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Pr0kjayhawk posted:Elise stuff Are you the reason I have an AI connecting rod keychain? I’m pretty sure I know where it is still…
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Maybe? I can’t recall. Aeka and another buddy got a piston and connecting rod from my Elise’s blown engine. I keep one in my office as a conversation starter. That would have been a fun engine if it had lasted more than a few hundred miles. Top end had all the goodies and it was bored out to 1.9L. The 9:1 compression ratio meant I had to run a smaller pulley on the TVS 1320 to make similar power but it was still a strong setup.
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Zoom Zoom, motherfuckers
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I meant the machined aluminum keychain ones, someone with an Elise needed money and made them… I think. I’ll try to post a pic if I can find it.
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Oh, definitely not me. I do have a super rare blackwatch racing key/fob combo that combines the separate OEM pieces. They stopped making those in 2011? It was cool to transfer that over to the Exige key when I got it.
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RIP Paul Walker posted:I meant the machined aluminum keychain ones, someone with an Elise needed money and made them… I think. I’ll try to post a pic if I can find it. I'm 99% certain those were from Blooot.
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IOwnCalculus posted:I'm 99% certain those were from Blooot. I would say you’re correct.
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meatpimp posted:From what that car brought in the auction, I was absolutely wrong. Congratulations! Thanks! BraveUlysses posted:fuuuuckin holy poo poo man. mind saying what you paid for it when you got it? I paid 53k almost exactly 10 years ago. A nice return, but imagine if I invested that in a market index fund. The auction was won by a Chinese businessman, so it took a while for the international wire transfer to clear to my satisfaction. I've been dealing with his secretaries/employees haha. His son is picking the car up on Friday. I want to replace it with a Ferrari 308 with a bunch of miles on it and some scars so I won't feel bad about driving it. But I'm gonna wait for the car market to cool off a lot.
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well you cant drive an index fund but you probably didnt drive it too much in any case
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Previa_fun posted:this blew my mind at the time. Man, Adiabatic was a good mod. His "don't post about politics" bugged me at the time but if only I had known how insufferable the forums would become with politics in loving everything. Dude was right. Thanks buddy 
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aventari posted:Dweezil was hilarious, him and Le Tron Fu would routinely crack me up . I think they got tired of being banned for being funny and left. Don't blame them. I think both got permabanned and run off, not left voluntarily. Douchebag Smiles was the one who posted a hilarious ban me thread that got deleted due to butthurt.
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Does anyone remember the post where the woman said she thought her boyfriend was gay because he drove a Miata and he said he raced but "all they do is drive in circles around a bunch of cones in a parking lot?" I was thinking about that the other day and couldn't remember if it was in this forum or quoted from another car forum.
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IT'S CALLED PAX AND IT'S TOTALLY VALID
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Previa_fun posted:Does anyone remember the post where the woman said she thought her boyfriend was gay because he drove a Miata and he said he raced but "all they do is drive in circles around a bunch of cones in a parking lot?" I was thinking about that the other day and couldn't remember if it was in this forum or quoted from another car forum. It's somewhere in the first 100 pages of the Miata thread but I think it was just reposted from somewhere else. drat now I want to go find it. e: apparently it was GBS but I can't find the OP just the miata thread mention of it https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2651683&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=7#post335237381 taqueso fucked around with this message at 05:53 on Nov 13, 2022 |
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taqueso posted:It's somewhere in the first 100 pages of the Miata thread but I think it was just reposted from somewhere else. Hahaha, thank you.
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back in the day minivanmegafun's avatar (the grill to a 3rd gen plymouth voyager) would make me cringe because, having been handed down one in college from my mom, it was the lamest vehicle a college age person could own. Now, seeing it, I'm filled with nostalgia for all of the good times I had in that hunk of junk and how it never left me stranded even with over 200k on the clock. 3 liter mitsu motor and 3 speed transmission was an unkillable combination in those vans, even if the motor drank a quart of NAPA's finest every tank of gas.
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Arson Daily posted:back in the day minivanmegafun's avatar (the grill to a 3rd gen plymouth voyager) would make me cringe because, having been handed down one in college from my mom, it was the lamest vehicle a college age person could own. Now, seeing it, I'm filled with nostalgia for all of the good times I had in that hunk of junk and how it never left me stranded even with over 200k on the clock. 3 liter mitsu motor and 3 speed transmission was an unkillable combination in those vans, even if the motor drank a quart of NAPA's finest every tank of gas. I wish I had a Minivan in college. I moved more in my life than before or after, often picked up free things from the road, and lived with roommates and could have enjoyed some privacy. Also the girls I liked didn't care about cars.
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Arson Daily posted:back in the day minivanmegafun's avatar (the grill to a 3rd gen plymouth voyager) would make me cringe because, having been handed down one in college from my mom, it was the lamest vehicle a college age person could own. Now, seeing it, I'm filled with nostalgia for all of the good times I had in that hunk of junk and how it never left me stranded even with over 200k on the clock. 3 liter mitsu motor and 3 speed transmission was an unkillable combination in those vans, even if the motor drank a quart of NAPA's finest every tank of gas. I always felt bad for inadvertently copying that guy's user name lol.
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it was a tossup between a previa or the voyager when my mom was shopping for a new car and the voyager won because the toyota was too expensive 
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Arson Daily posted:it was a tossup between a previa or the voyager when my mom was shopping for a new car and the voyager won because the toyota was too expensive My kids suffered their first 10 years in a Mazda 5 because of that reason. I made sure we got the Toyota Sienna SE for the second half of their childhood. 
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Previa_fun posted:I always felt bad for inadvertently copying that guy's user name lol. I’m a girl lol
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Arson Daily posted:back in the day minivanmegafun's avatar (the grill to a 3rd gen plymouth voyager) would make me cringe because, having been handed down one in college from my mom, it was the lamest vehicle a college age person could own. Now, seeing it, I'm filled with nostalgia for all of the good times I had in that hunk of junk and how it never left me stranded even with over 200k on the clock. 3 liter mitsu motor and 3 speed transmission was an unkillable combination in those vans, even if the motor drank a quart of NAPA's finest every tank of gas. it’s actually a second gen, and was on an extended loan from my parents for part of college. It unfortunately had the 3.3L V6+four speed torqueflite, which is an absolute basketcase of a transmission. I eventually bought my own minivan for $800 (a 1985 Toyota Van) and drove that thing all over the place, to and from Chicago to St. Louis for college, and a trip up to Atlanta and Copper Harbor Michigan for a couple rallys. I sold it back in 2008 and bought a brand new VW Rabbit, which I’m still driving. My partner drove it from Chicago to San Francisco when I moved here, and I’ll be shipping it back when I move back to Chicago next year. It’s given me almost no trouble, so I’m barely ever posting in AI anymore.
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I haven’t driven the Miata in four or five years. The Subaru is always in a state of maintenance catch-up and hasn’t really been driven in a few years. I just pushed it back outside to get back at some woodworking projects in the garage for winter. I’m bad at AI in my life too. I mean to do something again at some point. As much as I miss the 323 and wished I would have kept it, parts are scarce as poo poo for it right now and not getting any better. Like finding plastic door handles and certain seals is NLA. It’s weird thinking everything I’ve learned and done has been in my dad’s old shop as a kid until my early 20s and then in that garage. It’s seen some serious poo poo over the years - last big one I turned a 13’ steel boat into a 15’.. there went a year of my life but learned a bunch. I’m currently rebuilding my original AI workbench I built back in 2008-ish when I moved to the house and was posting a ton. It would have been much easier to start fresh, but this thing has seen like EVERY project I’ve done (or failed at) and had some serious sentimental value. I’m always working on something now, but it’s never fun car stuff. 
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minivanmegafun posted:it’s actually a second gen, and was on an extended loan from my parents for part of college. It unfortunately had the 3.3L V6+four speed torqueflite, which is an absolute basketcase of a transmission. ill be damned you're right. I thought the 2nd gen was the square body first gen with the non-sealed beam headlights. The first gen's were wild what with 5 speed manuals and turbo 2.2's available but there were also unicorn AWD 2nd gens too. Then in true chrysler fashion they gave up the lead and let the model wither and die by going over a decade for the 5th gen.
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I miss the Sockington car reviews. The viper was something special. Also Photos From the Road. I wonder how our AI truckers are doing these days.
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I remember Toucan Sam’s stories about being a car thief and owning a COPO ZL1.
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Mr. Apollo posted:I remember Toucan Sam’s stories about being a car thief and owning a COPO ZL1. I met Toucan Sam after he helped me with my Miata lawsuit. He was an absolute madman.
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sharkytm posted:DJCommie (whatup man) Contrary to popular belief, I am still alive and doing things.
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DJ Commie posted:Contrary to popular belief, I am still alive and doing things. Bro happy Thanksgiving! We need to do some crapcan Daihatsu racing again, I'm so happy you got me into racing Lemons/Chumpcar stuff way back when
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DJ Commie posted:Contrary to popular belief, I am still alive and doing things. 
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 Its really amazing how many of these memories I had almost forgotten, but I definitely remember a lot of the posters (hi Muffinpox) and adventures. Anyhow, this thread is now about me me also me Lightbulb Out posted:Just found this picture of the time I met Revelations and DJ Commie driving Das Volks 190e across the US. Didn't it end up in a couple of goons hands? also me sharkytm posted:and on a DVD called "Sharky's poo poo from [Wife's] PC", this photo, named "Goons1vp.jpg" also me CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Whose WRX was it that I drove in LA when stayed with DJCommie and crew in I think Jan 06? That was a drat fun night and DJ really is a drat good person. I still owe you a steak dinner and it was likely because a cricket bat is best wielded by an angry Russian meatpimp posted:Has enough time passed to joke about him as DJcummie without him getting butthurt? no  InitialDave posted:That SA plate frame is in my study somewhere, he sent it to me for AISS. IOwnCalculus posted:Did you have more than one, because you sent one to me for AISS To the UK and back is perfect for that
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meatpimp posted:Dang. I prefered DJCrummie tbh, but you can call me whatever you want 
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DJ Commie posted:also me Care to share what's going on in that picture? sharkytm fucked around with this message at 21:45 on Nov 25, 2022 |
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aventari posted:Bro happy Thanksgiving! We need to do some crapcan Daihatsu racing again, I'm so happy you got me into racing Lemons/Chumpcar stuff way back when Same
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sharkytm posted:Care to share what's going on in that picture? GBS goons, before I knew any AI people. It was awful. aventari posted:Bro happy Thanksgiving! We need to do some crapcan Daihatsu racing again, I'm so happy you got me into racing Lemons/Chumpcar stuff way back when I need to talk to you about racing, I got the itch again. DJ Commie fucked around with this message at 16:29 on Nov 26, 2022 |
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Fun little nostalgia trip there friends, just found this & read it all evening since I never leave my bookmark list. Good to see old names float back in as well as getting updates on beautiful Monza writeups, giant Buicks from the 50's, ITRs, NSXs, and all the rest.
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I miss toaster pastry threads. I can barely remember them at this point but remember them always being cool content wise. Hope he's well.
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I think for me it was the emotional roller coaster of dalablast and that mustang thread, then finding out he was a racist POS. Mooecow's thread starting up and watching him build that chevy pickup and then the divco right after was classic AI for me.
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Suburban Dad posted:I miss toaster pastry threads. I can barely remember them at this point but remember them always being cool content wise. Hope he's well. Like ten years ago he showed up at my house in the midst of a TSD rally in a....all original split window Corvette. Bought it out of a storage unit for like 30k or something. That's a solid low six figure car now
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DJ Commie posted:Like ten years ago he showed up at my house in the midst of a TSD rally in a....all original split window Corvette. Bought it out of a storage unit for like 30k or something. That's a solid low six figure car now If I can get my poo poo together, youll be getting a visit from me in september when we race at the ranch also, the day that guy crashed his bmw, do you remeber what car I showed up in? I remember it had just happened, then some dude had a brand new Lotus elise that I tried to get in and failed...
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