To strip or not to strip, That is the question

[bramley]

Fair point, as an only car it would get tiresome if properly stripped out.

[beemerbird]

I've voted yes, based on the fact that you don't appear to use your car that often (and the application of clay bar does not constitute 'use' in my mind) based on some of your posts here.

Hang up your polishing cloth and get it driven - stripped if you wish, or not if you don't. I can see you've put a lot of effort into the 325, but it's a big shiny ornament at the moment.

What will give you more satisfaction? Throwing it into the corners on some rack track, or seeing your own face reflecting back from the paintwork?

Good luck with your choice, though, Dave

[mongoose]

Bemmerbrid may have a good point tho !!!!!!

but can you imagine cleaning it after it been in a sand pit are 2 lol

[beemerbird]

Bemmerbrid may have a good point tho !!!!!!

but can you imagine cleaning it after it been in a sand pit are 2 lol

The point is that you flog off your polishing kit and buy upgraded brakes with the profit

[magpie]

typical lass an answer for everything

[Splondike]

I use mine for both Dave, don't see the problem. You are more likely to get it smacked on the road by some clueless tw@t than on the track tbh.

One thing though if is this your purely fun car these days like mine and as I only do a couple of trackday's a year I prefer keeping the car as nice as BMW intended inside and upgrading the parts to make it better on the track. I think stripping it out would ruin it for when you want to roll to shows/meets etc...

[Simon13]

Dave get out of that bloody colt snot box and drive something you like driving. Life is too short to be driving sh!tters around all the time!

[bss325i]

Dave get out of that bloody colt snot box and drive something you like driving. Life is too short to be driving sh!tters around all the time!

Says Mr white E36 4dr 316!

[djk]

Dave get out of that bloody colt snot box and drive something you like driving. Life is too short to be driving sh!tters around all the time!

Says Mr white E36 4dr 316!

A hero chariot of the first order!

[maxfield]

My dad stripped his out and he said it was one of the best things he did!

Why though, its just that little bit faster on a track, and if he feels like taking it for a spin to show a friend what its made of, or even with you along some nice country lanes, father and son time, he cant because theres only one seat in the car!

There's 2 seats in it....

[fuzzy]

What will give you more satisfaction? Throwing it into the corners on some rack track, or seeing your own face reflecting back from the paintwork?

that would depend on how ugly he is.

[B7]

What the hell are you thinking of Dave you plumb. Polish the queen and track a shitter. Sell the colt (never knew you had one) and get a 325 traaaaack slaaaaag.

[B7]

Dave get out of that bloody colt snot box and drive something you like driving. Life is too short to be driving sh!tters around all the time!

Says Mr white E36 4dr 316!

You have to admit mr. griffiths. thats a fair comment

[madaboutthe30]

Trev how comes your selling your e30 btw? You replacing it with something else?

[Cotty]

Your car at the moment is a pampered garage queen. How you going to feel tomorrow if you accidentally come of the track into a hedge, and scratch the hell out of something you've spent ages waxing and looking after?

Just what I was thinking. So a No vote from me.

[jbh]

Dave I've voted no but if this was a poll on getting it out the garage and using it id vote yes..

hope i don't upset any one here... but i read posts about i just clay barred my car and here's the pics... why not use it as it was designed for... drive the feckin thing!!!

once my sports finished shell be my daily driver don't get me wrong first time i see the gritter out ill be buying a turd to use over the winter while the sports tucked up

[blingsta]

dont do it mate, your cars gorgeous... just buy another shell with a 2.5 and use that for track days

[Ilkorin]

another no vote from me - think about all the things that are well sorted on that car, ages of work getting all of the electrics/interior etc. up to scratch to then strip it out.......

plus you'll never truly thrash it, it'll have a little too much sentimental value :p......

get another one and M50/M30 it.....

[robbo86]

Dont do it to that one dave, far to nice. Sounds like you are a bit tired of it so if you want one, buy one ready stripped or buy a bit of a sh1tter instead.

[mccarthy]

Naa, if its just the occasional blast round a track, the benefit to pain in the arseh0le ratio is well against you!

You might lose 100kilos if you went a bit nuts, but just don't carry a passenger around with you on track.

Stripped out cars if you use them at all on the road are a total pain in the arse, the novelty factor wears off after about 3 seconds. Trust me.

+1

totally true!

[Cotty]

hope i don't upset any one here... but i read posts about i just clay barred my car and here's the pics... why not use it as it was designed for... drive the feckin thing!!!

once my sports finished shell be my daily driver don't get me wrong first time i see the gritter out ill be buying a turd to use over the winter while the sports tucked up

And how is tucking the sport up over winter, using it like it was designed for

I clay my car but it also gets used in most weathers (not snow) all year round. Nothing wrong with ragging a clean car.

[harry_p]

don't strip it yet. do a couple of trackdays as is to see whether you enjoy them and want to do more / take it more seriously.

if you do get the bug, then go for it. plenty of tidy track cars out there, a trackday car doesnt have to be a rotten shitter will a roll cage, and likewise, taking a decent car on track doesnt instantly turn it into a scabby lump of scrap.

airfield days are usually the worst for stone chips, but tracks generally arent too bad unless someone runs wide onto the grass / gravel in front of you. might be worth getting a couple of rolls of blue 3m masking tape to cover the lights and leading edge of the bonnet if you're worried.

a trackday isnt a race, you dont have to sit 2 inches from the bumper of the car infront, you don't have to push at 10/10ths constantly. and in my experiance, the people who turn up with the sheddiest cars tend to have the worst driving standards and get moaned about by everyone else there. at least it makes them easy to spot and keep out of the way of.

[R4N_S_S]

i used to polisy my cossie 8 hours a day on the weekends - had all the polished tanks, etc.

then done a trackday and was instantly hooked. Needless to say the car got les sand less polish over the years and more abuse but it still looked good until i ran out of talent at Coombe a few years back but got away with minimal damage which is how the car stayed for another year until i stripped it for parts.

Now have an E30 project trak/drift car to smash to bits lol

[juniorGT]

i agree with harry_p

man up ! strip it, cage it.. drive it and love it

built to be driven

JD

[fuzzy]

torch it and claim the insurance.