Hello, boys and girls.
Haven't been on this forum for a while. Popped in and before long saw Hurdy's signature. Boy, has he changed a lot on his silver bullet while I was absent!
Looking at his signature a question arose, which I wanted to ask Hurdy personally at first, but then decided to make it into a topic, since there are a number of hard-core tuners here (RedRobin, Rob-MK5, etc).
The question has been gnawing at me for some time now.
The question is - why do it? Ok, a remap for a few hundred quid, maybe other springs or even coilovers. But why spend money on intercoolers, fuel pumps, diverter valves, TBEs, carbon bonnets, and on and on...
It IS a FWD car and whatever you do to it, it will not be a great sprinter, especially in wet. It is not a sports car in the first place.
Why do I ask that? Because recently I have been thinking a lot about 335i Coupe. I am really falling for that vehicle, and thinking of buying it in a year's time. Do a little tuning to it - 360hp/500Nm on back axle and E30 tuned or not is left in backview mirror. Moreover, it has 6-cylinder with fantastic soundtrack, unloaded front axle with informative and sharp steering, beautiful low and sleek design (IMHO). It is pretty efficient consumption-wise as well. Also, it is more rewarding to spend money on tuning 335 than E30, because returns driving/speed-wise are larger.
Get 335 secondhand, 2 year car, plus some tuning - the financial diff to tuned E30 is not so large. And it is definitely more of a driver's car than E30 will ever be, because it is in its blood, while E30 is just Golf with stronger engine and 15mm lower suspension.
It has 2 doors, 335, ok, but then there is sedan.
And how often do you transport toilets in your hatch to require that loading space?
I've been holding back on tuning my E30 because of these thoughts.
Your thoughts, guys and girls?
