unfortunately, the "grown up" e30 form (e30tech) you have to get "accepted" to by the admins, and they literally never let any new members in these days it seems. Too bad, because it was a great forum with great tech info, but now a lot of it is getting stale with no new blood in there.
r3v is pretty good as long as you stay out of general discussion areas and stick to the technical subforums, at least in my experience.
M42club is a good e30 forum too, but mostly oriented toward the 4-cyl cars, obviously.
Well... my situation changed, and I guess I'll just add to this.
So...my father is in need of a fuel efficient DD since he drives 40 miles one way to work and 40 miles back and gas prices are really killing him. Through lots of discussion he will most likely be taking my DD and now I have about 10k to get a fun AND reliable DD. Any thoughts?
Nb miata for 6k, put the balance in pimpy suspension parts.
Im brainstorming with a buddy of mine too and we thought of a NB miata with suspesion and a WRX too.
Room worries me on the miata.
Tires worry me on the WRX.
dooodstevenn wrote:
Well... my situation changed, and I guess I'll just add to this.
So...my father is in need of a fuel efficient DD since he drives 40 miles one way to work and 40 miles back and gas prices are really killing him. Through lots of discussion he will most likely be taking my DD and now I have about 10k to get a fun AND reliable DD. Any thoughts?
E36 M3. <- Car, not crap.
How practical does it have to be? How efficient? Is FWD ok? Umm... Miata, S2000, E36, RSX/Integra/Civic, SVT Focus, 2nd gen. MR2, Mustang GT
In reply to Beer Baron:
also been checking out an e36 m3. I'd like around 20 MPG, but more is better. Prefer it to be RWD or AWD.
dooodstevenn wrote:
In reply to Beer Baron:
also been checking out an e36 m3. I'd like around 20 MPG, but more is better. Prefer it to be RWD or AWD.
I had a '99 M Coupe (same powertrain) and that got ~18city/26hwy
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Seriously Tommy... how can you bear to look at your car without a hella-tyte body kit, 14 degrees of negative camber, 175 width tires on 9" wheels? Seriously dood.... you need to man up.
/sarcasm. Is not a BMW fan, but I do like tommy's car.
It also makes sense to look around you and see if there are fullish grids in the class your car will run in if you move up from track days to actual racing. I have to say, that's one area where the Miata excels. I'm not sure there is anywhere in the country where you can't find a bunch of other miatas to race against.
Spec Pinata is a popular class.
nicksta43 wrote:
Honda powered canoe
Seems somehow appropriate for this thread.
yamaha
SuperDork
2/26/13 10:11 a.m.
The E36 M3 pwns this thread, followed closely by the E30.
I still believe that a e36 325is or 328 with just suspension, brakes, and rolling stock would work well for what he wants.
Oh and Tom, E36 M3s weak bro 
oldtin
UltraDork
2/26/13 10:20 a.m.
dooodstevenn wrote:
Well... my situation changed, and I guess I'll just add to this.
So...my father is in need of a fuel efficient DD since he drives 40 miles one way to work and 40 miles back and gas prices are really killing him. Through lots of discussion he will most likely be taking my DD and now I have about 10k to get a fun AND reliable DD. Any thoughts?
That changes things. Go find the most unmolested, nicest, e36 m3 or s2000 you can lay your hands on. If you want to live dangerously go find a scruffy 911. Actually you could get a nice 951 and have a fair bit of spare change left over or that's in boxster range. If you're not mechanically inclined, ignore the P car thoughts. Paying someone to fix them will kill you.
