I have one. It’s about 8/10ths of an E46 330i. A little slower but still perfectly fine for a daily, replacing the rear muffler with a straight pipe (retaining all the resonators and cats before it) gives it a nice wail in the upper RPMs. The hatchback is amazingly practical for a rear-driver. Handling is a little on…
Holy shit I’m not alone.
Sounds similar to the NB miata window regulators.
Finding tutorials for doing stuff on my ‘98 LS400 is absolutely impossible due to the weird changes made for the ‘98-00 model years and their relative scarcity compared to the first-gen ‘90-’95 cars.
I found out after buying my LS400 that parts dried up about 3 years ago.
The photography in this article is stunning.
Do what now?
Counterpoint: E46 330i
“oh but maintenance”
What a wonderful car and wonderful photos. Love seeing your content, Ken. What do you shoot with?
The M56 is one of the most godawful cars to be deemed “luxury”. Shit trans, shit interior, shit ride quality, shit road noise. Nothing luxury about it. It’s Nissan’s idea of “luxury” where you just throw toys and buttons at it until you hit a price point. Bam, luxury car. Who cares that the whole goddamn door flexes…
Because public housing is multiple multiple times as expensive?
RX300? You mean Tallboi Sportcross?
It’s a Grand Theft Auto Ferrari 488
Skip the Sportster, those things are a tragic rickety fossil. Give a Fat Boy or one of the Fat Boy derivatives with the 114 engine a shot at a demo day some time. They’re decent enough bikes, just overpriced, but at least they aren’t objectively shit like the Sportster. Mine and my friends impressions upon riding…
Can you set it to make Jetsons noises as you waft down the road?
Heartily agree. I ended up with an automatic IS300 Sportcross but I had my heart set on a manual 3rd gen TL. The styling of that gen and the TSX that sat alongside it is the best that Acura has EVER done. I drove a ratty 230k mile TL manual at a buy here pay here that had a chrismas tree dashboard, broken stereo, and…
That doesn’t look like it’ll be an H-pattern shifter... sequential dogbox?
I’m a fan of its better looking, better specced, more comfortable, and (oddly enough) easier to find cousin the manual Acura TL. I drove one of these at a local buy here get ripped off here with 240k on the clock and several mystery lights on the dash which was beat to hell and two speakers didn’t work. It pulled like…
That’s odd. Can’t say I ever had that issue. Mine always stayed put; may be the bolt that holds it has loosened slightly and allows it to wiggle more than it should?
Glad you’re enjoying your NB. I did Koni Yellow shocks with take-off springs from a Mazdaspeed Miata and a Racing Beat front sway bar on mine and it…
I got shafted on insurance payout because the company Travelers Insurance uses to determine value doesn’t really work for enthusiast cars/options. Ended up buying a manual ‘03 V6 Mazda6 which I absolutely hated and then sold and bought a 98 LS400. Basically the opposite of a Miata. My life situation changed…
