Car Enthusiast Club [Now Motorcycle friendly!] - First thread to 150k! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[AlwaysFSX]

19 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

Couple of odd questions:

 

1. Do fireproof safes lose their "fire-proofness" overtime? 

And

2. What's a good safe to mount in a car for transporting (in our case) backup tapes to an off-site location? 

1. Depends what makes it fireproof.

 

2. Anything large enough you can get shaped foam in to.

[JoaoPRSousa]

I'm tempted to get an Alfa Romeo with the 1.6 Twin Spark engine (8 spark plugs on a 4 cylinder, twice the cost when changing them, oh well), but all the shit surrounding Alfa Romeo due to their lack of reliability is kind of making me steer away from those...

Anyone here familiar with Alfa Romeo's / Twin Spark engines maintenance? (costs, problems and all that?)

[RevoltTrain]

29 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

But why? Mine is 5 years old and all I've done is upgrade the gpu once... It's fine. 

 

It also stays on 24/7 lol

The 8350 struggles constantly in GTA and Forza, which is basically all I play

15 minutes ago, terrytek said:

Temecula? Boy, that's about a 7 hour drive down in SoCal. I live in NorCal. I would prefer you come up north and check out shows like blox evolution and wekfest, but not sure how willing you'd be to drive all the way up here. if you're willing  to drive to san jose for wekfest next year, i'm willing to make the 2 hour drive in whatever i have at that point and meet up.

 

mine is nearing 10 and all i've ever done was add a 2tb hdd, and a shitty gpu. and this piece of shit can't stay on 24/7, it's always interrupted somehow.

Gonna be chilling with JSRCars out in Temecula. Sent them a few videos of my Saab and they think it's sick af and want to race their cars against it and just chill in general

 

(350Z, Mustang GT, TC, E36, Corrado, Elantra GT, and a TDI MK4 Jetta among a few other cars)

 

But I'd be down, I mean, to Temecula is already a 30 Hour drive one way (2100 Miles) Another few hours won't kill me. Would just have to find a place in Cali to do an oil change while there

[JoaoPRSousa]

14 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

The 8350 struggles constantly in GTA and Forza, which is basically all I play

 

Imagine my poor Athlon

[RevoltTrain]

Just now, JoaoPRSousa said:

 

Imagine my poor Athlon

I feel you man. I tried playing GTA IV on an Athlon and 6850 and I was miserable

[RevoltTrain]

Clarkson pls

[RevoltTrain]

I still want a Foxbody hatch

 

Man. I want too much shit

 

 

[iDeFecZx]

58 minutes ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

I'm tempted to get an Alfa Romeo with the 1.6 Twin Spark engine (8 spark plugs on a 4 cylinder, twice the cost when changing them, oh well), but all the shit surrounding Alfa Romeo due to their lack of reliability is kind of making me steer away from those...

Anyone here familiar with Alfa Romeo's / Twin Spark engines maintenance? (costs, problems and all that?)

We havent had one, but 2 of the 3 we test drove broke down on the test drives. Lovely cars to look at, less so to own is the general consensus 

[techswede]

Here's the difference the new axle made.

And the video starts with me holding my phone against the steering wheel with my thumb.

And then by the end of the "before" part i stuck it in the sunglasses holder on the sun visors.

I'll keep  the video up for maybe a day or two. Then i'm taking it down. Even unlisted its bound to attract haters. 

[arnavvr]

https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/d/bmw-xi-wagon-sport-low/6220701289.html

[GlassBomb]

 

[JoaoPRSousa]

13 minutes ago, arnavvr said:

https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/d/bmw-xi-wagon-sport-low/6220701289.html

 

Too bad it's AWD and an auto, otherwise I'd smash that.

[JoaoPRSousa]

17 minutes ago, techswede said:

Here's the difference the new axle made.

And the video starts with me holding my phone against the steering wheel with my thumb.

And then by the end of the "before" part i stuck it in the sunglasses holder on the sun visors.

I'll keep  the video up for maybe a day or two. Then i'm taking it down. Even unlisted its bound to attract haters. 

 

That is quite the difference, holy shite.

You can hear the engine so much better, the previous axle made tons of noise... Or that's just me

[Zando_]

29 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

I still want a Foxbody hatch

 

Man. I want too much shit

 

 

Oooooo. My dad has an '88 foxbody convertible GT 5.0. He's got a custom exhaust and stuff on it, but the fuel pump is out and he hasn't got the time to fix it. 

[techswede]

Just now, JoaoPRSousa said:

 

That is quite the difference, holy shite.

You can hear the engine so much better, the previous axle made tons of noise... Or that's just me

On the highway i could hear nothing but the rear axle in the last while before it went pop. So yeah.. It was a bit loud  

[RevoltTrain]

Just now, Zando Bob said:

Oooooo. My dad has an '88 foxbody convertible GT 5.0. He's got a custom exhaust and stuff on it, but the fuel pump is out and he hasn't got the time to fix it. 

My buddy James has owned 5 Foxbodies since last March. Current one is a 89 Notchback with a 350 out of a Nova in it. My favorite still was his 92 with a 93 Cobra rear end in it

[Zando_]

8 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

My buddy James has owned 5 Foxbodies since last March. Current one is a 89 Notchback with a 350 out of a Nova in it. My favorite still was his 92 with a 93 Cobra rear end in it

Nice! My faves 'Stang would be the '60s era ones. Classic body shape, and still look boss. Speaking of which, Boss Mustangs are awesome. 

[RevoltTrain]

Just now, Zando Bob said:

Nice! My faves 'Stang would be the '60s era ones. Classic body shape, and still look boss. Speaking of which, Boss Mustangs are awesome. 

Growing up my dream car was a K code Mustang. Always had a love for them, after the Fox Body they don't interest me too much, I'm not going to lie. I really want a Foxbody hatch though

[AlwaysFSX]

[Zando_]

1 minute ago, RevoltTrain said:

Growing up my dream car was a K code Mustang. Always had a love for them, after the Fox Body they don't interest me too much, I'm not going to lie. I really want a Foxbody hatch though

Yup. The newer ones look great, but not as good as the old ones. It's like Covettes. I love the old ones, hate the new ones, but the newest ones look good. My dram car right now would probs be a McLaren or Ford GT. I gotta learn how to drive a manual before I could even own one though. The only manual my dad has is his Mustang, and it's not exactly a beginners car. It would be nice to get away from the 3 speed in my SUV though (that currently won't start since the theft system is bonkers). 

[Zando_]

2 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

-snip-

He took it literally?

[paps511]

Welp...

I blew my motor this past weekend....

 

[techswede]

You know you're in rural sweden when

 

[techswede]

7 minutes ago, paps511 said:

Welp...

I blew my motor this past weekend....

 

Any idea as to what broke?

[JoaoPRSousa]

11 minutes ago, paps511 said:

Welp...

I blew my motor this past weekend....

 

The car thread bad juju strikes again. Fuck