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My girlfriend wants to go to Japan and I told her we have to do that tour. She said it has to be an old car so S30 or C10. I am fine with this.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:My girlfriend wants to go to Japan and I told her we have to do that tour. She said it has to be an old car so S30 or C10. I am fine with this. If she likes old cars you have to go to the Toyota vintage museum at Megaweb on Odaiba. I got to see a 432R in the flesh. It was like confirmation that God existed for a Catholic.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:If she likes old cars you have to go to the Toyota vintage museum at Megaweb on Odaiba. I got to see a 432R in the flesh. It was like confirmation that God existed for a Catholic. She's a massive hippy and hates cars, yet she's coming round to older cars so my programming is working
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Olympic Mathlete posted:She's a massive hippy and hates cars, yet she's coming round to older cars so my programming is working Show her a Nissan Pao or Figaro.
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TWSS posted:To the others that were asking, no, if you destroy the car you pay them the moneys, they keep the totaled car and then you leave with nothing but a sense of shame for having destroyed a national treasure. I'm not sure how minor damage is dealt with, but yoshi told me the r34 goes through several drivers side mirrors a year due to americans going too tight on left handers. This is how the Nurburgring rental companies do it as well. You pay for the damage and they usually fix the car then get it back into the rental fleet. First time we did it as we were filling out the paperwork and signing out lives away some guy was calling the police to report his incident. One place had a list you could look at with their repair prices for the most commonly destroyed stuff. They also had a wall of smashed bumpers/doors/wheels though said if you wanted a souvenir from your wreck you could pay for them to ship it to you. I only had one 'oh poo poo' moment of rototation on my third rental due to cold tires and a damp track. Just stepped out a bit but was a minor pucker moment.
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meatcookie posted:Show her a Nissan Pao or Figaro. There's actually a few Figaros around where she lives and I do point them out and she seems cool about them aside from them being autos. I reckon she'd love a Pao.
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NitroSpazzz posted:This is how the Nurburgring rental companies do it as well. You pay for the damage and they usually fix the car then get it back into the rental fleet. First time we did it as we were filling out the paperwork and signing out lives away some guy was calling the police to report his incident. One place had a list you could look at with their repair prices for the most commonly destroyed stuff. They also had a wall of smashed bumpers/doors/wheels though said if you wanted a souvenir from your wreck you could pay for them to ship it to you. I would so so love to do some laps on the 'ring with an awesome rental car, but stuff like this is what would keep me driving at 2/10. Which I suppose is exactly what they want.
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Rent4Ring has a very good optional insurance package that limits your max liability to 2500 euros if you pick the Suzuki Swift. Considering you can rack up six figures in damages and track closure/cleanup fees the insurance is worth it. I was comfortable going about 6/10ths in the rain and had a blast last year https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhCSv_enAFg MonkeyNutZ fucked around with this message at 17:47 on Mar 8, 2017 |
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https://twitter.com/rcmpmb/status/839180919055462400
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Guinness posted:I would so so love to do some laps on the 'ring with an awesome rental car, but stuff like this is what would keep me driving at 2/10. MonkeyNutZ posted:Rent4Ring has a very good optional insurance package that limits your max liability to 2500 euros if you pick the Suzuki Swift. Considering you can rack up six figures in damages and track closure/cleanup fees the insurance is worth it. We did Rent4Ring the first time and they were great, they would be recommendation. The swift is more than quick enough to scare the poo poo out of you on that track, it's so drat narrow. I'd driven hundreds if not 1k+ laps of it on Forza, Assetto Corsa, etc so I had a general knowledge of the track and it was still overwhelming the first several laps. Dad and I had more fun in the swift than the 128i, driving a slow cars fast. From the apex out just plant your foot until the next braking zone then abuse the hell out of the ABS if its wet and toss it in. We had a blast.
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# ? Mar 8, 2017 18:14 |
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You'll have a nice time in anything and you won't crash if you're not retarded. The track is that intimidating. Y'all should go.
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Bape Culture posted:You'll have a nice time in anything and you won't crash if you're not retarded. The track is that intimidating. It really is. I've been on track for about 16 years in all sorts of cars and all sorts of competition, that track humbled the poo poo out of me. You tend to drive conservatively when you have less than 10 feet of runoff in most parts, limited visibility and a poo poo load of corners to navigate.
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NitroSpazzz posted:It really is. I've been on track for about 16 years in all sorts of cars and all sorts of competition, that track humbled the poo poo out of me. You tend to drive conservatively when you have less than 10 feet of runoff in most parts, limited visibility and a poo poo load of corners to navigate. It's time, again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSMCfPASImQ
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MrYenko posted:It's time, again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBFjHjm0O5M
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Thank you, I felt bad posting without something awesome to accompany it. To make up for my wrong doings - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FstXpvGzxZI Around 3:20 he leaves the competition course BraveUlysses posted:yellowbird related news: NitroSpazzz fucked around with this message at 23:06 on Mar 8, 2017 |
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yellowbird related news: http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-shows/geneva-auto-show/news/a32845/2017-ruf-ctr-faithful-tribute-yellow-bird-930-turbo/ 2017 CTR, carbon body, 1200kg (dry weight), 700hp, custom inboard pushrod suspension, and one permanent raging hardon for each owner
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Olympic Mathlete posted:She's a massive hippy and hates cars, yet she's coming round to older cars so my programming is working
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Artemis J Brassnuts posted:My wife doesn't hate cars but doesn't get the appeal of them as anything other than appliances. I talked her into a trip to the Blackhawk Museum here in the SF Bay area and after seeing a bunch of pre-war coachbuilt cars and 60's exotics, she understands my obsessions a bit more. The only problem is that now is that she wants to get something with gullwing doors and they're all too expensive.
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# ? Mar 8, 2017 23:18 |
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InitialDave posted:Import an AZ-1.
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# ? Mar 8, 2017 23:42 |
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Artemis J Brassnuts posted:Oh man, these are starting to hit the 25 year cutoff, aren't they? If your wife doesn't like AZ-1s or DeLoreans, it's time for a new patio.
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Artemis J Brassnuts posted:My wife doesn't hate cars but doesn't get the appeal of them as anything other than appliances. In Get Out, there's a pretty distinctive white 944 that a bad guy in a helmet uses in the opening scene. When the car comes up again, my gf didn't register it as the same car. Took seeing the helmet in the passenger seat for her to put it together. Car indifference is pervasive .
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kimbo305 posted:In Get Out, there's a pretty distinctive white 944 that a bad guy in a helmet uses in the opening scene. prosopagnosi-car
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Artemis J Brassnuts posted:Oh man, these are starting to hit the 25 year cutoff, aren't they? The first ones are already in the US. They have already ~arrived~ although the price for them is probably very high considering only the very first ones are legal.
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# ? Mar 9, 2017 01:15 |
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Lets pretend that I want a Mazdaspeed AZ-1 and I live in Texas. How much would it cost to buy, import, and register?
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# ? Mar 9, 2017 01:44 |
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MetaJew posted:Lets pretend that I want a Mazdaspeed AZ-1 and I live in Texas. How much would it cost to buy, import, and register? Expect around 12k or so according to this person that is also in Texas.
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# ? Mar 9, 2017 01:53 |
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InitialDave posted:I believe you meant to post this video: Sorry, but Leh Keen in the rain at night is about as hairy as it gets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAvN0EzEacU
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BlackMK4 posted:Sorry, but Leh Keen in the rain at night is about as hairy as it gets.
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Very fair point
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# ? Mar 9, 2017 02:30 |
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I must have one... Or I guess 2 because parts will be impossible.
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Bape Culture posted:You'll have a nice time in anything and you won't crash if you're not retarded. The track is that intimidating.
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# ? Mar 9, 2017 02:54 |
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I love that AX video purely for him catching back up to the 370(?) in the gravel-trap at Brünnchen.
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MetaJew posted:I must have one... Or I guess 2 because parts will be impossible. Parts shouldn't be too bad, the engines are the same kei engines they shoved in all sorts of stuff, especially Jimnys which are quite common.
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KakerMix posted:Parts shouldn't be too bad, the engines are the same kei engines they shoved in all sorts of stuff, especially Jimnys which are quite common. IIRC, they're also compatible with the good old Suzuki G13BB. I know that the Jimny definitely is a drop in, the Mighty Boy is supposed to be basically a drop in with just some custom plumbing/mounting points necessary, and the Cappuccino are supposed compatible with "minor" engine bay alteration, whatever that means I didn't look to far into the AZ-1 because they were out of my price range E: and the Mighty Boy stole my heart
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# ? Mar 9, 2017 04:18 |
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An AZ-1 engine-swapped to a supercharged Hayabusa motor is my dream street go-kart. Keep the sequential gearbox
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# ? Mar 9, 2017 07:55 |
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But what do you do about reverse?
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MetaJew posted:But what do you do about reverse? stick your foot out and push.
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Powershift posted:stick your foot out and push. Considering you can do this to my friend's 84 Civic, in an AZ-1 you could probably get some decent speed up. MetaJew posted:But what do you do about reverse? In a Hayabusa engined AZ-1? Plant your foot, you'll soon be pointing in the other direction.
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# ? Mar 9, 2017 09:10 |
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MetaJew posted:But what do you do about reverse?
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Powershift posted:stick your foot out and push. I seriously do this more than you'd think in my van just because it's easier that starting it and putting it in gear. The AZ-1 weighs even less.
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That's pretty clever.
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