CFlo’s State of the Fleet Address Here at the DT offices double-wide in the sky, it seems everyone has some sort of cool project car, wacky daily driver, or cheap performance machine. I think I might be the most deranged though, because at any given moment I need more than two full hands of fingers […]
DT E-i-C Vince: Well…that’s a first!! The DTM5 didn’t find any buyers over here, so CFlo submitted the 1993 BMW M5 for sale on Bringatrailer.com where it is currently bidding for $6,911 with 7 days to go. I’ve personally driven/ridden in this car many times and can attest to the sheer brutality of its flagrant […]
1993 BMW M5 The DTM5 – Daily Turismo Project Car It’s always sad to part with a cherished car, but recently I have come to realize that we are all just temporary caretakers of the machines we obsess over. You can’t physically take a car with you to the great endurance race in the sky. […]
This Saturday morning, we’ll be firing up our DTM5 E34 project car and heading down to RadWood2, the show for ’80s and ’90s enthusiast machines at the Phoenix Club in Anaheim, CA. If Jalopnik’s coverage of the inaugural RadWood in the Bay Area is any indication, this show is gonna be…rad. Feel like you just can’t […]
Some astute readers may remember that we do occasionally write about our own project cars around here! We started with a neglected refrigerator-white Volvo 242 in 2012, did some refurbishment, and sold to our friend Alex who went Full Swede on the car – it now sports a Volvo inline six swap, custom made wheels, […]
Nothing better to do this Saturday morning than gawk at other people’s cars? Yeah, us neither. That’s why we’ll be heading down to the 2nd-ever Coffee & Cars with Pelican Parts, a low-stress gathering of SoCal’s finest Euro Trash. Come join us, have a brew (of the hot caffeinated morning variety), let us gawk at […]
by CFlo I’m out here in the high desert outside of Los Angeles with millions of dollars in track day toys. McLarens, Audis, and Porsches litter the pits like crew cab F150s at the local Home Depot parking lot. It’s a Speed Ventures track day at Streets of Willow, part of the Willow Springs International […]
by CFlo That’s right, the DTM5 is still alive and well. You may remember my black-on-black 1993 E34 M5 from previous posts, but if not, check them out here. Up to this point I’ve dynoed the car, diagnosed and fixed the fuel delivery issue, shod it with sticky new tires, and straightened out the power […]
One of the great things about buying a fully depreciated 20 year old performance car is that it’s really not as expensive to maintain & repair as all the naysayers will have you believe…IF you do the majority of the work yourself. I’ve found that a casual enthusiast mechanic can fix just about anything with […]
Tires! They are the most important car parts. The only connection between the metal bits and the road. Without good tires, it doesn’t matter what the chassis and powertrain can do because we don’t all drive SoroSuub X-34 Landspeeders…or Light Cycles…yet. The DTM5 came to me with “temporary” tires that were old, hard, crusty, and […]