95 M3 or 99 Viggen

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
I'd say M3 but then I'm biased. If you've not driven 300hp+ rear drivers before, take it super easy. The E36 is a little unforgiving with no traction/ESP. The viggen is OK I guess.

i drove a 400hp RWD beast once

 

[Rogodin2]

I know I was cramped in my buddies m3 (I was in the passenger seat). I still have some headroom and I'm a few inches taller than you, so a helmet should be fine! Make sure you know about the oil change history (and find out if it was good synthetic-they NEED synthetic) on that LB Viggen you're looking at!

Rogo

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
I'd say M3 but then I'm biased. If you've not driven 300hp+ rear drivers before, take it super easy. The E36 is a little unforgiving with no traction/ESP. The viggen is OK I guess.

i drove a 400hp RWD beast once

Yeah, but you grannied it like we all would if it's not yours and it's the first drive

Just giving you fair warning as my beast still scares the crap out of me sometimes with the traction off!

 

[Asharus]

It if was me, I'd get the M3, but both are blah to me. I need a bigger car.

 

[aswedc]

Shouldn't you be buying a GM?

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
I'd say M3 but then I'm biased. If you've not driven 300hp+ rear drivers before, take it super easy. The E36 is a little unforgiving with no traction/ESP. The viggen is OK I guess.

i drove a 400hp RWD beast once

Yeah, but you grannied it like we all would if it's not yours and it's the first drive

Just giving you fair warning as my beast still scares the crap out of me sometimes with the traction off!

yea, i grannied first gear, i was scared, and the throttle was QUITE heavy. second gear was a different story.

anyways, i dont think the M3 is for me, the more i research, the more i find things i dont like/want with it.

 

[EarthwormJim]

How much is this 95 M3? If it's the same price as the Viggan it's probably in bad shape.

M3's are not that hard to maintain nor that expensive, provided you do your own work.

The engines are rock solid reliable, however it's the little things that aren't so reliable.

If it's got over 100k miles, plan on replacing basically every suspension component, filter, fluids, etc to get it in great condition.