E36 M3s. They also have the "real motor" and it's a better built car in general, so I don't think they'll fall down into the sub-10k range. Allegedly the E36 market is starting to bounce back from its lowest point, and the E46 will follow over the next 5 years or so. If you want one, especially as a weekend car so you aren't putting oodles of miles on it, the next year or two is probably going to be the best time to buy one and who knows, maybe the appreciation over a 5 year period would pay you back for the maintenance. EAG certainly thinks so anyway.
TL;DR: Do it. Do it naow.
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