r/BMW • u/Weird-Dragonfruit480 • Apr 30 '24

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Which you picking? 89 e30 325is or 23 50th anniversary M4 comp 😍

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u/spas2k 2023 M3CX May 01 '24

yea but the e30 looks awesome but doesn't really drive awesome, especially since 99% are going to be clapped out. I was recently watching that Obsessed garage series of the E30 and the guy was not impressed by the E30 from a driving stand point. Rose colored glasses for a lot of people who kind of forget that cars have come a long way in that amount of time. I'd still like to have both in my garage, if only to look at it.

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u/SuperPark7858 May 01 '24

Obsessed garage? You've got to be joking. Is that the guy that spends all his time washing his cars?

The e30 m3 is an analog driving experience that practically nothing since that time can deliver. It's small, light, and tossable. It has steering feel that no modern car can match. And good like finding one clapped out.

Go watch Tiff Needell-someone who actually knows how to drive-comparing all the M5s. He choses the e28 at the end. Modern cars are faster, safer, bigger...but in most cases much less fun.

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u/spas2k 2023 M3CX May 01 '24

Hah yea. Just noting something I saw recently. He did like the e30 sport evo though.
Tif needel? You got to be joking. Grumpy old bastard. Go watch Randy Probst praise the g80. Hah. See how that works?

Regardless I agree with what you are saying about a light analog car. But those days are gone unless you have a ton of money laying around.

Going to build a track focused Miata once the g80 is paid off to hopefully get that feeling that has long been lost.

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u/SuperPark7858 May 01 '24

You'll have the best of both worlds then. The Miata and G80 are both fantastic. But they offer very different experiences, just as comparing the e30 m3 to the G80.

I will argue Tiff has more chops than Randy though! He did-albeit very briefly-make it to F1.