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InitialDave posted:Richard Meaden drove the eighties TWR Jaguar XJS touring car for Evo about a month back, and he described the look on the face of the guy doing the noise check as being one of genuine disgust. I see they have Dick Johnson's Ford Sierra there as well.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 01:32 |
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The noise limits at NHMS vary depending on event, for reasons I don't understand. Our vintage bike races mostly have noise limits but of course NASCAR doesn't. Cause we're louder, obviously.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 01:35 |
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:The noise limits at NHMS vary depending on event, for reasons I don't understand. Our vintage bike races mostly have noise limits but of course NASCAR doesn't. Cause we're louder, obviously. NASCAR can slap a fat wad on the desk and get pretty much whatever they want.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 01:39 |
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I know it's not very AI or whatever, but gently caress loud cars on the street. There's no excuse for a car or bike to be so loud that I can't carry on a conversation in my car when I'm driving next to yours. Noise limits at the track are dumb, though. ColdPie fucked around with this message at 01:45 on Feb 14, 2014 |
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You Am I posted:I see they have Dick Johnson's Ford Sierra there as well. gently caress yes, I met Dick Johnson when I was about 7 and he let me sit in that(or at least a) Sierra and then gave me a signed photo of it.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 02:16 |
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ColdPie posted:I know it's not very AI or whatever, but gently caress loud cars on the street. There's no excuse for a car or bike to be so loud that I can't carry on a conversation in my car when I'm driving next to yours. Maybe you should spend less time driving next to other people - safer, and you get to have a conversation too!
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 02:38 |
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InitialDave posted:Richard Meaden drove the eighties TWR Jaguar XJS touring car for Evo about a month back, and he described the look on the face of the guy doing the noise check as being one of genuine disgust. I came. I think the guy's disgust was from having to change his pants.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 02:45 |
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http://baltimorepostexaminer.com/buying-car-can-put-strain-relationship/2014/01/30 This absolutely turned my stomach. Disgusting trollop.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 02:56 |
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gently caress that. I've bought 7 since I've been with my girlfriend and she only hates me like 3 days out of a week.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 03:01 |
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That's ... downright lovely.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 03:05 |
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The first bit of the first line of the author's bio tells us a lot:quote:Emily Campbell is a perpetually single, 20-something girl-around-town who loves Shakespeare, old movies, Natty Boh, and of course, long walks on the beach.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 03:14 |
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Because as we all know the best way to make sure a relationship lasts is to try and change the person you're with into someone else.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 03:27 |
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~Complains BFs car is unsafe and hoopty~ ~Tries to buy an old Isuzu Trooper~
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 03:41 |
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Tries to buy a Trooper and fails because even their bank knows it's dog poo poo. Best part: the AW11 will probably still be running when whatever they end up buying gives up the ghost.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 04:47 |
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Fayez Butts posted:The first bit of the first line of the author's bio tells us a lot: I was just about to point that out - the whole article reeks of high maintenance, picky, stuck-up idiot that refuses to compromise on anything. Probably why her last relationship "fizzled over a text message" - betting the text was from the ex boyfriend, along the lines of "die in a fire" or "I already have one mother, I don't need another one".
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 05:05 |
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Eh. She's not a bad looking haul for a guy who drives a salvage title AW11.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 05:12 |
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tobu posted:When is that 94db allowed? at idle or flat open or what? Where I am you're car isn't meant to break 90db (96db if the car is pre-1983 cars) stationary at 4000rpm. Aurune posted:The fixes for such things are as well. Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:The noise limits at NHMS vary depending on event, for reasons I don't understand. Our vintage bike races mostly have noise limits but of course NASCAR doesn't. Cause we're louder, obviously. Because money. Unrestricted days are expensive as poo poo to run. BlackMK4 fucked around with this message at 05:30 on Feb 14, 2014 |
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drukqs posted:http://baltimorepostexaminer.com/buying-car-can-put-strain-relationship/2014/01/30 I traded my beloved beater peace of poo poo in for something more respectable because even I started getting embarrassed to give girls rides in it and yell over the exhaust to ask if they are comfy when clearly they just wanted to get out at the next light. Dont understand why she wanted a Trooper tho and why he couldnt keep the AWII as a project/sunday driver.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 06:13 |
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Girlfriendchat, she's probably moving across the country this summer for grad school, and I intend to move with her. She already has a car and I have 2 bikes, so I may... have to... sell the Studebaker That's my terrible car stuff. I intend to list it at a price that will give me a good price if I do sell it, but I kind of like this car drat it. But I like her better, I guess.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 06:25 |
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Pham Nuwen posted:Girlfriendchat, she's probably moving across the country this summer for grad school, and I intend to move with her. She already has a car and I have 2 bikes, so I may... have to... sell the Studebaker Sell the motorcycles to pay for transporting the car where you're going?
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 06:32 |
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Pham Nuwen posted:Girlfriendchat, she's probably moving across the country this summer for grad school, and I intend to move with her. She already has a car and I have 2 bikes, so I may... have to... sell the Studebaker Sell a bike, buy a single-bike trailer, haul that poo poo with the Lark.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 06:35 |
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 06:47 |
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Sell a bike, buy a single-bike trailer, haul that poo poo with the Lark. If we're driving across country, she wants to be in the same vehicle, so we would need to ship her Toyota (Camry, which I actually enjoy) and all of our stuff. Or we could ship one car, put the bikes and our stuff in a U-Haul, and tow the other car behind the U-Haul. She's not fully sold on the Studebaker, I think because she's only been in it a few times and sees it mostly as something that always needs work. I think of it as something fun to drive that also may die at any time and uses 10 mpg and always has something that needs doing.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 06:47 |
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Agreed, unless the bikes are super unique or something. Edit: Option B, do you have family locally? Would they allow you to store it?
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 06:49 |
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Rhyno posted:Agreed, unless the bikes are super unique or something. Closest family is about 800 miles away. I should be able to store it with them, but it's a long drive.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 06:59 |
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Pham Nuwen posted:Closest family is about 800 miles away. I should be able to store it with them, but it's a long drive. Option C. Stash it at a friend's house for a bit. Fly home and drive it back?
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 07:03 |
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Rhyno posted:Option C. Stash it at a friend's house for a bit. Fly home and drive it back? That actually sounds like a pretty good option. I'm thinking of listing it on Craigslist for around $8000 (I bought it for $4700), because at that price I'll sell it, sure. If it doesn't sell, I have several friends who would probably let me leave it with them. My plan is to stay with the same employer and work remotely, but they would probably fly me back to CA from time to time and one of those trips I could drive it back over the course of a few days. The cool part about that plan would be that it's a bit of a fun adventure. I could take neat back highways (route 66?) and hell, if it dies along the way, that's the best way for it to go--cruising cross-country.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 07:08 |
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Every once in a while I have a good idea.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 07:15 |
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If the other car's just a Camry, sell it and buy another one when you get there? That's like the most interchangeable car there is. Disclaimer: I'm single.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 07:16 |
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Raluek posted:If the other car's just a Camry, sell it and buy another one when you get there? That's like the most interchangeable car there is. Would be fine, except: 1. She'll need some way to get to school, dependably and immediately (doesn't have her motorcycle license yet) 2. She bought the Camry new and there's such a drat loss you take selling a car you bought new a year or two ago.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 07:26 |
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Pham Nuwen posted:2. She bought the Camry new and there's such a drat loss you take selling a car you bought new a year or two ago. If you did consider that route however, you could do a lot worse than Toyota. They top the charts for resale value.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 07:41 |
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The rare and elusive FDPreludeVette
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 07:44 |
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xzzy posted:If you did consider that route however, you could do a lot worse than Toyota. They top the charts for resale value. True. Maybe if we can get her a motorcycle license before we leave. The little '79 Honda would be great for running to school and back, I love taking it to work.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 07:46 |
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Brigdh posted:The rare and elusive FDPreludeVette All of which is all the sadder because ... it's an MR2.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 07:47 |
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Krakkles posted:All of which is all the sadder because They somehow made it even boxier. Normally, this is a good thing but it's just so sad.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 07:56 |
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drukqs posted:http://baltimorepostexaminer.com/buying-car-can-put-strain-relationship/2014/01/30
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 08:16 |
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Wasabi the J posted:I like the noise limits they put in place at Las Vegas Motor Speedway... If you've been here a while, you also note that there is literally no housing within a mile of LVMS. Too bad you weren't here a few years back for this terrible car thing: No clue who those people are, but for people who don't know, this Ford's owner was so gung-ho about being an Air Force cop that he paid to make his POV look like a law enforcement vehicle. After a lot of ridicule, he changed it to this: Don't know what ever happened to that kid, but it's a shame we don't have his car to laugh at anymore.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 09:41 |
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The back end of that car really pulls off that Hard Drivin' look.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 10:46 |
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WAR CRIME SYNDICAT posted:If you've been here a while, you also note that there is literally no housing within a mile of LVMS. And I'm sitting here trying to figure out what dirty word appears when the door opens.
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# ? Feb 14, 2014 13:08 |
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Zlatan Imhobitch posted:I love that there are apparently "car people" on the Internet who've never encountered noise limits. You really can tell who's been to the track... Hahaha. MSR Houston, MSR Cresson, Eagles Canyon, TWS, COTA, NOLA Motorsports, and No Problem Raceway are all tracks in my area that don't have noise limits. Harris Hill is the only one I've seen w/ any sort of restriction.
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