Leaving out cupholders/ashtrays, this thing gets a 255 jalop score. (refresher: 251+ points: You love cars. Secret cars, concept cars, flying cars, vintage cars, tricked-out cars, red cars, black cars, blonde cars - sometimes, cars just because of the curve of a hood.)
And just look at it. Fuck practicality. Fuck performance. Fuck the purists and the fuck the whiners about unoriginality. You're going driving in your hilariously awesome BMW mashup and you're going to have fun. Maybe not the best down the strip, or in the twisties, or on the track, but who cares? It's not always about specs, sometimes it's just about what tickles your fancy.
This one hits the spot. A nice modern middle finger to everyone who doesn't get it. And the ones that get it - you know who you are - can go out and find out just how wide their silly-ass grin can get.
Twenty large for something that would have me wearing a California DMV-issued Toyota floormat retainer on my wrists the second it was backed off the trailer? Pipe (regrettably).
The asking price is crack pipe. The person who did this modification was obviously inspired after smoking the crack pipe and playing some Cruisin' USA. And the car will soon feel like a ten cent whore after a night of smoking multiple crack pipes because that frame is going to pretzel the first time you seriously use the engine. Usually NPoCP cars tend to be a matter of taste for the price, but to actually consider this car would require some serious crack pipe smoking.
I was alternately shaking my head and facepalming as I went through that article. That is until you mentioned Mad Max and then I epic facepalmed.
Beef up the drivetrain, add a bunch of steel plate and a rollcage. Paint it all flat black and mount a 50 caliber machine gun to the top of the cage and maybe we have something.
Its Friday, I'm feeling generous, and 20K to piss off every BMW employee and owner only works out to a few cents each. Plus, its got a freakin' blower. Nice Price.
@wojo to Ford-Awesome SHO, Great Job!: You A) are a complete idiot! B) deserve COTY! C) should totally have a star! (delete the ones you don't agree with):
What if it was a Nailhead or Ford Flathead swapped into said BMW then?
I was torn on this one...I like plump V8's, and I like BMW Z3's (if it was a Z3 Coupe it would've been a little bit cooler IMHO). But I couldn't get past certain things about this car such as the hood and the lack of wiper cowl. Also, there is just something about that air scoop that doesn't sit well with me. That along with the fact that too many people think that it will make everything okay if you just throw a V8 Chevy motor under the hood of whatever it is...NOT TRUE! Maybe if he'd used a 426 Hemi it would've scored a few more point (and for sure would be nice price at 20K), or a Ford motor. There would be nothing wrong with a Clevland popping through that hood.
Some of the winning points of this car is the fact that the motor is really shiny and appears to be done right. Also, the fact that this guy decided to use a BMW Z3 scores BIG points for deviating from the norm (if I see another Chevy S-10 with a V-8 in it...somebody is going to lose an eye). All that being said, the kid in me (which I might add, usually makes all the important decisions in my life) really wants to vote Nice Price, but the rest of me is saying Crack Pipe.
I guess I will split the difference and say...Nice Crack!
@Electro_Boogie: I've seen a 318ti with a blower this size coming out of the hood too. Don't know what was underneath it, but nothing about it looks right.
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And just look at it. Fuck practicality. Fuck performance. Fuck the purists and the fuck the whiners about unoriginality. You're going driving in your hilariously awesome BMW mashup and you're going to have fun. Maybe not the best down the strip, or in the twisties, or on the track, but who cares? It's not always about specs, sometimes it's just about what tickles your fancy.
This one hits the spot. A nice modern middle finger to everyone who doesn't get it. And the ones that get it - you know who you are - can go out and find out just how wide their silly-ass grin can get.
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Because you can.
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Crack pipe crack pipe crack pipe crack pipe crack pipe crack pipe crack pipe crack pipe.... ARRGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!
My rational engineer's brain can't take this hackjob...
10/09/09
It doesn't mean the car isn't hilariously awesome.
It just means that no one in their right mind would pay twenty grand for this.
Pipe. Maybe not crack, but hash at the very least.
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The only thing wrong with it is the blower being slightly to the right of the car's centerline.
I can live with that. I'm relegated to automatics for daily use, but I can work a clutch for fun...ergo, I'm all over this.
FWIW, pedestrians who don't bother to so much as look before they step into traffic are fair game.
Idiots.
Downside to this car...dead-hooker storage capacity is rather low.
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Beef up the drivetrain, add a bunch of steel plate and a rollcage. Paint it all flat black and mount a 50 caliber machine gun to the top of the cage and maybe we have something.
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Since I consider small-block swaps even in
Model A or T hot rods to be a travesty, I'm going to have to go ahead and say...
Crack Pipe!
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What if it was a Nailhead or Ford Flathead swapped into said BMW then?
10/09/09
Some of the winning points of this car is the fact that the motor is really shiny and appears to be done right. Also, the fact that this guy decided to use a BMW Z3 scores BIG points for deviating from the norm (if I see another Chevy S-10 with a V-8 in it...somebody is going to lose an eye). All that being said, the kid in me (which I might add, usually makes all the important decisions in my life) really wants to vote Nice Price, but the rest of me is saying Crack Pipe.
I guess I will split the difference and say...Nice Crack!
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Crack. Pipe.
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