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  1. #276
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    Quote Originally Posted by gravitylover View Post
    I loved my BRZ and would have kept it forever if Subaru hadn't ruined the engine for me and 40k others so there were no replacement engines available. I'd get a new one but for the same money the new Mazda 3 AWD Turbo would be a smarter move for me at the moment and, as a daily, probably similar fun other than at the limits which you don't get to take advantage of very often. It sure would be nice if we got the Yaris GR4 though...
    We are likely getting the GR Yaris drive train in a corolla GR.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 54-46 View Post
    Anyone here ever own a BMW 128i? Thinking about one for about town

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    For a daily the auto is just so much more sensible considering the amount of driving I do. With the amount of time I spend in the car the extra nice things in the turbo trim packages and the power would be appreciated. Our next fun car will definitely be another NA manual but that's probably a year or two off unless something unexpected happens and a bunch of $$ lands in our laps.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gravitylover View Post
    For a daily the auto is just so much more sensible considering the amount of driving I do. With the amount of time I spend in the car the extra nice things in the turbo trim packages and the power would be appreciated. Our next fun car will definitely be another NA manual but that's probably a year or two off unless something unexpected happens and a bunch of $$ lands in our laps.
    Hey, on the plus side, at least the 3's AT still has 6 REAL gears. No CVT here! My last few rental cars with CVTs have reaffirmed to me that I DEFINITELY do not want one. Esp with auto stop/start. Haha.

    Speaking of that, if I'm not mistaken, the Mazda 3 AWD turbo does not come equipped with that auto-start/stop garbage either. A HUGE plus in my book. Perfectly responsive from a stop light with no rubber bandy feel or lag. You press "go" and it just goes. What a concept, huh?

  5. #280
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bushwacka View Post
    Whoa! Ok! Subscribed!

  6. #281
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    @mf yup normal auto and no stupid stop start. I won't ever get another cvt and I really dislike driving anything with ss.

  7. #282
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    The start stop died in my car a few weeks after me continually hitting the disable button. Winning.
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    I think you'd have an easier time understanding people if you remembered that 80% of them are fucking morons.
    That is why I like dogs, more than most people.

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ID:	393984 picked up this 2012 128i M Sport slicktop. 83K, clean. AT. Hard to find decent MT 128s. Got impatient. Will still be fun.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 54-46 View Post
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ID:	393984 picked up this 2012 128i M Sport slicktop. 83K, clean. AT. Hard to find decent MT 128s. Got impatient. Will still be fun.
    I will be very eager to see how it goes as I've been keeping my eye out for one. I inquired about one last week but didn't get a good vibe from the seller.

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  10. #285
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    Quote Originally Posted by MarcusBrody View Post
    I will be very eager to see how it goes as I've been keeping my eye out for one. I inquired about one last week but didn't get a good vibe from the seller.

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    Saw a MT 2008 135i coupe with 75K miles at Weatherford BMW in Berkeley listed for $16,500. I didn’t want the N54 turbo engine though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 54-46 View Post
    Saw a MT 2008 135i coupe with 75K miles at Weatherford BMW in Berkeley listed for $16,500. I didn’t want the N54 turbo engine though.
    I would prefer the Ń52 as well, both for reliability and slow-car-fast reasons. I've seen a couple pop up here, but they've been convertibles, which I'm not totally against, but wouldn't be my first choice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 54-46 View Post
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ID:	393984 picked up this 2012 128i M Sport slicktop. 83K, clean. AT. Hard to find decent MT 128s. Got impatient. Will still be fun.
    What did you end up paying for this one?

    I'm going to look at this tomorrow:
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    2009 manual transmission, 105k miles, 10.5k supposedly firm price, appears to have a good service history.

    I'd prefer the coupe, but they seem rarer and the vast majority I've found are automatics and transmission is a bigger priority to me. It might be fun to have a convertible for a bit.

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    Convertibles rock
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    Ugh, I was looking more closely at the pictures trying to determine trim level and I believe that it is an automatic, despite what the ad says. In the picture of the instrument cluster, it's in "P" and googling the shifter, it certainly seems like it matches the automatic. I assume it has paddles for gear selection or something.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MarcusBrody View Post
    Ugh, I was looking more closely at the pictures trying to determine trim level and I believe that it is an automatic, despite what the ad says. In the picture of the instrument cluster, it's in "P" and googling the shifter, it certainly seems like it matches the automatic. I assume it has paddles for gear selection or something.
    Not all have paddles; need M Sport (or maybe sport pack) to get paddles and sport seats. Check out 1addicts forum.

    Mine was ~$13.5K. M-sport, slicktop, AT w nice steering wheel/paddles. Not that many M-sport 128s out there.

    Prolly easier to find a 135i manual, but then it may have been tracked, etc.

    Convertibles are def fun; had a 1988 e30. Depends what you want.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 54-46 View Post
    Not all have paddles; need M Sport (or maybe sport pack) to get paddles and sport seats. Check out 1addicts forum.

    Mine was ~$13.5K. M-sport, slicktop, AT w nice steering wheel/paddles. Not that many M-sport 128s out there.

    Prolly easier to find a 135i manual, but then it may have been tracked, etc.

    Convertibles are def fun; had a 1988 e30. Depends what you want.
    I found out the guy just messed up in the listing. I assumed that it was some sort of automated manual, but nope. I'll keep looking.

    I have been frequenting 1addicts and had just compiled a list of questions/things to check when I noticed the transmission.

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    Was cleaning up my basement and found some old photos.

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    And yes, that's my RX-7 as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ted Striker View Post
    Was cleaning up my basement and found some old photos.

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    And yes, that's my RX-7 as well.
    I read that as: "Was cleaning up my basement and found some old cars."

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    Well, they're small enough. And I do have a car problem. And a drinking problem.

    I actually did keep both minis in a single car garage.

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    I imagine a few drunk college football lineman on their way home from a bar could park one of those Mini's just about any place.
    "timberridge is terminally vapid" -- a fortune cookie in Yueyang

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ted Striker View Post
    Well, they're small enough. And I do have a car problem. And a drinking problem.

    I actually did keep both minis in a single car garage.

    I used to have a MGB and on Sunday mornings I'd go to the beach with my gf along with friend in his B with his gf. At 12 o'clock when the Blue laws allowed beer sales, We'd leave our girlfriends and one car to make a beer run. By the time we'd return the parking lot would be full so we'd move the car left behind over and fit two cars in one spot (between the lines).

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    With a pack of Mentos, and girl next door looks, there's nothing you can't do!


  23. #298
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    Quote Originally Posted by Timberridge View Post
    I imagine a few drunk college football lineman on their way home from a bar could park one of those Mini's just about any place.
    Change that to drunk female college rugby players and I witnessed something like that once.

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    I knew I still had a pic of this one- 83 escort gt.
    Absolutely beat the shit out of it and it held up for quite some time. Wtf was with the TRX sized tires , that wasn’t ideal…. Great bar car in the city.

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    First car was a 65 Corvair. Had it for 5 years. It was a car. It was small. And it definitely was fun. Rear engine made it the best car I've ever driven in the snow. On or off the road. A flat floor was great for hauling and on date nights.

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    A few people feel the rain. Most people just get wet.

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