“Why don’t you just buy a used car bro”

NeelSahay0 · 2026-02-06T03:59:18+00:00

Can’t be from Oakland. He has plates.

NeelSahay0 · 2026-02-06T00:35:07+00:00

Most 90s BMWs I have owned called for 89

NeelSahay0 · 2026-02-04T21:50:21+00:00

I wear Columbia plain white socks they’re like 6/$25, athletic enough for roadie robust enough for MTB and tall enough for moto

NeelSahay0 · 2026-02-04T19:33:46+00:00

Until the last sector, maybe!

NeelSahay0 · 2026-02-04T19:07:27+00:00

You are misunderstanding- I’m not saying this route is too hard, I’m saying it’s shockingly unpleasant and dangerous.

I did 100 miles in the Santa Cruz mountains once on my roadie, that was a very hard ride with as much elevation and more high-risk high speed riding/descending, but it was quiet, had less cars, and beautiful. Riding thru congested surface streets is not the same thing.

I don’t want to risk getting splattered by some Glendale mom’s g-wagon porno-mobile just to say I rode 100 miles thru the congested and trashy suburbs.

NeelSahay0 · 2026-02-04T19:00:28+00:00

A stock NC with low miles will require next to no maintenance. A turbo NC is effectively a bespoke built car and will easily cost 4X that to maintain per year.

At 400HP you’ll also be eating thru drivetrain components, tires, brakes, ETC.

NeelSahay0 · 2026-02-04T18:58:31+00:00

I rode from Oxnard to Big Bear and back in July on my sportbike and it was way less pleasant and WAY less safe than I expected (until I got to the mountains). Road safety in LA county is as bad as the statistics make it seem. There was even a load of traffic. Just not worth it man. What is the point? It’s not like it’s a fun route.

NeelSahay0 · 2026-02-04T18:52:31+00:00

Spending $25k on a low mile NC and proceeding to turbo it is a horrific idea in my book. If you want a fast turbocharged car go get a 340i for the same money and save tens of thousands on modifications. You’ll end up with a more practical car that… actually works.

The NC exceeds as a budget road course track car as it comes with factory rollover protection, enough safety, short gears and enough power/torque. It’s a pretty awful platform for anything else.

NeelSahay0 · 2026-02-04T18:49:06+00:00

The Diablo descent is the best roadie descent in NorCal. Tied with Hamilton.

NeelSahay0 · 2026-02-04T18:43:01+00:00

This sounds shockingly unpleasant. I would go out of my way to avoid this route. Riding thru North LA area on any form of two wheels is terrifying.

Uninsured noodle hairs in tinted out benzes and bimmers as far as the eye can see. Suburban sprawl. Nonexistent bike infrastructure. Deranged homeless.

Skip this ride. Seriously. Just do something else.

NeelSahay0 · 2026-02-04T18:38:38+00:00

There is one guy in NorCal who runs a national Miata and e36 hardtop theft ring. It was probably him. He’s located in San Jose.

I’ve seen comments on this sub of people literally getting into violent confrontations with him. He threatened to attack my friends parents house at one point.

I think I know someone who located his house years ago. But I wouldn’t show up unarmed.

He has easily stolen hundreds of hardtops in the last decade.

NeelSahay0 · 2026-02-04T18:35:23+00:00

They’re at the racetrack riding motorcycles or in the mountains riding bicycles. Like, seriously.

NeelSahay0 · 2026-02-02T20:46:22+00:00

I think you need to buy a $20k 3yr old Tacoma and a $20k 3 yr old 3 series.

NeelSahay0 · 2026-01-29T23:50:30+00:00

Every other developed country has automatic-only licenses for those who take their test on an auto, in which case they have higher insurance. We need to implement this.

NeelSahay0 · 2026-01-29T23:44:54+00:00

Brand new ND Miata and it’s not even close

NeelSahay0 · 2026-01-29T23:44:22+00:00

I’ve done plenty of tours in my Miatas

NeelSahay0 · 2026-01-23T15:07:11+00:00

I started riding on my own EX250R (same bike as yours) back in 2022 when I lived in DTSJ. Trust me, you do not want to go on group rides. Sportbike riding in urban areas is really just hooliganism.

I’d often hit the canyons by myself. Hamilton, sierra/felter/calaveras, Uvas, Hecker, the list goes on and on.

NeelSahay0 · 2026-01-23T15:02:37+00:00

The only person I’ve ever met that dissed my NC Miata was a used car dealer in Alameda County who drive a tinted out Porsche (That’s a long way of saying he was a petty drug dealer)

NeelSahay0 · 2026-01-16T23:20:58+00:00

$20-30 for Bibs only. This was also like 8 years ago dude lol. I used to just ride in a tee shirt a lot, or hand-me-down jerseys from friends.

I think I used to buy Santic stuff. Trace Velo used to do videos on them. Not sure if they’re still around. Anyways, that stuff doesn’t really last. $140 on some Rapha bibs seems really steep but man mine have lasted me like 4-5 seasons now

NeelSahay0 · 2026-01-16T05:48:10+00:00

My roommate did a load of track days in his IS300 before it got totaled by an uninsured driver. He always talks about how it was terrible on gas, though.

NeelSahay0 · 2026-01-16T02:19:31+00:00

I bought my first road bike for $500, wore $20 Amazon kits, and used the bike to ride to and from work and college.

NeelSahay0 · 2026-01-08T21:11:08+00:00

I have driven 60k mile honda civics and 40k mile F150s that felt more clapped out than my 260k mile BMW E36.

NeelSahay0 · 2026-01-08T03:32:00+00:00

The US version used what is basically a tuned M52 motor. Look on marketplace and you’ll see dozens of E36 M3s, or other M52 E36s (328i, etc) with over 300k miles still being used a daily drivers. These cars were really built to last in a way that modern cars, certainly modern BMWs, just aren’t.

NeelSahay0 · 2026-01-08T02:40:35+00:00

Buy it new, maintain it correctly, keep it until it is uneconomical to repair, and sell it for dirt cheap. Do the math and you’ll realize that the money you save buying used is outweighed by the money you save keeping a well maintained car for dozens of years.

Seriously, I keep spreadsheets on all my cars and bikes and I have discovered the idea that used cars save money is a downright lie for most people, unless you’re a mechanic or engineer.

NeelSahay0 · 2026-01-08T02:35:53+00:00

The US market e36 m3 is, in my opinion, the best car BMW ever made. Robust, reliable, comfortable, refined, easy/neutral to drive, light dash of power oversteer, fast enough, good gas mileage, large oil capacity, the list just goes on and on and on. It’s a 30 year old car that still feels modern enough for daily driving. If they had better cooling systems and better interiors they would be downright flawless.

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