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Was taking a bike ride with the boy today and spied this just a couple of blocks from home in an alley. Nothing remarkable about it except that it has no fake-rusted hood, no "illest" stickers, and no tire stretch. It's very uncommon in my area to see a MKII Jetta Coupe, and to find one this nice was a pleasant surprise. 
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There was a European car show in Calgary over the weekend and it had some surprises among the sea of tuned Golfs. My whole album of pictures is here, but here are some highlights:   And the biggest surprise of all:  
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Jul 22, 2013 14:45
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Was up at Road America all weekend for Vintage Races, here's a link to the album because I took a ton of pictures: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10200806230130448.1073741833.1004182354&type=1&l=b7820ab7fa
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Jul 22, 2013 14:58
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phade posted:And the biggest surprise of all: Was this Das Volks in Stanley Park? I meant to go but never showed up.
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Jul 22, 2013 15:19
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Was this Das Volks in Stanley Park? I meant to go but never showed up. Yes it was. The Volkswagen crew represented about half of the cars there; the rest was a mix of everything Europe.
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Jul 22, 2013 15:26
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Imperador do Brasil posted:Was taking a bike ride with the boy today and spied this just a couple of blocks from home in an alley. Nothing remarkable about it except that it has no fake-rusted hood, no "illest" stickers, and no tire stretch. It's very uncommon in my area to see a MKII Jetta Coupe, and to find one this nice was a pleasant surprise. I've noticed fewer cars with fake rust. It may be wishful thinking, but I think the VW scene has finally moved on. It'll still take a little time for word to reach everyone, but I am noticing a return to clean cars like this one. I love the RS2. It'd be the first car I imported if I won the lottery. Hell, I'd just fill up a transporter full of Euros and ship them over.
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Jul 22, 2013 16:28
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saw some audis this weekend. 
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Jul 22, 2013 16:48
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Awful neons and poo poo. But lovely film and savage base cars. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRIsHRHNU5k So bad it's good I think to be honest. I'd hoot and holler if one passed me at full chat for sure.
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Jul 22, 2013 17:59
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Ice racing is the best kind of racing.  
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Jul 22, 2013 18:02
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  Bentley Continental R Mulliner. What a gorgeous car.
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Imperador do Brasil posted:Was taking a bike ride with the boy today and spied this just a couple of blocks from home in an alley. Nothing remarkable about it except that it has no fake-rusted hood, no "illest" stickers, and no tire stretch. It's very uncommon in my area to see a MKII Jetta Coupe, and to find one this nice was a pleasant surprise. Was this taken in the Chicagoland area? If so, I may have some more info on it.
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I went to the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix this weekend, and took a bunch of pictures. This is gonna be a big post, but I saw a lot of cool poo poo. Isn't it cute?  A Starion with no visible rust!  MULTIPLE Z1s. Also visible in the background, MULTIPLE (REAL) Z8s.  TVRs    GT40s, one Mk1 and one Mk2.  A cool Mustang.  Espada  Abarths   Pantera  Racing Scirocco   Elva  Panhard  Saab Sonnett racer  No idea what kind of Saab this is supposed to be, but it had the 3cyl 2-stroke in the back.  BMW 700 Sport  Maserati Tipo 151  Alpina B9  Beck 904  Datsun 1600  V8-swapped Z31  CHP Mustang. Not a rep, still had all the cop gear in it.  Anyway, those are the highlights. If anyone really needs a picture of an E46 converted into a truck painted blaze orange, let me know, though.
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Jul 22, 2013 23:22
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Its Scirocco time.     
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relative_q posted:Anyway, those are the highlights. If anyone really needs a picture of an E46 converted into a truck painted blaze orange, let me know, though. Also that Alpina B9 is gorgeous.
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Jul 23, 2013 00:22
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That V8 in the Z31 has a weird intake manifold setup.
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You Am I posted:That V8 in the Z31 has a weird intake manifold setup. You're in VH45DE land now, amigo. Nice motor. Here's one in an S13. 
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GentlemanofLeisure posted:Absolutely, we need this. You asked for it...  I heard the dude who owns it talking about how it's his daily driver and he uses it to haul chicken feed and stuff.
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Fart Pipe posted:Its Scirocco time. I'm still laughing weeks later that the One Upper's STAGE 3 CORRADO from work blew a STAGE 3 sized hole in his engine.
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Jonny 290 posted:You're in VH45DE land now, amigo. Nice motor. What the poo poo is up with those intake runners? They're rotated like 90 degrees from how my brain says they should be, is that how the stock motor is?
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Fucknag posted:What the poo poo is up with those intake runners? They're rotated like 90 degrees from how my brain says they should be, is that how the stock motor is? A quick google says yes, amazingly. I wonder what they were thinking on the engineering side to justify that, besides the  reaction.
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Carteret posted:A quick google says yes, amazingly. I wonder what they were thinking on the engineering side to justify that, besides the Judging from looking at a picture of the engine bay of a car that it came with from the factory (Infiniti Q45), it looks like a packaging decision. 
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Carteret posted:A quick google says yes, amazingly. I wonder what they were thinking on the engineering side to justify that, besides the The only thing I can fathom is re-using that runner from a different car to save money on engineering.
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Jul 23, 2013 00:46
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relative_q posted:You asked for it...
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Jul 23, 2013 01:42
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Sup BMW ute buddy!   He was at the Import and Kitcar Nationals at Carlisle with that thing, was pretty awesome. As were a bunch of those TVR's from Pittsburgh, I'd imagine.
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The worst photo of the coolest car. Spotted in Miami Beach. The parking lot was extremely busy and full, so I just had a second to snap a cell phone pic.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Was this taken in the Chicagoland area? If so, I may have some more info on it. Nope, central PA.
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Jul 23, 2013 03:40
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So what are you putting the drivetrain into, the truck or the vert?
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Fucknag posted:So what are you putting the drivetrain into, the truck or the vert? Other way around. KA into the GTR. Might need some custom headers 
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Imperador do Brasil posted:Nope, central PA. Ah, ok. According to a coworker, there's a guy not far from where we work with a MKII Jetta Coupe with a 1.8T pushing 400+ horses to a full 4motion swap.
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Raluek posted:Other way around. KA into the GTR. Might need some custom headers KA24E FWD N/A
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Yay! You posted my car!  Here's another picture of it from this year with a lot of other Sciroccos: 
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Anphear posted:I'm sure I've mentioned this before but my father owns 3. Yes they are hilariously fun to drive. So much wheel spin all the time, Ive never seen my mother chirp the wheels so much. Ill snag some photos when I am up visiting in a fortnight. So I lied. My father owns a total of EIGHT Honda City's all in various states of repair. Some are non runners and are only useful for parts and other things.   Some are almost runners or have interesting electrical issues. With bonus    Others are Mint green and convertible, which is the best kind, and are an absolute joy to drive around the town in summer.  Then there is the other side of the car collection. The faster and more Bro' worthy kind.  However he's having trouble with the HICAS having a spazz when he crosses over railway tracks and causing they centre diff to drastically adjust where powers going and completely unsettling the car. He's currently trying to find time to sort these cars out but cannot find the time around all the other stuff going on about the house and his work as a result of the earthquakes.
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Anphear posted:However he's having trouble with the HICAS having a spazz Working as designed.
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Jul 23, 2013 16:31
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Seat Safety Switch posted:
They live a Highlander "There can be only one" kind of lifestyle when they se each other so...
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0toShifty posted:Yay! You posted my car! 
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Since the Pontiac thread is nowhere to be found, here are some absolute poo poo pictures of my dads pristine '76 Pontiac Grand Prix. It was his first new car, and he proposed to my mother in it. It is absolutely mint. 
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Maker Of Shoes posted:Working as designed. Nah cause it locks the power transfer into 80% FWD until he turns the car off and this happens over any decent bump or roughness in the road. He's 'fixed' it buy pulling the fuse so it no longer attempts to transfer.
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A 2,000 mile barn find Delorean that's getting slightly restored and engine improvements so it can move out of it's own way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqsg3GoPPBk
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