What made you sell/partout your DSM? - Page 3

Fran05 · 11-11-2010

I didn't expect to spark such a great discussion. When I sold my talon and picked up an M3, I had a few thoughts about it afterward. I watched some of the videos of my launches, 1/4 mile passes and so on. It brought back some memories, and always does.

I've had the talon for 3 years and it went from completely stock form to a high 11sec 1/4 mile car with just a 16g and ethanol on stock block. I wasn't entirely sure how much longer I had left in my block after countless pulls while tuning, lots of 1/4 mile passes and a lot of more or less aggressive street driving.

I suppose that in my case, I wanted more refinement, luxury, nice and smooth quiet ride, superior handling, instant torque, and German build quality along few other factors. That is the reason why I chose e36 M3. Sometimes I miss the rush of 400whp.. My bimmer only has 240 to the crank, but the power delivery is so smooth and undramatic that even that power is very satisfactory. I am able to take corners in such a way that I was not even aware possible before. It is really an incredible driving machine.

sleepydsm · 11-12-2010

Hmm, I have thought about this a lot.

I had a very nice 1G. It was not a pile, got lots of compliments, made decent power (556awhp @ map per the last dyno day, woo stock 2.0L!!), and got a lot of intimidated stares from street racer boys.

I loved when owners of true sports cars would accept a challenge from me, and while cruising around rarely did anyone dare challenge me! I have had the unforgettable experiences of embarrissing a Ferrari, Porsches, Vipers; True high end cars, that were better in almost every way than my car (except in an acceleration contest).
I had fallen in love with 1Gs since the day I bought a clean black AWD as my first car. I learned a lot over the years, because I always had to fix these things. I cannot think of another 4 cylinder platform that can be modified with the same results, nor get the same kind of respect that a 4G63 brings to the table. Why did I sell mine? Why did I get out of the game? Over four years, I had spent about $20,000 on the car, gone $5000 of which was transmissions alone. I have to admit, I really hated the auto seatbelts, and those were the clue that gave away how dated that car was. I decided my priorities needed to change, there will always be a faster car somewhere, and I need to stop getting speeding tickets. I accomplished everything I ever wanted with a DSM:

Make over 400awhp at DB
Race, and beat, a VERY intimidating V8 Car (another great story)
Run a decent time at the track
Have as much fun as possible

I did all those things. It's time to move on.

Wizard50369 · 11-12-2010

I started to part out my Talon 3 years ago after I bought a 2000 540i and a 1987 325iS. There wasn't much interest in the car parts so it sat there in my driveway. A few months ago I decided to rebuild the engine and rebuy the parts I sold. 4 days ago I started it up for the first time in 3 years and I'm very excited about it.
So..... I didn't sell it or get out of the game but money was the only reason I wanted to part it out. Decided to keep it because it was the first car I ever bought and it's been with me since I've been 16. only 117K miles and it was owned by an old lady before I bought it.

**asshanson** · 11-17-2010

Displacement and comfort. I get way more torque, plus I can actually talk on the phone in the car with ease. The comfort isn't a big deal to me, I didn't really mind the 2g on coilovers in winter that much, but every passenger and my girlfriend complained about it, a bit of a hint that it sucked on MN roads.

Andrew7dg · 11-19-2010

As it was stated before, I got sick of popping the hood on the car (the next owner who has it said that the cable broke!!!). There was always something to fix. Always something to chase down. I didn't have the space for it. Never grabbed the attention I wanted. It took up ALOT of time. Time wasted.... It is one thing to modify a car and add stuff to it to improve it. It is just irritating to have to keep fixing stuff.

I thank the DSM because it really made me a great mechanic and taught me Engine basics and how to setup a Standalone on a car (which could be transfered to any car really). Engine building

If I had to go 4g63 again it would probably be a Galant VR-4 because of the rarity. Then see how comfortable I could make it. Maybe I am getting old...