<div dir="ltr"><div><div>My VE powered B14 quit being my daily driver in '07. I parked it, needing to really clean it after a summer of not really being cleaned, and drove it for a track day or so hear and there until '09. I started running and weekends were busy with that then had a son in '10. It sat another 3 years until last summer when I went to the convention in Atlanta. My son has never heard the car start up until then, and drove it the 300 miles down there after only being away from home no more than 15 miles for several years. Sadly it has sat again since I came home, not really having the time to drive it. It's really close to 100k miles, and I'm trying to delay that as long as possible<br>
<br>I picked up a '06 Evo 9 and drove it everyday until my wife got a '10 Forester XT, and I started driving her older '04 Forester XT. The Forester is a better fit for me since I can put my bike on the back, or sit in the hatch after a long run. I need to get rid of the Evo, but have not pulled the trigger on that yet. I sold my B13 a few years ago to someone in NC, and the last I heard it was still running strong. I was dumb to sell it since gas skyrocketed right after that and I was stuck with cars that only ran off premium. :(<br>
</div><br><br></div>Eric<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 12:42 PM, Kurt Sussman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kls@merlot.com" target="_blank">kls@merlot.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I 'test-drove' an M Roadster a while back, at a dealer near this<br>
beautiful bit of road:<br>
<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/San+Mateo,+CA/@37.5504422,-122.3120466,18z/data=%214m2%213m1%211s0x808f9e60efa95545:0xfd8efcf42dcc1ba7" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/maps/place/San+Mateo,+CA/@37.5504422,-122.3120466,18z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x808f9e60efa95545:0xfd8efcf42dcc1ba7</a><br>
<br>
I can't tell you how many times I went around there, 'testing' the<br>
traction control. I had dreams about that car. :)<br>
<br>
I'm not driving much right now, and when I do it's a 1999 ML320. Great<br>
solid practical car, but not what anyone would call fun. I kind of want<br>
to build a V8 Miata, but I'd probably live longer if I bought something<br>
like Ray's neglected NX2k-VE.<br>
<br>
--Kurt<br>
<br>
On 2014-07-28 08:32, George Roffe wrote:<br>
>> Daily Driver is a 2000 BMW 328i that I bought when the turbo G20<br>
>> was totaled in 2003. Despite some of the maintenace issues, I still<br>
>> absolutely love this car. Sometimes I think about getting something<br>
>> different, but there is nothing out there that interests me any more<br>
>> than this car. I even thought about a G37-6MT, but I know I'd miss<br>
>> the E46. Although I bought it off-lease, it is EXACTLY the car I<br>
>> would have ordered if I had BMW build me one at the time. The only<br>
>> thing I may have ordered different is the color and this (black)<br>
>> would have been my 2nd choice. It needs some TLC and some paint<br>
>> touch-up, but at this point I don't even worry about the dings<br>
>> anymore. They are unavoidable on a DD and I no longer worry about<br>
>> them. My Garage Queen is a 1998 BMW M Roadster. Wonderfully fun car,<br>
>> but not exactly the best DD. I did DD it for 2 years while working<br>
>> one variouso projects for the 328i. Sadly, it's taken some dings, so<br>
>> IT will have a visit from the dent doctor. Currently has a dead<br>
>> battery (apprarently there is a low level constant draw) and a CEL.<br>
>> When the weather cools off some and it's possible to drive it again<br>
>> (too bloody hot in Houston now for a roadster), I'll have to get<br>
>> after the CEL. This car is FUN. Very visceral to drive. Tons of<br>
>> torque.<br>
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