Zed Baron wrote: ↑Tue Jan 05, 2021 7:57 pm
Thought you were planning on joining the 35i club? Going to add one to mine also.
Dave released his 2nd video earlier this evening funnily enough - looks like a great bit of kit for the price.
Still undecided on which direction to go car wise, I literally change my mind every other day. Basically 3 options, in order of how sensible I'm feeling at any point:
1) Keep my current car as I do love it, it sounds amazing, has a decent spec and runs flawlessly - it's a resprayed rear bumper and new oil filter housing gasket away from being as perfect as I'd ever want to get it. I also have a pile of parts sitting in the garage awaiting some preventative maintenance which would also get used, if I do keep hold of it. I'm only holding off doing so as I don't want to spend a chunk of money then sell it 2 weeks later like I did with my E85
2) Grab a reasonably priced 35i or 35is (yes, I did say I've ruled out a 35is a few posts ago; having searched a bit longer and broader there are more reasonably priced cars floating around out there. Lockdown will most likely hamper a couple of conversations I'm having currently unfortunately)
3) Go the whole hog and splurge out on something truly memorable, as life is just too short - the Argyll Andy approach
, which I get 100%. If I was in a splurging mood though, I drove a R172 SLK a few days ago just to see if I could fit in the damn thing (and still be in a 2 seater tin top convertible) and still be comfortable, and found it a very nice place to be; this example was the diesel version and hence slow, boring and miserable - but the 55 AMG would be a riot. I had a V8 Jag a few years ago and have missed the sound of it's engine ever since.
Realistically it will probably depend on what car my frequent searches at both ends of the price scale eventually turn up. I'll keep tweaking my current E89 in the mean time just because it keeps me busy.
craig3.2 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 05, 2021 8:03 pm
Cars looking good op
A big transformation since you bought it,an interesting wee read.
Personally, I woukd have went for 18/19" alloys,but know why ppl avoid the bigger alloys(19s in particular dye to cracking ussues), but some nice changes and additions there timmyboy
Thanks - 14 months in now and it's been a very positive experience with this car, even the bits that haven't gone completely my way. Agree on the wheels, I only had it on 17's for a few months just as an emergency measure to get the red ones off
and now own 3 different sets of 18's. 19's look great but they'd always make me nervous, the roads around here aren't brilliant too. Quite amusing when looking around at E89's for sale, just how many have a failed MOT at some point for a cracked alloy!