Oh god why do I even what am I doing

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You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

Seat Safety Switch posted:

Your market ever get the Saab 9-2X?

No, we didn't. But we did get the first gen Impreza WRX, so we got the better deal

# ¿ Sep 22, 2016 03:06

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# ¿ May 3, 2024 09:46

You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

iwentdoodie posted:

Next episode, on Hoarders.

"THE SUBARUS NEED TO BE SAVED! IF I DON'T DO IT, NO ONE WILL!"

# ¿ Sep 22, 2016 05:46

You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

So many Subaru Rally drivers died during the late 90s and early 2000s

Possum Bourne
Colin McRae
Richard Burns

:smith:

# ¿ Sep 23, 2016 00:49

You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

A normal "pink" inspection wont (unless the damage is more meaningful" ) so Camrys are safeish

What we need to pass tho is a "Blue" inspection with is much more detailed and they will fail you for dents. A Pink inspection is basic road worthy (A car can be illegal but still fine to safely drive), Blue is road legal (Must pass all laws). It's basically still a local garage for either for mechanics suitiably licensed.

You also have Pit inspection. Which you do not want at all because this is a defect clearence and you get emission / noise tested by the RTA and you go to the local RTA (RTA= DMV) pit bay inspection - they do not gently caress around, your car gets the short back and sides inspection and they will fail you on sneezing wrong. I did Pit years ago for a rally car that was to gain a engineering cert and it is as brutal and nerve wrecking as you could imagine. However the one good thing about Pit / Engineered is that you pass that, no cop can touch you with your mods. The look on the cop's face when you pull out the paperwork and say sweetly "Hi, is there a problem?"

There's a perception cars cant be modded in Aust - well actually not true. You just have to prove it with an engineering inspection. Eventually the red Forester when it gets swapped will go to a Engineer and then paperworked properly, esp as it should be well over double stock Kw.

Pfft, just get it registered in Victoria, we don't care about that poo poo

# ¿ Oct 30, 2016 22:47

You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

Oh god why do I even what am I doing

Impeza GX with a blown motor for the price of take it it away

SUBARUTE IT

I'll bring the oxy torch and angle grinders

# ¿ Dec 30, 2016 08:24

You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

Whoa, a rust free Datsun 120Y

# ¿ Jun 5, 2017 09:48

You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

Kaptainballistik posted:

The CHU has a new home.

It's a little less Cramped... And I own it! (Well, my half of 5 mortgage payments....)

Just a head's up, a lot of web browsers can't view images that have http in the address on the forums these days. You need to use https in the address for images to work.

# ¿ Jun 28, 2017 00:13

You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

MY00 Evo4 WRX, filthy as gently caress but straight and runs. Lowered, chipped, exhaust, intake.

loving shoot me now.

I used to like those in the late 90s/early 2000s.

However these days, yeah, I'm sure it's pretty shagged.

# ¿ Jul 20, 2017 23:44

You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

mekilljoydammit posted:

All right, what's an Evo4 WRX? Because from where I'm sitting that sounds like talking about a Ford Camaro, but I figure that's just me not knowing something.

There were Evolution versions of WRX STis. I mainly saw them in the first gen series. Hugely popular in Australia, but most have either been thrashed to death, stolen or wrapped around trees/light poles

# ¿ Jul 21, 2017 01:17

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iospace posted:

To get a bit more in depth, inductors and capacitors have variable impedance based on the frequency of the signal going through it. Low frequencies make a capacitor's impedance approach infinite (1/(2*pi*C*f)), and the inverse is true for an inductor (2*pi*H*f). Based on that, you can make passive filters that will only allow the frequencies you want to go through.

So more doof for my VL Commodore then?

# ¿ Mar 11, 2018 22:31

You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

Oh god why do I even what am I doing....?!?!?!

Looks like I have a solid excuse to find a ~~running~~ barely functional Subaru and fix it before she comes to Australia permanently

Sadly she thinks this is a good idea. Let alone marrying an Australian with too many cars and whole lot of cats.

(Marrying August in Canada when its not f******* freezing)

# ¿ Jan 6, 2019 00:59

You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

I doubt it is a GM truck due to the fact there's a tiny number of them on Australian roads.

I bet it is something like a Hilux or Land Cruiser

# ¿ Mar 1, 2019 23:26

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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

Oh god why do I even..... yeah nah not this time I know exactly what I'm doing and why

Been quite a week all things considered

Congratulations old chap. How good is she at rebuilding Subaru motors?

# ¿ Aug 20, 2019 23:57

You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

Or just run the heater core through an external oil cooler if you're not too worried about having heating in the car

# ¿ Feb 2, 2020 22:53

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# ¿ May 3, 2024 09:46

You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

Just chucka Barra in it maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate

# ¿ Apr 20, 2020 00:02

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