When you see another 2002 while driving your 2002.

[gracer]

When I purchased my first BMW 56 years ago, I could drive from one border of Oregon to another and not see another 02.  Now most of the 2002's are garage queens and I rarely see one on the road.

FYI.  My first car was a 47 Studebaker and it had hillholder technology.

[autokunst]

5 hours ago, JQ02 said:

When I had my 335i convt I would wave like an idiot when I saw a 2002 and they seemed to appreciate it.

I'm still disappointed, but no longer surprised, when I pull up in my 2002 next to a modern BMW at a light and they are oblivious to the ancestral magnificence that is the 2002.

Last summer I had my '68 1600-2 out.  Stopped at a light, a modern BMW pulled up next to me.  The guy was revving his engine, then rolled his window down and started talking: "what year is that, '84?  '85?".  I replied "'68".  He looked at my like I was joking with him, and asked again: "what year?"  I replied "1968".  He looked away, kept revving his engine.  The light turned green and he squealed his tires through the intersection. 

 

I still think he doesn't believe me - but I really don't care.

 

And I wave at any BMW E30 or earlier. 

[tech71]

5 hours ago, autokunst said:

The light turned green and he squealed his tires through the intersection. 

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[slowbert]

On 2/13/2024 at 6:15 PM, walkinfool said:

clearly you've never owned a subaru, Mr. Bert 😉 

 

I had a Subaru in college.  The only car that left me stranded on the side of the highway at 2am when I lost the timing chain.  I had to hitchhike to a Howard Johnson's to use the phone to call AAA.  Didn't have *any* cash to pay for the cup of coffee, and had to fix the motor in my apartment parking lot.

 

Yeah, I had a Subaru.

[resra]

On 2/14/2024 at 8:36 AM, jimk said:

Anyone know of a good BMW 2002 forum?

You mean the ones with a boxer four?

[walkinfool]

7 hours ago, slowbert said:

 

I had a Subaru in college.  The only car that left me stranded on the side of the highway at 2am when I lost the timing chain.  I had to hitchhike to a Howard Johnson's to use the phone to call AAA.  Didn't have *any* cash to pay for the cup of coffee, and had to fix the motor in my apartment parking lot.

 

Yeah, I had a Subaru.

A car in college? You were the lucky one! I had a Schwin bicycle and a pair of Nike running shoes. 🙂 

 

Cars are gonna be cars and break down at the worst times. And, most timing belts/chains don't last forever. I've had two go out on me over the years: The first was in a '74 Mercury Capri and the second was in a 1991 Honda Civic Hatchback Si - both great cars that kept me safe on the roads for years after I fixed 'em. Sorry to hear that your Subaru experience was less than ideal. 

 

[slowbert]

57 minutes ago, walkinfool said:

Sorry to hear that your Subaru experience was less than ideal.

Here’s how the Subaru ended. 
 

 

[walkinfool]

55 minutes ago, slowbert said:

Here’s how the Subaru ended. 
 

 

LOL that's some serious air! 

[visionaut]

11 hours ago, resra said:

You mean the ones with a boxer four?

Or boxer six, like my SVX.  Designed by the same guy who designed the BMW M logo.

( just looping it back to Bimmers… 🙃)

[saaron]

On 2/14/2024 at 12:04 AM, walkinfool said:

that technology is alive and well (and F'n brilliant) in my 2009 manual tranny Impreza hatch! 

 

Our first car we bought as a married couple was an Subaru DL.  It was so cheap it didn’t have a model name.  “DL”.  It had AC and a cassette deck w/two speakers.  It had the hill holder.  Great little car that we kept for a long time.  

 

But wait, there’s more hill holder goodness!

 

Our 2012 VW Jetta GLI has a hill holder.

 

To bring it back to BMW, so did my 2008 M3.  Which was shocking.

 

Scott

['76mintgrün'02]

On 3/8/2024 at 5:56 AM, slowbert said:

I had a Subaru in college.  The only car that left me stranded on the side of the highway at 2am when I lost the timing chain. 

 

The EA81 engine doesn't have a timing chain (or belts), it has gears linking the cams and crank.

 

 

Yours had the cool third-eye light hiding behind the flip-up emblem in the grille.  (mine doesn't)

 

 

I put a BMW 2002 resonator and muffler in my '84 Subaru GL 4x4 wagon.  It sounds a bit throatier in that car than it does on my 2002.  The Subaru is my designated salt-car and has the rust to prove it.  It's been incredibly dependable for a $600 car that's now up to 265k miles. 

 

It has the hill-holder feature, but it isn't hooked up.  Starting off on a hill is just part of the fun when driving a stick.  It's a brilliant design though.

 

It's about as rare to see another of that series Subaru on the road now as it is to see a 2002, but when I do happen to see one, we usually wave.  Rusty as it is, mine still receives compliments.

 

There are still a few 2002s being driven in this part of the country and a fair number of e21s.  I get waves from either car, typically; but also from a variety of similar-vintage cars.

 

Tom

 

Tom

[slowbert]

1 hour ago, '76mintgrün'02 said:

The EA81 engine doesn't have a timing chain (or belts), it has gears linking the cams and crank.

My 35+ year recollection has faded, but the misery caused by that Subaru has only intensified.