Boredom

[brettski]

Hi guys i've just spent the last 18 months getting my Stannard sport to a standard that i'm happy with but now its done i'm bored

I've spent so much time cleaning it and getting it to a good standard that i'm now worried about using it especially at this time of year.

I have a company car so it was only planned to be used on weekends but even if it's raining i don't use it?!

I'm just beginning to think should i get something newer like an e46 M3 to use so i don't have to worry about getting salt on it and just enjoy driving it or get another project to mess about with as i have enjoyed doing the car up.

What are your thoughts is there anyone else in the same boat?

Cheers

[ross_jsy]

If I was to do it all again I would have started with an e46 m3.

While I love my e30 it has consumed a disgusting amount of money and will only ever be seen by most as an old car.

Never had so much fun in a road car than an m3 I took out on a test drive. Fast, comfortable and more capable than an e30 could dream of being.

[ah]

In my experience you never finish an E30,theres always something to do.Whats the company car? and any pics of the pride and joy.

[kieran325]

Same thing happened to me when I finished my sport, I ended up chewing my gums like a crack addict with boredom.

I then bought my E30 M3 and it all started again but the boredom soon worn off and they now sit in the garage as ornaments.

The last time my sport turned a wheel was July and the M3 was August, shame really

[brettski]

Thats what i'm starting to think. I've owned six m3's and a z3 m coupe but cause i've got the company car i thought i'd get another e30 cause i love the styling and i wouldn't cost me too much..... It's a hobby at the end of the day and i love driving but i just want something to use and not worry about it too much.

[bab-91]

What little free time I have is spent on the e30. I love it


If it ever gets finished I would like another project to keep me busy.

Saab 900 turbo, merc cosworth or if I get my pennys together an e30 m3.


A e46 m3 is a fantastic car but I would never get the same satisfaction out of its ownership

[shedrool83]

I was in the same boat when i got the m52 the way i wanted it .
So bought a shell and i am using all my spares to build it back up for the wife to use as a second car.

Thats about finished aswell now so i'll have to find another project soon

[polsta]

Thats what i'm starting to think. I've owned six m3's and a z3 m coupe but cause i've got the company car i thought i'd get another e30 cause i love the styling and i wouldn't cost me too much..... It's a hobby at the end of the day and i love driving but i just want something to use and not worry about it too much.

but why not just use it and enjoy it and do what it was made for ? to be driven, think about it like this... if it was a brand new car youd bought or one 3 or 4 years old and in same condition- would you not drive it ? or just make sure you get out in it in all nice weather and enjoy it and be thankful you have a company car and you dont have to use it in bad weather , interested myself in how i feel when mines done, i think for once il be happy and just enjoy not having a car thats a project/needs things doing (although like above theres always more to do/can be done to improve) , but just glad theres not a big to do list of rust,paint, big parts, etc

[brettski]

In my experience you never finish an E30,theres always something to do.Whats the company car? and any pics of the pride and joy

I've just got an astra nothing exciting i'm afraid! Here are some pics of my car.

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... t=stannard

[brettski]

Kieran you've made me feel a bit better at least i've only got one!

[brettski]

I agree with what your saying polsta and generally i just clean and make sure my cars want for nothing but with this one its different. I don't know why but cause i've spent so much time doing it up i don't want anything going wrong?!

Must be losing the plot!

[polsta]

just the winter blues man, soon be spring and out to play hooing along A roads with a smile onn your face ! Get something else to play with, think if you had an m3/something youve also paid a lot of money for, would you still want to drive it around in the ice and grit n salt etc ?

[Duke137]

Me too, my 24V E30 is all but done bar the carpets/interior/stereo system (I have all the bits) the car is MOT'd and SORN currently, but as usual my mind has been terribly distracted into messing about with what should be a breaker and attempting to build a budget track-hack

I think this is a terrible illness I have and I am terminally sick.

If we have better weather this year I have an epic garden project to be getting on with but I doubt I will have more than a handful of weekends knowing what last year was like

I would rebuild my kitchen extension and re-fit a new kitchen but I don't have the money for that one

[brettski]

If it was snowing then no i wouldn't use it but i would in the rain etc.

[e30den]

Hi guys i've just spent the last 18 months getting my Stannard sport to a standard that i'm happy with but now its done i'm bored

I've spent so much time cleaning it and getting it to a good standard that i'm now worried about using it especially at this time of year.

I have a company car so it was only planned to be used on weekends but even if it's raining i don't use it?!

I'm just beginning to think should i get something newer like an e46 M3 to use so i don't have to worry about getting salt on it and just enjoy driving it or get another project to mess about with as i have enjoyed doing the car up.

What are your thoughts is there anyone else in the same boat?

Cheers

Yup finished my project after a few years, twiddled my thumbs for a while then got a e46ti as well that needed a few bits doing so kept me busy for a while and guess what, yep twiddling my thumbs again so i'm thinking of a audi tt as my next toy after selling one of if not both beemers and just keep one car as they hardly get driven anyway.

[DanThe]

Stick it in the garage and forget about it until March. Thats what I do with my chromie.

[capri_rob]

I think my E30 has done about 600 miles this year

I know what you mean about not using it in the rain - no fookin way I'm going through the palaver of pulling the carpet out again to get it welded up - dry use only from now on and garaged all year round.

[bmw9818]

i finished up a 4 month build and now bored also! next summer project is a capri and if i can find and afford an american v8 coupled with a blower!

[brettski]

Thats the thing though its locked up in the garage and never gets used. Dan and Rob you've got other things rear wheel drive to play with whilst i'm stuck in a poxy 1.4 astra!

[Simon13]

Drive it, rag it you'll like it more then. Maybe not in salt as it kills off shiney nuts and bolts underneath!

[pnd]

drive the bloody thing thats what they are for. getting too precious about cars kills the enjoyment of owning them.

[brettski]

I think thats the problem i've spent too much time on it. I always look after my cars and they want for nothing but for some reason i'm too fussy with it. Simon god knows how i'd get on with your c2 once its done! Perhaps its time to move it on and get something more modern.....

[e30den]

drive the bloody thing thats what they are for. getting too precious about cars kills the enjoyment of owning them.

Finding the time to enjoy the car is the hard part.

[hennared323i]

Finding a place to enjoy the car is the hard part.

EFA