Nice! At the start of Covid my twin brother and I worked on our 160k mile e36 M3. We fixed all the rust under the rocker panels, and on the doors and replaced the black plastic trim with pieces that also were not rusting. At the same time we did the DEPO Euro style glass headlights and pure white LEDs. The car looks…

The IDx to this day is still my favorite concept car.  I actually begged the Nissan representatives at the Detroit Auto Show to put it into production.  The styling is just absolutely on point, particularly the beige concept one they also had at the show with this Nismo one.

Thats what I do. 

Every day I keep finding more reasons to keep my fleet if great condition 90s cars as long as possible.   Short of heated steering wheels, there are no features in new cars that I wish my over 20 year old cars had.  Generally new cars have gotten less comfortable. 

Roadsters make great daily drivers. I have daily driven my Austin Healey Sprite every day this past summer and fall. It will stay on the road as long as the salt says off the road. There has been no point this year where it couldn’t do what I needed it to, including bringing home a load of groceries and big bag of…

It’s more of a question of what is your favorite flavor. They are all amazing. Some prefer the 4 doors, some the coupes. The M50 and M52 engines are a gem, intoxicating to rev out. The big M3 S52 is also a brilliant engine with great smooth torque. The little 4 cylinders are rev happy riots that you can really bash.

And another e36er!

Blue Monday by New Order. It just feels right when pushing the limits of the e36 M3.

Honestly, this comment has nothing to do with autonomous driving.

I think this looks good. Clean, sharp, rather retro without being bad retro.

I am OK with lack of manuals on new cars as I am very much in the camp of people that enjoy the rawness and character of older cars. So clearly I am not in the new car buying demographic. In 2016 I had a brand new JCW Mini all speced out and was very close to closing the deal at a Mini dealer. Then I decided to drive…

I know I can’t complain. Yes, I’ve exclusively purchased manual cars, I even once was about 10 minutes away from ordering a new JCW Mini with a manual. Then I drove and older model R56 and liked it way more, it had more character and felt less of a simulated experience. And since then, every new manual I’ve drive just…

I too am a die hard manual enthusiast. However, I agree with, “whatever.” There are basically no vehicles on the market today the interest me, so I am not the target buyer for a new car. This is because every new car I’ve driven has virtually no character. I’d consider a Wrangler or Bronco with a manual.  If I was…

I asked the last extended warranty scam I got if they would warranty any of my cars.  Unfortunately, they didn't want to warranty any of my cars three of which are from 1999 and one from 1962.  They asked if I had any newer cars, I informed them no, then they said sorry and hung up.

I guess I didn’t have an issue with the old system in my BMW e39. I had 6 cds in the disk changer, 6 radio presets, and was very happy. Come to think of it, I am also very happy with the stock setup in my e36. I on occasion will even listen to a tape, or plug my phone into an aux tape adapter, particularly if I want…

The IDx, still stands as the newest modern car that has captured my imagination and made me say take my money!  Such a good looking car with the right proportions, clean angular design, and just feels like a good size.  I really really wanted one and even begges the Nissan folks at the Detroit Auto Show that year to…

I dispise the mono beam wipers, they don’t conform well to highly curved glass that was popular in all of my 90s cars. They also take more spring pressure from the wiper arm so they miss spots in the middle of the windshield. I much prefer the whipple tree type arms, they work great.  Though expensive, I've found the…

This summer up well how I feel about BMW as well. I daily drive an e36 M3, and love everything about it. It’s everything great that BMW once stood for. A RWD, manual, sports car, with a snarly and responsive I6 engine.  The interior was classy, but functional, every control placed perfectly, no infotainment system to…

I’m not too against this, it’s busy, but it does look better than an e60. Then again, I’m a purest, having owned two e38s, two e36s and an e39.

I drove from Los Angeles, CA to Erie, PA via I-40 to Flagstaff, then some state routes up into Colorado to hit the millions dollar highway (amazing views), then drove I-70 to skip the boring Midwest, hooked on to I-80 to go thru boring Ohio, grabbed I-90 in Cleveland which brought me the last few miles home. I-90 runs…