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10-13-2010, 01:31 PM
#64
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Joe Perez- Subabishi
I love you now. Even though I reject your thought of all Subabishi guys having a chinese tattoo on their neck. All the Subabishi guys I know are great people who mostly have awesome jobs and are family guys.
I love you now. Even though I reject your thought of all Subabishi guys having a chinese tattoo on their neck. All the Subabishi guys I know are great people who mostly have awesome jobs and are family guys.
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10-13-2010, 02:23 PM
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Time for a bitch rant here, though it's not my mom's cousin's rabbi who has one, it's my ******* daily.
It's a ******* bitch. It's retardedly expensive to own and operate, it's not fun in the slightest, it's not that comfortable, it's ugly, and it's impossible to work on. The ******* front end has to come off just for a ******* timing belt job.
Credit where credit's due though, it has a bitchin' sound system and it is fast. Even for a 3800lb car it can haul *** if need be.
ITT: Pusha reveals what a butt-tard he is
EDIT: And you say it can be fast... They can be extremely fast, but ANY mod you make to one of these cars will take it out of DD territory right away.
It's a ******* bitch. It's retardedly expensive to own and operate, it's not fun in the slightest, it's not that comfortable, it's ugly, and it's impossible to work on. The ******* front end has to come off just for a ******* timing belt job.
Credit where credit's due though, it has a bitchin' sound system and it is fast. Even for a 3800lb car it can haul *** if need be.
ITT: Pusha reveals what a butt-tard he is
EDIT: And you say it can be fast... They can be extremely fast, but ANY mod you make to one of these cars will take it out of DD territory right away.
As far as modifying the car goes, I'd say the mods you'd perform to make more power in turn make the car more reliable. The lifetime of K04s is SUBSTANTIALLY longer than that of K03s. Yes, if you chip your K03 car and drive it like Allan McNish, you'll be posting the Turbo_Lady pic within a few thousand miles. Getting into boost before the oil temp reaches 200* also doesn't help your tiny snails.
Perhaps it's just sour grapes, but sometimes I regret buying my C5 and wish I would have searched for another clean S4. I'll probably get another one soon.
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10-13-2010, 03:13 PM
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Dammit all to hell.
This is what I've been doing all morning: http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl...=&oq=&gs_rfai= (perfectly work-safe, unless you work for Lamborghini, in which case it's probably grounds for immediate dismissal.)
This is what I've been doing all morning: http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl...=&oq=&gs_rfai= (perfectly work-safe, unless you work for Lamborghini, in which case it's probably grounds for immediate dismissal.)
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10-13-2010, 03:39 PM
#67
Dammit all to hell.
This is what I've been doing all morning: http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl...=&oq=&gs_rfai= (perfectly work-safe, unless you work for Lamborghini, in which case it's probably grounds for immediate dismissal.)
This is what I've been doing all morning: http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl...=&oq=&gs_rfai= (perfectly work-safe, unless you work for Lamborghini, in which case it's probably grounds for immediate dismissal.)
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10-13-2010, 05:48 PM
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Dammit all to hell.
This is what I've been doing all morning: http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl...=&oq=&gs_rfai= (perfectly work-safe, unless you work for Lamborghini, in which case it's probably grounds for immediate dismissal.)
This is what I've been doing all morning: http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl...=&oq=&gs_rfai= (perfectly work-safe, unless you work for Lamborghini, in which case it's probably grounds for immediate dismissal.)
Zero to sixty and quarter mile times for a couple of those:
1977 Ferrari 308 GTB 8.2 17.0
1980 Ferrari 308 GTS 6.9 14.9
1981 Ferrari 308 - Dino GT4 7.8 N/A
1981 Ferrari 308 GTSi 7.9 N/A
1983 Ferrari 308 GTBi Quattrovalvole 6.8 15.2
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10-13-2010, 05:58 PM
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skyline?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1995-...eetQ5fLegalQ5f
when the small-scale human leaves for college im gonna get one of these
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1995-...eetQ5fLegalQ5f
when the small-scale human leaves for college im gonna get one of these
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10-13-2010, 06:28 PM
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tip on skylines right now, DON'T BUY THEM!
I'm not going to make this a skyline thread, but I have tons and tons of info in regards to importing and driving one in the states. Long story short, unless it is one of the few Motorex R33 skylines that were federalized, don't buy it. It can, and WILL be crushed.
Besides, one of the Motorex R33s tend to go for over 70k, sometime 100k.
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10-13-2010, 10:36 PM
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It may bear saying, since I know that I'm often flippant or glib in these matters, but the opinions I've given above are not meant as humor. I am putting a lot of thought into this. One of the generic maxims of my elders that I'm starting to appreciate as I see more and more grey hair in the mirror every morning is that you're only young once, and within the bounds of reason (and preferably without compromising your retirement savings), you ought to at least try to enjoy it.
Now, I despise the idea of cars as status symbols. I think that's pretty well established by the '90 Miata I'm driving now, the one with nearly a quarter of a million miles on it that's painted several different colors and has only a shred of soft-top material still attached to the frame. But it's a whole different thing to buy a car which is intrinsically cool without being ostentatious than to merely plop yourself down into the latest offering from the AMG group and make sure that all your friends notice the key fob when you casually set it on the bar while ordering your pomegranate martini.
And it's hard at times, actually.
I've driven the Boxster S, and as a car I just absolutely love it. It's quick, handles well, the gearbox feels incredible, the brakes will rip your face off, and for a Porsche, it doesn't try very hard at all to kill you by plunging you off the side of a cliff backwards. It's a great thing to drive. I'm not even bothered by the "poor man's Porsche" attitude that half the universe seems to subscribe to. (I liked the 914, too. Maybe that says something.) The only problem with the Boxster is that they're practically a fungible commodity these days. Look around any parking lot here in Carlsbad and you'd think that they were coming free in the mail along with the Saturday coupon flyer and samples of Tide. It's not that they tip the ****-o-meter off scale like a Hummer or a Carrera GT3, quite the opposite- they've fallen into what we in the audio business call the noise floor.
If you're gonna do it, do it right I say. The man's already got a Miata, so that's the purist sports car urge satisfied. And by all means, go ahead and buy a cheap V6 Aerostar. Yank out the seats and install a Class III hitch. They're convenient to have around.
But if the time has come to plunk down some real money on a "responsible" car, don't be a lemming. If you buy a BMW or a Subabishi or a Merc, well, you might as well just go ahead and wear a pre-distressed Ambercrombie ball-cap offset to one side and have some random Chinese letter tattooed onto the back of your neck. You can deposit your personality at the concierge desk, no claim check will be issued.
Now, I despise the idea of cars as status symbols. I think that's pretty well established by the '90 Miata I'm driving now, the one with nearly a quarter of a million miles on it that's painted several different colors and has only a shred of soft-top material still attached to the frame. But it's a whole different thing to buy a car which is intrinsically cool without being ostentatious than to merely plop yourself down into the latest offering from the AMG group and make sure that all your friends notice the key fob when you casually set it on the bar while ordering your pomegranate martini.
And it's hard at times, actually.
I've driven the Boxster S, and as a car I just absolutely love it. It's quick, handles well, the gearbox feels incredible, the brakes will rip your face off, and for a Porsche, it doesn't try very hard at all to kill you by plunging you off the side of a cliff backwards. It's a great thing to drive. I'm not even bothered by the "poor man's Porsche" attitude that half the universe seems to subscribe to. (I liked the 914, too. Maybe that says something.) The only problem with the Boxster is that they're practically a fungible commodity these days. Look around any parking lot here in Carlsbad and you'd think that they were coming free in the mail along with the Saturday coupon flyer and samples of Tide. It's not that they tip the ****-o-meter off scale like a Hummer or a Carrera GT3, quite the opposite- they've fallen into what we in the audio business call the noise floor.
If you're gonna do it, do it right I say. The man's already got a Miata, so that's the purist sports car urge satisfied. And by all means, go ahead and buy a cheap V6 Aerostar. Yank out the seats and install a Class III hitch. They're convenient to have around.
But if the time has come to plunk down some real money on a "responsible" car, don't be a lemming. If you buy a BMW or a Subabishi or a Merc, well, you might as well just go ahead and wear a pre-distressed Ambercrombie ball-cap offset to one side and have some random Chinese letter tattooed onto the back of your neck. You can deposit your personality at the concierge desk, no claim check will be issued.
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