Yeah, an e36 sounds nice, until I looked at the cost of re-shelling the car should the unfortunate happen.
I pretty much decided that the time/money shift wasn't going to work for me in ITS - I don't have the time to do all the prep/upgrades myself or the money to have someone else do them. Spec is where it's at. I can't imagine an e36 ITS car would be an inexpensive (money or time) propsition. Regardless, I'm looking forward to some Bavarian goodness next fall for my daily driver (probably a 5-series, b/c if I get a 3, I'll want an M and we all know where that leads! )
I think ITRs are great cars to take to the track, but I wouldn't own one for track only. That kinda ruins it for me. A prepped GSR or Prelude will run as fast as the ITR for about 1/2 the cost. Having seen maybe five ITRs get bent up this year at the track, all at great expense, I don't get it.
Travis - what happened to the SpecMiata? I'm still there, unless I can't stand seeing anymore proven ITA CRXs going for dirt cheap.
And bbp - good luck finding anyone near us that I haven't already gotten to! I'd like to think I was a little bit responsible for getting uuninja, sykikchimp, nrcooled, akadriver, and dsc out to NASA events. I guess there's a few toward your end that are out of my reach... muhahaha
