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  3. Another: Clay's still needs a car

    in Passing Lane

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    I have only driven the Miata, Z-car, and the S2000, so take my opinions with a grain of salt.

    With the Mazda or the Honda, you will have to budget about $1000 for a proper roll bar if you want to go racing, and depending on the application, you may lose some DD-friendliness. Much like you, I didn't fit in the S2K worth a damn, so new seat rails, or racing seat would be 100% necessary (and the stupid, non-adjustable steering wheel). Beyond that, both are pretty solid little racers in terms of durability. However, earlier AP1 cars tends to be oil burners at high RPM...

    The Z is the big girl of the batch, but can fit so much more tire front and rear than the other two that it's pretty easily compensated for. Ideally, you would be looking at 08+ w/ the limited slip diff, because of the beefed up engine and trans, but $15k leaves that just out of budget I think. For any 350/70Z, brake ducting, and various coolers are pretty much necessary to get consistent performance out of it. Go figure, big engine + small engine bay = heat. Also, it was definitely the best car for daily driving, I drove an 08 Touring(?) and the extra torque compared to the S2K/Miata was immense, and it had excellent gears for cruising, and good overall street manners.

  14. BMW 328xi Opinions

    in Passing Lane

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    That's because the turbos probably needed replaced...lol

     

    As far as the E92 N52s, they are solid. Dad had a fuel pump go out early in ownership, he is ticking close to 65k IIRC and it has been flawless.

    So far, it's needed nothing replaced. Original HPFP, and turbos. However, after throwing more boost at it, the now 6 year old, 80,000+ miles plugs could do for a swap out. However, that's kind of normal for any car IMO. It's on his "to-do" list, but the car seems to run strong regardless.

  24. Asking dealership about car's previous owner

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    if it was modded the owner might have been on forums. Start posting pics and see if anyone remembers the car.

    I have been searching any forum involving Ohioans and BMW's, but nothing has really panned out. Also, when I bought it, it visibly appeared to be a bone stock car with nothing that would make it stick out from the 1000's of other ordinary BMW's you see on the road.

  25. Asking dealership about car's previous owner

    in Passing Lane

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    I worked at 3 different dealerships here in Columbus. Customers ask all the time if they can get the name of the previous owner. Out of the 100's of times I was asked that while working at those 3, not once was I allowed to divulge that information. Often times, you have no way to know who owned the car previously.

    It's worth a shot. Not like I'm planning on attacking the guy, just want to know if there are things I should be looking out for. Especially if assumption is correct and the car saw a lot of drag racing time (clutch, gears, axles)...

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