AudiOn19s

At this point maybe you should just fix the RX-8? Is it really just a bad cat and maybe some o2 sensors? Fix it and start to put money away that you would otherwise put towards a monthly payment on a car that doesn’t fit your desires until you have enough saved up to make some of these cars a reality.

2004: Audi A4, BMW 325ci, GSXR 1000 2019: More German cars and a GMC Sierra. Tastes really haven’t evolved. Every car I’ve purchased has been German produced, replaced the bike with race karts and put a truck in the mix to tow with.

Now that I’ve got a few min, here is a book if you care to read if. Any time Porsche makes a fundamental change to the 911 purists will cling to the older model causing values to stay quite high. 996 era was the beginning of water cooled cars. It was also the first mass produced 911. I believe that they made more 996’s each year than they made in the whole 3-4 years combined of the 993. Combine the water cooled nature with the ugly “fried egg” headlights and you have a car that the purists hated yet it was wildly successful. The M96 IMS issue is blown way out of proportion. It’s well documented just great it like a timing belt replacement or any other $1k-$1500 maintenance job that so many cars of the era required and it should be a non issue. Personally I don’t think the 996 interior is bad esp compared to older cars even though it’s lacking compared to 997 and newer cars. So if your not a purist and want a great car, take advantage of the reasons that the 996 and 997 cars are cheap and buy one. Porsche has never made a newer iteration of the car that’s been worse than the one before. Buy the newest one you can afford and rest assure it’s much better than anything before it. Since theee was a car investment thread recently. One could argue that if you want to dip your toes into the 911 market without losing money that the air cooled cars are the way to go, or modern GT cars, and that can’t be said about 996 and newer “regular” 911’s.

Cept it is air Cooled.

I will not track this car I will not track this car I will not track this car I will not ...well, I might try just once. Guessing the car won’t show up until about May.

Personal preference thing...I really like White cars. I feel like White is the perfect way to show off lines and design features. It's bright, easily seen and grabs attention without shouting "look at me" ( I already have a yellow and red car for that). Now couple that with the fact that our old M3 was white and there wasn't even a discussion on color at all. I don't even think we would have chosen a different color if we had the whole BMW individual catalog available, which it's not for this car. My GT3 would be white if I had my way...but after 9 months of searching I found the right car in yellow and caved. Our Turbo was destined to be Red but white was the second color on the list. E46 picture for the heck of it. http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=22&pictureid=522

I still strongly stand by the fact that the PDK in the 997 turbo is the right transmission for that car, but for me...it kills the experience a little. I don't care how good the dual clutch gearboxes are these days, I'm not buying another one unless I come across a car where that's the only transmission I can get.

yeah, since the car has passive dampers none of the options are too expensive. Just trying to decide coilovers vs. a sleeve type kit like KW and Dinan offer. I'm going to start driving the E55 so that I can park the truck and quit putting so many miles on it. Save it for towing needs.

Same, I had moved on from the brand completely until the original M2 release a couple of years ago. That car still wasn't quite where I though it would be but the updates on the competition model made it a really attractive car to me. I hate the idea of buying a new car, have never done it before, but in this case it was the right car.

BMW M2 competition. Yasmin has been daily driving the E55 for 9 years now and wanted something updated and with modern tech. I've been putting way too many miles on the truck and pretty much hating every minute of driving that thing so this works out for me too since I get her "hand-me-down" to start driving :-) One of my biggest automotive regrets was selling our E46 M3. The hopes here are that the M2 competition is a modern iteration of that car that we miss. We will get the first 2020 build allocation from Kelly, hopefully to be released in the next 30-60 days. For now we wait for winter to clear and for this bad boy to show up! Specs: Alpine White Black interior with orange deviated stitching 6-speed manual Executive Package Moonroof (I was against this but she HAD to have it....girls are dumb)

I do enjoy my work, Like others I'm sure I could come up with the pro's and con's but overall I'm very satisfied. More importantly I REALLY like the company I'm working for. My previous employer was a large enterprise company and no matter how hard you work and how outstanding you might be there's always a process and timeline to get where you want to go. Not the case with my current employer, you bust your ass and you get recognized and they help you grow and put you in situations where your work ethic helps the company expand. I'm on a first name basis and meet regularly with "C" level executives who get all the exposure and opportunity I could ever want. It's up to me to make the most of that.

I don't think you'd enjoy it more than your car either....but considering I'm looking for a daily for the wifey I'm sure you can see why all of a sudden that's the leading contender.

for a fun street car in that price segment I'd buy a M2 Competition before any of them.

My list is pretty small compared to most...and I still own almost half of them. 1999 Audi A4 2001 BMW 325i 2002 BMW M3 1999 Porsche 996 Aero 2004 Mercedes E55 2004 Porsche GT3 2007 Porsche 911 Turbo 2008 GMC Sierra SLT 2011 Porsche 911 Turbo S

ha...I don't have time for serious...not with everything else going on. Thanks for the clarification.

What's the commitment here? Weekly participation, come and go as you please? If you're not there to start you don't get in later? I'd love to bring my "CR Street" car out for this but between work, 14 weekend commitment for kart racing this year and other weekends driving / instructing at DE's my ability to attend will be limited.

Tim, what tire dressing is on that car?

Derek, sorry to hear about your experiences at Mid Ohio. I'm a big advocate that if someone can be fast at Mid Ohio they can be fast just about anywhere they go, really rewards a technically sound driver and doesn't require a big HP car to be quick. If you like Nelson then you should go check out Putnam, similar flowing layout, generally cheap events, nice facilities and maybe 40 minutes further of a drive than Nelson. ...but you should all go to Pitt first!

Pretty much same plan. GT3 will get brakes, tires and fluids to do a handful of events but will be scaled back to make a serious effort at Karting this year. Turbo might actually get the stage 3 mods installed that I've had sitting there for 2 years, the car is already soo brutally fast it's not really been a priority. Karting was an eye opener and really fed a desire to do wheel to wheel racing but we got in on the low end of the cost scale to see if it would really stick at first and I'm going to remedy that this season. I am determined to not have any excuses, if I get beat this year it's not going to be because I'm over weight or diving a 12 year old kart chassis that's all used up. Picked up a 2018 Tony Kart 401s, Chris and I have done all the homework on getting the motors up and running the best they can and one of the top builders in the US will be doing our machine work and we will do final assembly and maintenance. I'm down almost 20 lbs in body weight already and intend on getting another 10-15 lbs of weight off of my fat ass before the season starts.

To remove an existing coating you need to mechanically abrade the surface....so polish it. The two polishing steps I did took care of that. As for application...here's a decent video. Each product is going to have a different flash time before you remove it from the surface, make sure you read the directions on what the product your using recommends. cQuartz was like 1-2 minutes depending on temp and humidity...I've seen some that go out to like 5-10 minutes before you level high spots on it. No matter if you polish before or not, make sure you use alcohol or some other fancy pre-mixed prep product prior to applying the coating to insure the surface is bare and ready.

Not sure if serious...PDK in 1982?

+1 for Tim. What you're going to pay depends on the current condition of the vehicle and what your goals are with it. The ceramic coating doesn't cover up defects so if your paint is swirled to hell you're going to be locking in and showing off those swirls for years to come. Most will want to correct the surface as much as possible before locking in the look which is where all the cost comes into play.

Ha, thanks...Sounds like she actually listens to where I tell her to park!!! She hates it on days when it rains.

This is Scott’s (Sledhead36) building, I just store my cars there so he might better be able to answer that than me. That said, other than discoloration on the white tiles they hold up quite well.

I've never had an issue with IronX full strength but I use it directly after a wash so there's water on the surface of the car that dilutes it. Clay lube is a mix of water and waterless wash product similar to No-Rinse, in this case it's CarPro Ecoh2. Matter of fact my Quick Detailer I use post washing is the same combo with Reload added in. Tim's got a formula for those products that works perfectly...I'd have to look up the mixture though as I don't have it in front of me.