inlinesix
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alright well, it turns out that I pretty much cannot work on my current car atm, $6,300 to repair some dents on both quarter panels. I could technically afford that in future, but it'd be all my money, and then after the respray, it'll be nearly $10,000 all up just getting the car looking nice. and the alternative is not bothering with cosmetics, but I don't really want to dump a bunch of money into a car that looks rough.
so, I've been looking at putting my car into storage and keeping an eye on the market and getting a new project car for myself. my budget currently is only like 4k - 6k, and I would prefer a RWD sedan/coupe with a straight six, which means that I have VERY little choice on cars as every single Japanese car that's RWD and i6 is about 6 trillion dollars
atm what I've been looking at currently are these (because I hate myself apparently)
- E32 / E38 7 Series (using a pic of an Alpina cause I love the wheels)
- or just a E34 / E39 5 series, though they are more expensive and I don't like how they look as much.
my idea is that, because of how garbage the roads are out here, having a relatively simple, torque-y, air suspension equipped cruiser would be really nice to have. also not to mention how gorgeous these cars look. I've seen them both floating around 4k - 8k for a while now. they're fairly cheap, I don't think people want them that much because, 1 - they're GIANT, in Australia we *only* got the "IL" trim models, which are the long wheelbase ones. and 2 - the 7 Series sounds scary as shit because they're typically a maintenance nightmare lol.
so, I've been looking at putting my car into storage and keeping an eye on the market and getting a new project car for myself. my budget currently is only like 4k - 6k, and I would prefer a RWD sedan/coupe with a straight six, which means that I have VERY little choice on cars as every single Japanese car that's RWD and i6 is about 6 trillion dollars
atm what I've been looking at currently are these (because I hate myself apparently)
- E32 / E38 7 Series (using a pic of an Alpina cause I love the wheels)
- or just a E34 / E39 5 series, though they are more expensive and I don't like how they look as much.
my idea is that, because of how garbage the roads are out here, having a relatively simple, torque-y, air suspension equipped cruiser would be really nice to have. also not to mention how gorgeous these cars look. I've seen them both floating around 4k - 8k for a while now. they're fairly cheap, I don't think people want them that much because, 1 - they're GIANT, in Australia we *only* got the "IL" trim models, which are the long wheelbase ones. and 2 - the 7 Series sounds scary as shit because they're typically a maintenance nightmare lol.
