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[bcredeur97]

3 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

Someone owns a Saab now, a Saab with a dead battery, any suggestion son a battery for a 2000 saab 9-5? Reverse lights stick on so gotta fix the reverse relay as well but for 2400 it was well worth the investment 

wait, what?! O_O

 

the prelude guy ends up in a saab haha

 

Just go get a battery at a auto parts store? their warranties aren't too bad these days. That's what I normally do. Though the miata has a special sealed battery and idk if they have those... I'll cross that bridge when I get there.

[techswede]

2 minutes ago, Strando123 said:

Why did the communist have car trouble?

 

 

He was Stalin.

"This is not fair"

*Russian whose GPS gave him poor directions to the local fair* 

[bcredeur97]

1 minute ago, techswede said:

Yeah. Seems like i managed to push a coworker towards getting a manual+auto license instead of just the auto one.

But the Model T is just odd

The battery should just be your garden variety optima or somesuch. 

 

How scratched up is the steering column on the "key" side?  

you have to get a license to drive a manual over there? wow lol

 

Me? I just jumped in a manual car knowing nothing lol

[chaozbandit]

3 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

There was one at AutoX yesterday.. heres a pic:

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Those things are quick. Everyone he was competing against hated him lol

 

One guy who always wins his class in a mazdaspeed3 said that was his next car after seeing the matching times and he was on better tires, and had modifications. The RS was stock.

 

So yeah... great AutoX car thats for sure.

 

Yeah the RS is definitely what the STI should have been, and what the Golf R should be at a lower price. Dont know how well it handles a track day / autox as Ive been hearing stuff about the fade and heat soak.

 

The one I posted is from NV Auto; its their shop demo car and they plan on dumping a lot of mods into it and see how far they can push it. They're subaru specialists, so theyk now a thing or two about 4cylinder turbo cars.

[techswede]

Just now, bcredeur97 said:

you have to get a license to drive a manual over there? wow lol

 

Me? I just jumped in a manual car knowing nothing lol

Well its for people that can't be arsed to learn a manual. 

If you want to drive a manual you have to learn how to do so. 

If you don't you don't have to.

But you can't legally drive a manual with the automatic license. 

 

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Just now, techswede said:

Well its for people that can't be arsed to learn a manual. 

If you want to drive a manual you have to learn how to do so. 

If you don't you don't have to.

But you can't legally drive a manual with the automatic license. 

 

most people in Latvia try to go for the manual license ... even tho they wont be driving any manual cars in their life .... and there is me ... who wants to drive only manual cars  (doesnt mean i wont ever drive an auto)

[RevoltTrain]

8 minutes ago, techswede said:

Yeah. Seems like i managed to push a coworker towards getting a manual+auto license instead of just the auto one.

But the Model T is just odd

The battery should just be your garden variety optima or somesuch. 

 

How scratched up is the steering column on the "key" side?  

Not any scratches on the steering column, I'm the 3rd owner, the guy before me bought it with 150k on the chassis and only put 13k on it. But nothing too specific with the battery? 

[bcredeur97]

1 minute ago, chaozbandit said:

Yeah the RS is definitely what the STI should have been, and what the Golf R should be at a lower price. Dont know how well it handles a track day / autox as Ive been hearing stuff about the fade and heat soak.

 

The one I posted is from NV Auto; its their shop demo car and they plan on dumping a lot of mods into it and see how far they can push it. They're subaru specialists, so theyk now a thing or two about 4cylinder turbo cars.

well people can for sure start on the heat soak by removing the blanking plate on the intercooler lol. Can't wait to see what people do with the RS'es over the next few years. great cars! Just hope they finally fixed that engine... let me remind you that matt's ecoboost mustang exploded after a month.

Just now, techswede said:

Well its for people that can't be arsed to learn a manual. 

If you want to drive a manual you have to learn how to do so. 

If you don't you don't have to.

But you can't legally drive a manual with the automatic license. 

 

that's my point. You need a manual license over there and I assume you have to be trained by someone in order to get it. here it's every man for himself. You either find someone to teach you or you learn it yourself like I did. But nothing is stopping you from just hopping in a manual car and being terrible at it on the roads with other people. it's perfectly legal for someone with 0 knowledge of a manual car to be driving one here.

[chaozbandit]

Just now, bcredeur97 said:

Can't wait to see what people do with the RS'es

 

LS swap 

[bcredeur97]

4 minutes ago, Mister2010 said:

most people in Latvia try to go for the manual license ... even tho they wont be driving any manual cars in their life .... and there is me ... who wants to drive only manual cars  (doesnt mean i wont ever drive an auto)

hey, I wanted a manual first car and ended up in an auto slushbox corolla. Anything can happen. 

That car with a manual though would of been kinda fun...

[bcredeur97]

Just now, chaozbandit said:

 

LS swap 

haha

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1 minute ago, bcredeur97 said:

it's perfectly legal for someone with 0 knowledge of a manual car to be driving one here.

best anti-theft device .... manual transmission ... at least in most of USA  

1 minute ago, bcredeur97 said:

hey, I wanted a manual first car and ended up in an auto slushbox corolla. Anything can happen. 

That car with a manual though would of been kinda fun...

im looking at manual only ... unless the car didnt come with a manual or is too rare to afford  

[pagani123]

57 minutes ago, techswede said:

 

once you get the hang of it, it is not that hard to drive.  

[carguy86]

How i feel when im rolling around in the class room on an office chair pulling mad tandems with my buddy:

https://youtu.be/SP_cHHNXetE

[techswede]

2 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

Not any scratches on the steering column, I'm the 3rd owner, the guy before me bought it with 150k on the chassis and only put 13k on it. But nothing too specific with the battery? 

Thats rare man  The steering column is generally fairly chewed up on most of them. 

The opposite is also true when it comes to saab owners trying out other cars. The center console was scratched in our old suzuki because of it.

As long as its 12v and fits in the spot its supposed to fit in i don't think you'll have any battery issues 

2 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

that's my point. You need a manual license over there and I assume you have to be trained by someone in order to get it. here it's every man for himself. You either find someone to teach you or you learn it yourself like I did. But nothing is stopping you from just hopping in a manual car and being terrible at it on the roads with other people. it's perfectly legal for someone with 0 knowledge of a manual car to be driving one here.

thankfully you can get the hang of a manual pretty quickly  If it was model T controls i'd imagine the roads being paved with the bones of the dead by the end of an evening.

[bcredeur97]

2 minutes ago, Mister2010 said:

best anti-theft device .... manual transmission ... at least in most of USA  

im looking at manual only ... unless the car didnt come with a manual or is too rare to afford  

haha yeah. That was one of the reasons I wanted a manual. people love to steal cars around here, best to make my chances as good as possible. 

I only ended up in the corolla because parent. Still made do with what I had and drove the absolute poo out of that car lol

[techswede]

4 minutes ago, Maybach123 said:

once you get the hang of it, it is not that hard to drive.  

Is your model t speedster like that? 

[bcredeur97]

1 minute ago, techswede said:

thankfully you can get the hang of a manual pretty quickly  If it was model T controls i'd imagine the roads being paved with the bones of the dead by the end of an evening.

LOL

[pagani123]

8 minutes ago, techswede said:

Is your model t speedster like that? 

yes but i use an electric starter. I also have an electric fuel pump 

[chaozbandit]

8 minutes ago, techswede said:

Thats rare man  The steering column is generally fairly chewed up on most of them. 

The opposite is also true when it comes to saab owners trying out other cars. The center console was scratched in our old suzuki because of it.

As long as its 12v and fits in the spot its supposed to fit in i don't think you'll have any battery issues 

thankfully you can get the hang of a manual pretty quickly  If it was model T controls i'd imagine the roads being paved with the bones of the dead by the end of an evening.

 

Just be glad the two-stick method didnt catch on.

 

 

[techswede]

2 minutes ago, chaozbandit said:

 

Just be glad the two-stick method didnt catch on.

 

I need to try that  That actually looks kind of fun

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12 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

haha yeah. That was one of the reasons I wanted a manual. people love to steal cars around here, best to make my chances as good as possible. 

I only ended up in the corolla because parent. Still made do with what I had and drove the absolute poo out of that car lol

yeah ... that anti-theft device doesnt work here ....  

 

tbh i wouldnt mind any car .... as long its a car  

[iDeFecZx]

24 minutes ago, Mister2010 said:

most people in Latvia try to go for the manual license ... even tho they wont be driving any manual cars in their life .... and there is me ... who wants to drive only manual cars  (doesnt mean i wont ever drive an auto)

but why, modern autos are great. 

[RevoltTrain]

28 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

wait, what?! O_O

 

the prelude guy ends up in a saab haha

 

Just go get a battery at a auto parts store? their warranties aren't too bad these days. That's what I normally do. Though the miata has a special sealed battery and idk if they have those... I'll cross that bridge when I get there.

Just wanted to make sure it wasn't finnicky at all for some reason. This car is odd, headlight washers, heated leather seats all around, ignition in the center, just wanted to make sure the weirdness didn't spread 

[terrytek]

5 hours ago, FuzzyYellow said:

yeah. I'm driving to school 5 days a week this semester, so that's at the absolute minimum of 1400 miles a month.

wow how far is school from home? that's like 50 miles a day. that doesn't sound good.

 

4 hours ago, chaozbandit said:

Hnnnnngh so sharp

 

is this the f40 that gas monkey garage built from an essentially totalled f40, by chance? because i recognize those 5 spoke hre rims, plus i haven't seen another black f40.

 

1 hour ago, Maybach123 said:

I think i am to picky, I cant seem to find a car that i really love and is for sale. anyone have any car suggestions i should look into.

what happened to the e39 you were interested in?