What are your other cars?

[M4_ZMT]

Originally Posted by Gray_Panther

Diverse and cool stable!
More info on the W203! Is it a manual, it is beautiful in Capri Blue!

Sorry for the ridiculously late reply! I have since sold the Accord 2.0T. Man, it was an awesome car-- but I made a bit of money with lease equity. The GTI and E46 (so hard to find a clean one!) are mainstays!

I appreciate the W203 love. SUCH an underrated chassis, haters can hate. It's so interesting how it was called Capri Blue in the US but Tanzanite Blue in Europe. It's a bit of a random/rare find, not manual, sadly but I love my Bremen-made beauty. It's as posted a 2004.5 model which is quite a small run (seemingly, found some evidence in old forum posts in the Benz realm)-- because it has the pre-facelift interior (amber VDO cluster), headlamps, tail lamps and slightly different front bumper, but being a Sport, it has the staggered 5 spokes, blue tinted glass, cross-drilled front MBZ stamped rotors, door badging, 3-spoke steering wheel, aluminum trim, "sport suspension". It is riding on H&R springs and otherwise OEM suspension. It's M271 motor is very well serviced, has had timing chain done as preventative maint as was common, as well as a new supercharger, the timing chain stuff isn't too far from BMW-ville lol. It's a 1.8L mill, so it's nice and diesel-like and clacky when cold but when it's LiquiMoly gets warmed up, it's pretty refined, smooth, with a beautifully steady idle and linear Kompressor feeling.

Here is the original window sticker and a couple more pics.

[Fishee]

[M4_ZMT]

Originally Posted by Fishee

More silver star representation! I grew up only knowing BMW’s and of course, will always me my true passion; but it’s been fun getting to know a bit more about the Benz side of things. Why not be able to enjoy both? (they are intriguingly as different as they are similar, compared class to class).

[Daydream Garage1]

2003 s10 My daily I just finished up. Belltech suspension, Rotiform wheels, Lightened flywheel, Core short shifter. She's slow, but fun.

[Daydream Garage1]

Originally Posted by Fishee

What a house!

[NorthernDancer]

other than the 128 [imported from USA]
2006 330XiT 6MT [imported from Germany 3 yrs ago]
2010 Audi TT [imported from USA]
2017 X5 3.5s

[Fishee]

Originally Posted by M4_ZMT

More silver star representation! I grew up only knowing BMW’s and of course, will always me my true passion; but it’s been fun getting to know a bit more about the Benz side of things. Why not be able to enjoy both? (they are intriguingly as different as they are similar, compared class to class).

Agree! Fun getting to know another brand, and this time, no forced induction
My Foxwell scanner now has MB software loaded on it phew!

Really enjoying the easy going nature of the benz as the DD.

The 135 feels like a gokart by comparison

[Fishee]

Originally Posted by Daydream Garage1

What a house!

That's actually my neighbour's house!
My garage, but my house is out of the shot to the right

[Fishee]

Originally Posted by M4_ZMT

Sorry for the ridiculously late reply! I have since sold the Accord 2.0T. Man, it was an awesome car-- but I made a bit of money with lease equity. The GTI and E46 (so hard to find a clean one!) are mainstays!

I appreciate the W203 love. SUCH an underrated chassis, haters can hate. It's so interesting how it was called Capri Blue in the US but Tanzanite Blue in Europe. It's a bit of a random/rare find, not manual, sadly but I love my Bremen-made beauty. It's as posted a 2004.5 model which is quite a small run (seemingly, found some evidence in old forum posts in the Benz realm)-- because it has the pre-facelift interior (amber VDO cluster), headlamps, tail lamps and slightly different front bumper, but being a Sport, it has the staggered 5 spokes, blue tinted glass, cross-drilled front MBZ stamped rotors, door badging, 3-spoke steering wheel, aluminum trim, "sport suspension". It is riding on H&R springs and otherwise OEM suspension. It's M271 motor is very well serviced, has had timing chain done as preventative maint as was common, as well as a new supercharger, the timing chain stuff isn't too far from BMW-ville lol. It's a 1.8L mill, so it's nice and diesel-like and clacky when cold but when it's LiquiMoly gets warmed up, it's pretty refined, smooth, with a beautifully steady idle and linear Kompressor feeling.

Here is the original window sticker and a couple more pics.

This is a really really nice and unique spec! Wow.
CAn't say as I've ever seen a benz in this colour, love it.

[Fishee]

Originally Posted by Daydream Garage1

2003 s10 My daily I just finished up. Belltech suspension, Rotiform wheels, Lightened flywheel, Core short shifter. She's slow, but fun.

Give me a slow manual car I can drive at 9/10ths over a modern powerhouse any day.

[NJCOBRA10tha]

Prior noteworthy:
* 2003 10th Anniversary Supercharged Mustang Cobra highly worked
* 2021 Audi S4

Current 2023 Lincoln Aviator.

[JoeH128]

Just got this…

[brake-fade]

Sweet!!! Have fun with that!

[WeryPert1]

Originally Posted by JoeH128

Just got this…

Fantastic! Specs? And how did you end up choosing this one? Have you had Porsche's before? As someone who spends time every week looking at used Caymans on the interwebz I'm interested in how you got here. I'm not ready to buy myself, anyway, and tbh I'm also not really sure I'd actually get any more enjoyment out of a 987/981 that I do my 1er. (?!)

[JoeH128]

Originally Posted by brake-fade

Sweet!!! Have fun with that!

Thank you!

Originally Posted by WeryPert1

Fantastic! Specs? And how did you end up choosing this one? Have you had Porsche's before? As someone who spends time every week looking at used Caymans on the interwebz I'm interested in how you got here. I'm not ready to buy myself, anyway, and tbh I'm also not really sure I'd actually get any more enjoyment out of a 987/981 that I do my 1er. (?!)

The car is a CPO 2024 base model with 3,500 miles. 6 speed manual, sport chrono, PASM, sport exhaust, 20 inch wheels. It is my third Porsche. I bought a 944 when it was new (a clue as to how old I am ) and I actually drove that car for 20 years. The 944 was replaced with a 968, which I sold shortly after I bought my 128.

I have been interested in the Cayman for years and planned that, when it came time to buy another car, I would probably get an M240i, M2 or Cayman. I test drove all three cars. I felt that all were very good and I believe I would have been happy with any of them.

The Cayman is less convenient than the 2-series cars…the interior space is limited and, as you might expect, the interior is not as quiet as the BMW’s. The handling, however, is sublime and, in the end, led me to favor the Porsche.

[brake-fade]

M2, m240 and Cayman...those are the same 3 cars I'm looking at, but to replace my Macan. I'll keep my 128i forever. It owes me nothing at this point and with all the suspension mods, it's a blast to drive.

[JoeH128]

Originally Posted by brake-fade

M2, m240 and Cayman...those are the same 3 cars I'm looking at, but to replace my Macan. I'll keep my 128i forever. It owes me nothing at this point and with all the suspension mods, it's a blast to drive.

I’ll look forward to seeing which one you get. Enjoy the search!

[jsigone]

^^ oppo, keeping the macan 3.6 tt and looking for 981 or M2C to replace the 135i. tough to pull trigger since e82 is built up the way I like and the DCT is butter.

[Ygrene]

the three amigos:

2008 BMW 128
2010 Mustang GT
2022 Acura MDX Type S

[WeryPert1]

Originally Posted by Ygrene

2008 BMW 128
2010 Mustang GT
2022 Acura MDX Type S

Well-played!

[glossymatte]

LCI x3m with matching wheels 👌

[WeryPert1]

Nice cars, nice garage and wow, an extra bit of air in those tires and it looks like that stack won't fit anymore! Exactly how tight is that??