#5966815 - 12/01/11 03:14 PM
Re: Can we talk about cars?
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Serendipitous
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Well, at least she's only thinking about it for the time being. If it comes to that, your GTi isn't too shabby and is deserving of your enthusiast energy.
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#5966923 - 12/01/11 03:50 PM
Re: Can we talk about cars?
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scootergeek
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Well, at least she's only thinking about it for the time being. If it comes to that, your GTi isn't too shabby and is deserving of your enthusiast energy.
If I have to sell it, I'm throwing the proceeds at the VW - if I part it out I ought to be able to scrounge enough for a 1.8T.
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#5967050 - 12/01/11 04:30 PM
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I recently removed the CAI and Cobb AP from my Mazdaspeed3. It's amazing the difference $700 in mods makes to those things. Going backwards sucks, but compromises must be made if I want to keep the GSX from partout territory. I will be buying another Cobb AP when I have more money, it's literally night and day with how much faster and smoother it is with one in the car.
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#5967428 - 12/01/11 06:49 PM
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Serendipitous
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I like having a backseat and a trunk too much, otherwise I would probably still be in a Miata. There's no reason to get rid of my car, but that test drive brought out the new car hunger pangs. BMW knows what's up.
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#5967758 - 12/01/11 09:01 PM
Re: Can we talk about cars?
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cliff st-clair
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I like having a backseat and a trunk too much, otherwise I would probably still be in a Miata. There's no reason to get rid of my car, but that test drive brought out the new car hunger pangs. BMW knows what's up.
Plus, even as a Z owner, I'm not afraid to say that the e46 m3 puts the HR Z to shame except for performance. m3s are just sweet cars. Every one I've driven has always given me goose bumps, and that includes the e36 back in the day...
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#5968085 - 12/02/11 12:03 AM
Re: Can we talk about cars?
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theLoon
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I finally had a chance to drag the GN outta hiding for one last pre-winter blast. Filled up the meth tank and spent a couple of hours leaving nice matching sets of black marks on almost every on-ramp within 10 miles of my house. Then I decided to give it a good wash, which went great until the battery decided to die. Ah well, I just jogged the mile or so to my house and got my jumper pack. Don't know yet if its battery or alternator, might not be till spring till I get it figured out.
But anyway, I love those outings in the GN because it reminds me how much fun the M3 is. The Buick's great for getting that hit of speed, but the bimmer's so much more fun to drive in every other possible situation. Except for trying to get laid, I suppose.
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#5968201 - 12/02/11 01:33 AM
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Now rocking a bus pass & zipcar membership. It's pretty sweet, and will probably continue until I get old and move to a suburb or something.
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#5968384 - 12/02/11 07:39 AM
Re: Can we talk about cars?
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Mom just got a '10 C300 sport AWD. I've only sat in it and admired the interior, since it's unregistered, but I'm sure I'll get to play with it this weekend.
She actually found a nice one; It's arctic white with grey interior and has most options added. The only thing I'm not a fan of, is the center console. It's pretty blah, compared to the rest of the car. it's just this black rubbery crap, with little detail, and the display is about a foot away from the actual radio/Bluetooth.
Anyways, I'm excited to drive it, but I'm a little sad there's going to be one less Swede in the family pretty shortly.
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#5968650 - 12/02/11 10:03 AM
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Yea, the AP sold in literally 10 minutes from the time I posted it, for $50 less than what I paid several months ago. I will get another, it's just such a smoother power delivery with that thing in place. I haven't sold the CAI and may not, they don't get much on the used market so it's really not worth me selling it.
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#5969580 - 12/02/11 02:30 PM
Re: Can we talk about cars?
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I'm sitting on the fence of whether to finish the Miata. $4-5K on FI seems like it might be good money after bad since it's probably only worth about that on a good day. Toying with buying an NB, swapping all the good bits over (hardtop, suspension) and selling it, but that'd put me another $4K into the project, though I do think I'd like an NB over an NA. Oh well, in garage it sits for now.
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#5969683 - 12/02/11 03:04 PM
Re: Can we talk about cars?
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Serendipitous
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too bad the e46 has always been so boring looking to me. great heart in it though.(but shitty sounding exhaust ) and obviously nice cars overall.
manual>smg
part prices for the e46 arent bad and really the only "extras" that are possibly expensive is the oil for that engine(10w60) and valve adjustments. the rest of it is fine. i wouldnt let out of warranty scare you if you can turn a wrench...not that it will necessarily need a lot. just keep in mind those cars are hard on bushings etc in that you cant leave them for 15 yrs like a honda and its still kinda ok.
if you do consider one just make sure you get it checked out(ppi) by a place that knows the cars. it could save you from buying something that needs everything replaced if it was neglected.
one that was cared for will be nice. plenty of examples of s54 going well north of 200k miles with no issues.
Yup, I got a guy. After doing some research it sounds like these cars aren't nearly the maintenance nightmare the internet portrays them as. Just like my car 
You have to be selective with aftermarket exhausts, but bone stock they sound glorious from the driver's seat. The ITB induction noise mixed in with a raspy 8200 rpm I6 exhaust: HNNNNNNNGGGGGG
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#5969703 - 12/02/11 03:10 PM
Re: Can we talk about cars?
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Serendipitous
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I'm sitting on the fence of whether to finish the Miata. $4-5K on FI seems like it might be good money after bad since it's probably only worth about that on a good day. Toying with buying an NB, swapping all the good bits over (hardtop, suspension) and selling it, but that'd put me another $4K into the project, though I do think I'd like an NB over an NA. Oh well, in garage it sits for now.
Is it your only car?
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#5970047 - 12/02/11 09:20 PM
Re: Can we talk about cars?
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tylerdurden
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Nah, I have a 2011 Fusion as a company car.
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#5970059 - 12/02/11 09:29 PM
Re: Can we talk about cars?
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Serendipitous
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Boost your NA then. The benefits of the NB are most apparent in a daily driver.
I doubt you'll regret it. What kind of setup are you thinking about?
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#5970070 - 12/02/11 09:31 PM
Re: Can we talk about cars?
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tylerdurden
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Still on the fence, but I'm kinda thinking of doing an E85 FFS coldside in the 230 whp range. The throttle response seems like it'd be sweet. I need to drive some turbo Miata's (only driven a stock MSM and an M45 NA thus far) to see if the turbo response is "good enough". The power is certainly easier and cheaper with a turbo.
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#5970242 - 12/02/11 11:06 PM
Re: Can we talk about cars?
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Did an oil change on an E30. Took like 12 hours!
Here is the old oil, ready to get out of there:
(M50TUB25)
There, fixed it!
S52B32
I/H/E/Tune
E30 M3 Suspension bits, including custom valved Bilsteins and J-stock springs
Redone interior, a bunch of "clean" exterior mods that E30 guys are into
Damn good car. E36 M3 tranny going in soon.
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#5970305 - 12/02/11 11:56 PM
Re: Can we talk about cars?
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Badass!
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#5970630 - 12/03/11 09:23 AM
Re: Can we talk about cars?
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I've been out of the buttsex game for awhile and this is the first I've heard of the FFS. It sounds like a killer option and I was just on Autotrader looking at NBs for the last 15 minutes  There was a nice BRG '99 with 63k, but the guy was asking 7 grand and that's $1000 over KBB value. What was I saying before about 2 seaters? Are most people running E85 with that setup? They are advertising ~190whp with their kit sans E85.
No, and if it were a daily, I wouldn't either, I only have one station near me. Some people bitch that it lacks an IC and has a primitive engine management (basically runs a fifth and sixth injector setup to add fuel and cool the charge), but some people have hit 260whp with it and I don't know of a single engine failure. Good looking curve too.
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#5975647 - 12/05/11 06:25 PM
Re: Can we talk about cars?
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cliff st-clair
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Did an oil change on an E30. Took like 12 hours! Here is the old oil, ready to get out of there: (M50TUB25) There, fixed it! S52B32 I/H/E/Tune E30 M3 Suspension bits, including custom valved Bilsteins and J-stock springs Redone interior, a bunch of "clean" exterior mods that E30 guys are into Damn good car. E36 M3 tranny going in soon.
Nice lube job.
What does that weigh with the s52 swap?
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#5976510 - 12/06/11 01:10 AM
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Did an oil change on an E30. Took like 12 hours! Here is the old oil, ready to get out of there: (M50TUB25) There, fixed it! S52B32 I/H/E/Tune E30 M3 Suspension bits, including custom valved Bilsteins and J-stock springs Redone interior, a bunch of "clean" exterior mods that E30 guys are into Damn good car. E36 M3 tranny going in soon. Nice lube job. What does that weigh with the s52 swap?
I believe that car sits somewhere in between the 2600-2700lb range. A recipe for success!
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#5977001 - 12/06/11 10:26 AM
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Haven't driven anything new lately, not that I imagine anything making me want to dump the Evo. However received some good news recently and I think I may be able to start resurrecting my Mustang sooner than later. It's been a very long time since I've felt a rumbling V8 under my right foot. 
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#5978030 - 12/06/11 03:01 PM
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It's been a very long time since I've felt a rumbling V8 under my right foot.
I miss that too.
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#5991997 - 12/13/11 09:52 AM
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My only V8 sucked, but holy fuck did it sound good (Pontiac 301 with dual exhaust and reversed glass packs)
Seriously.
Though I would not have minded driving a turbo 301 when newer...before any of the numerous bugs cropped up, if only to see what it was like...
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#5992102 - 12/13/11 10:24 AM
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My only V8 sucked, but holy fuck did it sound good (Pontiac 301 with dual exhaust and reversed glass packs) That engine is literally a v8 on a technicality only. Seriously.
It was so freaking bad. And it had a Rochester Dual-Jet on top - which was a Quadra-Junk with the secondaries blanked off but otherwise the same casting. 8 miles per gallon with maybe 130ish hp.
The thing that hurt the most was it was a '77 Skylark coupe, but GM lost its mind in 1977 and started throwing whatever they had laying around into whatever chassis was available. It was like russian roulette and I got the single worst V8 they ever made. Pow, right to the head. And I was too young and stupid (and there was no internet) to figure it all out ahead of time.
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#5992229 - 12/13/11 10:56 AM
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Though, to be honest, there were worse v8's.
Pontiac 265
Chevy 262
Ford 255
Olds 260 (which also spawned the beyond bad what-the-hell-were-they-thinking olds diesel[seriously...what the f' were they thinking?!? {gas v8 coverted to diesel?!?}])
Notice a pattern? All ubber small versions of normal v8's, all creatures of the late 70's.
Sure, the chrysler "lean-burn" and fuel injected v8's of the same era were horrid; Great idea, that "lean-burn", but the primitive computers of the era and the fact it had to be vacuum controlled using crude temp devices and egr controls made it unworkable along with none-too-terribly precise for the application fuel metering of a carb. BUT, when you got sick of chasing all the bugs, you could simply throw on a distributer, or in the case of the FI engines, a regular carb and you had a pretty standard reasonably strong, normal sized v8.
The 301 was around 130-ish HP (on a very good day...), but those others were all in the sub-120 range, all with enough vacuum hoses to run from here to...well, 80 feet from here...that's still alot(!), and all were plagued with many of the same running/driveability gremlins that made the lean burns and FI 318's hard to live with.
So while the 301 was bad...it was still quite a bit less horrid than those uber small guys.
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#5992255 - 12/13/11 11:06 AM
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So while the 301 was bad...it was still quite a bit less horrid than those uber small guys.
On the other hand, in 1976 my exact same model would have come with a Buick 350. /still bitter after 17 years
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#5992262 - 12/13/11 11:08 AM
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Well right now I'm on the fence about either building up an LS7-based 440 for my T/A, or picking up a new Regal Turbo (not the GS) after the winter for a daily driver.
I keep waffling and right now there's a 440 shortblock for sale on LS1tech from a guy 2 hours away, and it's really, really tempting to pull the trigger. 10 years with the 346, later aided by spray, was fun but I'm ready for some big cubes.
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#5992322 - 12/13/11 11:24 AM
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On the other hand, in 1976 my exact same model would have come with a Buick 350. /still bitter after 17 years
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#5992644 - 12/13/11 12:51 PM
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I don't get to drive fun cars, I drive a Ford Fusion. Just rolled over 90k miles this morning in it. It had about 46k when we got married a year and a half ago. 
No one be sorry for ye, Captain Adam7.
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#5997312 - 12/15/11 09:50 AM
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#5998025 - 12/15/11 01:36 PM
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Nurburgring, awesome...simply awesome...
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#5998525 - 12/15/11 04:05 PM
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I've got the beater mostly sorted (1997 Hyundai Accent base model hatch, 5spd with a/c and no p/s). 2000 pound cars with manual steering can be surprisingly fun to drive, even if its a shitbox.
Finally replaced the rear tire on the WR250X since I got a flat about a month ago (tire was past the wear bars anyways) and went for a ride the last couple days. I think I'm going to sell it next year, just doesn't "do it" for me anymore and want something different.
New car test drives?
Drove the Fiat 500 a few weeks ago and was wholly unimpressed. Brakes were awesome, handling was more than ok, and the driver's seating position was pretty good but visibility sucked, interior room sucked (I was almost shoulder to shoulder to the salesman), and it was slow. Felt slower than my old oil burning Accent, with a worse ride and less room and less visibility. Reminded me a lot of the Smart FourTwo but with a real transmission and a backseat... the salesman said that was one of their most common trade-ins for the 500.
Test drove a Mazda2 hatch a few months ago, and it was a great peppy little small car, even with the automatic which might have been one of the best least intrusive automatics I've driven.
Sat in a Veloster yesterday. Me likey, a lot. Gonna wait to find a stick version with no options to drive one, but on paper it could make a great DD and stock class autocrosser...
I'm considering the following for next year:
A) New small car, so far the Veloster and Mazda2 are top of my list. HStock autocross and DD. Add a hitch to carry race tires and/or the motorcycle. Or a kart and keeping the car as a DD only.
2) New small pickup to bypass trailer hassles. Thinking another Tacoma, probably another 4cyl 5spd 2wd but getting the factory toolbox(es). Then getting a kart to go with the bike(s) for a racing toy.
III) Finances and good sense have me keeping the Hyundai since in nice weather it will be driven extremely infrequently, it runs decently as is, and I already own it. Add a hitch and build a small HF trailer for bike transport. Selling the WR next year and getting another new or new to me bike or two (one street one dirt) and trying to get a co-drive in someone elses car next season for autocrossing, or getting a kart again.
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#6006242 - 12/19/11 07:58 PM
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NOT spotch...
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Did an oil change on an E30. Took like 12 hours! Here is the old oil, ready to get out of there: (M50TUB25) There, fixed it! S52B32 I/H/E/Tune E30 M3 Suspension bits, including custom valved Bilsteins and J-stock springs Redone interior, a bunch of "clean" exterior mods that E30 guys are into Damn good car. E36 M3 tranny going in soon.
Obvious brag post is obvious
...ly jealousy inspiring
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#7377939 - 11/06/13 02:22 PM
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My heart hurts after reading the car threads in Out There.
This...... bump!
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#7534291 - 02/03/14 07:17 PM
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I still break out in laughter when I drive the GTI. Fuck you old men. < also still has a soft spot for vw's  all i've driven is the same wrx as the last 5 years now. passed 71K a couple days ago... oh and of course my wife's car, had that for 8 years. i'd like to say it's about time for a changing of the guard, but it's still only 92K miles and has been paid for forever ago. 
i thought i posted in this thread lol. we did replace the wife's car nearly a year to the day after this post, with a '13 CX-5. still have that wrx though, now about to turn 96K!
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