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Well, after my recent trouble witht the scort I have decided that in the coming year or so I am going to look into getting a second car that I can use as a "daily driver" and I am thinking of getting a Civic Si. However, As many of you probably know the only year SI that I have ever seen in a coupe body style is the 2000. Well as a broke college student I can't really front 12K to buy even the cheapest of 2000 Si's... but I think I might do it anyway. My two major options are to either buy the Si or to buy a 92-94 BMW 325is (my personal preference) which are amazingly only worth about 5-6K due to their status as "old."
So I'm looking for suggestions. I want the one that is going to give me the most enjoyable drive with the least possibility of having any major problems like the scort. Secondly I am NOT selling the GT. I am hoping to keep it at my parent's house while I continue to make it into a fun little car to take to the track. (I know it would make more sense probably to make the Civic or BMW into the racer, but I like the fact that the Scort is soooo much harder to get stuff for, it makes it that much more of a challenge.)
So which one, I know the difference in prices is a big one, but I estimate that at the most I can have about 6-7K saved up for a car in the next year to 16 months. I am mainly wondering if anyone knows much about the reliability of the E36 series BMW's... would a 94 325is that has been cared for still run well? I know repair costs for the BMW would be ungodly due to the class of car it is, but is it feasible to find one tha tmight not need any major repairs for a good long time?
Thanks for any help, and James, if you have any tips on how to get the best deal for a Civic Si, short of stealing it, I would love to hear where I might look for "problems" that I could use to talk the dealership/owner down. Also, I would love it if you could send me an E-mail or PM with the specs of the 2000 Si, and any mods that I can do for relatively cheap, I know that it will probably resemble the list of EGT things to do for under $50 but I would love to see it anyway. Thanks again folks!
And let me know what oyu think of this Si, I could prolly talk it down for the mileage but how much do you think that body kit/wheels cost? I know that I'll have to account for a bit of that cost as it is obviously not a stock Si as far as the exterior goes.
So I'm looking for suggestions. I want the one that is going to give me the most enjoyable drive with the least possibility of having any major problems like the scort. Secondly I am NOT selling the GT. I am hoping to keep it at my parent's house while I continue to make it into a fun little car to take to the track. (I know it would make more sense probably to make the Civic or BMW into the racer, but I like the fact that the Scort is soooo much harder to get stuff for, it makes it that much more of a challenge.)
So which one, I know the difference in prices is a big one, but I estimate that at the most I can have about 6-7K saved up for a car in the next year to 16 months. I am mainly wondering if anyone knows much about the reliability of the E36 series BMW's... would a 94 325is that has been cared for still run well? I know repair costs for the BMW would be ungodly due to the class of car it is, but is it feasible to find one tha tmight not need any major repairs for a good long time?
Thanks for any help, and James, if you have any tips on how to get the best deal for a Civic Si, short of stealing it, I would love to hear where I might look for "problems" that I could use to talk the dealership/owner down. Also, I would love it if you could send me an E-mail or PM with the specs of the 2000 Si, and any mods that I can do for relatively cheap, I know that it will probably resemble the list of EGT things to do for under $50 but I would love to see it anyway. Thanks again folks!
And let me know what oyu think of this Si, I could prolly talk it down for the mileage but how much do you think that body kit/wheels cost? I know that I'll have to account for a bit of that cost as it is obviously not a stock Si as far as the exterior goes.