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MomJeans420 posted:It's funny to think of the crowd sourced wisdom of AI telling someone to buy a Saab It was a really great car actually. It was a 2006 WRX but with a much nicer interior, HID headlights, all sorts of cool cold weather gear. And dirt cheap too. I bought it brand new for $25k! And it was a stick
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sharkytm posted:Anyone else remember blow dog, the guy in the UK with the supercars, and we collectively chased him off? (https://forums.somethingawful.com/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=61225) Yeah there were always a few posters who'd go creepy on anyone with money and borderline worship/revile them at the same time. Same thing happened I think with that one guy who had all kinds of expensive american toys, like a twin turbo Corvette and Viper or something. He only posted a few times and people were all OMG WHAT DO YOU DO YOU'RE SO RICH WTF. Blowdog getting that bitchen Porsche detailed was the first example of someone hand-waxing a car I'd ever heard of (as in applying it with bare hands and having body heat melt it on to the paint). I loved all of his threads. quote:Also, it's amazing to see how much the forums have matured. I was digging in the archives, and found this gem from Belldandy: Ya know, I read SA from day 1, I remember following lowtax on planetquake, I think he cross posted his ICQ pranks over there which led me here. But that poo poo is what kept me from registering for the longest time. The quality of AI threads is what got me to eventually sign up. But even then the first time I tried to join AI chat in IRC there was a bunch of casual racism and "ironic" n-word bombs with zero pushback. I figured I'd stick to lurking and project content. LobsterboyX posted:
quote:PaulBozMR2 - loving devastating - we'd talk all the time even though our taste in cars was completely different, the guy had a great outlook on life, he was very smart and was doing some crazy stuff with his career - but he encountered a string of really bad luck - He came to LA a few times and we always had a ball, great meals and drinks, fun times crusing my old bullshit around and generally really good hearty fun. My wife even loved him which is surprising because she doesn't usually care for my "internet friends". Sadly Paul took his own life at the end of last year. He was really a great guy. That's awful, wasn't he one of the pioneers of the "frunk army"? Which really should be a gang tag. quote:Bob W. the guy that had the 60s Pontiac convertibles, cant remeber his handle, but he and I talk regularly on facebook. Last year I commented on a post he made about the regional PA meat like substance "Scrapple" and he sent me some out of the goodness of his own heart to try - a very acquired taste... sharkytm posted:It took me a while to realize this last bit is true. I keep seeing new projects and kicking myself for not having the time to do anything, then it dawns on me that most of the projects are new PEOPLE, or someone who has had a long-term ongoing project that just gets a new thread. We're all getting older, and have less time to do dumb car poo poo. Plus, you know, buying a reliable car instead of wrenching on the old and busted. Sadly yeah. I'm going on 6 years on my main stalled project now when I used to knock them out in under 4 months. And now what I consider a project is basically installing springs and getting an alignment. As for nostalgia, I remember my first project thread, I waited till the car was done and then did a single post with start to finish photos. Was a good lesson in how to have a thread die before more than 5 people see it. Krakkles posted:Yep. Every time I see that movie I watch for the car and yell out "That's [Lobsterboyx's real name]'s car!" and my wife gives me a weird look. Every time? I could barely finish that turd once! LloydDobler fucked around with this message at 07:59 on Aug 9, 2020 |
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LloydDobler posted:Every time? I could barely finish that turd once! I definitely haven’t seen crystal skull nearly as many time as Raiders or The Last Crusade, but I’ve seen it more than 5 times. It’s at least a candidate for a stop during channel flipping - especially if it’s near the chase! also I fully expected this question
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I don't know if an archive link will work, let's try: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=1328069&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1 Vintage car game. Unfortunately most of the images are gone, but typical car game chaos is forever.
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meatpimp posted:I don't know if an archive link will work, let's try: Wow, Rope Kid. There's a username I hadn't seen in forever. Octavio Barnaby Sr (chrisstroud) too. Good times.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Oh my god I think I'm in love. Me too! It's so sad to have it just sit there like that. It has the 429 V8 which was a three-year-only engine for good reason. There is no point in trying to rebuild the engine. My plan is to drop this into it: https://www.gmperformancemotor.com/parts/CPSLT18L90E.html Sadly, it's not so much a "drop in" as a major undertaking, and with a kid and running my own business I just don't have time, so I'll be paying somebody to do it. So just as soon as I can save up about $25k for the whole deal I should be good to go...
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Fleetwood75 posted:Me too! It's so sad to have it just sit there like that. It has the 429 V8 which was a three-year-only engine for good reason. There is no point in trying to rebuild the engine. My plan is to drop this into it: Yesssss, that'll be the perfect engine and trans combo. Loads of power of you want it, but smooth fuel efficient cruising when you don't.
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Fleetwood75 posted:Me too! It's so sad to have it just sit there like that. It has the 429 V8 which was a three-year-only engine for good reason. There is no point in trying to rebuild the engine. My plan is to drop this into it: Hey dude, it's great to know you;re doing so well in life! Your write ups were one of the best parts of old AI and I adored that Crown Vic.
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Fleetwood75 posted:Me too! It's so sad to have it just sit there like that. It has the 429 V8 which was a three-year-only engine for good reason. There is no point in trying to rebuild the engine. My plan is to drop this into it: Holy Jesus, that plus the Caddy might be the perfect combo. Toss that ugly intake cover for something deserving of a max-luxe Cadillac (custom 3D printed/molded?) and then go win every car show and magazine contest on the planet.
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LloydDobler posted:Ya know, I read SA from day 1, I remember following lowtax on planetquake, I think he cross posted his ICQ pranks over there which led me here. But that poo poo is what kept me from registering for the longest time. The quality of AI threads is what got me to eventually sign up. But even then the first time I tried to join AI chat in IRC there was a bunch of casual racism and "ironic" n-word bombs with zero pushback. I figured I'd stick to lurking and project content. I'm not nostalgic for the bad old days -- the dasvolk era -- of IRC. I'm sad we -- and I -- didn't do more about it then; when we finally got rid of dasvolk for good, the quality of the IRC went way up, but it was ultimately too late, and the damage was done: the good posters were gone, and all that was left were folks who put up with him and his ilk for too long. Das Volk was an out-and-out nazi (it was years until I understood what his username '1v1r1f' meant), and we should have gotten rid of him long before.
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Welcome back Fleetwood. I used to love your write ups, especially being a non-USian and not knowing much about US domestic vehicles outside of Mustangs and Camaros
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The Linux Fairy posted:I'm not nostalgic for the bad old days -- the dasvolk era -- of IRC. I'm sad we -- and I -- didn't do more about it then; when we finally got rid of dasvolk for good, the quality of the IRC went way up, but it was ultimately too late, and the damage was done: the good posters were gone, and all that was left were folks who put up with him and his ilk for too long. Das Volk was an out-and-out nazi (it was years until I understood what his username '1v1r1f' meant), and we should have gotten rid of him long before. https://pages.uoregon.edu/dluebke/NaziGermany443/1V1R1F.jpg Edit: I should say, I was trying to figure out what it was a reference to, and that image answered it. I have no idea what the rest of that page is and I hope it’s just a history page. Krakkles fucked around with this message at 01:21 on Aug 10, 2020 |
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It makes me feel kind of weird to know that the car I've had for the longest period of time I bought from Das Volk...
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RIP Paul Walker posted:It makes me feel kind of weird to know that the car I've had for the longest period of time I bought from Das Volk... And it took how many threats of you buying me an account for me to join?
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RIP Paul Walker posted:It makes me feel kind of weird to know that the car I've had for the longest period of time I bought from Das Volk...
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Previa_fun posted:In 2007 everyone in AI drove an Infinity Coupe.
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Krakkles posted:I mean, I didn’t, but I wanted to. Same
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Krakkles posted:Did you buy the 330, or the 190? (Those are the ones I recall being sold to goons) The 330, going on something like 12 or 13 years of ownership.  the spyder posted:And it took how many threats of you buying me an account for me to join? Hiiiiiiii! I wonder if you recognize where the 330’s picture was taken 
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Previa_fun posted:In 2007 everyone in AI drove an Infinity Coupe. I was all set to buy an Infiniti Coupe in 2007 and I bought a 350Z instead, I guess that's close enough
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Toaster Pastry is alive in Japan and driving this Honda S660.
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trouser chili posted:Toaster Pastry is alive in Japan and driving this Honda S660. Seriously? That's awesome!
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meatpimp posted:Seriously? That's awesome! Yeah, it looks pretty epic and I'm guessing Miata dude is a friend cause I see it in a couple of his pics. 
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 That's fantastic. Whatever happened to Bloot? I know he did great design stuff and had a rad 510. Also Dorquemada had cool 80s turbo Dodges.
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trouser chili posted:Toaster Pastry is alive in Japan and driving this Honda S660. That's awesome news. Cool car, too.
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Wrar posted:
I met him in person a few times, he was friends with some of my norcal buddies - The last thing I re he moved from the bay area and got some job in another big city..
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Wrar posted:
I was wondering this too, because he was doing some pretty interesting stuff to the 510. I searched his posts the other day and found that he'd finished, raced, and sold the 510. He also hasn't posted here in a while.
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Captain McAllister posted:I was wondering this too, because he was doing some pretty interesting stuff to the 510. yeah I remember his project to make an automated manual, i think it was his senior design project in school? sad to hear he sold it
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You Am I posted:ah yes, the "syf0n angle" /sigh Syfon was one of my closest friends at the end of high school and through college. I met him through A.I. my senior year of HS, found out he was already going to the college I was accepted to, and we began chatting more car talk. At the time I had a 1998 SVT cobra and he had the newest 2004 350z. He was extremely kind and gracious, humble, and incredibly helpful as a mentor to me. He basically paved my transition from HS life to living alone halfway across the country at college surrounded by new people. When it was time for me to go to school - he flew back to New Orleans where his family lived, to meet me halfway between TX and GA on the drive out to GA where we went to school. We both drove our rides, the Cobra and the 350z the whole road trip, so that was fun. Once I got to school, he introduced me to a whole new group of A.I. friends, and kind of let me into some circles I would have never found or had access to outside of syfon. I owe a ton of my success in life all to the groundwork Syfon laid out for me when he introduced me to a new king of living. And the funniest thing is - I haven't thought about Syfon in years. I won't say his real name here out of respect, but he was an absolutely totally cool guy irl. And none of that would have been possible without A.I. circa 2003/2004. My username was jaredfromsubway back then. Yeah, bad choice. It was before all his bullshit. side note - he's extremely rich and extremely successful today. I've never met anyone that worked as hard as he did. He wasn't handed poo poo from his parents - he worked his rear end off constantly.
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Dennis McClaren posted:side note - he's extremely rich and extremely successful today. I've never met anyone that worked as hard as he did. He wasn't handed poo poo from his parents - he worked his rear end off constantly. 
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Yeah I should rephrase that - What he has today wasn't from his parents. He does work his rear end off constantly with photography projects and such and he's successful from his own work. Having loaded parents probably doesn't hurt on the path to getthing there.
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Previa_fun posted:
You just reminded me of how a long time ago the default "what car" recommendation was "Buy a Prizm, it's a Corolla but cheaper".
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IOwnCalculus posted:You just reminded me of how a long time ago the default "what car" recommendation was "Buy a Prizm, it's a Corolla but cheaper". I think Rizzunk (remember him?) called me out for exactly that once. Oh, the petty arguments we got into...
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AI rules and this thread rules. Nostalgia for days... I definitely recommended the Prizm to like four separate people, all of whom bought one (one actually had two of them, a 96 and later a 2001 that he got for a steal) and all of whom loved theirs.
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bolind posted:There was also this guy who bought up cars and fixed them up. Cleaned them really nicely and sold and a modest but steady profit. It was super interesting. He had a knack for finding undervalued stuff. PBcrunch I think he was. I was going to bring that one up myself. His neighbor was a mechanic too, so they'd team up and fix a bunch of poo poo, clean the gently caress out of the cars and sell them. E: Also, DID FROZEN PHIL EVER FINISH THAT GODDAM CAR? wesleywillis fucked around with this message at 11:40 on Aug 14, 2020 |
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IIRC he went through a nasty divorce and either had to sell it, or his ex wife got it. Fleetwood, glad to see you back... despite the interesting new avatar.  (check out your rap sheet if you haven't yet, you got mistaken for a banned alt... the mod that did it offered to give you a new av)How the hell did Toaster Pastry wind up in Japan? Last I remember, he'd bought an Echo and was basically traveling the US, then kinda disappeared?
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STR posted:IIRC he went through a nasty divorce and either had to sell it, or his ex wife got it. Probably right, but I also remember him losing some weight and having a fairly smoking GF not long after that, so...
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STR posted:IIRC he went through a nasty divorce and either had to sell it, or his ex wife got it. He sold everything he owned in STL and moved to the West coast, worked for Tesla for a bit and then Google. I think he still works for Google but I'm not sure.
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trouser chili posted:He sold everything he owned in STL and moved to the West coast, worked for Tesla for a bit and then Google. I think he still works for Google but I'm not sure.
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