So, the Audi is gone, I managed to get most of the goodies off & sell them.

I've been looking for another 911, really there are no 996's in my price range that I bonded with, I did drive a R32 Golf, great car, 08 STI great car, not worth $45k!

Locally, I found a nice & very clean, 1995 993! I'll be making an offer on it tonight, I'm very excited!! It's stock, & pretty plain, not to many options.

 

good luck. 993 as a dd huh...interesting choice.

 

good luck and post some pics!

 

best of luck mate.

 

Update, they called, there is another person who wants it. They asked what my offer was, they countered, then I said, sorry, if he doesn't get it let me know. It was about $2000 more then what I had wanted to spend. I still have not driven this car.

It looks like this one is now gone.....

 

you know, as much as I hate most normal VW's. you can't really go wrong with the first gen R32.

They really are neat cars. Bruce can and will attest to them.

 

It was great! I was totally surprised! Very torque, very smooth, very quiet, handled well. Downside was the price.

I also found a 2001 E46 M3 & a 2000 E39 M5 both in my price range.

 

I would advise that you stay away from the 2001 M3. If at all possible try to find a 2003.5 or newer, basically one that did not have the rod bearing recall done. Not that it will certainly cause a problem, but the chances would be greater. Also, the first year or two productions of the e46 M3 had a lot more bugs than later years. I have owned two of them so just a fyi.

 

Once the rod bearing recall has been done, the E46's are fine actually.

There's actually a good one for sale locally right now.

http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/car/555758903.html

But I'm very sorry, but I have to link you this one too... It's the right color =)

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...0&cardist=2304

 

The first one is ONE of the ones that I'm looking at. The Dakar one is PERFECT, but over budget.

 

Dude...Yellow =)

 

Let me know if you want me to give it a good lookover. There isn't a whole lot that I don't know about these cars.

 

Big think to look for are cracks for the rear subframe. There are also a lot more issues with SMG cars than the 6-speed. If you need any help with mods let me know...I have done numerous coil-overs, full exhaust, intake, audio, halos, you name it on the e46 M3.

 

go M5

 

Pfft, M5's =P