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[PlayStation 2]

Woah shit, a Caprice at a dealership?

https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicledetails.xhtml?listingId=514454679

[3 Lions]

Okay so you're probably thinking something like this has to built in the U.S, right?...

 

But nope, these Nash Metropolitans were infact built by Austin of England in Longbridge. 

Edited May 12, 2019 by LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo

[arnavvr]

Anyone here try motorcycle commuting? Traffic is getting pretty bad, seems like lane splitting would help. (Specifically asking the CA people)

[bcredeur97]

2 hours ago, FuzzyYellow said:

When you have a million dollars in the bank?

What I’m going to do is get another car... then separate from my main car maintenance savings account I’ll make another acct just for fun car stuffs. Will set money aside monthly and once it’s filled to my liking I can use that to do racecar things eg autocross, track days, tires, fun car parts etc lol 

[Guest]

2 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

What I’m going to do is get another car... then separate from my main car maintenance savings account I’ll make another acct just for fun car stuffs. Will set money aside monthly and once it’s filled to my liking I can use that to do racecar things eg autocross, track days, tires, fun car parts etc lol 

I have an account like that, but my bank deleted it because it had no money in it for over a year.

[bcredeur97]

10 minutes ago, floofer said:

I have an account like that, but my bank deleted it because it had no money in it for over a year.

The way I do my budget — I assign every dollar I make to /something/. Bills first, then items of need, rest is all savings accounts. So it’ll never be empty. 

 

Any my extra money I make If it’s small I usually just divide it up amongst my savings account as a little “bonus”. 

[arnavvr]

1 minute ago, bcredeur97 said:

The way I do my budget — I assign every dollar I make to /something/. Bills first, then items of need, rest is all savings accounts. So it’ll never be empty. 

 

Any my extra money I make If it’s small I usually just divide it up amongst my savings account as a little “bonus”. 

Do you do the pay yourself first strategy? Put some money aside for savings/investments/401k, instead of at the end of the month like some do.

[bcredeur97]

16 minutes ago, arnavvr said:

Do you do the pay yourself first strategy? Put some money aside for savings/investments/401k, instead of at the end of the month like some do.

Never heard of that strategy... tho theres plenty of ways to do things this is what i find works for me.

 

I don’t worry about beginning/end of month at all. Before the month starts I total up income for the entire month, then assign every dollar I make that month to something. So obviously I need to cover my bills first, and my needs (groceries etc), even fun (our aside $ every month to go eat out or go bowling with friends whatever). that all gets subtracted from the “pool” of money I will have made that month.

 

then whatever is leftover after that I get to save... so I have several high interest savings accounts with a purpose: car maintenance, clothes, gifts (like birthdays and Christmas and stuff), and then I have one that right now is just “General savings” that I usually put the most into depending on my savings goals. I had one for a house before I bought a house too. You just have to decide how much per month you want to put... eg if you want to spend $500 a year on clothes then you need to make sure you’re putting aside at $42 a month for that. Just all depends on what you want... and makes you realize there’s only so much money to go around so if your short on something you either need to budget less on something else or find a way to make more money lol

 

i also have an emergency fund in a local savings account at a local bank... so that would be for like... a/c goes out at house... or like you lose the engine in your car or whatever. It’s capped at a certain amount and just sits there for “in case you need it”. Local bank because I want to be able to just walk in a place and get it fast if I need to.

 

[FuzzyYellow]

1 hour ago, bcredeur97 said:

Never heard of that strategy... tho theres plenty of ways to do things this is what i find works for me.

 

I don’t worry about beginning/end of month at all. Before the month starts I total up income for the entire month, then assign every dollar I make that month to something. So obviously I need to cover my bills first, and my needs (groceries etc), even fun (our aside $ every month to go eat out or go bowling with friends whatever). that all gets subtracted from the “pool” of money I will have made that month.

 

then whatever is leftover after that I get to save... so I have several high interest savings accounts with a purpose: car maintenance, clothes, gifts (like birthdays and Christmas and stuff), and then I have one that right now is just “General savings” that I usually put the most into depending on my savings goals. I had one for a house before I bought a house too. You just have to decide how much per month you want to put... eg if you want to spend $500 a year on clothes then you need to make sure you’re putting aside at $42 a month for that. Just all depends on what you want... and makes you realize there’s only so much money to go around so if your short on something you either need to budget less on something else or find a way to make more money lol

 

i also have an emergency fund in a local savings account at a local bank... so that would be for like... a/c goes out at house... or like you lose the engine in your car or whatever. It’s capped at a certain amount and just sits there for “in case you need it”. Local bank because I want to be able to just walk in a place and get it fast if I need to.

 

you sound like Dave Ramsey. 

 

Good strategy though. Now that I'm done with school and have a reliable income I'll have a similar, albeit more simple method. My plan relies less on certain accounts though. I'm going to simply have a savings and a checking account. everything goes into the checking account, budget out expenses, spending money for the month, etc, and everything else goes into savings. 

[arnavvr]

3 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

Never heard of that strategy... tho theres plenty of ways to do things this is what i find works for me.

 

I don’t worry about beginning/end of month at all. Before the month starts I total up income for the entire month, then assign every dollar I make that month to something. So obviously I need to cover my bills first, and my needs (groceries etc), even fun (our aside $ every month to go eat out or go bowling with friends whatever). that all gets subtracted from the “pool” of money I will have made that month.

 

then whatever is leftover after that I get to save... so I have several high interest savings accounts with a purpose: car maintenance, clothes, gifts (like birthdays and Christmas and stuff), and then I have one that right now is just “General savings” that I usually put the most into depending on my savings goals. I had one for a house before I bought a house too. You just have to decide how much per month you want to put... eg if you want to spend $500 a year on clothes then you need to make sure you’re putting aside at $42 a month for that. Just all depends on what you want... and makes you realize there’s only so much money to go around so if your short on something you either need to budget less on something else or find a way to make more money lol

 

i also have an emergency fund in a local savings account at a local bank... so that would be for like... a/c goes out at house... or like you lose the engine in your car or whatever. It’s capped at a certain amount and just sits there for “in case you need it”. Local bank because I want to be able to just walk in a place and get it fast if I need to.

 

wouldn't it just be easier to use cash instead of separate bank accounts?

[MadyTehWolfie]

the thing you do when your coworker dismisses Michelin pilot super sports as just a unimpressive low profile tire

[bcredeur97]

1 hour ago, arnavvr said:

wouldn't it just be easier to use cash instead of separate bank accounts?

I use a bank that lets me create/close separate savings accounts so easy (like I can open an account in like less than a minute) and online... so I just use that. just takes too long (IMO) to move money in/out of it but I think it's the best I can do for now

[bcredeur97]

new supra reviews are out!  @chaozbandit beat you to it!

Oddly enough I really liked Rob Dahm's review as he showed the part where the engineer talked about the moddability of the car (skip to 4:18)

Those fake air vents? they actually aren't fake... they are just covered and intended to be used for modding. Some of the cooling vents in the front are temporarily closed off, you can open them up if you mod and need more cooling. there's room for oil cooler, trans cooler, etc. 

 

Very smartly designed. Too expensive tho lol

[bcredeur97]

That rats nest tho...

 

[Thirdgen89GTA]

On 5/11/2019 at 10:25 AM, terrytek said:

F for the focus. Did not deserve to go out that way. 

Wasn't given much choice.  Got hit on the driver's door by a person who failed to yield.  I replaced it with the white RS, but I'm missing my gray RS now, even though the white looks damn good.  At the time, I could have had an exact match to the old car.  But it just felt wrong because of the accident.  A reminder I didn't want. But now I miss the gray.

 

28k in damage, car valued at 32k at time of accident.  Equals no more Focus RS. I walked away with nothing more than a contact burn on my knee as it hit the dash and slid.

 

Thankfully due to a good down payment I walked away with 12k in cash.  So I was able to make good on any new car I wanted.  I considered plopping 12k down on a used Fiesta ST and having no car payment.  Probably the smart decision.  But the AWD system in the RS, sheer performance, and the accessibility of that performance is like a drug.

 

Every time you see someone say the RS is like a Mini-GTR, its absolutely true.  It is insane just hard you can throw the car into any corner, or how ham-fisted you can be with it.

 

The TransAm on the other is a bit vague yet incredibly fun because its so raw.  Its old school and analogue in everything it does.  No nannies of any kind. Its chunky and lazy down low, but when it comes on cam its just so in your face loud. 

 

[chaozbandit]

46 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

new supra reviews are out!  @chaozbandit beat you to it!

Oddly enough I really liked Rob Dahm's review as he showed the part where the engineer talked about the moddability of the car (skip to 4:18)

Those fake air vents? they actually aren't fake... they are just covered and intended to be used for modding. Some of the cooling vents in the front are temporarily closed off, you can open them up if you mod and need more cooling. there's room for oil cooler, trans cooler, etc. 

 

Very smartly designed. Too expensive tho lol

 

Sorry I was out celebrating mothers day with my mom.

[bcredeur97]

11 minutes ago, chaozbandit said:

 

Sorry I was out celebrating mothers day with my mom.

Can’t blame you there. I had gotten home from my parents house doing the same thing and watched it all lol

[chaozbandit]

2 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

Can’t blame you there. I had gotten home from my parents house doing the same thing and watched it all lol

 

His 2 day builds are absolutely mental.

[terrytek]

1 hour ago, Thirdgen89GTA said:

Wasn't given much choice.  Got hit on the driver's door by a person who failed to yield.  I replaced it with the white RS, but I'm missing my gray RS now, even though the white looks damn good.  At the time, I could have had an exact match to the old car.  But it just felt wrong because of the accident.  A reminder I didn't want. But now I miss the gray.

 

28k in damage, car valued at 32k at time of accident.  Equals no more Focus RS. I walked away with nothing more than a contact burn on my knee as it hit the dash and slid.

 

Thankfully due to a good down payment I walked away with 12k in cash.  So I was able to make good on any new car I wanted.  I considered plopping 12k down on a used Fiesta ST and having no car payment.  Probably the smart decision.  But the AWD system in the RS, sheer performance, and the accessibility of that performance is like a drug.

 

Every time you see someone say the RS is like a Mini-GTR, its absolutely true.  It is insane just hard you can throw the car into any corner, or how ham-fisted you can be with it.

 

The TransAm on the other is a bit vague yet incredibly fun because its so raw.  Its old school and analogue in everything it does.  No nannies of any kind. Its chunky and lazy down low, but when it comes on cam its just so in your face loud. 

 

you could've gone GTI or even golf R, but i guess you wanted to stay within the family?

[PlayStation 2]

So is the Supra like a more expensive 86/BRZ in terms of the approach Toyota took with it?

[iDeFecZx]

2 hours ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

So is the Supra like a more expensive 86/BRZ in terms of the approach Toyota took with it?

Looks that way

[Real_PhillBert]

On 5/11/2019 at 2:01 PM, TVwazhere said:

Installed foot lighting today. Pretty happy with the results. I got this for Christmas but haven't gotten around to installing them till now. (Highest end models have this, but mid and basic ones do not) 

*SNIP*

...can I... Can I clean your interior?

 

Seriously though, looks nice.

[TVwazhere]

Just now, Real_PhillBert said:

...can I... Can I clean your interior?

I know @bcredeur97 already scolded me for the floor mats  salt does that to you up here. 

 

Install wasnt terribly bad,worst far was figuring out how to remove the glove box (something I wish I had thought of when installing the dash cam because it makes getting at the fuse box easier) and then figuring out where good places to run rigid LED tubes through (they looked more like old style cathode tubes but had rigid PCB led systems in them, so i needed a fairly wide chamber for a pass through.) All the wires are nicely tucked under panels save for where they absolutely need to be like coming out from the control module. 

 

Also got around to finally installing the other dashcam in my sisters car (no pics sorry). At first she wasnt super looking forward to it, but as time had gone on she's seen the value it could have in a crash for proving fault, so she was very happy when it was finally installed.

[RevoltTrain]

10 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

That rats nest tho...

 

Car looks super cool. Especially the stuff Toyota left with the aftermarket in mind. But that engine is going to cause nothing but issues for Toyota techs when there are issues.

[bcredeur97]

7 hours ago, RevoltTrain said:

Car looks super cool. Especially the stuff Toyota left with the aftermarket in mind. But that engine is going to cause nothing but issues for Toyota techs when there are issues.

Yep. Hopefully it’s as reliable as Toyota wants us to believe