The new beater
 

:)

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Finally admitted I blew the HG on the E34, gonna replace it with a stocker and stock bolts again (only costs <100$ for both) but without the correct BMW tools and a lot of time it's a tricky project so I finally decided to stop ------- myself over by having a project car for a daily and picked up the first beater I saw.
BMW is gonna sit in the driveway most of the winter, then I will swap duties during the summer and use both cars for my commute/weekend cruising.

Got it for 100$, re soldered all the in dash connections so now the radio and heat and a/c work, fixed the 100% dead gauge cluster which works mint, the tires are all unevenly worn and starting to bald and the right rear strut is snapped in two.

Good thing is the fucker weighs about 2200# as it sits, got 35mpg on the way to school with the atx, no obvious drivetrain issues.

Getting 2 winter tires mounted on some alloy wheels for 70$, got two used but good rear struts/springs/mounts for 70$, two new front struts with new ebay springs for 65$. This is all the money I PLAN on spending on it, you all know how that goes. Besides the color it feels like a great cheap beat that I dont mind wrecking over and over this winter.

Current plans are to keep it running as cheap as possible, I swear on my life not to boost it until after this summer (said same ---- about the E34, was buying turbo parts a week later).

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you should flat bleck it man ---- purple. not only do people think you are a fag for idriving a neon but they also think your twice as gay for driving a purple/pink neon

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paint a flower on the hood, and dress up as a hippie.

youll rock mad bitches.

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that is gayer than all 3 of my volkswagens. put together. that being said, i'd rock the piss out of it until the wheels fall off... a reliable beater is the most important tool a gearhad can own.

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Hey, hey....

The day I got it. 3 Hours of handyman work in trade.


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Walmart "Super african american Murdered out tint" - $36
A/C compressor at the junk- $25
Starter at the junk- $12
Snow drifting a super daily driver and plowing chain link fences without giving a ----- PAY DIS NI66AA!!!

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Stevemode would be proud.

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Oh, I am. I think I'd have to flat black his though. The dark purple on mine is good as long as long as nobody can see me... and you know you can't see me, trick trick tRIIIIIIIIICCCCKKK

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75 shot and an old bumpy dirt road best 100 bucks you ever spent

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flat blacking it would require spending as much money as filling a tank of gas
its not a Lamborghini ------ im waiting till the paint gets considerably more fucked up before I blow 20$ on spray cans

+ if the paint lasts and I put a 500$ turbo kit on it, push a good 250 horse + in a 2000# sedan, theres going to be a lot of upset heterosexuals looking at my taillights

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Do something with that BMW, it sure is slow and ugly :P

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i had a 5 speed 95 neon beater for most of last year. i swear to ---- that thing had twice as much torque everywhere as any stock honda ive owned and i drove it like i hated it. id red line shift it chiping into 3rd everywhere and hit anything in my way and never slow down for large bumps, i did destroy a rear strut (shaft snapped) and i think it leaked oil everywhere including into the tranny onto the flywheel, sometimes it would just smoke while i was at a light.
out of the 2 ive owned i had to resolder everything on the cluster on both when i got them, so you never really know how much miles they have :3

the automatics 3 speed and make the car feel %50 slower, from what i read, the 95 sohc and a more agressive cam in it then other years but people complained it idled shitty so they toned it down 96+

---- they look stupid

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I want one with a 2.4T swap.

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2.4 swaps are cheap so are the 2.0 dohcs but the only way id waste my time swapping is to a stock srt4 engine... or the stock 100$ 2.4 and pop in 400$ of new srt4 internals... but all american cars are ------- ---- and i'd be an idiot to waste money like that. this fucker is going to remain a beater until I am satisfied that the bmw is ready for 100% reliable daily duty again.

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Yeah, what the ---- did you think the T on the 2.4T stood for?

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That neon is way more yurilicious than the BMW.

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Yah, I think he's finding his level.

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I knew what you meant no need to get upset. I was just rambling... when you see a post of mine where I don't capitalize the first letter of a sentence, move on. Nothing of value will be gained from reading it.

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Gotcha.

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Yah, mom's had it out for you for a while.

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I heard she's single, likes foreigners who drive good old fashioned American sedans and is looking to settle down. I can pm you my adultfriendfinder info to pass along if you think I pass muster.

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Anyone considering turbocharging one of these piles of ------ should be shot.


I'm not sure what the 5 speed feels like, but my auto feels like a Daewoo in a tractor pull. It's slow as ballz, gutless, and has a large back seat for the poundcake.

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yeah bro, i was gonna say that's the gayest gay thing that ever gayed down the road.

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I am one of the biggest neon haters known so I feel like a giant faggot for owning it because I hate ALL neon owners unconditionally. I just couldn't turn down a nearly free car. ---- I hate the way this thing looks and rides, but at least I drive it like I'm trying to kill it and I have a feeling it wont die. :y

---- it's like it want's to be gayer then it is, it changes from pink to purple and back depending on the light. It's like trying to decide if it wants to ---- metro's up the ass, or get fucked by a suburban.

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paint the hubcaps lime green and the hood white

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the paper head gasket will be your cryptonite plus any other trick this slut willl throw at you