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Old 05-12-2008, 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Type17 View Post
If you want a driver's car save up another 3-4 grand and buy a Nissan 300ZX. It's faster and probably handles better than any 3 series and you'll enjoy working on it when the time comes. And on the plus side I'm sure Nissan would be able to supply you with anything you need plus the ridiculous amount of after market support.

I think you're throwing money out the window if you're seriously considering cars that have over 150,000 miles... especially high maintenance european cars.
Insurance for people like him (and I) for a car like that is somewhere in the stratospheric range.

Remember when Jeremy Clarkson got the 10K quote for his Escort Cosworth? It's going to be something like that.
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