Damn right!

Counting down to 4:00 and then it's off to the track!

Also, Ryan and I get to store a pretty special car for the next two weeks, which means I get to drive it a bit. A BMW friend of mine bought a Euro-spec E34 M5 (came with a bigger 3.8L motor, we only got the 3.6) and needs a place to park it for two weeks.

Can anyone say ITBs, 8k redline and fully custom exhaust?!

 

take pictures, son.

 

No, but I can say post pics and sound clips

 

https://acurazine.com/forums/car-tal...areful-920827/


if lemon laws are there to help you incase you do get a lemon, why not take advantage of it?

 

BMWs are nice! You obviously have great taste Brake! My dad had an 04 M3 convertible. That car was a lot of fun!

 

I had the chance to buy an E46 M3 that I passed on...some kid bought it and totaled it instead.

 

I'll have my GoPro at the ready...

Unfortunately this car isn't going to be mine, just holding on to it 'til Thanksgiving. I've driven a few of the 3.6's though (and owned an E34 535i, which was a less batshit-insane 3.4 with 210 hp)... the M5 motor is derived from the old M1 racecar motor and good lord, the noise and the pull... it's like the power band of an S2K with the torque of a freight train.

Any thoughts on this? I'm with some of the commenters in that I think Acura kinda lost their way after the 1st-gen TSX, 3rd-gen TL, RSX, etc.

 

Shit, forgot the link.

Acura Exec: Something Fun Might Be Coming In 2017 Or So

 

Who is this?

 

Let me get this straight - you sell an excellent drivers car (S2k) and you don't save an M3????

You're not a car guy

I read that a few days ago. I'll believe it when I see it, but I hope it's true.



My biggest complaint with Acura is this - they don't have their own platform to build upon, and until they do, they will continue to build tarted up Pilots, Accords, and Civics

 

I think I saw Brake_late on youtube, voguing.

 

A guy I know...why?

 

Well, the whole story is as follows:

I bought the S2000 instead of his M3 for 2 reasons. Betty did tell me that it would feel like I had 2 daily drivers instead of a weekend roadster like I'd originally pitched. I agreed there.

The saddest part is this...it was beautiful, lowered, black and 6MT. Came already with staggered 19" Racing Dynamics wheels in perfect fitment and he had done most of the maintenance work on it. Here's the part that steered me clear...he's a high school friend of mine that is an Engineering degree and has been wrenching longer than me. He could change clutches and do major engine work himself.

He told me that over the course of his ownership he'd put nearly 10K into it doing his own work and getting parts at cost. He said that didn't include anything major, just replacing bushings and maintenance. He told me that even with being able to do the work, the car spent as much time on jacks as he spent enjoying his labor. He pleaded with me that as his friend, he would not let me buy the car from him. That was enough, I trust and respect him. I am sad that it didn't happen though...that car was gorgeous, at the very least if I had bought it it wouldn't be totaled in a yard now. Fkkkk...

 

They are gorgeous cars and phenomenal to drive when pushed. And the E46 still looks pretty modern. The interior is well put together. But the running cost of an E46 M3 is... quite high, especially compared to an S2000.

They take 10W-60 oil (8 quarts for a change) that you can typically only get online or at the dealership. Rod bearings are a routine maintenance item every 100k or so. The motor needs manual valve adjustments every few oil changes. Rear subframes are poorly reinforced and known to tear out of the floorpan, requiring an expensive fix (local shop charges $1,700 to reinforce and fix tears up to 1", any bigger and you pay more). The 6MT is fantastic, but a lot of folks got the car with "SMG" which was BMW's first stab at an automated manual gearbox. Driving an SMG feels like getting kicked in the back by a mule between shifts. Oh, and if that pump goes out, it's an expensive fix.

Don't get me wrong, they are really fun... but where the E36 M3 was basically a bored-and-stroked-and-camshafted 328i, the E46 M3 has a needy, high-revving motor and the ownership cost to match.

The S2k basically requires one to keep oil in it, and replace the tires occasionally.

 

Doesn't look like the same guy in the pic driving the S2k. And, the guy with the yellow bandana also looks to be 99% straight and not 60%.

 

You're way off buddy...WAYYYY OFFF...pshhh...99%! Shoulda seen me in College! Blowin every dude that would let me!

 

but yes, with my fast growing facial hair and my affinity for giving myself my own haircuts...I have many different looks.

 

J's pic looks like a scene from a bad porno..

 

Orale

 

I'm calling

 

That Acura exec is full of shit. They fucking scrapped the V8 project. They discontinued the 2.3 Turbo.. fuck Acura. Why don't you suck a bag of cocks and get back to us.

 

Does it help that it read it like one would read odelay?

 

And to make it worse, said exec is that same asshole that greenlit the 4G TL + ZDX - Dave Marek

 

simon...

 

pinche gringo..

 

Anybody driven a 370Z? I've driven a 350Z track tester. Just curious about the 370.

 

I drove a 350 once...it was harsh.

WHAT THE FK YOU CALL BS!!!

So which of the 2 pictures do you NOT think is me?

 

Well I saw the pic of the guy in the S2k, and bandana doesn't look like the same guy. Yellow bandana is REALLY you?!

 

with Chip 2 months ago when he flew down to get the S2000


this one is 6 years old almost...installing my coils


In Balty in June for Bmore's wedding with John/Chip/Wacker




at work, the most uninteresting man in the world


when i won a free tshirt


couple years ago with my locs and my bish, yo


day we got engaged on Little Coronado
2010


Skiiing Big Bear with my Persian Broham 2006


with my sis 2005



It's all me all day!

 

Bandana guy...
I did a funny mustache for halloween to go with my thrown together costume...we were painting the garage epoxy and I found the yellow bandana from her costume and threw it on to be silly.

Yes, it's me.
DSC_3267 by swimex37, on Flickr

 

I drove one a few years ago. 6MT with that automatic rev-match thing. Cool car, I like the looks a lot, drove well. Considered them when I bought my 128i but they hold their value a TON on the used market, last I checked.

My one college roommate had a 350Z and I liked the 370 quite a bit more.

 

Oh, and if we're posting photos of ourselves, here's me and the dude. I'm not a million feet tall, I was just standing on the door sill of the M3. Didn't realize it looked goofy until we got home.

 

I can't see nothin...facebook link?

 

he's fabulous!
now strike a pose!

 

Damn...I'm missing out.

 

I'm in the high 90% straight, however, he does have a nice smile. And, damn J, you are capable of changing your look drastically! Work pic looks business, and bandana looks like a guy that just broke out of jail.. Lol! Betty did good! She got like 4 guys in one!

 

Hell yes, but the bukake parties she has me hold where I'm playing all for guys at once leaves me so tired and my sack looking like a damned raisin!

Thanks, man...
Yeah, I get bored easily...I'll randomly shave my head or make a weird mustache and then a week later, it's gone.

 

rockstar, can you post a pic of the modded all red tails??

the super reds? or something like that?

 

So let's see a pic of you Justin

 

RS has a hawt sis...