Travis R
forum member
Greetings!
Just checking in. I'm thinking about buying a S197, so I've come in search of info. And found lots of it so far. Seems like a good group here.
A little back ground: I owned a '65 coupe when I was younger and really learned how to work on cars because of it. I rebuilt the 289 in high school and really loved that car. My wife says she loved the way it smelled... I keep telling her that smell was a combination of musty old vinyl, leaking transmission fluid, and burning oil, but hey, whatever got her to date me obviously worked!
Then I got into Subarus. Had a 2.5 RS as my first new car, then a WRX after that. The WRX started to nickle-and-dime us shortly after 100K miles.
I've been driving older BMW's the last few years (E28, now an E34). I bought both of them with around 200K miles on them. Love that bulletproof M30 (3.5L straight 6)!
I also really enjoy autocrossing. I drove my street cars for a while, then co-drove with various friends in Prepared. Then had an FSAE car for a few years. That thing was a blast.
I'm also building (at an extremely slow pace) a 2nd gen RX7 for F-Prepared.
I also enjoy doing some welding/machining/fabrication on the side.
So I'm looking forward to getting back into a car that I can mod (and autocross) for fun as the time/budget permit.
Oh and I have two little girls (5 and 1.5 yrs old)
Just checking in. I'm thinking about buying a S197, so I've come in search of info. And found lots of it so far. Seems like a good group here.
A little back ground: I owned a '65 coupe when I was younger and really learned how to work on cars because of it. I rebuilt the 289 in high school and really loved that car. My wife says she loved the way it smelled... I keep telling her that smell was a combination of musty old vinyl, leaking transmission fluid, and burning oil, but hey, whatever got her to date me obviously worked!
Then I got into Subarus. Had a 2.5 RS as my first new car, then a WRX after that. The WRX started to nickle-and-dime us shortly after 100K miles.
I've been driving older BMW's the last few years (E28, now an E34). I bought both of them with around 200K miles on them. Love that bulletproof M30 (3.5L straight 6)!
I also really enjoy autocrossing. I drove my street cars for a while, then co-drove with various friends in Prepared. Then had an FSAE car for a few years. That thing was a blast.
I'm also building (at an extremely slow pace) a 2nd gen RX7 for F-Prepared.
I also enjoy doing some welding/machining/fabrication on the side.
So I'm looking forward to getting back into a car that I can mod (and autocross) for fun as the time/budget permit.
Oh and I have two little girls (5 and 1.5 yrs old)
