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Scored some E65 wheels and tyres for a massive $200 for the daily. And cleaned the Evo up for a park-up.Sorry about the watermark. Waiting for my cams to turn up so I can chuck in a FP Red, injectors and wait for the bottom end to go boom. Then go 2.3  
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BrokenKnucklez posted:I am a loving retard. As long as the electrics work, it'll be fine... My Land Rover is slightly older..  (sorry for the tilt-shift fuckery, only pic I have on my phone...)
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I've said it before, but drat that's a cool truck reddeathdrinker.
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Thehit posted:This color, man.  
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My dealer just sent me a photo: Fresh out of the factory, 2012 Sonic LTZ Turbo. I can pick it up tonight!
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Thehit posted:Scored some E65 wheels and tyres for a massive $200 for the daily. Oh my god, more pictures of the Evo please.
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Frozen-Solid posted:My dealer just sent me a photo: I will be the first to admit it. I like it. It looks like it has all the makings of a hot hatch! Thehit posted:Scored some E65 wheels and tyres for a massive $200 for the daily. BrokenKnucklez fucked around with this message at 17:51 on Apr 16, 2012 |
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BrokenKnucklez posted:I will be the first to admit it. I like it. It looks like it has all the makings of a hot hatch! Yeah, when I saw the model on the showroom floor and took it for a test drive, I fell in love. I really didn't expect it to be as fun to drive as it was, not after all the horror stories about the Aveo. I also test drove a Rio and a Fit, but I didn't like either of those near as much. The Rio was close though.
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War Bunny posted:Read through this entire thread, thought I better post my daddy-mobile. This. This is the greatest. Only thing that would make it better would be to give him his 80's/90's hair.
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Belldandy posted:Oh my god, more pictures of the Evo please. Sure!    The plate was a joke, just so you know.     Need to take some proper photos of the engine bay, but it's  with a proper cold air box made up and intercooler piping for now. Haha just saw the post about the colour, it's certainly polarising, but it grows on you, and for a standard colour it's more interesting than the normal white/silver you normally see the VIs in. Thehit fucked around with this message at 21:05 on Apr 16, 2012 |
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Blue is the best car colo(u)r  M3 #2   
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Getting settled in nicely I see. I really want to try driving a RHD car.
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Das Volk posted:Blue is the best car colo(u)r That is loving beautiful.
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Das Volk posted:Blue is the best car colo(u)r Goddamn. I almost got a Rising Blue (a metallic shade like that gorgeous M3) Golf R instead of pearl/metallic black and now I'm all 
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Das Volk posted:It may be because I am BMW fan... But the E90's and E60's have about the best looking interiors of any recent car. And the carbon fiber is a really nice touch... I may have to do that in my car. The next best looking has to be the E39.
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I really have to stop going to auctions. I was hoping the hood scoop was glued on.  I'm going to pull it off anyways and patch the holes. Genuine cow interior. Completely loaded. Power sunroof, power rear window, Heated real leather seats, factory subwoofer, all the good stuff. And i finally own something that does more than 14mpg! 
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Preoptopus posted:I really want to try driving a RHD car. The first time I went to downshift I actually opened the drivers side door. 
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BrokenKnucklez posted:It may be because I am BMW fan... But the E90's and E60's have about the best looking interiors of any recent car. And the carbon fiber is a really nice touch... I may have to do that in my car. The next best looking has to be the E39. What specifically do you like about them? It reminds me too much of a frank ghery building (a bad thing)
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So I go and schedule new replacement's for my RS-A's. I decide on the RS3-A's because of the stellar reviews and the reasonable price. I explain when I schedule that I had a bad experience with my prior vehicle (SLT Envoy). In which the tire place scratched my polished aluminum wheels and installed the center cap incorrectly. The cap fell off on my way home. So I have been extremely cautious and worried when it came time to get new tires for the G8. I explained what had happened before at a competitor and specifically asked to have the most senior tech do the work. Tonight I drop the car off, then trust that they will do a good job. I go to dinner and come back. They are just finishing up the alignment and all looks promising. They car is done and they proceed to park it in the lot. I go out to inspect the car for scratches and the like before I sign off on anything. LF wheel, check. LR wheel, check. RR wheel, check. RF wheel, check... wait minute.  I walk to the front of the car and see its nose sitting up on the curb. I swear I can't catch a break. The manager comes out and offers some touch up paint. Which is nice, but this is yet another reason why I swear people shrug this car off as "just a pontiac". All things considered the cooper tires seem to be very quiet, ride well and handle a hell of a lot better than my RSA's. 
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You see if its something I accidentally did myself, to my own vehicle (I actually have on a lovely concrete ramp, not realizing my new Golf is just a couple centimeters lower stock than my previous Golf) I would shrug and deal. Its a car, the whole outside of it is exposed to the elements and road debris and dings and things are sometimes pretty unavoidable. When its done by someone whose job is quite literally "being careful with someone else's car"? What the gently caress, man. At least, being the underside of a front lip, it won't be too noticeable 
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Powershift posted:I really have to stop going to auctions. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 01:19 on Apr 17, 2012 |
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Nice truck (too bad about the 'mods'). Still got your WRX? yeah, probably going to be rebuilding it this summer.
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BrokenKnucklez posted:It may be because I am BMW fan... But the E90's and E60's have about the best looking interiors of any recent car. And the carbon fiber is a really nice touch... I may have to do that in my car. The next best looking has to be the E39. This is funny because I was thinking it was pretty plain and nothing great. Outside looks phenomenal.
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SFH1989 posted:My daily driver 1989 F-150, 4x4, 302. Had just under 67,000 mile on it when I bought it in 05, 84,000 now. Posted that over three years ago still have both of these. My truck bow has 109,000 miles on it. I really need to work on the LTD more and make another project thread. My truck is no longer my daily driver. I got this on Saturday:  2011 Fiesta SES with 13k on it. I absolutely love it so far. I drove to Delaware from CT to pick it because it was the closet one with options I liked: loaded (except for sunroof and some small suff) with a manual.     I swear I'm not a "bleed blue" Ford fan, they just happen to make a lot of stuff I like.
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_firehawk posted:This picture is making me very nervous.
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Comrade Flynn posted:This picture is making me very nervous. Me too. I keep hearing the sound that I imagine the kid's teeth made on the curb in American History X.
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BrokenKnucklez posted:It may be because I am BMW fan... But the E90's and E60's have about the best looking interiors of any recent car. And the carbon fiber is a really nice touch... I may have to do that in my car. The next best looking has to be the E39. It's extremely functional and a very nice place to be. I like all the little details like the blue stitching in the leather, but then again you really don't notice the interior when you have that much car to play with.
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siliciferous posted:Goddamn. I almost got a Rising Blue (a metallic shade like that gorgeous M3) Golf R instead of pearl/metallic black and now I'm all Rising Blue is the best Golf R color.
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Sorry ugly colour now. I recently got an '07 Toyota  Unnaturally occurring palm trees spotted!  Sure, the wheels are ugly. And the colour is ugly. The novelty-sized Toyota badge and tow ball are both detrimentally ugly. However, on the inside, the interior seems plastic-y and ultimately ugly. The snoozy 6sp slushbox response is ugly. They dropped the -gently caress from describing why the cluster is so ugly. Even the clock is bone ugly. Aurgly.  But, we're friends all the same.
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The wheels are boring, but the rest is awesome. Especially the hitch.
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Johnny Mash posted:Sorry ugly colour now. I recently got an '07 Toyota Hey, at least you have that. My 09 Subaru rocks a 70's-era 4-speed auto that I want to tear out and throw into the nearest active volcano.
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Johnny Mash posted:Sorry ugly colour now. I recently got an '07 Toyota I don't understand why we don't get Camrys like these in the US. It's so much nicer looking than the poo poo we get here. Reminds me of the Kizashi.
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Blame the focus groups.
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BrokenKnucklez posted:It may be because I am BMW fan... But the E90's and E60's have about the best looking interiors of any recent car. And the carbon fiber is a really nice touch... I may have to do that in my car. The next best looking has to be the E39. I a a fan also but I think the interiors are downright bring. I like Audi interiors the best.
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XCPuff posted:This is funny because I was thinking it was pretty plain and nothing great. Outside looks phenomenal. It is simple, strait forward and functional. I have seen other dashboards that just seem to just cram as much poo poo into one area. Granted the iDrive is a little clunky, but after about a week of use, it becomes second nature. iDrive takes all that poo poo, puts into neat organized menus. Plus the seating in a BMW is pretty drat awesome. Especially the sport seats, with the leg extensions for taller people.
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Johnny Mash posted:Sorry ugly colour now. I recently got an '07 Toyota Then why the heck did you buy it when it is obvious that you hate nearly everything about it? Or did you have no decision there?
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BMW interiors are dreadful. I owned both a BMW 3 Series and a Mercedes C class at the same time, and the Mercedes interior won hands down. In fact, I would say my Peugeot interior was even better than my BMW interior. iDrive is a nightmare compared to COMAND, combined with the button strip and poor aesthetics I can't see how anyone thinks this is a desirable interior unless they've spent their life submerged in the giant black dial world of domestic interiors.
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Picked up my car last night and it's awesome. Rides great, the 1.4L turbo puts the 1.8L to shame, and it looks so much cooler in person than on the Chevy site.    Now I need a black license plate cover for the front 
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Frozen-Solid posted:
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