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This is my third car, I just bought it Wednesday. First car that I paid for entirely on my own. Super excited/proud/in love!
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Decided to take a little detour after visiting my parents yesterday, and I really liked this photo. Hope to throw these on it within my next 2 paychecks. Banged my shin up real hard on some stone retaining wall as I was climbing to take this picture 
Sab669 fucked around with this message at 14:12 on Apr 8, 2013 |
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Apr 8, 2013 14:02
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At first I thought you had a massive scratch down the center of the hood, then I realized it was a telephone wire in the reflection....
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Apr 9, 2013 14:05
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God that is such a beautiful car. I'm going to be a little sad getting into my Z after drooling over this haha. Some day I'll own one. Some day.
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Apr 11, 2013 15:08
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Comrade Flynn posted:
So when are you making your cross-country tour so all of us plebeians can have a ride? I'll have to request this day off from work 
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Apr 19, 2013 14:58
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jammyozzy posted:You'll be the only person wishing for a red at every set of lights. Careful what you wish for... You'll hit every red light but someone in a Geo Metro will be in front of you!
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Apr 19, 2013 22:37
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Not mine, but while I was in New York on Sunday I saw this and thought the matte grey looked excellent on the car I personally really like the looks of modern Challengers. I know a lot of people don't, though.
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May 7, 2013 18:14
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I'll definitely agree to that, I was mostly posting due to the paint job / probably just dipped it.
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May 7, 2013 22:50
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ExecuDork posted:The alternatives to winter tires in North Dakota are either don't drive it in winter (i.e. half the year) Just curious, as someone who DD's a 350Z in New England, is it possible to just rent a garage some where I can leave my car from Nov - March or something? But even so, I wouldn't want to let my car just sit there for 5 months without ever running. I don't have a garage, nor do any friends or family. I'd love to buy a dirt cheap piece of poo poo for Mon - Fri and only drive the Z on weekends.
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May 10, 2013 20:21
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Larrymer posted:Get a storage unit for that. Well right, but again my concern would be letting my car just sit for months without being driven.
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May 10, 2013 20:43
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 I want to be in it.
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May 21, 2013 22:32
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WindowsBreaker posted:I have this I don't see a problem 
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Jun 1, 2013 03:03
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Is there a reason we don't get them here, anyways?
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Jun 6, 2013 21:42
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BigHouseOfBooty posted:Here is video showing the whole process. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6OQZVVl37A No audio here at work, but it looks like they're making it seem like only a Caddy can have it's window broken, throw it in neutral, and push it down the road
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Jun 12, 2013 19:57
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about owning nice wheels. It even happens to stock honda civic si's.
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NitroSpazzz posted:That thing looks great, I've always wanted one of those just to see how they are. God I love this. Something about the front, it's so simple but defined.
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Jun 22, 2013 14:55
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Comrade Flynn posted:In 2012 it's all kosher. If you do it more than 4 times (I think) within a 5 minute time period it will put the car into limp mode until everything cools off. Oh really? I thought it was still a "Doing it more than n times voids the warranty" policy. Good to know I suppose, in case I ever win the lottery.
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Jun 24, 2013 20:08
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Dizman posted:Hood is cracked straight through, fender well is cracked straight through, bumper is cracked, fender is cracked, headlight cover is cracked in half, headlight assembly is busted. Body shop estimated $7.5k in damage. Luckily the guy left part of his bumper stuck in the headlight, and there was a pop clip with the Ford logo stamped on it. Only one person drove a Ford to the party. Called the cops, told them who I believed it to be and they matched the part to his car and he was arrested! Yay! gently caress, good for you that you were able to catch the guy! My roommate just dinged up my 350Z (not nearly as bad) and I think I'm going to get it appraised soon... No idea when I can get to a body shop though.
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Aug 26, 2013 17:04
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kastein posted:I literally didn't give a single gently caress about cars in high school. And then I barely cared about them in college. Sounds like me  I used to say, If it gets me from A to B, who cares. Then I started watching rally and bought my 350Z... Now I'm looking to get an E30 going as a project next year.
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Sep 4, 2013 17:42
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Did I hear a Posted in the BMW thread but I just got my car back from the wrap shop on Friday:   edit; Scruffy the janitor posted:About two years ago I bought my Hyundai Genesis Coupe and I really loved it. Unfortunately, some rear end in a top hat swerved into me while I was passing him on the highway and it was deemed a total loss. How do you like the Z compared to the Genesis? I swear Hyundai gave it a 3.8L just to one-up Nissan. Or, I guess one-tenth-up Nissan  I'd really like a Nismo 370Z as a second car, if I had the means to own two cars.
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Apr 23, 2023 16:05
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Thanks! I ordered the vinyl myself and in the piss poor indoor lighting I was like, "oh man this color doesn't look nearly as interesting as I thought" but the second I pulled into the lot to pick the car up I was immediately in love with it. Even on a dull cloudy day like today it's still a very nice shade of green IMO. Now I just need to find a shop to tint the windows / not give me poo poo about New York's dumb rear end window tint laws 🙄
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Apr 23, 2023 17:15
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The vinyl is Hexis' Sonoma Green Metallic Gloss - https://online.hexis.co.uk/product-...ed-Vehicle-Wrap It's not listed as a "UK Only Metallic" but I couldn't find any distributors who had even heard of it in the US, so I ordered it from their UK site. Definitely pricey factoring the currency conversion, I think it was like $800 + $120 for shipping. On a positive note, shipping was really really fast. Like 3 or 4 days. The first two shops I talked to both quoted me $5K for the job; then I happened upon a random comment on my local regional subreddit recommending another shop who quoted me $1800. They said it would've been around $2500 if they supplied the materials. I was so excited to hear their price; I had the regular 3 series bumper with a plate bracket on it and I had been debating buying an M-Sport bumper to replace it with, but for $5K and just getting new wheels/rubber, I couldn't justify another $1k+. But then I found this shop so I was like oh hell yea and went in on the bumper too. I'd recommend watching a good number of "Wrap it in your own garage" videos because it definitely seems like a good amount of labor and technical skill when it comes to doing more complex surfaces around the bumpers and whatnot Sab669 fucked around with this message at 13:13 on Apr 25, 2023 |
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Apr 25, 2023 13:10
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There are a few bubbles / crinkles here and there if you look closely, but I'm not sure if "perfection" can be expected with vinyl -- but for $1800, I'm not going to complain. Like at that price, I'll definitely go back in 3-5 years when I want to try out purple
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Apr 25, 2023 18:14
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There were lots of Toyobarus in my local autocross chapter, always seemed fun as hell for sure
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Apr 27, 2023 13:16
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 Way more user friendly than the more popular kid-hauling formats if you think about it
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Apr 27, 2023 15:01
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A convertible in England seems like an optimistic decision
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Apr 28, 2023 12:34
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Contrary to my flair I sold the Z like 8 years ago, but gently caress paying for a new avatar As posted the other day I've got an AWD wagon now. And hey I'll have you know I was only ever limited by ground clearance; winter tires made easy work of the snow.
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Apr 28, 2023 13:50
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TheFonz posted:loving LOL Nevermind. Holy poo poo that sucks. At least you're not in the hospital though.
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Apr 28, 2023 15:57
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TheFonz posted:I think the issue is I went from 485hp to 425hp. I needed to go up so I could dodge vans. I'll always remember the argument a friend of mine once made - Collisions happen because 2 people tried to occupy the same space at the same time; therefore the faster you go, the less time you spend in any 1 spot and are therefore less likely to be collided with 
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Apr 28, 2023 16:24
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I see that sentiment shared online a lot, and I'm inclined to agree based on my own local observations. Speeding up to catch a yellow is one thing, but I've seen people just going along, yellow turns red while they're more than a car length from the intersection and just gun it anyways.
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Apr 28, 2023 17:47
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 I'd love to one day own a Cayman/Boxster but I feel like by the time I get a house and build up savings for a Toy Car, anything worth picking up will be out of my budget
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Apr 29, 2023 15:29
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Neptune Blue is the bluest blue 
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May 1, 2023 17:17
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Octopus Magic posted:After considering cars like a RX8, S2000, a C5 vette, and a FD RX7, I settled on this Lotus Elise, because if I'm going to pay more than 20k on a car, I want something special, but not TVR imported to the USA level of special. gently caress yea. Awesome color too.
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May 10, 2023 01:50
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hot cocoa on the couch posted:i'm more of a Japanese coupe guy
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May 14, 2023 00:18
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I thought that said "swamp meet" and was expecting like a bunch of crazy off roaders or something
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May 14, 2023 18:53
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I know this isn't the "post other people's ride" thread but I just saw this and it's too cool not to share:.jpg?t=168361573173) .jpg?t=168361600695)  On C&B 
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May 16, 2023 15:03
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1) Because you aren't in denial about needing ground clearance 2) Uniqueness 
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May 16, 2023 15:08
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NitroSpazzz posted:The thread you're looking for is Post awesome AI car poo poo: Even if its a Trabant - Especially if its a Trabant oh poo poo
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May 16, 2023 17:05
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The only car with Fursonality is the Mutt Cutts van
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May 30, 2023 21:02
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I'd suffer whatever unreliability to get my paws on one A 4.0 NA six cyl sounds extremely fun.
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Jun 24, 2023 16:08
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Ah, I thought all GTS had the 4.0. But still, either way, what a great looking car that I'm sure is still amazing fun to drive.
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Jun 24, 2023 16:30
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