• General Discussion V5: Motorized chairs edition.
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wear gloves *
i have bmw driving gloves if that counts
wear synthetic gloves * [editline]20th November 2012[/editline] Im going to start using Fuelly to track my gas stuff. This should get interesting. [url]https://www.fuelly.com/driver/areolop[/url]
Dat feel when i'm pumping oil, and a metal part of the oil meter gun touches the negative terminal on a battery :C
I think it's inevitable. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/vtGMk.png[/IMG] Also, I'm currently busy completing this collection. [IMG]http://aftimes.com/wp-content/uploads/awxor6.jpg[/IMG] I got Mustang, Vette and Impala, but I can't find that Dodge truck. Impala's big, and mean really big.
MMMMmmmmmm, 71 Hemi Cuda. sexy.
And I found this too. [t]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LYenR2h5usU/TNG-RgRhCjI/AAAAAAAAACM/RWQSPGbrkWA/s1600/71510_Route_66_Pacakage(open).jpg[/t] Turns out it's released 2 years ago.
just ordered headers and the other mirror for my accord. Can't wait to remove the shitty slightly rusted spotted heatshield and god knows how bad the headers look under neath it. Anyone who can help me go from single to dual exhaust with it as well. Want to get it all done in one go.
I sold my 240SX to a friend about a month ago. I let him make payments on it but he's trying to get out of paying $1,000 he still owes me because he says the head and head gasket are cracked, the crankshaft is bent, and somehow there's $600 in backfees. I know I'm dumb for not insisting on everything up front, but he was a good friend and I thought I was doing him a favor by selling a decent project car at a crackhead price. I'm going to call him out on it, because I have no idea how it's possible to accumulate $600 in back fees in 7 months on a car registered as non-op. I know for a fact that the BHG was his fault and it was fine when I sold it to him. I'm sure it's not true, but what could even cause a bent crank?
[QUOTE=Al_Borland;38536392]I sold my 240SX to a friend about a month ago. I let him make payments on it but he's trying to get out of paying $1,000 he still owes me because he says the head and head gasket are cracked, the crankshaft is bent, and somehow there's $600 in backfees. I know I'm dumb for not insisting on everything up front, but he was a good friend and I thought I was doing him a favor by selling a decent project car at a crackhead price. I'm going to call him out on it, because I have no idea how it's possible to accumulate $600 in back fees in 7 months on a car registered as non-op. I know for a fact that the BHG was his fault and it was fine when I sold it to him. I'm sure it's not true, but what could even cause a bent crank?[/QUOTE] Revving it too high/trying to doriftu with stock engine/chassis. I don't like people who don't take care of these old gems. (My GF's and I's old owners). Like this one S13 I saw parked in my neighborhood that's all banged up with a hanging intercooler. So crappy
[QUOTE=sHiBaN;38536821]Revving it too high/trying to doriftu with stock engine/chassis. I don't like people who don't take care of these old gems. (My GF's and I's old owners). Like this one S13 I saw parked in my neighborhood that's all banged up with a hanging intercooler. So crappy[/QUOTE] It's sad because here you get stupid people who spend their money on nice R32, don't know shit about cars and then think all of the sudden they are drift kings and run them into the ground. I was driving behind a skyline and then I smelled clutch burning, I thought it was me since I just replaced the clutch two days ago and I thought I messed up. But then the skyline puts its emergency lights on. So being nice I pull over and their clutch was burned out. Funny story the car didn't even belong to the guy driving. The owner was letting people rent the car. Who in their right mind would let people rent a twin turbo skyline??? Well, now he's paying for it.
[img]http://liveimages.carsales.com.au/carsales/car/private/cp5652939037931253939.jpg?height=700&aspect=FitWithinNoPad&width=1050[/img] This may soon be mine. Bring on Saturday when my mechanic (my dad) goes to see it and decides if it's okay. And for only $7,000AUD. But it's so close to having it's 90,000km service, new timing belt and service will be $900AUD.
[QUOTE=Hana-San;38537850][img]http://liveimages.carsales.com.au/carsales/car/private/cp5652939037931253939.jpg?height=700&aspect=FitWithinNoPad&width=1050[/img] This may soon be mine. Bring on Saturday when my mechanic (my dad) goes to see it and decides if it's okay. And for only $7,000AUD. But it's so close to having it's 90,000km service, new timing belt and service will be $900AUD.[/QUOTE] I guess it's a good car for going around town, but I'm not a fan of kia, they tend to fall apart o after 110,000 miles(177.000km).
[QUOTE=EvilSkydiver;38537917]I guess it's a good car for going around town, but I'm not a fan of kia, they tend to fall apart o after 110,000 miles(177.000km).[/QUOTE] Apparently the fuel efficiency is amazing. It's got good seats and big boot space. And a 1.6L engine. My current car is falling apart. It's only at about 100,000 miles. It's a Mitsubishi though and has been into the side of a cliff.
Can someone tell me the line between customizing a car and ricing it (other than decals and wings)? I'm pretty curious.
'tasteful mods' aka guy a b and c like your mod else a b and c guys are honda guys and your car is a honda, then rice this is the law of rice do not try to fight it.
[QUOTE=.FLAP.JACK.DAN.;38538504]Can someone tell me the line between customizing a car and ricing it (other than decals and wings)? I'm pretty curious.[/QUOTE] A lot of people have differing opinions as to what counts as "ricing" a car. Personally, I consider a car to be "riced" if it has at least two or three of the following: a bodykit which dramatically changes the look of the car, a huge wing, a fartcan, unnecessary carbon fiber parts, and shitty taillight replacements. It also makes a huge difference in whether it's tastefully modded or not. This is riced: [thumb]http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa463/JDMEJ8SON/Cars/ricer2.jpg[/thumb] This isn't: [thumb]http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6180/6152178579_4650efa94f_b.jpg[/thumb]
There are ricer mods and tasteful mods. Tasteful mods are polished wheels, sporty wheels, wide steelies, nothing chrome. Chin spoiler, rain guards on windows, OEM fog lights, slight window tint, adjustable suspension (No cut springs or ebay coilovers on stock struts!), decent exhaust system (that ISN'T 3" straight pipe with a fart can on N/A), and VERY rarely there is a body kit that can pass off as tasteful is the car deserves it (Such as the clipper kit for Mk1 golfs, the Mugen/WingsWest EF/CRX kit, Celica GT-Four kit, Toyota Cavalier TRD, etc.). Ricer mods are plastic body kits, spoilers (Spoilers are allowed when you have a 700-800+ horsepower car and it goes [i]balls-ass fast[/i], see [url=http://just.razzi.me/photos/8286/85cf28b.jpg?1299732018]Rob Ferretti[/url]), HIDs improperly installed in a housing that reflects them or blurs the output, projector headlight housings improperly installed without HIDs, fart cans, straight pipe exhaust, cold air intakes on stock engines, headers on stock engines (can be tasteful if done right!), nitrous oxide on anything other than a drag racing application (I'm not talking street racing, that shit's for punks and wannabes), clear fucking tail lights, smoked tail lights (unless done correctly), bright red seats in stock cars, "sponsor" stickers, vinyl on your doors and shit, and there are a lot of other things but this pretty much sums it up.
[QUOTE=bradley;38539370]VERY rarely there is a body kit that can pass off as tasteful is the car deserves it (Such as the clipper kit for Mk1 golfs)[/QUOTE] hnnnnng the clipper kit.
[img]http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l23/eojthekid/foryou.jpg[/img]
The Orciari kit for Mk1 is pretty sweet too: [img]http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/1403/orciari0026wf.jpg[/img] Also I want an Orciari grill: [img]http://data.motor-talk.de/data/galleries/0/26/9283/38532421/orciari-2491222216811448980.jpg[/img] But the grill is for Mk2 only and rare as shit :(
[url]http://southjersey.craigslist.org/pts/3363135136.html[/url] Not sure if I should save the money from scrapping today for speakers or if I get close enough to $200 to buy a 351... [editline]21st November 2012[/editline] oh snap my dad may lend me like $50-100 to buy that hory shet
Yuck 351
[QUOTE=bradley;38539468][img]http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l23/eojthekid/foryou.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] A very edgy dolphin!
[QUOTE=.FLAP.JACK.DAN.;38538504]Can someone tell me the line between customizing a car and ricing it (other than decals and wings)? I'm pretty curious.[/QUOTE] Well, it's not like the term "rice" is anything special to the Asian world. It's a stupid term that people used who are unfamiliar with the car scene. It is even somewhat demeaning with racist undertones. Basically JDM cars have huge aftermarket support. Just like how you would see the American car industry where older muscle cars have so much things you can choose from for the build. You could completely build an engine top to bottom with American brands, to how you're going to style the body or chassis. If you've ever watched American muscle car build shows, they go pretty crazy. Euro cars are also the same. VW's, Audi as well as BMW also get customized. So it isn't any different for when a JDM product is also modified. The "rice" comes in when a wannabe modder tries to fake a fully-modified vehicle. The type that owns a JDM car, yet is not an actual race car. It's a joe schmoe that decides to plaster all sorts of irrelevant stickers all over the exterior of the car. It's a guy that decides to buy a cheap, noisy muffler to bolt unto his 4-door JDM sedan from the ghetto muffler store and thinks his car is faster. It's the guy that drives an automatic yet moves the gear into neutral in order to pretend to be a manual transmission by revving. The guy that owns a front wheel drive vehicle yet has a spoiler on the trunk. A wide-body kit or a general body-kit can be pulled off correctly. It is actually quite common to use a wide-body kit or over-fenders on cars that run low ride height with larger wheels. A decal can also be done tastefully if it is minimalistic or actually serves a purpose. (Livery for a sponsored race car comes into play or a tasteful showroom car). People even graft and modify the car's shell to change the overall appearance; like chopping a car's front facia to swap it for another: [IMG]http://images.superstreetonline.com/featuredvehicles/130_0711_06_z+drift_89_91_nissan_s13_240sx_sr20det+pink_side_view_origin_body_kit.jpg[/IMG] IMO, it's a general lack of knowledge/care/taste/style when it comes down to it. Then they try to pretend they know what they're doing. Ricers can also own new cars, yet know completely nothing about them.
[QUOTE=sHiBaN;38540155]Well, it's not like the term "rice" is anything special to the Asian world. It's a stupid term that people used who are unfamiliar with the car scene. It is even somewhat demeaning with racist undertones. Basically JDM cars have huge aftermarket support. Just like how you would see the American car industry where older muscle cars have so much things you can choose from for the build. You could completely build an engine top to bottom with American brands, to how you're going to style the body or chassis. If you've ever watched American muscle car build shows, they go pretty crazy. Euro cars are also the same. VW's, Audi as well as BMW also get customized. So it isn't any different for when a JDM product is also modified. The "rice" comes in when a wannabe modder tries to fake a fully-modified vehicle. The type that owns a JDM car, yet is not an actual race car. It's a joe schmoe that decides to plaster all sorts of irrelevant stickers all over the exterior of the car. It's a guy that decides to buy a cheap, noisy muffler to bolt unto his 4-door JDM sedan from the ghetto muffler store and thinks his car is faster. It's the guy that drives an automatic yet moves the gear into neutral in order to pretend to be a manual transmission by revving. The guy that owns a front wheel drive vehicle yet has a spoiler on the trunk. IMO, it's a general lack of knowledge/care/taste/style when it comes down to it. Then they try to pretend they know what they're doing. Ricers can also own new cars, yet know completely nothing about them.[/QUOTE] this one car stalled at a red light reving in neutral (automatic), all i heard was a cut off, then the cranking when he turned the key, needless to say i was laughing. Spoiler wise one of those tiny lip ones can add some nice looks to your car. Don't expect it to make any preformence difference (If anything the extra pound of weight slows you down :v:) but those tiny lip spoilers do look cool on some cars. Now those giant ones rarely ever look good on any car on the street. Don't do it ever, even if you did need it for the down force it probably isn't street legal then. Ricers only care about the externals of there car and exhaust pipe. The two most common things they do is cold air intake thinking it adds like 50hp and a loud ass muffler fart can thing that adds like 10hp. How I am? My car's body is in bad shape (Dent in front bumper, and rust on some panels) but the cool thing is, It runs great. What'd you notice in rice cars is really nice exterior but for some reason its aways in the shop (And not to add more aftermarket parts). Now if your someone who just cares about your exterior and are fine with your car's current preference then that doesn't make you a ricer also. Just don't go around saying your car is super fast (Unless it is).
[QUOTE=sHiBaN;38540155] The guy that owns a front wheel drive vehicle yet has a spoiler on the trunk.[/QUOTE] look at all these fucking ricers mang [img]http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/btcc-oulton-2012.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=opaali;38540277]look at all these fucking ricers mang[/QUOTE] Geeze, here we go again I'm talking about a schmoe on the street. Obviously those are racecars mang that needs all the downforce they can get
This is not going to end well... ABANDON SHIP UNTIL PAGE 69
Yes but a car is a car and downforce is downforce
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