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- I'm talking about what it means to be a car enthusiast in 2024. That can mean a ton of things for a ton of people. So here's what it means to me and also some words of advice from a young guy just starting out. Hope you enjoy the content and comment your takes and opinions! Much love.
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0:00 - Intro
0:23 - Learning to drive in a 69 Camaro
2:20 - The Car Community
3:45 - The Bad Stuff | Buying The Wrong Cars
6:07 - The Enthusiast Market Is Bonkers
7:24 - Buyer's Guide Takeaways
8:07 - Final Thoughts
8:48 - THANK YOU
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„Please just don’t buy it, it’s a money pit“ me sitting here, agreeing to him while my BMW e60 stands outside, with a need of a new driveshaft, new front transfer case, new rear shocks, tie rods and wishbones. Yeah, I feel that. Still I love that car man.
You had to buy it tho, I understand
I loved my e92 N55 too until I got a 987 Porsche and a G37 IPL. I finally realized there was no excuse for the bimmer to be as unreliable as it was
@@wind016but the price difference is pretty big between them no?
YOU COULD’VE BROUGHT COKE & STRIPPERS WITH THAT KIND OF MONEY
@@wind016 Porsche parts are so much more expensive tho when it comes to repair
Funny thing is the community is also the biggest problem, because is that people that thinks that their crappy car is worth a lot more money than they really do
"I know what I got" 😂
Yeah, and you can keep it
When the cheap daily turns into an unexpected project car, not because you mod it, but because you keep finding more issues 😭
It needed coils and wheels and then an exhaust and then maybe headers and…
That’s how I ended up owning 4 cars 😂 daily for my daily and a back up just in case
>Completely agrees with him. Great advice.
>Head over heels in love with a 17 year old AMG that hasn't moved in 2 months because of parts availability
>No regrets.
cars are dead
Car enthusiasts are pretty much the only ones keeping cars alive now. The industry itself has sold out, and is trying to push enthusiasts to sell out as well.
Sold out? Or government regulations?
@@thegreat9481 most government regulations, but you can't lie when you see Stellantis bury the legend that is Dodge that they're giving up.
The nice thing about older cars is you can buy one and actually improve it. And I don’t mean wrap stuff with carbon look foil or removing the cats, but things like taking out parts of your dash and clean them with a little brush at your kitchen table. Then neatly put it back in, reglue some loose trim, replace a few rusty screws. After a while, you’ll have a car that is so much better and nicer compared to what you bought. Compare that to a new car where there’s nothing to be done and you have to wait for stuff to break or get old to get the same satisfaction.
You can redo everything, but when it comes to interior you rarely can do it as good/better, than factory. Clips snap, stuff gets loose and however cleaned and refreshed it will rattle most of the time. I agree with the satisfaction part, can't buy that feeling. To make something your own, by your own hands, great feeling, but if you're not professional, time and effort is not always enough. But I hear you my man. :)
@@sLim88CPC well, if you can find a parts catalog and know your way around it, you can buy a lot of things brand new from factory. For instance, some door trims that had gotten scratched and faded over the years, got them from factory, had been sitting untouched in some warehouse for 20 years. Looks like new because it basically is 🙂
If you can find the parts… the problem is its harder to find oem parts for older cars. The manufacturers have already cut support for cars from the early 00s
@@ciello___8307 true, parts are harder to get. Though also a rewarding challenge if you can find that part everybody claims is gone forever.
@@ciello___8307early 00’s is not an era you’re going to find longterm factory support for anyway. These are basically disposables. You have to go much older to find cars worth fixing. Or like the Miata, Mustangs, old CJ Jeeps, etc. - simply popular enough to where you can nearly build a new vehicle with all the parts available. Including but not limited to chassis and entire floor pans.
I had two cars. Then depression happened and I had to get rid of them both. I'm 21, dirt poor, can't get any decent hours at work, can't get another car, can't even afford a pc or console to play racing games. I hope that things will get better in the future, but right now I can't even find a $500 shitbox. I'm back to doing what I used to in high school, browsing classifieds I can't afford and just dreaming...
Keep pushing bro i know things are hard at the moment but things will get better i promise you that! I've been in the position more then i can count and it wasn't easy. Just remember you lose when you give up so stay focused and dreaming is the right path to manifesting what you want in life! God bless and hope you get a nice ride soon! 🙏
Had a '97 M3, sold it at nearly 200k mi when I was about to have my first kid. Always thought I'd "just" buy another one ... well, now I'm in a place to do that and they're just so expensive. It's hard to justify spending that much money on a "toy."
We're in the era, where you need to keep your car running, in good condition, on the road, and in your possession at all costs - They are going away, so treat them well. Good luck out there!
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My dad was in the same situation with his Beamers. An E30 and two E36s. The E30 was stolen, the first E36's engine disintegrated, and his last E36 was sold in exchange for a Ford (which he also misses)
edit: the first E36 was actually an E30
I grew up a gearhead thanks to my father. Im 25 now and im starting to differentiate needs and wants when it comes to my cars. Ive deducted that every single upgrade or mod I want to get for my cars are just that, a want. I can no longer justify 99% of things I want to do to my cars, besides maintenance items, and it saddens me that I no longer have the spark for cars that I used to.
Ive owned a 96 miata for 9 years and a 94 FJ80 for 5 and theyre the only cars I plan on keeping for eternity and slowly modding as I have been doing because they are so reliable.
My daily is a 2013 Passat TDI and it will remain stock until i get another daily. Ive wanted to delete and tune it so bad, but in all actuality, its just an un-needed cost. Plus I've still got a warranty on it thanks to dieselgate.
Nowadays youre better off getting into hard drugs than becoming a car enthusiast
At some point, needs will get less and less so youll have the money for the wants. Big copium here prolly, just thinking of fixing my shitbox .... but tbf, my wants are the needs since itll make it actually work lmao
At 40 i still enjoy modding cars and just tinkering and playing around with them. At my age its more of a "im NOT gonna pay that much money" for something that won't hold its value and upon which im gonna get low balled to hell if i ever were to sell it.
No ur wrong. I spent 20k on my mini Cooper 4 years ago. Can't believe I even had that much
The first video I've seen from you, and I just have to say, don't stop! It's rare for me to come across people on TH-cam whom I find so charismatic and genuine. Thanks!
Thank you so much! I will be trying me best!
Same
I jumped into a classic car on day one of passing my driving test and loved every minute of it. I went from knowing nothing to doing head gasket changes, brakes, water pump changes, interior restoration, all that. You must understand that a car is not a thing to be worshipped. It is a machine, an appliance like the ones you use at home every day. The car has no personality and no life, but the memories you make with it, those are real. The car must serve you first of all. You should not live in its service. Do not buy a car that does not serve your needs.
its so ironically true, we spend a lot of our lives owning things that own us.
As a proud VW Polo 6n2 driver, I am happy that my car never failed me except for the time when the clutch was gone, the fuel pump clogged, the radiator leaked for unknown reasons, the exhaust pipe rusted completely and the timing belt broke which resulted "Totalschaden". But it was the car I adored so much and it lasted many years, even when I first bought it with 270k km of wear and tear and a broken taillight. Rest in Peace Polo, you’ll be forever my first #1 car.
I still am holding onto my miata, but I had a car that went up in flames on first day of ownership so i dont count that as first car
Proud Polo 9n owner here and I love my little shitbox to bits. When I bought it she was in terrible conditions, with missing pieces and parts that desperately needed repair. Been slowly working on it and turning it into my idea of a little sports car (despite the fact that it has possibly the most dreaded engine of it's lineup: the 1.9 SDI, and engine swapping is not legal where I live.)
I am going to keep that car until the day it will die, and then I'll probably get another one with the 1.9 TDI!
I keep getting these smaller creators on my main feed and I love it
Hell yeah welcome in
I think some should avoid buying old cars if they're not mechanically inclined or don't have friends or family who are.
I also own an E36 M3, '99 Dakar yellow. She's the most beautiful car i've ever seen and will never regret it.
Fellow black 1995 e36 m3 with cooked paint owner here, keep up these videos it's a nice commentary style! If you need to figure out the horn with a quick release I'll be hopefully doing mine before I go back to school in a few days. If you're trying to fix it with the stock wheel............ gl
Thats awesome yeah please update me, reply to the comments or something I need to know!
Same spec, including cooked paint but it’s a slicktop so it’s g
That E36 looks hella clean. No rust, paint looks like it’s in good shape. Nice!
As the owner of a performance modefied GE8, aint no way I'm stopping being an enthusiast
Hell yeah
It’s easy. Buy a car that you can afford and maintain. If you can’t afford that dream car, wait until you start a full-time job. Learning delayed gratification is important too. I had been driving my parents’ car. I’ve only bought my first car at 24 (last year) and it’s a great feeling when you can own something you can afford responsibly.
Bad things are just gate keeping and people telling you what to do/feel about your car.
My advices are:
1. Don't worry too much about peoples opinion, talk with everybody but not much, cuz people will start judging your car. If you wanna tune it do it, if you wanna keep stock, do it too.
2. If you can't afford to maintain a lets say sports sedan (an M3 for example) new, you are not able to maintain them used. Only buying prices drop, but the parts you gonna buy are new, so spare parts and labour hold their price tags.
very true points, i think a lot is glamorized, youtubers buying and building crazy cars and making kids with 10k think they can do the same on their budget when they cant even get a service
An example for the gatekeeper argument: they think the AE111 Trueno (if they've ever even heard of it) is a disgrace to the AE86 because it's front-wheel drive.
Me and my father own a mk2 golf. We've been restoring it for 3-4 years and we finally got it driving last summer. And i'm very happy because we're adding more and more mods and going to more and more carmeets.
I completely agree with Ian.
That’s so sick, thatll be an experience you’ll have with you forever. Hope it goes well with future plans!
Hope it goes well for you too!
Right now it’s difficult to be a car enthusiast … due to inflation it has become much more difficult .. car community is not how it use to be … that being said I bought a s4 2004 b6.. so yes money pit
My best advice to a car enthusiast (unless you are rich) is to get into bikes. Could be mini bikes, sports bikes, electric bikes anything
From one expensive hobby to another lol
I’m just glad that as of recent the true car enthusiast are showing by mainting the hobby bc they actually love It not bc they want to look good on camera for some body else’s entertainment
Got a 1987 Toyota Starlet as my first car. Seemed like a cheap way to still drive a very old car. Its always been reliable and very fuel efficient. Currently €5k deep in mods though 😂 Once again proving your point about money pits
It’s just happens you know lmao
this video hits home lol, i got a 280z when i was 16 and quickly found myself in uncharted waters lol. the car community and trends have evolved so much over the years, but real enthusiasts dont change. im almost 30 now and still feel as young as when i started.
hell yeah 280z were sick with the t tops too
@@Ian-yt the one before the t tops lols
"Please just don´t buy it, it´s a money pit" Yeah, that´s 100% true. Take it from a guy that has poured more than 4x the price of his 46 into mods and mainly repairs and it´s still siting in his barn because of a bad head gasket... I still love that car more than anything though.
I wanted an e36 m3 as my first car. Fast forward 2-3 years I ended up with a s550 Mustang GT LOL. Love your personality, love your advice keep up the great work man!
All the time i see american youtubers or out of europe ones it really hurts because here in Europe the car community is so different. I really would love car meets would be at least 10% of the american ones.
Yeah Euro car meets is full of trashy and weird people with opel Corsa or Ford fiestas. The only nice places are big organised event but it doesn’t have the same street presence. I think the real nice places for car meets are actual race tracks.
@@Dmxravin Here in Greece this is not 100% true but some people are indeed very bad. I would love to give an interview to an American youtuber to explain him how things are in Europe because things are just very different.
Thank you for not saying car guys are so freaking annoying when girls like cars too. We may be few but we are there. We/I have also noticed that females in the scene cause less drama & less hate then the males. People have forgotten what being a car enthusiast is about.
an e36 is basically the best car enthusiast's first car right now. But they are so rare to find not abused, or low miles, and reasonably priced
Not in Ireland
Thats why you get a p80/p2 volvo, way easier to find one not beat to shit. I know ones rwd the other is fwd/awd but the tuning potentials are the similar
Nah, best bet is a cheap, unpopular $h!tbox that no-one wants except for a certain few that includes you.
Love how tea you are, keep this up you’ll definetely develop a following
Love it, great channel - nice review.
Nice to see a fellow MA enthusiast. I feel the same sadly now with wanting to do more to my f80. Just upkeep mostly now after doing the pure turbos
"Don't buy it, it's a money pit" i agree after experience my rusty Miata blow up 2 months ago and now looking into getting a 2000-2010 German sports car
Hell yeah lmao
Amazing video, simple straight forward and great points
Thank you!
just a chill dude, i hope you never change
Thanks my guy
Hard honest truth.
Great content.
You just got yourself a new subscriber & I've for the fist time tapped on the notification bell for more.
Happy 2024.
thank you so much man! the support means a lot
Happy to mention that I do think that enthusiast car values are going to be dropping a bit! Maybe not the crazy stuff, but sometime soon we might finally be able to find obscure cool stuff in an obtainable price range again.
From one Ian to another - loved the video, subscribed. Thanks for being a radiator in what is a very complex, hot, and very rapidly changing car scene.
Thank you for the kind words!
I dont think so, quite opposite actually. Enthusiasts car will be more expensive since new cars are going to be electric and soulless.
@@Sphyn0x Mostly just describing right now, not future years. Prices have been crazy since Covid - and are now falling.
This might be true for some cars, but the demand for analog sports cars will only rise as more of them are lost to accidents, rust, and mileage.
Totally agree. That being said, again, looking at the short term here. Over the next 2, 3 years even, I think enthusiast car prices are going to fall. And manufacturers are still trying to do what they can to keep the analog sports car alive... Caterham has built their entire company around a 60 year old car that they sell new. @@RCGrid
I avoided maintenance issues by only buying reliable cars and avoiding Euro cars
I realized it's easier to modify a newish car that's reliable than an older car that will never be reliable no matter what. That's why I'm selling my super modded 94 Altima. That thing is amazing and it's the coolest car at nearly every meet I bring it to, but thousands have gone into it that I'll never see again, mostly for repairs.
internet ruined everything
You’ve gained a new follower hope to see you grow on this platform.
Thank you I appreciate it!!
Bought an e91 330i last Sunday to replace my current daily (e90 320i). Safe to say I am definitely going to be a BMW guy for life, no matter how many problems I run into 😂
Love this video bro. Quality dummy fire too. Keep it up man!
Thanks! Will do!
I bought my first miata early last year. Never thought I'd love this car this much or find out how big the miata community is like you were saying. Good vid bro.
What gen? I might be replacing my na with a late model year nb this year
@@Ian-yt I have a 1st gen 99 nb
I bought a R32 GTR with a blown headgasket as my first project car in 2022. Have no more money.
I really like your style of videos. Good stuff bro
Thank you I really appreciate it
the 36 looks so so good. Congrats
Great video man keep it up youre super underrated rn
Wish the “average car enthusiast” in 2024 could just enjoy what they drive without putting every tiny aspect into retrospect
I've had my euro S14 Kouki for 9 years and it's the most reliable car I've ever had. They are rusty but that's what you get for living in northern europe and actually driving your car every day
Damn! I was expecting a way higher subscriber count. Keep going!
Driving a Suzuki Swift for 6 years now! I love it! I love to corner with it! Its also nice seeing tuned swifts my area!
I've seen massive squads of them on carspotting videos from my area.
i resonate with every part of this vido man. we're about the same age group, and it sounds like we have a lot of the same experiences being a part of the car culture. including the first car 💀
Bro the video quality is insane! Keep it up the video was entertaining
Thank you!
This is a rediculously good video never mind first video. May the algo shine upon you.
It’s almost always best to buy the car that’s in the best condition you can afford, even if you overpay. It’s usually cheaper and more fun to buy something already nice than a fixer upper.
This is the first video of your channel and it's really good ! I have turned 24 and looked at cool cars I could buy (in France). I thought a lot about old cars and realised I should go with a less powerfull and a bit less cool (for the car community) 2010's car as you said, better reliability and not as much as a money pit if you choose a reliable model. I think you have a talent for talking about this subject and you seem to be a really chill guy, so I subscribed ! Good luck for the future of the channel, you deserve a lot more subscribers
Thank you so much for your kind words!
Lovely car xx love the rare 4 door ones even better
Great video! I find that like a lot of things, the hobby as a whole hasn't been the same since the pandemic. With that chip shortage upping the price of anything used, to the drop in supply of manufactured parts. Every aspect of being a car enthusiast has only gotten more expensive. I'm still sticking by my "right of passage" 1981 Toyota Celica. I bought it in 2017 mainly because it uses the tough as nails 22R in a small sports car. I bought it with a cracked block (Unbeknownst to me) and got to experience my first engine rebuild. After all these years that car still brings me so much joy, but fast forward to now. I finally am making enough money to be able to put some into my car and its still going to take years to get anything done at this rate. It feels like any substantial upgrade weather its rebuilding the motor with a stout bottom end for boost, or going a swap route with it is going to cost more than $5k. Back when i first got into the hobby that would have been enough to buy 5 miatas!
Definitely recognizing cars when I was younger
yes! just bought my first Porsche ('87 944S). Money pit? you bet. But so much fun to drive. It stands out and I love all the thumbs up I get. Just steer clear of rust. Anything can be overcome but that.
441 SUBS!? The quality of this video looks professional, as if this is an established motoring magazine's channel or something. Well done.
I got into motorcycles. Ninja 250R has me smiling ear to ear. I can live with a crossover now and just beat it to hell.
got a 99 camaro in 2017 for 2700 still have it I got a 2012 c300 last march its been perfectly reliable and awesome vehicle for the $
I got into motorcycles, the definition of cheap thrills. Sure, it’s dangerous compared to being protected by the safety systems of a car, but oh so worth it.
How does this guy not have 500k subs yet?!
the market today is horrible man. i see rotting corollas for sale on marketplace for like 5 figures. I was lucky to get my volvo s60r right before the prices kind of went up for roughly 7k, but now it would probably sell for nearly 10k in its current condition. social media tax is crazy dude
Wow i just found a Reality good channel i hope i hear a lot from in the future :D finally TH-cam recommendations got my taste ^^
My first car being a 2012 camaro ss best car i could ask for. Surprisingly didnt crash it lol.
The older i get the more i hate street driving and having money tied up in cars so my enthusiast days are behind me 😢 still have a motorcycle for track days though
First got into cars bc of my uncle when he worked at ups he had the big mid life crisis and bought a C7 put me in it for the first time and we took a few laps after the block fell in love when the we were down the street and drifting around the block in about a min with the engine screaming Hell Yea the whole time
Still own my 06 ls430, 02 Honda s2k and 02 bmw e46m3. They definitely don’t make cars like they used to. Cheers buddy! I dig your e36 M
Very real video, man. I’ve had a 996 since 17, and even tho it keeps me poor, I wouldn’t trade the experience for anything!
I’m obsessed with 997s and I really want to upgrade to one at some point soon. Love 996s too of course, just think I need something newer later model years. How do you like your 996?
the best looking and most underrated Porsche imo
@@Ian-yt It's definitely my favorite car I've driven, controverscially. It's on some upgraded suspension and weight is down to like 2700, and I'm at 183k miles. It can be a huge pain and money pit, but I love it. 997 definitely feels way more modern, but all 911's are so good it's down to preference IMO. Cheers!
I was obsessed with cars from an early age, all through my twenties. My passion has been massively knocked due to the car bubble. I have a very comfortable household income, which fortunately allows me to have a daily driver that i would have loved as a kid. However, my income should allow me to have a weekend car that would be modified to a power level that would excite me. I have no chance. All the cars i loved as a kid are stupid money and anything that would be good enough at a lower price point, once you Factor in modification cost, is eyewatering. Modifying my daily is a no go, as to sleep at night i have to have a manufacturers warranty, as if anything went wrong, it would be thousands. Decent sized engine, auto box, 4wd ect, is nuts when things go wrong. I'm not going to lie, I'm pissed off. Six figure household with not a crazy mortgage and i have no chance 😂
If it makes you happy....there is nothing to question then
I think its fun. Its deff a money pit. At the end you're stuck with a master piece or several. You end up driving the regular cars more cause you care less about them lmao. The weekend drives are fantastic though. Also working valet around the house sucks. Ultimately I have nothing else to do anyways so I'm always looking for a project. I may have picked a different path if i could go back.
I drive a BMW E36 compact. It's my first car to own and since I own it, I've driven a lot of modern cars and the old cars are just more charming.
The M3 is a dream car that I can't afford and doesn't make sense. My E36 compact gets close though and is fun to drive even though it's stock with 102HP
When I turned a almost a year ago 19 I bought a 91 crx as my first project car and I’m nearly done with it 👍🏾
Great job mate!!
Thanks a lot!
I have an 05 RSX Type S that I am restoring. Original parts are available for much, but not all. I used to not consider something like this a performance vehicle, but hace since expanded my mindset. It is fun, though slower than my big old V8s or turbo cars. There is a joy to its simplicity, the tactile feel of the shifter, the darty behavior, revving to the moon to make it go... I realized it is a time machine. Just like an E36, in the sense they just won't ever build them like this anymore (maybe BRZ/86 twins and the Miata come close).
What I like about car communities and car meets is that they're like gift presentations to me. I go to these meets, I look around and pick the cars that I will later steal. So I steal them and you know what? It turns out that 80% of these cars could have been tuned better. So I get down do work and tune them to their maximum potential. I think I deserve some appreciation for this, don't I? Give me some appreciation.
just got into cars recently. awesome vid dude just looked at ur page and its cool to see that your new and so well spoken behind the camera. looking at getting a lan evo soon (currently have an altima) i really like the 4s and 9s. was wondering your input on the decision. dope vid bro!
That means so much thanks for the kind words my guy. Yeah of course I love the evos. To me the Evo X is kinda the masterpiece of that whole lineage just because it retained so much that the earlier models had while being produced in big numbers with tons of aftermarket support and easy bolt ons.
Most of the same can be said for 9s of course. My track bud has the X and I am biased bc it’s absolutely insane with bolt ons and tune with larger turbo. 9s do steal the show with how raw they drive and how clean they look. 4s still have that 90s beauty but lack some of what the later gens have to offer imo. Also the pricing between these is crazy, I would figure out what you can afford and buy the most recent model year of the generation you like the most for your needs.
We're probably around the same age. I have an m3 (e46) and an na miata as well. Keep it up man
That’s awesome love to see it, I’m sure there’s more of us
solid advice if i do say so
I am 20 years old and own a 944 turbo that has been in 2 fatal crashes before and it makes me hate everyone and everything, i have no money to buy food other than ramen noodles in some cases just because of this thing. You speak nothing but the truth.
Oh man I was going to buy a 944 when I was 18 and I’m so glad I didn’t. Two years later I bought a 928s that caught on fire first day of owning the car hahaha so I am planning on staying away from front engine Porsches and their problems
@@Ian-yt smart decision 😄
Ramen?!! Yikes that straight plastic with zero nutrients, I would steal food before ever putting that junk in my body. Dont eat shit noodles over a 30 year old car man come on now. You'll mature soon.
Third time's the charm - let's hope it doesn't take you in a crash too.
@@Tornado2409 Nah I'm good, first crash was with its original owner back in the states, second was mine. Bad bad overall condition of everything safety related.
Got my car about 10 or 9 months ago. My mother basically prevented me getting any conventional sports car (mustangs, porsche, etc...), cars that are old (aka 90's or before), manuals (because she didnt want me to rollback into traffic... we're in a relatively flat area of texas), convertibles, and it either has to be American or Korean (though i did convince her for a Fiat/Abarth 500, if i found one that i liked).
So i was stuck with cars that are not known as sports cars to her, or a sporty trim of a car. I almost got a Kia Forte5 SX, 3000lb auto FWD car with 201 HP with a 4 cylinder turbo. Nice car.
Looked at alot of cars, particularly Korean ones. Optima's, Forte's, Veloster's, Tiburon's, Genesis Coupe/Sedan. Some American cars like Cobalt SS, Caliber SRT, Taurus SHO etc...
One day i found a lil yellow Cobalt SS. Decent price. So we got it. Its a N/A 2.4L, 07, and with a Auto. Definitely aint the fastest, especially with first gear going to 40-60 something. But i love it, good handling, still running, though it does have two issues, fuel tank leak whens its over 7 or 8 gallons, and idles rough (Probably lean from a vacuum leak). I've been trying fix the tank, but may have to get a new one, and i need to confirm if i do have a leak.
Once i fix that, and once i get enough money, supercharge it.
I've been to a couple of local car meets, and been to a race, and even raced my car with North Texas Rallycross. Good people with them. Even though i may not have the coolest or fastest car, but still we talked about eachothers cars.
also you can do 1000 IQ move and find an underrated car not known by many people (A LOT EASIER if you don't require RWD car) parts can be a problem but whatever, I got myself as my first car a Nissan Primera P10 (Infinity G20 in the US market) for cheap in a nice condition, so now I have the (arguably) best FWD mid sized sedan from the early 90's
I'm thinking about doing the same with a last gen Levin or something.
They're a Corolla variant, after all.
I actually quite like the pre-facelift P11 Primera
I bought a barely running 04 Mazda RX8 for $3000 a year ago knowing nothing about cars and not knowing how to drive a manual. It's the best decision I've ever made. I did some research, slapped some new plugs and coils on it, and replaced the fuel pump. I got it at 95k miles and I've been driving it for about 10k miles and it's so fun to drive. 9500RPM before fuel cutoff, and once the car is warmed up I accelerate full throttle and rev all the way to redline 5-10 times per drive. The eccentric shaft in a rotary engine has like 33% more load bearing surface than a crankshaft and there is no reciprocating motion to disrupt its spinning so they can rev like crazy. They sound incredible, too. I'm going to rebuild the engine soon, it's gonna run me around $2k if I replace all the seals, springs, O-rings, gaskets, and a few major bearings. Anyways, cheap and underappreciated cars are the best, they really are.
@@robertkofron47 good ol' brappers
I absolutely love my miata, but it is so painful to see dream cars like the s13 becoming unobtanium over the last few years. I'm in my early 20s in the UK, so it's hard to admit that I'll probably never afford one of these cars if price trends continue, and as they start to rust back into the earth. It's over-said, but 2005+ cars just don't have the same character, looks, and simplicity of maintenance that late-80s and 90s cars do.
Also, was shocked by your low subscriber count. We need more enthusiastic and positive people in this community like you - great video.
Hell yeah I’m living the same over here. Thank you for the kind words!!
You can find some gems here if you did really deep. Some nice JDM FFs can be found here cheap, even if previously imported. Just the insurance and potential for rust and other reliability issues really.
Don’t you guys have some cool cars, some even from Japan, though? Y’all have the Civic Type R (EP3, FD2, FN2, FK2), Mitsubishi FTO, Accord Type R, Evos, , Skylines, etc.
@dillo2916 yeah, the importing is easier than most other countries bc they're all right-hand drive
I went back to my roots and left e36's for classic Ford's. Much better, it's never down for more then a few hours at most and the parts are always avilable for pennies on the dollar. When those German Turds jumped from 4k to 30k I said no way. 😂😂😂
I bought a Honda Prelude '97 back in august, all was fine until october - since then I've had to repair it every month and I've started hating it and fully regret buying it so yeah don't do it, but I do love it when it works and doesn't explode
yeah some cars are just mean to you, i shuffle around until one treats me right
@@Ian-yt yeah if it continues to cause me trouble I'll probably sell it around summer
that's a bit un-Honda
@@Tornado2409 yea well maybe my particular one is shitty
I like the vibe of the video, music in the background was pretty distracting tbh. Thanks for the video, just knew someone would appreciate some feedback
Thank you for the note, I was experimenting I didn’t have it in previous videos but got some feedback it would be helpful. Jury is still out
My first car is my 2006 Ford Ranger I love that truck and it currently has 326000 miles on it and I'm never getting rid of it. I do plan to lower it soon. I do want some old soviet cars like a lada or GAZ.
I got a 1998 Z3M Roadstee Estoril Blue with US S52 motor. Its my daily, best car i have ever owned. Go kart pocket rocket!
And here's the German reality of being a car enthusiast. We used to have a big car community. Meets every friday in every city at some gas station or a big parking lot. That is mostly gone. There was an incident about 10 years ago when two high powered cars had a race through Berlin and a civilian died because of that. After that everything changed.
Every tuner is now immediately seen as a racer or poser. Both are under general suspicion these days and if you drive a lowered car through the big cities be prepared to get stopped because you're a criminal now. So then you think it's all fine if you just get a supercar, no tuning, crazy looks, loud exhaust - Wrong! That loud exhaust and the crazy looks put you in the poser category and they might just confiscate your new supercar. Burble tune for cool sounds? Don't even think about it. Straight pipe? Has always been forbidden.
Oh yeah, we need a car first. Well, our used car prices are ridiculous. When I hear of US or UK prices, I immediately wanna go there and buy all of your cars because I can sell all of them for 50% to 300% of profit, no problem.
The German reality nowadays is to buy a car and leave it stock. There are some diehards, of course and they do everything according to the rules. Good for them but it's so expensive and you still get hassled that the whole community is just slowly dying out. With rising gas prices and the huge push for electric and continuously faster rising gas prices there is no coming back either.
You can see that trend very well at the Nürburgring, too. 10 years ago it was all tuner cars with some outliers. Now it's supercars, top tier cars of every make and the tuner cars are the outliers.
Pretty cool video, thanks!! So stoked for more!! Keep up the great work. Living in Germany and also being a car enthusiast myself i’ve loved the e36 since i can think. Probably because it was the car that gotten me into cars. My dad had a sterlingsilver coupe with sunroof. Unfortunately just a 316i automatic but i really loved the looks and the feel when being passenger and my dad driving. Hell of a blast! Now looking for an 323/325i manual coupe but they are extremely hard to find because everyone wants one and also there is kinda the same going on with the Facebook marketplace meme and people saying i know what i have. Because i ain‘t got no 15k€ for a flippin 325 with 250k km on the clock😂😭. Matter of fact i just turned 18 and saving be really hard when still going to school so i just spend daydreaming everytime picturing myself in one😁 i mean kinda fun but not real thats the point. So ur videos kinda help me, thank you 🤝
Edit: I also want to drive it to school with my friends everyday so i know it‘s going to be a project and have 25-30 year old car problems but i‘ve always been a fixer and kinda want to put my head into it, it‘s gonna be a blaaaast xD
That’s awesome thanks for sharing, you got it my guy it’ll be a fun journey haha
I live in the neighbor country Denmark where cars are about 3 times as expensive. No joke. I told me friends I would buy a golf mk 4 2.0. They are expensive in denmark, especially when your only 18. My friends all told that i wouldn't do it, and it's a stupid idea. It's only a dream. But one month after arew turned 18, i found the coolest golf mk4 2.0 with are very rare color. And I bought it. yes everything he says in the video is true. I bought it for 25k DKK, and I've spend 35k DKK on it. So far. But I love it, and it's worth it. Now I tell my friends I'm going to buy a Mercedes 190 along side the gold and have 2 cars while studying at university. I promise, I will do it. No matter the cost of the car, you will still pay the bills with smile, because you love it. It's worth it, but you won't have any money left. Just expect the what it will cost.
@@malthepedersen1400 I ffeel you man
@@malthepedersen1400 100 percent my man. Just found somebody that would sell a 328i manual e36 coupe with 135k km on the clock for 4k, hope i'll get the deal but there were a few people interested in it. Still waiting for him to write back on Monday so that we can close the deal. Hope i'll be the one he sells the car to, would make me soooo happy. Hope theb est for u man and ur mk4 :D. Good luck on finding a 190 my man. Cya
If you want you can try to find a 320i you will have the sound but not that much power 😅 bit you can still swap it with a m50b25, a m52b28 or you can supercharge the b20 and get around 200hp and 300Nm, still less expensive than a 323i/325i/328i
in all honesty Ian you have really good camera presence, you have 4 videos up and they all are well edited, shot, and you just seem comfortable overall. you should start making shorts and seeing how much attention that brings to the channel. im sure theres plenty of people who would probably donate to help you build out the E36, or just try and get some monetization up from ads. really enjoy the content you've posted, I think if you posted consistently you'd build a really solid following, we need a good Boston car TH-camr. love the vids bro
Thanks my guy I really appreciate the kind words. I'm not trying to post a video until I have 4 or 5 finished off so I can have some consistent weekly uploads. Don't worry Im half way there so they should start coming soon. Yeah monetizing hopefully comes soon as I am in 4th month of being unemployed while paying boston rent haha. Really do appreciate the kind words, i'm hoping to arrange some boston drive or outing scheduled cars and coffee this spring/summer!
@@Ian-yt A man with a plan, I hope this all takes off for you. That Boston drive sounds like a great idea, keep that updated on your channel it'll probably have good turn out. I live in Jamaica plain by the arbs, looking to get into an e46 or an e36 sometime soon. if you ever need a hand working on something yourself let me know id love to help out. On a side note that angle of you driving is a great camera angle, you should take small driving videos like that and just kind of upload day in the life style videos on TH-cam shorts etc. 'day in the life of owning an e36 in Boston', not much content out like that. hopefully the algorithm favors you. looking forward to your next videos, and hopefully the car settles out lol, the highs and lows of owning an old BMW, nothing like it. I'm 22, as far as the unemployment thing, id understand if you'd be opposed to it, but it wouldnt be a terrible idea to hop on Uber Eats. I was doing it for a while and was getting like $25-45 a trip. if you add that with E36 content, im sure the channel will skyrocket. whether its shorts or videos, titles like "doing Uber Eats in my E36" etc. Just a easy way of killing two birds with one stone, but id understand if youre opposed mileage wise. best advice I can give for gas is going to Costco in dedham, worth the subscription, Premium is like 3.64 or something. Best of luck man
hell yeah much appreciated. Ill throw a few dif types of videos up too to test them out. Can peep the tiktok @just_a_miata_ which is where i just throw random stuff up past couple years. Other than that more content to come in the next weeks@@dongambino5308
Great video! The way I see it, if I'm getting something old, it has to be built right. That's why my 1991 Nissan President LWB 4.5L V8 has been my daily for a long while, and aside from changing out the active controlled suspension for coilovers, I've needed to do nothing else to it aside from fluids and filters. Smooth ride, peak luxury inside, absolute dream to drive. My previous daily was my 2004 Mitsubishi Airtrek Turbo-R, and though it's newer I've had a couple more issues with it, mainly gearbox-related. So in my experience it's all about making the right choices, not necessarily about age.
Great point for sure, it’s just getting hard to find good examples like that at a “reasonable” price for the cars. Thanks for the input, the president sounds like a beast
Some of those old Japanese luxury cars are so unfortunately forgotten - the LS430 is one example.
Yeah learned that first lesson when I got a 77 Scirocco S. Thing was cool but broke down and left me stranded at least once a month.