ecrabb
05-12-2015, 09:10 AM
Hi guys, I'm baaaaaack. I joined the forum and was around a lot for a year or so back in 2011. I searched pretty intensely that summer and came close to buying a couple of cars, but then started a new job with a startup and worked 60-80 hours a week for the next three years and had no life. I relocated to Utah last fall, made some changes, and I finally have a big garage and some money, so now I can buy a ZHP, and it won't have to be my DD.
It's beautiful here, so my taste has changed from coupe to vert. I really, really want a six-speed. Because race car. But, ZHP verts w/6MT are a pretty tough to find. They're rare enough that I expanded my search to M3's because even though most are SMG, there are probably just as many M3 6MT's as ZHP 6MT's. I've found a few cars I like, but most are Florida or northeast. I really don't want to buy a $10k car without seeing it and then spend $1500 to ship it to Utah.
Ultimately, the ZHP will be a nice-weather driver for my wife and me. It'll be a third car. I plan to keep it for a few years, then sell it to be a very clean, low-mileage, E46 M3. So, since my wife is going to also drive it, and we'll be driving it and parking it work, it doesn't have to be perfect. Just nice. A $12k 100k-mile car is probably right in my sweet spot, especially if I can fly to within a day's drive to take it home. So, California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado, Arizona.
Favorite colors are Mystic Blue and Alpine White - especially with Natural Brown. Also love Sparkling Graphite. Love black leather, but I think it'll be a little hot out here in the sun in a vert, and least desirable is Gray Leather, but might make an exception for either to get Alpine White. Silver Gray or Titanium car is probably not an option because wife is sick of silver. I love Imola, but would no doubt lose my license before the summer was over driving a car that color. Yes, I have a speeding ticket problem. Not a speeding problem, a speeding ticket problem. ;)
Just posting because I haven't been too successful so far watching the usual channels, so wanted to some extra eyes on in case anybody ran into anything.
Thanks, guys!
Year(s):2001-2006
Budget:$10k-15k
Desired location of vehicle: Western US
Desired Mileage: 75k-125k
Transmission type: 6MT
Desired number of Doors: Convertible
Desired Color combos: Anything but Imola.
Desired Packages: ZHP, Premium, Cold weather
Funds lined up? Yes.
Have a car you need to sell first? No.
Cheers,
SC
It's beautiful here, so my taste has changed from coupe to vert. I really, really want a six-speed. Because race car. But, ZHP verts w/6MT are a pretty tough to find. They're rare enough that I expanded my search to M3's because even though most are SMG, there are probably just as many M3 6MT's as ZHP 6MT's. I've found a few cars I like, but most are Florida or northeast. I really don't want to buy a $10k car without seeing it and then spend $1500 to ship it to Utah.
Ultimately, the ZHP will be a nice-weather driver for my wife and me. It'll be a third car. I plan to keep it for a few years, then sell it to be a very clean, low-mileage, E46 M3. So, since my wife is going to also drive it, and we'll be driving it and parking it work, it doesn't have to be perfect. Just nice. A $12k 100k-mile car is probably right in my sweet spot, especially if I can fly to within a day's drive to take it home. So, California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado, Arizona.
Favorite colors are Mystic Blue and Alpine White - especially with Natural Brown. Also love Sparkling Graphite. Love black leather, but I think it'll be a little hot out here in the sun in a vert, and least desirable is Gray Leather, but might make an exception for either to get Alpine White. Silver Gray or Titanium car is probably not an option because wife is sick of silver. I love Imola, but would no doubt lose my license before the summer was over driving a car that color. Yes, I have a speeding ticket problem. Not a speeding problem, a speeding ticket problem. ;)
Just posting because I haven't been too successful so far watching the usual channels, so wanted to some extra eyes on in case anybody ran into anything.
Thanks, guys!
Year(s):2001-2006
Budget:$10k-15k
Desired location of vehicle: Western US
Desired Mileage: 75k-125k
Transmission type: 6MT
Desired number of Doors: Convertible
Desired Color combos: Anything but Imola.
Desired Packages: ZHP, Premium, Cold weather
Funds lined up? Yes.
Have a car you need to sell first? No.
Cheers,
SC