If you were to sell your FD, what car would replace it?
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If you were to sell your FD, what car would replace it?
hey every1,
Im considering selling my FD when spring comes....i freakin love this car, but its been a love/hate relationship and im considering a more reliable car. Engine and turbos have 40k on them, so its time to start considering if i want to drop $7k into a rebild/single turbo/fuel system, or sell the car and buy something else.
Im looking in the $30k range for a replacement car, and the choices are as follows:
1) 2000 540i 6spd with DINAN upgrades
2) 2000-2001 Audi S4
3) 2001 Corvette Z06
4) 1999-2001 BMW M Coupe (stiffest chassis BMW ever made with a nice, upgradeable engine)
5) High mileage E46 M3
Which car do you think would be closest to the FD in terms of all-out, no compromise performance? The way im looking at it, is the M Coupe and the Z06 fall into that category...but the Z is a LARGE car, and the M Coupe is just kind of...blah. Then the others fall into the sport sedan/coupe category: give up some speed, but gain a lot of reliability and practicality.
I need some outside opinions on this one....post what you would purchase to replace your FD and why. AND if you think it would be worth it to drop in all new stuff into the FD (or swap a LS1 in), why would that be the route to go?
Stuck right on the middle of the fence here....
-Zach
Im considering selling my FD when spring comes....i freakin love this car, but its been a love/hate relationship and im considering a more reliable car. Engine and turbos have 40k on them, so its time to start considering if i want to drop $7k into a rebild/single turbo/fuel system, or sell the car and buy something else.
Im looking in the $30k range for a replacement car, and the choices are as follows:
1) 2000 540i 6spd with DINAN upgrades
2) 2000-2001 Audi S4
3) 2001 Corvette Z06
4) 1999-2001 BMW M Coupe (stiffest chassis BMW ever made with a nice, upgradeable engine)
5) High mileage E46 M3
Which car do you think would be closest to the FD in terms of all-out, no compromise performance? The way im looking at it, is the M Coupe and the Z06 fall into that category...but the Z is a LARGE car, and the M Coupe is just kind of...blah. Then the others fall into the sport sedan/coupe category: give up some speed, but gain a lot of reliability and practicality.
I need some outside opinions on this one....post what you would purchase to replace your FD and why. AND if you think it would be worth it to drop in all new stuff into the FD (or swap a LS1 in), why would that be the route to go?
Stuck right on the middle of the fence here....
-Zach
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Well, you know my opinion!
You give up a little bit with the 'sport sedan' category, but seriously... I know what's been done to the 540i you're referring to, it is plenty fast. I CERTAINLY wouldn't buy the S4 - its junk and simply starts falling apart as the miles go up. M coupe is boring. Corvette everyone's got. The only one other one on your list to me worth thinking about is a E46 M3 with high miles. Just be careful of that motor! I'd throughly have it checked before even breathing on that. Also, make sure its a CPO if you look at the E46 with high miles.......
You give up a little bit with the 'sport sedan' category, but seriously... I know what's been done to the 540i you're referring to, it is plenty fast. I CERTAINLY wouldn't buy the S4 - its junk and simply starts falling apart as the miles go up. M coupe is boring. Corvette everyone's got. The only one other one on your list to me worth thinking about is a E46 M3 with high miles. Just be careful of that motor! I'd throughly have it checked before even breathing on that. Also, make sure its a CPO if you look at the E46 with high miles.......
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