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Grimm862

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« Reply #15 on: October 15, 2007, 10:59:09 PM »
Well, I'm gunna go pick it up, I really need a DD and a car soon so for the price you cant beat it.
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« Reply #16 on: October 16, 2007, 10:11:51 AM »
ive driven a few eta's and the M42 is much faster! like stated before: a well tuned M42, verses a poorly mantained 325i, the M42 will be just about as fast as the 325i. almost....
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« Reply #17 on: October 16, 2007, 11:08:44 AM »
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ive driven a few eta's and the M42 is much faster! like stated before: a well tuned M42, verses a poorly mantained 325i, the M42 will be just about as fast as the 325i. almost....


I'd say that the M42 can out handle any 325i. It really depends on driver in this situation IMO. So the place you are driving will greatly change the effect of the race. Straight line id bet on a 6 banger... Granted you are asking a 4 banger club to talk you into a 4 banger.. If you go to any other E30 forum most people will tell you 1989 325is = the best.

Can't wait to see some better pictures of that little E30. Good luck, Happy Craigslisting

Heres my list of my favorite E30s

1989 M3 = #1 (some day)
1991 318is = #2 (DD)
1989 325is = #3 (some day track car)
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« Reply #18 on: October 16, 2007, 02:09:16 PM »
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more than enough reason IMHO. $3 per gallon. 30 miles for 3 dollars aint bad


which is why my other car is a TDI
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« Reply #19 on: October 16, 2007, 02:19:31 PM »
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which is why my other car is a TDI


Ya thats gotta be your DD. Too bad its a Vdub
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« Reply #20 on: October 16, 2007, 03:33:52 PM »
Well, I drove the car.  It's just not the car for me.  Car is insanely slow.  If I'm gunna go 4cyl might as well get a honda cause you can actually make that fast. I also know for a fact my 325e would walk a 318is.  But to each there own.
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« Reply #21 on: October 16, 2007, 04:00:39 PM »
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Well, I drove the car.  It's just not the car for me.  Car is insanely slow.  If I'm gunna go 4cyl might as well get a honda cause you can actually make that fast. I also know for a fact my 325e would walk a 318is.  But to each there own.


1.8 L (1796 cc/109 in³) 100 kW (136 ps) @ 6000 172 N·m (127 ft·lbf) @ 4600 6500 for 1989

2.7 L (2693 cc/164 in³) 92 kW (123 hp) @ 4250 240 N·m (177 ft·lbf) @ 3250 4500 1983.

Good luck with a Honda!! LOL good luck with all the front wheel hopping around corners, great tuner choice.... uber cornering.. German Engineering > Japs Engineering.

RWD vs FWD, Smart tuners should know RWD is the only thing to build up. I dislike Vdubs but it still rather drive a mark 1 jetta than a dime a dozen honda with a fart pipe

Off the line a E might be able to pull a trailor but in the corners it doesnt stand a chance.
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« Reply #22 on: October 16, 2007, 04:12:33 PM »
And while I'm driving around town I can't be going around turns at all.  There isn't a single windy road any where near me.  And my eta's weren't stock so again my etas would walk a 318is.  And I'm deff not getting a ugly lame ass honda,  please trust me on that.  FWD is gay as fuck.  Thats why the only thing I look at is bmw's.  I was just saying that i could turbo a honda for way less and it would walk gt mustangs easy.
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« Reply #23 on: October 16, 2007, 04:24:57 PM »
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And while I'm driving around town I can't be going around turns at all.  There isn't a single windy road any where near me.  And my eta's weren't stock so again my etas would walk a 318is.  And I'm deff not getting a ugly lame ass honda,  please trust me on that.  FWD is gay as fuck.  Thats why the only thing I look at is bmw's.  I was just saying that i could turbo a honda for way less and it would walk gt mustangs easy.


if i was you i would just mount a small block on a go-cart. Thats how we beat mustang gt's on the westside! After owning an ETA for 3 years i decided its the worst BMW since a 320i. As for walking all over a 318is.. Thats like saying my stock honda with the 15 race design stickers will walk your tuned eta, talk to someone with a built M42 or a small block mounted to a go cart.. they will beat your eta in a straight line.
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« Reply #24 on: October 16, 2007, 04:28:41 PM »
Calm down fellows.

There is no such thing as a right or wrong decision when it comes to car ownership. The buyer has to like the car. Heck I'd turn down a whole bunch of cars priced higher and with more power than what I drive now because they don't meet my desires.

Grimm- you test drove the car and it didn't suit your taste, that's not a sin!

Good luck with your search regardless of what you end up with :cool:
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« Reply #25 on: October 16, 2007, 04:39:24 PM »
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Calm down fellows.

There is no such thing as a right or wrong decision when it comes to car ownership. The buyer has to like the car. Heck I'd turn down a whole bunch of cars priced higher and with more power than what I drive now because they don't meet my desires.

Grimm- you test drove the car and it didn't suit your taste, that's not a sin!

Good luck with your search regardless of what you end up with :cool:


Ya its all gooooood, I'm just amazed that someone would like an ETA better than an M42 but "The driver doesnt pick the car, the car picks the driver"
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« Reply #26 on: October 16, 2007, 04:45:33 PM »
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There isn't a single windy road any where near me.


this almost made me cry
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« Reply #27 on: October 16, 2007, 04:48:08 PM »
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this almost made me cry


Ya im still crying thinkin about what i'd do with myself if i didnt have mountains all around me with windy roads to play on!
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« Reply #28 on: October 16, 2007, 04:56:11 PM »
Why don't you get a 240sx or some other RWD Nissan?  Sure everyone drives/drifts them, but they would be more fun than a FWD economy car.
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« Reply #29 on: October 16, 2007, 05:16:07 PM »
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Why don't you get a 240sx or some other RWD Nissan?  Sure everyone drives/drifts them, but they would be more fun than a FWD economy car.


Sick Burn!! J/K nothing beats a old school corolla! Check out my buddies with his Levian front end, its 65lbs lighter than the stock front end. 20valve little 4 banger swapped into this bad boy, its one hell of a little rice burner... oh ya this guy works for BMW.. Sad he doesnt drive an E30 but a few of his co-workers drive E30 325is
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