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Bringing the majesty of big looping snonuts to Texas. Well done.
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Nov 26, 2021 16:45
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really hoping that the local club is going to be able to put on a snow rallycross so i can get out there with mine. we had a threat of snow at rally of the tall pines this year but it ended up thawing and giving us mostly dry ground all day and night
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Nov 26, 2021 16:46
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That makes me nostalgic... I miss it. https://youtu.be/kWvmU9f6Cn4
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Nov 26, 2021 16:52
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Bajaha posted:That makes me nostalgic... I miss it. This is sooooo rad.
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Nov 26, 2021 17:11
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So because this happened:   (dumbo in a toyota verso decided to reverso into my parked car) I now have this for a week or so:   Lexus NX300h hybrid, auto. I've only driven it back from the rental place so far, and first up I have to say the UI for the infotainment system is literally the worst I have ever used. Car drives okay, I've not actually driven a proper hybrid before so I have no real frame of reference. It's fairly comfy and easy to actually drive.
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Nov 27, 2021 16:56
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AirRaid posted:
Front grill only a Cylon could love
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Nov 27, 2021 18:18
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Winter is nearly here, so the BBS got a proper cleaning and then tucked away for the season. I’ll miss them, but I do love how this car looks on peelers. 
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Nov 28, 2021 05:09
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Put away my awesome wheels so I could put on my other awesome wheels. I'm highly envious of how your car looks in any state.
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Nov 28, 2021 05:12
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Frozen Pizza Party posted:Put away my awesome wheels so I could put on my other awesome wheels. I'm highly envious of how your car looks in any state. This is by design. I realized that I was getting car-bored every year when I switched to stock wheels and snow tires, so I’d end up selling a car only to regret it as soon as the weather warmed back up. To keep this from happening, I decided to start buying winter wheel setups that I wouldn’t mind looking at for 4-5 months out of the year. It worked to a certain degree but I still can’t stop myself from constantly car shopping. This year, I’ve got the XJ too, so I may leave the wagon at home on the worst days.
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Nov 28, 2021 05:32
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DropShadow posted:This is by design. I realized that I was getting car-bored every year when I switched to stock wheels and snow tires, so I’d end up selling a car only to regret it as soon as the weather warmed back up. To keep this from happening, I decided to start buying winter wheel setups that I wouldn’t mind looking at for 4-5 months out of the year. It worked to a certain degree but I still can’t stop myself from constantly car shopping. This year, I’ve got the XJ too, so I may leave the wagon at home on the worst days. I love your wagon.
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Nov 28, 2021 05:37
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DropShadow posted:This is by design. I realized that I was getting car-bored every year when I switched to stock wheels and snow tires, so I’d end up selling a car only to regret it as soon as the weather warmed back up. To keep this from happening, I decided to start buying winter wheel setups that I wouldn’t mind looking at for 4-5 months out of the year. It worked to a certain degree but I still can’t stop myself from constantly car shopping. This year, I’ve got the XJ too, so I may leave the wagon at home on the worst days. I feel that, but live in an area where snow doesn't exist, I just get bored of cars it seems. Been on the 2 year cycle for quite some time, buying, trading, etc. I've had my current WRX for 5 years now but a Model S is a very very big temptation 
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Nov 28, 2021 05:48
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AirRaid posted:
A friend had one of these recently because Lexus were working on his and hosed up. He hated it. Said it has a sport mode that doesn't seem to change anything.
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Nov 28, 2021 16:35
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i finally got a set of vogue whitewalls for the finishing touch *chef's kiss* That'sa spicy meatball   They were only $150 from the junkyard on the same stock wheels with center caps and working sensors, my guardian angel got tired of me driving around slammed on stocks I guess. They were hella brown, I spent HOURS getting them white again, and gently caress! would you just fuckin' look at it? just giv'er a look Captain Crabsticks fucked around with this message at 18:42 on Nov 28, 2021 |
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Nov 28, 2021 18:33
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I would be afraid to take a pic of that car in the wild. Also I love it.
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Nov 28, 2021 18:45
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Captain Crabsticks posted:i finally got a set of vogue whitewalls for the finishing touch *chef's kiss* That'sa spicy meatball Can't hate won't hate
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Nov 28, 2021 19:31
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Olympic Mathlete posted:A friend had one of these recently because Lexus were working on his and hosed up. He hated it. Said it has a sport mode that doesn't seem to change anything. I drove it a bunch more today, it might be the most uninspiring car I've ever driven. Also, when the battery is fully charged you can put it in "EV Mode". I did that at some traffic lights and got 0.2 miles down the road before it beep booped and warned me it was gonna drop out of EV mode. Really useful feature. It's not even that comfortable. It's nearly as stiff as the 4 series, but with 500% more body roll in the bends.
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Nov 28, 2021 19:58
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AirRaid posted:I drove it a bunch more today, it might be the most uninspiring car I've ever driven. The local Mazda dealership hosed up the paint on my MS3 during or after doing a repair and gave me some pretty high trim CX5 as a loaner. It's got heated and cooled seats, heated steering wheel-- fairly nice interior. However, the engine feels gutless, hangs when I'm trying to drive like a dong (sport mode turned on or not), and I cannot get my phone to connect to it to try out the Android Auto interface. I'm on week 2 of them trying to repair the paint. They finally called me and told me the touch up guy couldn't fix it and they were going to take it to a autobody shop.
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Nov 28, 2021 20:15
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AirRaid posted:Also, when the battery is fully charged you can put it in "EV Mode". I did that at some traffic lights and got 0.2 miles down the road before it beep booped and warned me it was gonna drop out of EV mode. Really useful feature. My mom's Prius has a similar feature, equally as useless. I had to shuffle cars in their driveway once and thought that would be a great use case to not have to crank up the gas engine for 20 seconds. Nope, I got to the end of the driveway and the engine fired up, even though the batteries were full. It has done similar when actually trying to drive it in that mode as well.
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Nov 28, 2021 21:44
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Rolo posted:I bought a car last week! Nice! Very much trying to figure out if a WRX would make a sensible addition for us. It’s the sporty option relative to the sensible option (a Nissan Leaf)
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Nov 29, 2021 18:28
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morothar posted:WRX morothar posted:sensible  (just kidding, i own too many imprezas. next year will probably pare it down to just the rally car)
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Nov 29, 2021 18:42
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morothar posted:Nice! Very much trying to figure out if a WRX would make a sensible addition for us. It’s the sporty option relative to the sensible option (a Nissan Leaf) I'm liking it very much but I'm not exactly prioritizing sensibility.
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Nov 29, 2021 19:00
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Krakkles posted:... why? Probably because whoever drives that is obviously cold-blooded. Looks great, Captain Crabsticks. Make sure to keep the inside of the quarter panel at the back of the wheel arch (above the bumper) clean... gunk builds up there and makes the quarter rust. That killed my '02 Deville.
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Nov 29, 2021 19:03
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Rolo posted:I'm liking it very much but I'm not exactly prioritizing sensibility. What's not sensible about it? I have the WRX and have done everything from haul lumber to get groceries to race to pull cars out stuck in snow to carry my infant daughter. It's just about as practical as it gets
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Nov 29, 2021 19:50
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morothar posted:Nice! Very much trying to figure out if a WRX would make a sensible addition for us. It’s the sporty option relative to the sensible option (a Nissan Leaf) The FA motors are absolutely phenomenal mileage wise. My '16 WRX will cruise at 32-38MPG on the highway all day. Sporty AND sensible!
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Nov 29, 2021 23:09
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Until you gently caress it up for racing. I get 24 flat.
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Nov 29, 2021 23:11
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um excuse me posted:Until you gently caress it up for racing. I get 24 flat. True, I'm growing boring with age and this one is bone stock. The MKII Supra is where my fun feelings live currently.
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Nov 29, 2021 23:14
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A friend of mine was nice enough to lend me his TTRS rotor wheels with all-season tires for the winter so I didn't have to go drop $2k+ on a winter setup. Get car friends like him! Tires are Hankook Ventus S1 noble2, which likely won't work in any actual snow but should suffice for commuting in winter temps vs the BBS' with Conti extreme contact6's 
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Nov 29, 2021 23:19
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Humphreys posted:So Majestic Boaz MacPhereson posted:Bringing the majesty of big looping snonuts to Texas. Well done. hot cocoa on the couch posted:lol, hell yeah It was incredibly fun. Literally something I had never done - that’s our first AWD vehicle. Bajaha posted:That makes me nostalgic... I miss it. Awesome! Captain Crabsticks posted:i finally got a set of vogue whitewalls for the finishing touch *chef's kiss* That'sa spicy meatball I know I’m supposed to hate it, I guess, but… just look at it. It’s so majestic! I can’t hate that.
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Nov 29, 2021 23:56
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Frozen Pizza Party posted:True, I'm growing boring with age and this one is bone stock. The MKII Supra is where my fun feelings live currently. Post more mk2 imo
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Post more mk2 imo It was my grandfather's car, he bought it new, I got it back in 2005 or so.. Was and is still garage kept, about 10 years ago when I was living in an old apartment a guy from a neighboring unit creamed it while parked. Not only that, but also my motorcycle at the same time, it went like this: His jeep -> my bike -> the supra -> a wall. Queue me thinking I could just get the body panels from the yards around here for 10 years, I finally sent it to the body shop to get the work done properly. Guy quoted me $3400 for the front end/frame work that it needed. I ended up paying a bit more to do a full respray as it needed some stuff fixed in the rear as well, mostly just almost 40 year old fiberglass/paint stuff but no actual damage. Here it was bone stock, shortly after I got it and spending a good long while detailing it:  Here it is in bad shape the day the squishing occurred in the parking lot:  And here's just a couple months ago fresh out of the body shop:  For the meaty rear lovers:  It's stock engine wise, but it's got basically every suspension bit that T3 makes equipped, coils, tophats, tension rods, etc.. Slow and heavy with the old 5MGE but feels great to drive  My main issue with it currently is that I cannot get it to pass CA smog so it still just sits, under a cover, getting started and driven (illegally) every now and again to keep things fresh. I've cleaned everything, replaced everything (minus the cat at this point), ran a bunch of different "guaranteed to pass" or "emissions system cleaner" through it and continually failed. It seems like the cat needs to be replaced, but unlike the last time I replaced it which ran me a few hundred bucks, CA now has executive order number cats that are specific to models and year ranges that make them compliant, so I'm probably looking at another $1-1.25k to get that done. Gone are the days where I can buy a cat and get it welded in somewhere, it all has to go through an approved smog shop and it's a mega pain in my rear end.
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That's hot
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The A60 is the coolest looking Supra bar none. What a beauty, hope you manage to get it back on the road at some point.
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Enos Cabell posted:That's hot Olympic Mathlete posted:The A60 is the coolest looking Supra bar none. What a beauty, hope you manage to get it back on the road at some point. Thanks, I'll get the smog sorted and drive it eventually. it deserves that at least!
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Frozen Pizza Party posted:Thanks, I'll get the smog sorted and drive it eventually. it deserves that at least! It's an '83, right (tip-off is the headlight washers)? My dad had an '82 Performance in Terra Cotta that fueled my budding love of cars when he bought it in '82. I remember going to the Toyota dealer and looking at the '81 Supra, which was so much like our Celica at the time... then the '82 came out with an absolutely out of the box shape. Amazing looking car in its time, and it has aged very well.
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Yep, sure is, 83 P-Type! My grandpa was a ham operator and there's an antenna custom job that runs around the inside of the headliner somewhere. I have the ham that was in it when I got it, and playing with that radio is one of my fondest memories of being driven around in this car when I was a kid. Inside the sun visors there's little cards that he printed out with all of his buddies callsigns and phone numbers, those are still there to this day. It was also stolen and recovered in the late 80s as my mother tells it. Looks aside, it's a car with history and a lot of character. He wasn't really a car guy, but wanted something sporty but also frugal-ish I suppose. He was a surgeon in Los Angeles for ever and ever, could have had the Porsche or what have you, but the sensible option was the Toyota. He drove it until the day he could drive no more, it currently has 127k on the clock, 22k of which were put on by me. Took far too long for me to get it fixed, it's always run but never looked as good as it does today.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:The A60 is the coolest looking Supra bar none. What a beauty, hope you manage to get it back on the road at some point. Yeah this. Car rules and glad you're giving it love.
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I had smog problems like that with my Trekker in Colorado, just endless back and forth from the smog station to an approved repair site. Finally, they cut open the cat, and it had been gutted years ago, then put back together to look normal. The late 1970s to early 80s are tricky to deal with in states that rightfully take smog seriously, but it feels like the returns on policing those cars have got to be tiny at this point.
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wzm posted:it feels like the returns on policing those cars have got to be tiny at this point Yep, wish they'd put a time limit on stuff like this. The standards my 1st gen RX-7 had to pass in the '80s are laughable by todays standards, ditching the complete joke of emissions controls equipment (thermal reactor + air pump) isn't going to make a difference when every other car on the road today (including my other cars) are heavily equipped with catalytic converters.
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