chicane
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I am getting more than a little perturbed with SOME of the attitudes on this board.
The prevailing "Conventional Wisdom" on this board seems to fall in one of several categories:
1. "Dump that bucket." There seems to be a concerted effort to convince new E9 owners that the car they are looking to buy or just bought is a complete rust bucket and not worth the time, effort or cash to repair. regardless of the skills, money, or commitment the new owner may have towards the "new" car (which the E9 poster never bothers to find out first, before posting). It often gets to the point where posters are merely piling on and never give a word of encouragement to move forward with the noble task of taking on an E9 as a project car to the new owner.
2. How do I increase the performance of my car? The e9coupe.com answer = drop in a 3.5. Wow. So, the guys on this board in their inevitable wisdom seem to have the edge on the Wizards of Bavaria. Maybe there was a reason why they wanted a 3.0 in the E9 in the first place (BMW could have designed and dropped in a bigger engine). It doesn't take any skill to just drop in a bigger engine. How about suggesting some valid alternatives to keep that original 3.0 in the car.
3. "HOW MUCH IS MY CAR WORTH?" Like this only gets asked twice a week. OK here is the answer...it's worth $5 LESS (adjusted for inflation) then the last time you asked. What is this car part of your retirement strategy? These cars (with potentially the exception of the CSL) are not going to suddenly see some massive appreciation in value. Drive, them, enjoy them, and relax.
You see after all of the modding of E9's promoted on this board (specifically 3.5 transplants) and the crushing of cars per #1 there will hardly be anymore all original E9's left on the planet. But I surmise that that is part of the core goal here. If you can get more guys to drop in 3.5's and otherwise crush their rusted E9's then your all original E9 goes up in value...ahhh... ingenious.
4. It's right because I say so. Recently I intentionally questioned the validity of lightweight steel on production CSL's, and sure enough the usual suspects did not fail to disappoint. I call them Know-It-Less' (Because I don't think we have many Know-It-All's). If the Know-It-Less' on this board could spend less time trying to convince people that they know something that they don't and more time directing this posters to the users or documentation that holds the knowledge that need, e9coupe.com would be a much friendlier place.
I hate to paint the entire board with a broad brush because I know there are a lot of really great people on this board but the few usual suspects that continually chime in a manner that does not contribute to an atmosphere of education and harmony.
The goal here is not to vent but to make the board a better community where information is shared not dictated. Where people are open to new ideas and everyone gets to contribute and have a voice.
Thanks.
The prevailing "Conventional Wisdom" on this board seems to fall in one of several categories:
1. "Dump that bucket." There seems to be a concerted effort to convince new E9 owners that the car they are looking to buy or just bought is a complete rust bucket and not worth the time, effort or cash to repair. regardless of the skills, money, or commitment the new owner may have towards the "new" car (which the E9 poster never bothers to find out first, before posting). It often gets to the point where posters are merely piling on and never give a word of encouragement to move forward with the noble task of taking on an E9 as a project car to the new owner.
2. How do I increase the performance of my car? The e9coupe.com answer = drop in a 3.5. Wow. So, the guys on this board in their inevitable wisdom seem to have the edge on the Wizards of Bavaria. Maybe there was a reason why they wanted a 3.0 in the E9 in the first place (BMW could have designed and dropped in a bigger engine). It doesn't take any skill to just drop in a bigger engine. How about suggesting some valid alternatives to keep that original 3.0 in the car.
3. "HOW MUCH IS MY CAR WORTH?" Like this only gets asked twice a week. OK here is the answer...it's worth $5 LESS (adjusted for inflation) then the last time you asked. What is this car part of your retirement strategy? These cars (with potentially the exception of the CSL) are not going to suddenly see some massive appreciation in value. Drive, them, enjoy them, and relax.
You see after all of the modding of E9's promoted on this board (specifically 3.5 transplants) and the crushing of cars per #1 there will hardly be anymore all original E9's left on the planet. But I surmise that that is part of the core goal here. If you can get more guys to drop in 3.5's and otherwise crush their rusted E9's then your all original E9 goes up in value...ahhh... ingenious.
4. It's right because I say so. Recently I intentionally questioned the validity of lightweight steel on production CSL's, and sure enough the usual suspects did not fail to disappoint. I call them Know-It-Less' (Because I don't think we have many Know-It-All's). If the Know-It-Less' on this board could spend less time trying to convince people that they know something that they don't and more time directing this posters to the users or documentation that holds the knowledge that need, e9coupe.com would be a much friendlier place.
I hate to paint the entire board with a broad brush because I know there are a lot of really great people on this board but the few usual suspects that continually chime in a manner that does not contribute to an atmosphere of education and harmony.
The goal here is not to vent but to make the board a better community where information is shared not dictated. Where people are open to new ideas and everyone gets to contribute and have a voice.
Thanks.