This article just makes me want an e39 wagon with the S62 engine and six speed out of an M5 swapped in. I’ve seen a few and gosh are they awesome. Great sound, blood thirsty engine, manual transmission, wagon utility with e39 wagon looks.

Afew daily driving a 60s British Roadster with a zero to sixty of about 16 seconds, I’ve decided that no modern car is too slow for modern traffic as even that roadster is more tan fast enough to keep up with 70mph highway traffic. Just have to plan your maneuvers.

Frequently, I would get in my parents 97 Zj and stomp my left foot to the floor looking for a clutch to start it. After daily driving a manual I found myself always by for a manual in the Jeep. Always dissapointed not to find one.

Though some of the non top trim level cars can be epic in their own right. The e36 328is comes to mind. I completely agree with your assessment on the M5. I owned an e39 M5 and can tell you, it’s a whole different game from the 540i. The M5 was so much more than 25% more power, it was also an amazing interior upgrade,…

I always wondered why the icy road warning on my e39 M5 was the same chine as the chime of death. Always scared me every season when the weather got cold.

That is interesting, I would have expected higher.

My craziest has definitely been a McLaren P1, just driving through an old residential neighborhood in Erie, PA. There are lots of exotics at the local colleges due to the foreign students but a P1 not near the Universities, for that matter is just crazy.

The BMW e36 328 requests mid grade. It’s the only time I’ve purchased that fuel.

An before the Germans did it, the British did it. My Austin Healey Sprite rides on skinny 80 profile tires with flexible real wire wheels and handles like a little go-kart. It doesn’t have huge grip but it knows how to take a corner.

When I was fresh out of college in 2013 making good money, the car I bought was a stunningly beautiful 2002 e39 M5. My friend bought an ATS with the 3.6 V6. It is a very good car, the 3.6 is a darling of an emgine, but the interior of the ATS is such a let down. Not very good looking or comfortable and the cue system…

I want 90s splash graphics to make a comeback.

They haven’t ballooned but they are appreciating. Over the last five years, their prices have about doubled. It used to me $12k was the top of the market, now those cars list for $25k.

In those older BMWs, the engines are pretty bulletproof, the attached cars are frequently the price driver.

The e36 M3 is my dream and will be my next car. I love the look. Love the sound and the more raw feeling over the newer models. I like how every control is just exactly where your hand falls, it’s ergonomically perfect to me.

The gem of the old Minis is really wringing out all the power from the Austin A series engine. I have an AH Sprite with a 1098cc A series in it. The sounds it makes are so good it should be illegal. It’s a delightful engine to run up and down through a four speed gearbox.

The N14 engine in the R56 S models had problems. Luckily the last year and a half of R56 S production got the much improved N18.

I purchased my 2013 R56 after I test drove an R56 and F56 back to back in the same afternoon. Though the F56 was quicker, it felt strangley large and hollow compared to the R56 inside. The switchgear felt cheaper too. But mostly I preferred how much more raw the R56 felt, the pronounced turbo lag is a hoot and the…

My grandfather and dad bought this 1962 Austin Healey Sprite in 1973 during the fuel crisis with plans to convert it to an electric hybrid. It was non running and cost them all of $85. They got it running, painted it electric blue and my dad ended up driving it as his daily in college. After that my grandfather took…

I went in January 4 years in a row. Five hour drive. Once drove home in a blizzard. I would be quite pleased if it was moved to October.

Mmmm style 4s. Someday when I buy a 98 750iL in jet black, it will have these wheels.