snowfarmer
05-10-2016, 11:23 AM
Hi RS’ers,
By way of an introduction I’m pretty new to revscene, I’ve been a BCSB’er for 8 years (under a different user name than here on RS) but BCSB is a bit of a ghost town lately, very few members active on BCSB nowadays, in contrast Revscene is lively and active.
My current garage:
• Porsche 911 C4S
• NA Miata (lightly modded)
• Volkswagen Westfalia (for summer adventures)
• GMC Acadia….….blecchhhhh!!!! (the wife’s car….)
• Aprilia RSV1000R
• Honda CBR929RR
So here’s my dilemma, I’m already on the hunt for a new winter car (just sold my last one) and I’m all over the map on what to get. I’m not going to wait till November to start looking, if I start now I have more time to snatch up the right deal when it pops up. This is one of my favorite parts of the car adventure the thrill of the chase!
Parameters:
• Budget $5,000-$8,000 but this is flexible by a couple of grand if a crazy deal comes up. I like 'em relatively cheap so that I'm not all precious about driving them in tough winter conditions
• Fun to drive, or an interesting car is preferred, Euro or Japanese is preferred
• Any drive config is OK (RWD, FWD, AWD), I’m under no illusions that one must have 4WD or AWD to drive in winter conditions, snowies on all 4 corners and you’re good to go.
• Manual transmission preferable but if the car was interesting enough I’d consider an automatic.
• I’m reasonably mechanically savvy and comfortable with modding my cars
• In order of preference: coupe, wagon, sedan
• No boring cars (no Corollas, Camrys, or Accords) and no SUV’s (exception….I’d consider an FX35 not sure why that one appeals when so many others don’t…) It probably shouldn’t be a convertible.
So what have I been looking at:
• Audi A4 or A6, I have a lot of experience with Audi’s (mostly very positive , I know that might put me in the minority)
• Acura RSX Type S, TSX, TL
• BMW 3 series
• Mini Cooper S (heard a lot of horror stories but for some reason they interest me…)
• Something JDM - (Subaru Impreza WRX STI, Legacy), Nissan Silvia/Skyline
• There’s a cheap Passat CC on the island, high km but a manual and a 2.0T motor that would be dirt cheap to mod to 260 hp.
• Saab 9-3 Aero
Anything else I should look at? Any thoughts? Any leads on interesting cars? As you can see from the list I’m looking at, I’m kinda all over the map, my tastes lean to euro or Japanese something domestic would need to be really different to get a look. I’m keeping tabs on the CL good buys thread.
There you go, that's me.
By way of an introduction I’m pretty new to revscene, I’ve been a BCSB’er for 8 years (under a different user name than here on RS) but BCSB is a bit of a ghost town lately, very few members active on BCSB nowadays, in contrast Revscene is lively and active.
My current garage:
• Porsche 911 C4S
• NA Miata (lightly modded)
• Volkswagen Westfalia (for summer adventures)
• GMC Acadia….….blecchhhhh!!!! (the wife’s car….)
• Aprilia RSV1000R
• Honda CBR929RR
So here’s my dilemma, I’m already on the hunt for a new winter car (just sold my last one) and I’m all over the map on what to get. I’m not going to wait till November to start looking, if I start now I have more time to snatch up the right deal when it pops up. This is one of my favorite parts of the car adventure the thrill of the chase!
Parameters:
• Budget $5,000-$8,000 but this is flexible by a couple of grand if a crazy deal comes up. I like 'em relatively cheap so that I'm not all precious about driving them in tough winter conditions
• Fun to drive, or an interesting car is preferred, Euro or Japanese is preferred
• Any drive config is OK (RWD, FWD, AWD), I’m under no illusions that one must have 4WD or AWD to drive in winter conditions, snowies on all 4 corners and you’re good to go.
• Manual transmission preferable but if the car was interesting enough I’d consider an automatic.
• I’m reasonably mechanically savvy and comfortable with modding my cars
• In order of preference: coupe, wagon, sedan
• No boring cars (no Corollas, Camrys, or Accords) and no SUV’s (exception….I’d consider an FX35 not sure why that one appeals when so many others don’t…) It probably shouldn’t be a convertible.
So what have I been looking at:
• Audi A4 or A6, I have a lot of experience with Audi’s (mostly very positive , I know that might put me in the minority)
• Acura RSX Type S, TSX, TL
• BMW 3 series
• Mini Cooper S (heard a lot of horror stories but for some reason they interest me…)
• Something JDM - (Subaru Impreza WRX STI, Legacy), Nissan Silvia/Skyline
• There’s a cheap Passat CC on the island, high km but a manual and a 2.0T motor that would be dirt cheap to mod to 260 hp.
• Saab 9-3 Aero
Anything else I should look at? Any thoughts? Any leads on interesting cars? As you can see from the list I’m looking at, I’m kinda all over the map, my tastes lean to euro or Japanese something domestic would need to be really different to get a look. I’m keeping tabs on the CL good buys thread.
There you go, that's me.