Hello! I own a 1987 635CSi 5sp for almost 4 years now. I live in the New England area, so lots of snow. Usually I was able to avoid going out during crappy conditions with the car during winter. But getting older and having more responsibilities is making me take the car out in nastier weather. Even though the car is a beast in snow (LSD with winters), I don't want to keep driving it during winter. I recently rebuilt most of the driver rear quarter, due to rust, which made me realize how much of a PITA it is to deal with rust repairs. The car itself has very minimal rust after the repair, and the plan is to keep it that way. Now I'm in the market for some sort of winter DD or even a full DD replacement while the 6er gets historic plates.
I have several ideas, but I'm not sure which to pick. An E46 (would be AWD), an E39 or least practical, an Audi Ur-S4. The E39 is my #1 choice but no AWD is kind of a turn off. I have a friend with a E46 325xit and I've noticed it tends to understeer like a boat during snow driving. The Audi would be cool as hell but not exactly sure how practical it would be being such a rare car in the U.S. Hell, another option would be to take the money I've saved and use it to upgrade the 6er
So what do you guys think? Any input will be helpful!
