My little rant

[backseatjuan]

My little rant. I had a 2010 lada, not a bad 4x4, I could drive pretty much anywhere I wanted to, but it required pretty much yearly suspencion repairs, especially front wheel bearings, and ball bearings, and bushings. In the front it has a single line wheel bearings, so they require constant adjustment, which obviously can't be done in time. Plus I overheated the engine when I towed a truck with my grandmother's body to the morgue it was all the way on low gear and no concern for the car, transmission required repair it has two transmissions one is 5 speed the other is 2 speed with locker the latter one was about to go, and rear axle needed replacement because drive shaft grommet was licking oil. Basically I got sick and tired of constant repairs, even though parts were dirt cheap. Last summer I traded it for an old bmw 5 series, picture on this car is pretty much like mine, only mine has manual, enterior isn't that great at all, and color is different. You'd think wtf year 2010 trade to year 1989, the guy I traded it with I bet thought the same thing, but my car had problems which weren't obvious first with just a test drive. I test drove bmw and just fell in love with it, it reminded me of my old 2001 mustang gt manual. The car had rev limiter removed by previous owner so the engine first knocked and then seized completely after I over reved, now it needs engine repair, crank needs to be removed, machined, and balanced. This same dude I traded the car with, offered me to replace the engine entirely for 1000 bucks, and I would never go for it but my acquaintance come up to me and told me it's ok, this guy won't fvck us on it, I'm with you. I would never go for it because by now I knew that the dude is full of crap, not because of the car trade, my car had too many problems, from my other experience with him.

You gotta understand that my acquaintance is what you will call mafia, he is right there in good contact with godfather. I don't call him friend only because there are no friends, and word friend is often misused. Just ask, if tomorrow you get in trouble and your ass is on the line will your friend take gun and be there with you to die, if the answer is no, that's an acquaintance. That is how I classify acquaintance or friend. Right in front of my acquaintance I give this dude money and he promises us that he will buy an engine for my car for this money and put it into my car and that he is responsible for it's proper operation for sometime. Of course my acquaintance thought that he won't fvck us, because we all are local and if something like that happens things will just turn out bad for the guy. That was last October, and from that time the dude fed us with two more weeks. At this point I said fvck it, we'll get my money back later when he have it, let's get the car back.

Turns out this guy put the engine that he bought for me with my money onto his mother's car, told us that this new engine from a later model year might require a new transmission and clutch and agreed to rebuild my engine with the money that we gave him, to which I agreed. Right now is May, nothing, absolutely nothing was done, the dude is in town but hiding. The only reason he didn't get his butt kicked this far is because he is hiding, and the only time we can talk to him is with his mother and father present, he is hiding, and the only time we can get hold of him is at his mother's place. All in all, kicking his butt, messing him up real good, breaking his knee, jaw, whatever, is not what we are interested in at all, we want the money back and the car back. The dude it appears lost the keys to my car. He has no place to go, it looks like he is waiting for the season, and after the season he will have the cash. I am without my car.

My bmw if you think of is kinda like mustang, infact while driving it on our twisty roads it felt faster than my 2001 mustang gt, with much more precise shifting and handling. Here is a pic of a car just like mine, but year is 1994, I couldn't find 1989 on ebay. It needs an engine, I have wide original M wheels they need some welding, it needs tires, enterior needs to be redone or just seat covers, otherwise it's alright as far rust or suspencion goes. It costs a lot more to repair BMW of course, but you only have to repair it once, not every year. On this year bmw the parts cost just a tad more than those on lada, this is the reason I went for the trade.

Today we drove with my acquaintance and his friend, notice the word usage, to see this dude, and couldn't find him at his mother's place. His family is hiding him, we learned from his girlfriend that his brother called him just before we arrived there. This guy said to my acquaintance that he gave the keys to his friend, and that of course wasn't true, so all 3 of us went there. Nothing. Then we went to another place to look at 1991 bmw 7 series, here is a pic of a similar car. The car has propane installed, needs some minor work, starter change for starters, starter is included, has tires, has wheels, no sun roof, manual, no rust. In comparison to my car, I don't know, I drove it, given the engine was still cold, not much pick up. I drove it over bumps, suspencion is good. All in all good car, good money, 2200 bucks. The guy wants 600 bucks now, 400 at the end of month, and the rest at the end of season. Good car, good deal, all in all good. The idea is to buy it now and drive it, and we get the dude to pay or fix or just mess him up later, he can't hide forever, it's not possible.

I like my bmw 5 series though, and it kinda stinks. I approach this 7 series as something I'm not certain about it. I'm kinda disappointed in my acquaintance, he promised everything will be alright, but circumstances turned in such a way that I have to spend more money. Alternative is to just take the car, given that there are no keys, change the locks, change the alarm system, change the engine, that's a 1500 bucks minimum, or I could get his 7 series and then when we get ahold of this fvcker get that 5 series fixed up and sell it.

I have another option no option, the police. Given that because of my business I am in almost constant contact with them, they need serial and imei numbers to look for stolen property which might end up in my office for repair, which isn't of course legal to ask me for, I work with them, they help me out from time to time. I could talk to them, I could ask for advice, I doubt it will help the situation. Besides, how will it look if I work on this problem with cops and put my buddy in a delima. When things get tough cops are asleep, it is call me tomorrow, and things do get tough just because they do.

Fvck it.

 

[Tenacity]

Dude hold on lol. Wait a minute lol. You drive a very OLD BMW, you couldn't have at least gotten a newer model one (one that's less than 7 years old), but you called my car ugly lol?

Explain this?

But anyway, to each their own. I personally believe that if you are going to go to an older model car, it should be a classic and you want to do extreme modification/customization to it, or it's not worth it. So if you are going to go with a 1989 BMW, you should be doing extreme customization to the outside, inside and interior operational components.

 

[backseatjuan]

It is outside the scope of my subject, but an opportunity has presented itself to tade this sh1t to another sh1t, and I went for it. Now that said, I would never go for a car like yours, different tastes. As far as much fresher model, you have to understand that things break over time, and you have to fix them. As far as price for parts goes 1989 is a sweet spot for the price for parts. Let's put it this way, it's not much price difference between 1989 bmw bushings and your car's bushings, all that into perspective of my old car and this 1989 one. The new model would have sucked ass because by then bmw have already learned tha producing a million mile cars insn't profitable. Yes you have a newer model year, yes your car is alright in US and excellent here, but it is not what I would want to drive, but this is not to mention that I would drive it over anything I have here. I told you what I would do with it, didn't I? White color, clear tail lights, lowered, engine tuning. You also have to understand that I lived over where you live and over here, and these are two different worlds for taste in cars. BMW gets the legs spread over here.

 

[Tenacity]

Okay so you are still in Russia? And yeah, different people have different tastes. I'm a Dodge Charger type of guy, the Avenger is only a temporary unit before I go right back to the Charger. Some people are "Truck" guys, some are "SUV" guys, it's all about preference.

Lol, my point was just that you said my car was ugly but then you drive what YOU drive, that's not about preference that's just in my opinion not giving an objective opinion, but again, to each their own. That's like the guy I was debating about my car the other day saying my car was this or that, but he drives an older car that looks like a Mini-Van lol.

- I understand that things break, but I don't buy cars that have major breaks. A tire here or there, maybe a drive axle here or there, but nothing serious. Plus I keep the maintenance up.

- A 1989 unit would cost lower due to the older year, but do they even still have some of the parts around that you might need though? I don't know about cars that old, even when I was dirt poor I never drove a car that old.

- The newer model BMWs don't look bad? What about the 3 series? Those aren't expensive, they are under $25k for 2013 or 2014 models with less than 35k miles.

 

[Skyline]

My little rant. I had a 2010 lada, not a bad 4x4, I could drive pretty much anywhere I wanted to, but it required pretty much yearly suspencion repairs, especially front wheel bearings, and ball bearings, and bushings. In the front it has a single line wheel bearings, so they require constant adjustment, which obviously can't be done in time. Plus I overheated the engine when I towed a truck with my grandmother's body to the morgue it was all the way on low gear and no concern for the car, transmission required repair it has two transmissions one is 5 speed the other is 2 speed with locker the latter one was about to go, and rear axle needed replacement because drive shaft grommet was licking oil. Basically I got sick and tired of constant repairs, even though parts were dirt cheap.

That thing sounds like a pile of junk man...

Last summer I traded it for an old bmw 5 series, picture on this car is pretty much like mine, only mine has manual, enterior isn't that great at all, and color is different. You'd think wtf year 2010 trade to year 1989, the guy I traded it with I bet thought the same thing, but my car had problems which weren't obvious first with just a test drive. I test drove bmw and just fell in love with it, it reminded me of my old 2001 mustang gt manual. The car had rev limiter removed by previous owner so the engine first knocked and then seized completely after I over reved, now it needs engine repair, crank needs to be removed, machined, and balanced. This same dude I traded the car with, offered me to replace the engine entirely for 1000 bucks, and I would never go for it but my acquaintance come up to me and told me it's ok, this guy won't fvck us on it, I'm with you. I would never go for it because by now I knew that the dude is full of crap, not because of the car trade, my car had too many problems, from my other experience with him.

This is why you ALWAYS take it to a mechanic. That $100~ or so you spend on having them look at it goes a LONG way.

And ALWAYS have a mechanic do your repairs/tune if you cannot. You're there to buy HIS car not upgrade/replace anything.

Turns out this guy put the engine that he bought for me with my money onto his mother's car, told us that this new engine from a later model year might require a new transmission and clutch and agreed to rebuild my engine with the money that we gave him, to which I agreed. Right now is May, nothing, absolutely nothing was done, the dude is in town but hiding. The only reason he didn't get his butt kicked this far is because he is hiding, and the only time we can talk to him is with his mother and father present, he is hiding, and the only time we can get hold of him is at his mother's place. All in all, kicking his butt, messing him up real good, breaking his knee, jaw, whatever, is not what we are interested in at all, we want the money back and the car back. The dude it appears lost the keys to my car. He has no place to go, it looks like he is waiting for the season, and after the season he will have the cash. I am without my car.

You should have taken it to an actual mechanic. It might of been a bit more but they won't fvck you like this guy did.

My bmw if you think of is kinda like mustang, infact while driving it on our twisty roads it felt faster than my 2001 mustang gt, with much more precise shifting and handling. Here is a pic of a car just like mine, but year is 1994, I couldn't find 1989 on ebay. It needs an engine, I have wide original M wheels they need some welding, it needs tires, enterior needs to be redone or just seat covers, otherwise it's alright as far rust or suspencion goes. It costs a lot more to repair BMW of course, but you only have to repair it once, not every year. On this year bmw the parts cost just a tad more than those on lada, this is the reason I went for the trade.

Yes, this year of the BMW is very similar to the BMW E30 M3. Your chassis and suspension is actually very sought out after for people who DO know about the E30 M3. That is why it felt so good to handle.

I have another option no option, the police. Given that because of my business I am in almost constant contact with them, they need serial and imei numbers to look for stolen property which might end up in my office for repair, which isn't of course legal to ask me for, I work with them, they help me out from time to time. I could talk to them, I could ask for advice, I doubt it will help the situation. Besides, how will it look if I work on this problem with cops and put my buddy in a delima. When things get tough cops are asleep, it is call me tomorrow, and things do get tough just because they do.

Fvck it.

This guy basically robbed you and you're thinking about doing nothing about it? Call the cops man.

Lol, my point was just that you said my car was ugly but then you drive what YOU drive, that's not about preference that's just in my opinion not giving an objective opinion, but again, to each their own. That's like the guy I was debating about my car the other day saying my car was this or that, but he drives an older car that looks like a Mini-Van lol.

That model of the BMW is the E30. The car's chassis and suspension uses the same as the BMW E30 M3's, the car that went on to dominate the 90's in Motorsport racing and has won over 100 awards since then. The current E96 M3 costs around $60k and that is why I always compare it to other cars that are worth $60k like the C7 Corvette, the Cobra, Jaguar XF, SRT Hellcat, and many others... I would personally pick the M3 over any car worth under $100k. That's how good it still is.

If you see a BMW that looks like that and has an M3 badge plastered on it, you best be taking pictures. You're basically seeing a Skyline GT-R. His isn't an M3 but it certainly looks old school and can still be a serious threat if tuned.

- I understand that things break, but I don't buy cars that have major breaks. A tire here or there, maybe a drive axle here or there, but nothing serious. Plus I keep the maintenance up.

- A 1989 unit would cost lower due to the older year, but do they even still have some of the parts around that you might need though? I don't know about cars that old, even when I was dirt poor I never drove a car that old.

- The newer model BMWs don't look bad? What about the 3 series? Those aren't expensive, they are under $25k for 2013 or 2014 models with less than 35k miles.

The thing about cars that are around 20 years old is that even though their initial price tag is cheap, you have to be willing to at least sink $10k+ on fixing it back up. Unless it's a limited production model, which his isn't, then parts would be stupid expensive.

Saving up any amount of money to buy a car is easy. Maintaining it is a different story. Even though it may only cost $25k to buy, it will cost you around $400-$600 a month on maintenance.

 

[backseatjuan]

Okay so you are still in Russia? And yeah, different people have different tastes. I'm a Dodge Charger type of guy, the Avenger is only a temporary unit before I go right back to the Charger. Some people are "Truck" guys, some are "SUV" guys, it's all about preference.

That thing preference is unique to the country you living in, even to the state you living in, even further to the town you living in. I was all muscle car guy before I moved to Russia, then I found out Mustang and Camarro handle like crap and can't put their power to the ground because of live rear axle and crap suspencion. It's only on drag tires you see those cars do a 12 second quarter, well a russian made front wheel drive car can do a 12 second quarter, mind you it only has 1.6 litre turbo four cylinder engine. Car taste is a thing that you learn from your local popular culture, nothing more. When you say this car is cool you are a victim of peer pressure and public opinion. In the 90s we had what you had before civil war and people brought cars from the germany for the first time we had something foreign, bmws and mercedes, and the most expensive once. That culture is still pretty much alive, even though gangsters don't ride those cars anymore, those cars are in our hearts. Besides those are the years that bmw made some good cars that had very high service life. Those cars can go a million miles if you take care of them.

Lol, my point was just that you said my car was ugly

Never in my post did I actually call your car ugly, you are mistaking.

A 1989 unit would cost lower due to the older year, but do they even still have some of the parts around that you might need though? I don't know about cars that old, even when I was dirt poor I never drove a car that old.

There is the original part by order only, there is the Limferder, and there are the chinese.



By the way the dude you refering to that laughted at your car used his own opition, and in my post about your car I used my own opinion. It is all subjective. You could love your car, but you asked for our opinion about it, so enjoy it in the most honest form.

This guy basically robbed you and you're thinking about doing nothing about it? Call the cops man.

What will I say to the guys? How will I look him in the eye. He basically promised me that all will be good, yes things turned sh1t, but still he is doing his thing, just need some time. If I go to police I might loose these guys, and going to police is not a 100% guarantee. Let picture this, I go to cops, and it turns out they can't do sh1t, and I loose this guy, and the guy that owns me money says go fvck yourself, what am I suppose to do now, go fvck him up myself? Go burn his mother's place down? Yes I can do that, there is a resk with it, but I'll do it. But what if tomorrow someone comes up to me and tells me give me money b1tch you have 24 hours, for whatever unreasonable reason, who will I go to? The police? The police don't work 24 hours a day and they have days off.