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Nwabudike Morgan: Dec 31, 2007

im junior enlisted and def want a big fancy high-end sports car but my dumb-assedness ends at just being a junior enlisted in the first place

# ? Jul 16, 2015 09:39

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# ? May 16, 2024 18:20

USMC503: Jan 15, 2012; For satisfactory performance while under the effects of hostile enemy alcohol.

I think you're a weirdo if you DON'T want a high end sports car. The big difference is junior enlisted are often actually dumb enough to think they can afford said car.

# ? Jul 16, 2015 11:46

The Slithery D: Jul 19, 2012

If you're willing to settle for 78% nitrogen in your tires I can just blow into them for you.

# ? Jul 16, 2015 12:34

Genocide Tendency: Dec 24, 2009; I get mental health care from the medical equivalent of Skillcraft.

Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:

^^^^ in the case of the gtr, yes, but dont really need it as a daily driver

when i got out i was 22 and paying 25 bucks a month for liability on an altima dude

Hyperbole is an interesting word.

Cole posted:

If there is a car worth every bit of its price tag, it's the GT-R.

And the new Stingrays.

Driving the new Vettes is more a religious experience than a car ride.

Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:

hahahahahahahahahaha

You have never driven a Z06.

# ? Jul 16, 2015 16:41

Booblord Zagats: Oct 30, 2011; Pork Pro

Genocide Tendency posted:

Hyperbole is an interesting word.

And the new Stingrays.

Driving the new Vettes is more a religious experience than a car ride.

You have never driven a Z06.

The new Z06 is nice, but I've driven a Maserati, a 458 Italia, a few Exiges, a Gallardo and a DB9. The Z06 is closer to a high end 911 to me than it is to a legitimate super car, but far prettier than the Porsche.

If i were looking for a brand new, high end sports car, I'd be buying the F-Type, not the vette

# ? Jul 16, 2015 16:48

Wasabi the J: Jan 23, 2008; MOM WAS RIGHT

Booblord Zagats posted:

The new Z06 is nice, but I've driven a Maserati, a 458 Italia, a few Exiges, a Gallardo and a DB9. The Z06 is closer to a high end 911 to me than it is to a legitimate super car, but far prettier than the Porsche.

If i were looking for a brand new, high end sports car, I'd be buying the F-Type, not the vette

You lucky sonnuva bitch. Maserati QP or GT is one of my dream grand tourers.

# ? Jul 16, 2015 16:53

Booblord Zagats: Oct 30, 2011; Pork Pro

Wasabi the J posted:

You lucky sonnuva bitch. Maserati QP or GT is one of my dream grand tourers.

Yeah, one of the car dealers we do background checks for has a really nice lot, they've let a few of us just take cars out for an hour to have the experience. Hell, I think almost everyone in my office has a car they've bought from those guys now, all be it mostly Lexus, BMWs, Infinitis and Mercs, but still, that dealership has made a lot of money off of us.

# ? Jul 16, 2015 16:55

McNally: Sep 13, 2007; Ask me about Proposition 305

Do you like muskets?

I heard this story from my old PL. Not sure if it's true but it's a drat good story nonetheless and I think it belongs here.

So my PL was prior-enlisted and went to OCS. Among the cadre he saw there was this grizzled old E5 so he thinks "oh, hey, they got Guard guys here too." Come to find out that he was not, in fact, an old Guard E5, but rather an Active Duty E5 who had been busted from E9 for probably the most over the top stupid Army story I've ever heard.

Story goes that the dude used to be a battalion CSM. One evening a couple of his joes show up to the barracks beat up from a fight they had with some dudes in another battalion. That doesn't sit right with this CSM. So he orders every swinging dick in the barracks to form up in the parking lot as they are and to make sure they bring whatever baseball bats or mop handles or whathaveyou they have on hand. Forms up his battalion, marches them to the barracks where the dudes who allegedly beat up his joes lived and announced to the building via bullhorn that the offending motherfuckers had thirty seconds to surrender themselves before he ordered his battalion to take the barracks.

I'm certain that the reason there was no response was because everybody inside was confused as hell. But true to his word, when the offending motherfuckers failed to surrender themselves, he ordered his battalion to take the barracks.

Apparently you're not allowed to do that and, so the story goes, he was busted from E9 to E5.

Is the story true? Probably not. But drat if the mental image of a very confused battalion rushing into another battalion's barracks at the order of their CSM isn't a good one.

# ? Jul 17, 2015 09:44

Comrade Blyatlov: Aug 4, 2007; should have picked four fingers

Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:

no he's pretty much right
the evo x is an incredible car don't get me wrong but the gt-r is turning up the sperg to 11 and building an incredible machine with some of the most amazing spergs/engineers the world has ever seen.
they build it in a hermetically sealed lab. unless i'm mistaken, the loving bugatti veyron doesn't get that kind of treatment.
the gt-r is a goddamned insane machine built by the most insane engineers on the goddamn planet

# ? Jul 17, 2015 10:41

Malachite_Dragon: Mar 31, 2010; Weaving Merry Christmas magic

McNally posted:

I heard this story from my old PL. Not sure if it's true but it's a drat good story nonetheless and I think it belongs here.

So my PL was prior-enlisted and went to OCS. Among the cadre he saw there was this grizzled old E5 so he thinks "oh, hey, they got Guard guys here too." Come to find out that he was not, in fact, an old Guard E5, but rather an Active Duty E5 who had been busted from E9 for probably the most over the top stupid Army story I've ever heard.

Story goes that the dude used to be a battalion CSM. One evening a couple of his joes show up to the barracks beat up from a fight they had with some dudes in another battalion. That doesn't sit right with this CSM. So he orders every swinging dick in the barracks to form up in the parking lot as they are and to make sure they bring whatever baseball bats or mop handles or whathaveyou they have on hand. Forms up his battalion, marches them to the barracks where the dudes who allegedly beat up his joes lived and announced to the building via bullhorn that the offending motherfuckers had thirty seconds to surrender themselves before he ordered his battalion to take the barracks.

I'm certain that the reason there was no response was because everybody inside was confused as hell. But true to his word, when the offending motherfuckers failed to surrender themselves, he ordered his battalion to take the barracks.

Apparently you're not allowed to do that and, so the story goes, he was busted from E9 to E5.

Is the story true? Probably not. But drat if the mental image of a very confused battalion rushing into another battalion's barracks at the order of their CSM isn't a good one.

I want this to be true solely because the thought of the actual words "offending motherfuckers" being shouted through a bullhorn has me in goddamn stitches

# ? Jul 17, 2015 12:39

evil_bunnY: Apr 2, 2003

Also you just know the mopes got beat up by a couple of local rednecks, but couldn't fess up to that kind of dishonor.

# ? Jul 17, 2015 14:00

Wild T: Dec 15, 2008; The point I'm trying to make is that the only way to come out on top is to kick the Air Force in the nuts, beart it savagely with a weight and take a dump on it's face.

When I was an E-3 I bought a goddamn 2003 Honda Civic with 15K on it for dirt cheap. I still have the car, I'm finally giving it to my mother for free because (a) she's my moms, (b) she's broke, rides the bus to work through a bad area of Baltimore and can't afford a car, and (c) I'm headed back to Alaska in a few months and I'm not keen on driving it up there with two kids in the back.

It's a weird lesson to young troops, but you can still get laid with a cheap rear end car. Maybe not in the car (backseat was hella small), but if you're dependent on your transportation to get pussy you already screwed up and nobody wants to gently caress you anyway. The only reason that dumbass bought that car was to try to get nasty Hurlburt dive bar cooze anyway, he's never taking that poo poo to the track.

# ? Jul 17, 2015 14:44

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Wild T posted:

When I was an E-3 I bought a goddamn 2003 Honda Civic with 15K on it for dirt cheap. I still have the car, I'm finally giving it to my mother for free because (a) she's my moms, (b) she's broke, rides the bus to work through a bad area of Baltimore and can't afford a car, and (c) I'm headed back to Alaska in a few months and I'm not keen on driving it up there with two kids in the back.

It's a weird lesson to young troops, but you can still get laid with a cheap rear end car. Maybe not in the car (backseat was hella small), but if you're dependent on your transportation to get pussy you already screwed up and nobody wants to gently caress you anyway. The only reason that dumbass bought that car was to try to get nasty Hurlburt dive bar cooze anyway, he's never taking that poo poo to the track.

90% of women don't care about sports cars in the slightest. At least half the remaining only care that your car is clean and functional. Gold diggers care if you have a nice BMW or Lexus.

# ? Jul 17, 2015 15:01

Kung Fu Fist Fuck: Aug 9, 2009

Two Finger posted:

no he's pretty much right
the evo x is an incredible car don't get me wrong but the gt-r is turning up the sperg to 11 and building an incredible machine with some of the most amazing spergs/engineers the world has ever seen.
they build it in a hermetically sealed lab. unless i'm mistaken, the loving bugatti veyron doesn't get that kind of treatment.
the gt-r is a goddamned insane machine built by the most insane engineers on the goddamn planet

no i was shocked that he said the evo was comparable to the gtr, thats just massively wrong

# ? Jul 17, 2015 15:43

Dick Burglar: Mar 6, 2006

Stultus Maximus posted:

90% of women don't care about sports cars in the slightest. At least half the remaining only care that your car is clean and functional. Gold diggers care if you have a nice BMW or Lexus.

Gold diggers sure as poo poo won't be impressed by a :rolleyes:

Nissan

# ? Jul 17, 2015 19:04

Genocide Tendency: Dec 24, 2009; I get mental health care from the medical equivalent of Skillcraft.

The only people who are impressed by a GTR are anime nerds and car spergs.

And God I hope that barricks storming story is true.

# ? Jul 17, 2015 19:25

Cole: Nov 24, 2004; DUNSON'D

The evo is more on par with a WRX.

# ? Jul 17, 2015 20:01

Booblord Zagats: Oct 30, 2011; Pork Pro

Dick Burglar posted:

Gold diggers sure as poo poo won't be impressed by a Nissan

Replace the badges with Infiniti, problem solved

Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:

no i was shocked that he said the evo was comparable to the gtr, thats just massively wrong

Yeah, the GTR is a legitimate Super Car, the EVO is a top notch rally car. They aren't anywhere near the same leagues. The GTR weighs in right around mid-high end 911s and the Ferrari California. Neat to see, but not that rare, fast or special when compared to the cars that first spring to mind when you say "Super Car" like Lambos, 458s, AMG SLS, M6, etc.

To be honest Evo's are a lot like Hummers and Ford Raptors, build for a very specific niche that they'll never once see because the owner can;t afford the maintenance necessary to do it.

E: VVVVVVVV The same people who care about Lexus and Bently but have no idea why VVVVVVVV

Booblord Zagats fucked around with this message at 20:22 on Jul 17, 2015

# ? Jul 17, 2015 20:13

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Booblord Zagats posted:

Replace the badges with Infiniti, problem solved

Who the gently caress cares about Infiniti?

# ? Jul 17, 2015 20:17

Cole: Nov 24, 2004; DUNSON'D

The g37 is a pretty nice coupe.

# ? Jul 17, 2015 20:41

Booblord Zagats: Oct 30, 2011; Pork Pro

Cole posted:

The g37 is a pretty nice coupe.

I have the 4 door Anniversary edition G37, absolutely love it

# ? Jul 17, 2015 20:45

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Cole posted:

The g37 is a pretty nice coupe.

That may very well be but as far as prestige among people who don't pay attention to cars Infiniti is a nonentity.

# ? Jul 17, 2015 21:00

Godholio: Aug 28, 2002; Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?

Infiniti is Lincoln for people who only buy Japanese.

# ? Jul 18, 2015 03:05

thetechnoloser: Feb 11, 2003; Say hello to post-apocalyptic fun!; Grimey Drawer

Holy smokes, I insure a 2012 Mustang and a 2009 Pontiac (full coverage + 500K balloon policy on both) for the same price he pays to insure the one GT-R, and my cars are both garaged in the famously expensive NoVA area. That's insanity. Also bullshit, if it's his only car and he's single and 26. Dollars to dimes he's got "low mileage" insurance and will get boned when he's in an accident the 2nd year and has 12K+ more miles on the car.

# ? Jul 18, 2015 03:31

Kung Fu Fist Fuck: Aug 9, 2009

Godholio posted:

Infiniti is Lincoln for people who only buy Japanese.

fight me

# ? Jul 18, 2015 05:30

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

thetechnoloser posted:

Holy smokes, I insure a 2012 Mustang and a 2009 Pontiac (full coverage + 500K balloon policy on both) for the same price he pays to insure the one GT-R, and my cars are both garaged in the famously expensive NoVA area. That's insanity. Also bullshit, if it's his only car and he's single and 26. Dollars to dimes he's got "low mileage" insurance and will get boned when he's in an accident the 2nd year and has 12K+ more miles on the car.

He says its his weekend car. But you're right, he's going to start driving it more and more and go over the mile limit.

# ? Jul 18, 2015 05:36

Affi: Dec 18, 2005; Break bread wit the enemy

X GON GIVE IT TO YA

I met a young mechanic in a technical battalion recently who had bought a corvette. For like 40k. I thought he was insane but apparently engines and cars are his life so whatever.

No idea how a twenty year old could ever afford that though.

# ? Jul 18, 2015 10:29

Shooting Blanks: Jun 6, 2007; Real bullets mess up how cool this thing looks.

-Blade

Affi posted:

I met a young mechanic in a technical battalion recently who had bought a corvette. For like 40k. I thought he was insane but apparently engines and cars are his life so whatever.

No idea how a twenty year old could ever afford that though.

Making money isn't particularly hard if you're motivated, and a $40k car isn't exactly setting the bar very high.

# ? Jul 18, 2015 10:53

drgitlin: Jul 25, 2003; luv 2 get custom titles from a forum that goes into revolt when its told to stop using a bad word.

Nostalgia4Butts posted:

The tires aren't filled with regular air, it's pure nitrogen. Regular air is too unstable for the specially-made tires.

Costco fill your ties with pure nitrogen too.

# ? Jul 18, 2015 15:25

Pershing: Feb 21, 2010; John "Black Jack" Pershing
Hard Fucking Core

drgitlin posted:

Costco fill your ties with pure nitrogen too.

Yeah, really took the performance on my Grand Marquis to the next level.

# ? Jul 18, 2015 18:48

Godholio: Aug 28, 2002; Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?

Any place that sells tires will (claim to) fill them with nitrogen. It's not a special thing and it never really was. And you'll never feel a difference in all-seasons.

# ? Jul 18, 2015 19:38

MrYenko: Jun 18, 2012; #2 isn't ALWAYS bad...

Godholio posted:

Any place that sells tires will (claim to) fill them with nitrogen. It's not a special thing and it never really was. And you'll never feel a difference in all-seasons.

You'll see a much bigger return on time invested by just making sure your tire pressures stay constant over time than by filling with N2 and forgetting about it for six months, again.

Nitrogen has a couple nice side effects (lower leak-down rate vs air, and if purged properly, no moisture, at all, stopping any corrosion in the wheel,) but on a road-driven car, they're really minor, and not generally worth the price of the fill.

# ? Jul 18, 2015 21:24

FIDEL CASHFLOW: Oct 13, 2009

any place that charges for air can gently caress right off

# ? Jul 18, 2015 23:28

Lemniscate Blue: Apr 21, 2006; Here we go again.

FIDEL CASHFLOW posted:

any place that charges for air can gently caress right off

I don't like it either but that's inflation for you.

# ? Jul 18, 2015 23:46

Wasabi the J: Jan 23, 2008; MOM WAS RIGHT

Lemniscate Blue posted:

I don't like it either but that's inflation for you.

# ? Jul 19, 2015 00:01

bird food bathtub: Aug 9, 2003; College Slice

Affi posted:

I met a young mechanic in a technical battalion recently who had bought a corvette. For like 40k. I thought he was insane but apparently engines and cars are his life so whatever.

No idea how a twenty year old could ever afford that though.

The same reason people can set up these payments that they will fail spectacularly at making a year down the road is the same reason enlisted people get out of the military knowing zero point dick about finances. It is entirely possible, and extremely easy, to have no bills at all of your own besides what you choose to have. Housing, food, medical care, all taken care of by the greatest socialist enterprise the United States offers.

# ? Jul 19, 2015 00:21